and one last thing that jesse forgot to mention... WHY in the HELL would you turbo an 88 prelude?!? Youre gonna slap a turbo on a car that probably has well over 100K miles on it? Quit dreaming of a fast car and making silly decisions, and take what you can get until you can get a mod-able car in the future.

 

Thank you, such a simple question! There are alot of people that iam sure spend more money into there engine then they do there apperance of there car so whats if ithe turbo is worth more then the car o yeah the car its got like 160hp so does that meean it puts out like 140 at the wheels? I wantted somthing differnt its not everyday that you see a turbo charged prelude compare that to seeing civic's all the time i just wantted something outta the orgineal know what i mean. probably not.

 

If it is a 88-91 Si I beleive they have a non-VTEC B20. That version of the b20 is not that great but you may be able to swap in other b-series engines. I agree that if you don't have have alot of money (which it sounds like) then you should just drive the car as-is and appreciate it for what it is. The Prelude is a great car and should get you around for years till you can save up and buy an allready fast newer car. If you have lots of money and allready have a nice daily driver and are looking to do something different, doing up that Prelude is not a bad idea. Parts aren't as plentiful as with the Civics but there are springs and other parts avalible. Also the Prelude in stock form handles very nice, it was one of the first cars with double wish-bone suspension. Beleive me, I understand wanting to do something different, (check my sig pic) but if you aren't "heavily funded" just drive it stock and get something better later.

P.S. To answer your original questions, yes you can turbo nearly anything with a lot of money and I beleive your car was 130hp at the crank translating to about 110hp at the wheels.

 

smoke some crack and then put a turbo in it and blow the engine. then get an h22. and turbo that and just sleep around town and make cars that think they are fast look like shit lol :monkdance: :monkspank: :monkpiss:
my .02 lol
-mike

 

Should i put this sir2 in the prelude or the civic cx thats gutted. Heh! or should i gutt the prelude. I just want something different. You said you could put in a b-series swap into this year prelude? right? Can LHT do this for me if i metion this to them or will just be like ???? . I just like that year models . Plus o yeah this car has a.c.