Boost on a high mileage engine?

[1CleanEg]

Well i have a 95 LS with 177K miles. I want to boost it, but would i just be wasting money since the mileage is so high? Not looking to do anything crazy, just low 200hp range. Any help is appreciated

[WhiteAccord]

Honda 177k Turbo for only 200whp = Weak.
Toyota 215k Turbo 700whp+ = Honda's God.

[1CleanEg]

Honda 177k Turbo for only 200whp = Weak.
Toyota 215k Turbo 700whp+ = Honda's God.

lol. Damn i have heard of 200-300k mile honda motors but none boosted

[Turbodude06]

Compression test it, if its good do it....... Its not like LS's are that expensive anyway......

[1CleanEg]

Compression test it, if its good do it....... Its not like LS's are that expensive anyway......

yea ur right man, time to start piecing together a turbo. appreciate it

[dirk-diggler]

i had a motor with same amount of miles and boosted it , ran till i decied to pull it ou t and put freash motor in and the new one blew up , . mine took a beating and never fail me.

[1CleanEg]

damn good to hear. i cant wait!

[ueyedgr8tness]

like dude said above run the test and then if your level across the board. throw 7lbs on it and you should be fine as long as you don't drive like a tard every time u jump in it.

[1CleanEg]

yea thats the plan for now. i dont drive hard like some of those idiots u see speeding from light 2 light. appreciate it tho fellas

[B20brid]

I think the other two guys are giving good info test it if compression is good boost her

[dkjohnson04]

i have 148,xxx on my 2000 civic si (B16A2) and its at 7 lbs making 228whp with no issues so far..............i put the kit on at about 146,xxx

its all in the tune and your maintainance/driving habits and self control! DO IT!

[scttydb411]

143k miles and going...been boosted since 62.5k.

just tuned one that had 180k on it a couple weeks ago.

tuned one w/ 225k and it ran for over a year.

if the engine seems healthy do it. the worse thing that'll happen is you'll have to replace/rebuild the engine and you'll already have your turbokit ready.

[LongLiveH2b]

does it matter if its a D16Y7 non-vtec or a D16Y8 vtec, is one stronger than the other...compression= 9.4:1 for the Y7.......9.6:1 for the Y8

143k miles and going...been boosted since 62.5k.

just tuned one that had 180k on it a couple weeks ago.

tuned one w/ 225k and it ran for over a year.

if the engine seems healthy do it. the worse thing that'll happen is you'll have to replace/rebuild the engine and you'll already have your turbokit ready.

[scttydb411]

does it matter if its a D16Y7 non-vtec or a D16Y8 vtec, is one stronger than the other...compression= 9.4:1 for the Y7.......9.6:1 for the Y8

they are about the same in terms of strength, but the y8 uses a lot of knock feedback stock b/c of the vtec head and timing scheme. the d-series vtec don't add a lot of extra power stock or basic boosted builds. i prefer the y7 over the y8 (i like to keep it as simple as possible), but if someone has a y8 and it's tuned it can last a good while too.

[EF-9]

just buy my ls longblock with 117k miles =D