Check my math: Cost to move from a TP2 to an Evo

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Originally Posted by jdmsohc22

Haha yah man you just have to know what you're doing... I did this setup that was known to be a "10 second budget build" using Suzuki Vitara pistons, eagle rods, and just honed my cylinders, adjusted my valves, spent about $350 on a clutch/flywheel, about $150 on my fuel setup, and $250 for my tune, and I'm at 355hp that consistently lands me in the mid 11's on 15" street tires... I'm runnin a Garrett GT30R tuned @ 15psi since I only have a 2bar MAP sensor... Once I get my 3.5bar I plan on boosting about 25psi and should be at about 450-475hp and landin 10's in the 1/4, hopefully I'll have some slicks by then lol.. So all in all I spent about $1500 on turbo setup, tuning, suspension parts, and random little things (resistors for injectors, gauges, etc) and I'm in a 92 civic hatch with a single cam runnin 11's, pretty happy with that.. And my motor is the JDM D15B Single Cam Vtec with the JDM D15B LSD Tranny...

Yeah, but the D15B (or K20/24) is much more capable than the A18, unless you spend a buttload of money upgrading the motor, but then you're just wasting money on a Civic.

I would be careful with the 3.5 bar. Not for your motor's sake, but for your drivetrain. That's almost guaranteed breakage somewhere, especially with FWD.