turbo kit price vs power

[Negrodamus]

- greddy airinx ay-sb(no idea what that is)

air filter for the turbo. greddy kits have alot of potential, but with that potential comes sacrifice.....emissons lol. because whats restrictive is the blue box piggyback ecu. once you drop that and go standalone (hondata, ems etc...)you will not be able to pass emissions. but you will be able to bump up the boost, larger capacity fuel injectors and get a real good dyno tune= more than the 50 horses you get outta the box. without a doubt the greddy kit is good for bolt on power but not if you wanna hit BIG numbers. i had the td05-18g kit

[EP3sAreFun]

air filter for the turbo. greddy kits have alot of potential, but with that potential comes sacrifice.....emissons lol. because whats restrictive is the blue box piggyback ecu. once you drop that and go standalone (hondata, ems etc...)you will not be able to pass emissions. but you will be able to bump up the boost, larger capacity fuel injectors and get a real good dyno tune= more than the 50 horses you get outta the box. without a doubt the greddy kit is good for bolt on power but not if you wanna hit BIG numbers. i had the td05-18g kit

did you have an intercooled kit? any idea how much power it added?

like i said being legal and good for daily driving make this difficult for me, not getting a crapload of power

can i up the boost with the blue box of death? or am i stuck at the 6.5 its set at? are the newer kits different than the old ones?

ugh, so many questions, thanks for the asnwers so far

[Supacharge]

you still may not pass emissions with a GReddy kit. i didnt. anyhow. the greddy kit is a smaller turbo, quick spool and still decent power. good for a daily driver. you should have literally no problems out of it. and you dont have to run blue box. it's just a preset fuel curve for the boost. you can drop that, tune it, and make plenty of power (250whp like u say). revhard is a t3/t4 turbo ... something like a 56mm trim turbo. it's gona use the FMU i would imagine. fmu is no good over 9 psi. you'd have to re-tune w/ something else. fmu only jacks fuel pressure up too. bad on gas. if you have a stock motor, there's no need for custom. it would be overkill. if you have any other ?s, PM me. i know EVERYTHING

[EP3sAreFun]

you still may not pass emissions with a GReddy kit. i didnt. anyhow. the greddy kit is a smaller turbo, quick spool and still decent power. good for a daily driver. you should have literally no problems out of it. and you dont have to run blue box. it's just a preset fuel curve for the boost. you can drop that, tune it, and make plenty of power (250whp like u say). revhard is a t3/t4 turbo ... something like a 56mm trim turbo. it's gona use the FMU i would imagine. fmu is no good over 9 psi. you'd have to re-tune w/ something else. fmu only jacks fuel pressure up too. bad on gas. if you have a stock motor, there's no need for custom. it would be overkill. if you have any other ?s, PM me. i know EVERYTHING

what did you do for emissions then? ive never really followed how people with super built cars pass emissions... 9 psi is plenty for me. would i be able to replace the FMU with a piggy back system like the Vafc2 still run 9 psi and make more power/better mpg?

my goal in this car is to make it decently fast but not lower my MPG.. i wanna stress that, not that i dont want to spend money heh

[EP3sAreFun]

it's gona use the FMU i would imagine. fmu is no good over 9 psi. you'd have to re-tune w/ something else. fmu only jacks fuel pressure up too. bad on gas.

the Rev Hard kit actualy uses a Flash ecu upgrade. i assume you mail them your ECU and they clear it and wire a new map and they say reaise red line? seems liek this would be liek basicly the greddy blue box, cept they are rewriting my ecu instead of putting on a new one

[D16Civic]

you still may not pass emissions with a GReddy kit. i didnt. anyhow. the greddy kit is a smaller turbo, quick spool and still decent power. good for a daily driver. you should have literally no problems out of it. and you dont have to run blue box. it's just a preset fuel curve for the boost. you can drop that, tune it, and make plenty of power (250whp like u say). revhard is a t3/t4 turbo ... something like a 56mm trim turbo. it's gona use the FMU i would imagine. fmu is no good over 9 psi. you'd have to re-tune w/ something else. fmu only jacks fuel pressure up too. bad on gas. if you have a stock motor, there's no need for custom. it would be overkill. if you have any other ?s, PM me. i know EVERYTHING

i can see why the greddy kit might not pass, i mean, ur adding larger injectors which i would think would throw a code on ur ecu or something (could be wrong on this). Just because something says its 50 state carb legal really doesnt mean anything unless you live in California where you have to have the carb sticker.

Just curious on something u said supacharge, why would that custom kit be overkill on stock motor, other than the price being high?? I mean, personally i would think that rev hard kit would be overkill w/ the big turbos they come with that a stock motor will never be able to take advantage of, just make u spool up later.

my goal in this car is to make it decently fast but not lower my MPG.. i wanna stress that, not that i dont want to spend money heh

On the highway, ur gas mileage will probably go up, but thru town if ur boosting a lot ur gas mileage will drop. If you can keep urself from boosting all of the time you shouldnt have a problem w/ gas

[Supacharge]

in my state, and im not sure about others, your car is not street legal if the check engine light is on. Greddy kit threw mine on. as far as how i pass now, i have a cat. conv. that i stick on, put the stock injectors and ecu in, and drive it up there an pass it. haha it's a bitch, but it gets it done.

well when i think custom kit, i think what i did. custom 3" downpipe, manifold mix and turbo mix, injectors, etc. nothing that is "one kit". however, i did this to buy the best parts b/c kits dont always offer the best. with custom, you need injectors, something to tune with, dyno time, etc. youre talkin $$$. with a kit, you can usually use stock injectors or they will be provided, as well as some sort of fuel regulator or curve to run the turbo on and keep it rich. i just think that if you go custom, you should go all out on a BUILT motor, and make some real power. as for stock, a "kit" will do fine, and make plenty of power, and be capable of more than the stock motor will ever take.