turbo kit price vs power

[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.