Opinion on "Turboing" an Auto (non-sport)

Lord_Zath said:
p5 engines have been known to blow, too.

Why'd you have to sell all those mods? Sounds to me like you played with fire and got burned...

All I'm saying is that a turbo fs-de has a much better chance of blowing than a n/a auto fs-de. LMK when your engine blows and we'll get a meet together to race you with our slow but stylin' hatchbacks.

I fully agree man, and yeah i'll give you guys a call when my engine blows, lol. It'll be like 300 bucks for a used block off a scrapped p5, plus some labor haha.
 
haha, no hate from earlier seriously, im just saying everyone knows MSPs have enough trouble handling stuff as is, and it is sold with a turbo stock, why take good money and put it into something that is not made to have a turbo and garanteed to have problems, it might run good for a while, but its going to be alot of non stop work. along with non stop money and supporting mods. it would make a good project car if you had another one to drive. but in my opinion, think logically take the money... save it, and invest in something non hatch... sorry not a hatch fan
 
First off, ya'll need to stop your bickering. Stop ragging on each other's babies. I mean really, let him have his fun.

But if you want my opinion, I saw a P5 today, I thought it looked like a snail. Just looks. *shrugs*
 
Maxxpwr said:
haha, no hate from earlier seriously, im just saying everyone knows MSPs have enough trouble handling stuff as is, and it is sold with a turbo stock, why take good money and put it into something that is not made to have a turbo and garanteed to have problems, it might run good for a while, but its going to be alot of non stop work. along with non stop money and supporting mods. it would make a good project car if you had another one to drive. but in my opinion, think logically take the money... save it, and invest in something non hatch... sorry not a hatch fan
do you not see htis is a PROTEGE5 thread not a MSP thread, if u dont like a hatch then dont post in a thread about them, dont be a prick like the other guy
 
Hey what is wrong with Hatches. Well I guess it is like me saying I really don't car for the sedan body that is why I got the P5. Different preferences.
 
he wanted my opinion and i gave him my opinion, all i am saying is i dont like hatches and i dont think turbo'ing a p5 is a good idea. and yeah if you dont care for the sedan body thats fine. it would make a good project car, if your going to do it do it but have another car too. again my opinion
 
Turboing a P5 is not a good idea when it is the same thing as the msp?? Yea the auto might be holding it back, but have you seen C-Will or Jomo? Their P5's are faster than most of the msp's on this forum. The best thing is just buy the Hi-boost kit and install it over the weekend and you are done. I have friends with auto turbo that are running fine. One is at 9psi with the hi-boost kit and is running fine for almost 2 years now.
 
thread cliffs notes
turboing an auto P5 is bad because:
  • it's automatic and can't handle much more power
  • some guy on the internet doesn't like hatches
 
toucci said:
thread cliffs notes
turboing an auto P5 is bad because:
  • it's automatic and can't handle much more power
  • some guy on the internet doesn't like hatches

Lol... Oh man, you guys are killing me here.
 
personally, i like the look of the hatch, not so much a station wagon,

and i like everything being in "the same space" if you know what i mean, probably cause im also used to driving an SUV if that helps
 
Black_Protege_5 said:
Turboing a P5 is not a good idea when it is the same thing as the msp?? Yea the auto might be holding it back, but have you seen C-Will or Jomo? Their P5's are faster than most of the msp's on this forum. The best thing is just buy the Hi-boost kit and install it over the weekend and you are done. I have friends with auto turbo that are running fine. One is at 9psi with the hi-boost kit and is running fine for almost 2 years now.

great idea without the auto tranny though Brian, I know you bailed on your turbo plans with your auto P5 to go with an MSP or MS3, much better idea on your part i must say bro...
 
toucci said:
thread cliffs notes
turboing an auto P5 is bad because:
  • it's automatic and can't handle much more power
  • some guy on the internet doesn't like hatches

good summary, i dont like hatches either looks wise although theyre lighter so yeah they have more potential, i know a lot of civic crx's that are rediculously fast, turbo p5's like Cwill's are rediculously fast, but they dont have the auto tranny lol
 
you know something...P5 owner love their car. and you love it to MSP owners. so unless you want us to go and piss you off on your threads then dont try to pwn us in ours. plus. i saw a P5T AUTO-SPORT that would smoke an EVO and STI so you keep at it MSP. but when my P5T is done. i will travel all over the US just to smoke all of the bastards that think they got the best MSP just to laugh. .....so drop me a line with your adress cause im coming.
 
santisurf said:
you know something...P5 owner love their car. and you love it to MSP owners. so unless you want us to go and piss you off on your threads then dont try to pwn us in ours. plus. i saw a P5T AUTO-SPORT that would smoke an EVO and STI so you keep at it MSP. but when my P5T is done. i will travel all over the US just to smoke all of the bastards that think they got the best MSP just to laugh. .....so drop me a line with your adress cause im coming.

hey man like i said before enjoy your rides, and yeah when your ready go ahead an pm me with a auto non-sport turbo P5 and we can make a some good runs out here in Cali, sounds like a good time, you guys are really butt hurt about this whole thread, I think you guys should just be over it though and roll with it, I took all kinds of bashing from subaru's until I beat one with my modded msp. But I realized that no matter what even my MSP is slow as **** which is why i'm back to almost stock, I'm upgrading my car to something with more potential in the near future, I bailed on my mods while I was still ahead and I could make my money back and have my car still in one peice with no mods. I actually made money reselling my mods on the forum, which is nearly unheard of. My opinion still stands that turboing an auto P5 is a bad idea because of the limitations of the auto tranny.
 

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