I was just getting my windows tinted, and talking with one of the guys doing it, and he showed me his civic si that was turboed. he said it was putting out 400hp.

Whaaaa?


I know you can basically make any car 1500hp with enough ridiculous mods, but a 400hp civic?

Was he just talking shyt, or is that pretty possible?

 

possible for sure.....tag one of our sponsors has a 957 whp civic

 

Ya but you might as well own a 400hp paper ball. cause honda is trash!

 

Lamest post ever.

Piece of trash that will be worth more than your domestic in 10 years.

 

What, by 200$? Any "regular" car isn't worth that much in 10 years, regardless of whether its an import or domestic.

 

LOL I never own a car over two years, so why would I care? haha

 

OH stop the imports are better crap! And the import bashing!

Sure you can get a Civic to 400 hp no problem. Thing is how long will it last at that level?

 

For me it's usually 5-6 years and I'm out. I'm thinking RWD for my next ride.

 

as long as a paper ball of trash hahahhahaha

 

3 years and 50k miles, I gotta a friend.

 

Sure 400hp 180lb/ft torque ROFL ROFL ROFL Its a roll car. Bet a STOCK Cobalt LS runs the 1/8th mile side by side with him. BTW real men dont race from a roll.

 

eh, a turbo will bring the torque up a shitload. any fwd car with that much horsepower on the street is a roll car. If you tried to launch that thing half throttle on the street you would spin thru third easily. You'd want drag radials for daily driving and slicks for the track. oh and also, with the horrible traction fwd gives you, you would be MUCH better off having 400hp and 180 ft lbs in that light of a car than having 400hp and 400 ft lbs. at least in most situations. 400 ft lbs in fwd = ZERO traction especially with a car as light as a civic.

 

I see....


Seems like a sweet turbo like that should go on a...um..more "performance oriented" car.. But hey, civics are decent, and he would walk me, so who am I to judge...


Thanks guys

 

good post. You are right it would be better off with a better car, but they probably spent a VERY small amount of money making that thing, so performance/dollar it was probably a great deal. i wouldn't drive it tho lol.

 

did that guy happen to mention that his set up was the AJP turbo kit?? cuz the stage two AJP kit puts out around 355-375 WHP, so if he said he was puttin out 400 hp he wasnt lieing(sp?)

http://ajperformance.com/

 

It is very possible, my friend has a 550whp turboed integra.

 

guy down the road has a civic coupe that runs a 10.45. im not sure on the HP i think i rember him saying 700hp?

 

Hondas are NOT cheap to mod.

stop the myth!

 

shoulda asked to check it out. a local guy here kept telling me his stang was supercharged and he wanted to race. finally went to his house and told him "lets go" and he told me "no, i meant i was getting it supercharged". he's probably going to order it or has it in his garage in pieces.

 

civics are actually a very expensive car to build if u do it right. i kno this sounds fast and furious but crate engines from japan arnt cheap! and if u build a japan crate engine there monsters! 1 sweet car to build if u actually have money to do it right!

 

ebay
i know a guy, with a zc d16 in a 92 hatch, and a turbo kit, running mid 13's for around 1500 bucks. sounds pretty cheap to me. and the engine only costs about 500 bucks

 

i would have asked him to see his car and when i saw the electric turbo i would have slapped the b****

 

he could have been, but with a turbo kit like that.. it might be safe to assume he has a couple of other mods done
i think that kit is $4,200 isn't it?
and as far as the torque thing.... read below the pic of my car

you could piece together your car from ebay too... but when it blows up cause "you get what you pay for".. don't cry

 

roight... You can get an old beater crx for extremely cheap, do some internal work, turbo it, maybe put in a stronger tranny and all the bolt ons u need for under 12 grand. Hondas are shitty, but they mod cheaply and are cheap to begin with.

 

And anybody with a 400hp Civic would never be caught dead with V6 Mustang.

Myth...