keith-pain

Im working on a B18 and was wondering if a higher compression motor would benifit from a turbo over a lower compression motor. And how reliable is a turbo? its my everyday car.

ButcherRacing

With boost you need to drop the compression ratio or you will blow it up...stock stuff in a n/a motor is usually only good for 6-8psi after you turbo it. Any more and you will be picking up parts of your engine from off the road.

Not only is it important to drop the ratio but increase strength forged con. rods and pistons are a must.



This is what can happen if you are not carefull

Image blatantly stolen from
http://homemadeturbo.com/tech_projec...ors/index.html

Check it out its a good page

__________________
If it wasn't for my horse, I would never have spent that year in college.

86_Notch

get a nitrous kit, they're perfect for daily drivers, the power ( and wear and tear ) is only there when you need it , same power as a turbo but waaaaaay less money

__________________
__________________________
|.....Overnight.........................| ||
|........Parts From Japan.............||'|";,___
|_..._...____________======||_|_|...,..]
"(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''''''''''*|(@)(@)*****" (@)

GSRTURBO

if you have a LS turbo will work great even at higher compression if you are running a gsr turbo is STILL very reliable and works great. dont cut corners on the tuning aspect of it, and you'll be fine. let me know if u got some questions

__________________
-Brandon
DD '92 Civic VX - B18C1 swap - 8spi t04r

keith-pain

Thanks for the info, my chassie is a integra LS and i think that V-TEC is over rated and for the price of a Type R a turbo would put a bigger chip on your shoulder. So to my next question, im swapp'n out the 1.8 and was wondering if the JDM B20 non vtec would be a better power plant? but for a few more hund. i could have a jdm b16. the idea is a complete bolt on turbo kit. but still reliable. peace

86_Notch

so you're going to do a motor swap and then bolt on a turbo ?? that seems like an aweful lot of work to have a car that's still going to end up only being a 13 sec car ( if you can drive ) y don't you just buy a 13 sec car to begin with ??

__________________
__________________________
|.....Overnight.........................| ||
|........Parts From Japan.............||'|";,___
|_..._...____________======||_|_|...,..]
"(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''''''''''*|(@)(@)*****" (@)

keith-pain

because i can build a 13 sec. car for half the price of buying one. plus you cant buy a 13 sec. car with 2000 watts and LCD screens. i have a budget and in canada all you see are 13 sec. cars from the dealership. it has to be unique or nothing.

keith-pain

im 25 years old and the price of insurance on a 13 sec. car would be 7000k a year. how would i eat?

86_Notch

my car costs 45 dollars a month to insure, buy an older mustang or camaro then mod it to be unique

__________________
__________________________
|.....Overnight.........................| ||
|........Parts From Japan.............||'|";,___
|_..._...____________======||_|_|...,..]
"(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''''''''''*|(@)(@)*****" (@)

deep_stage_srt4

man you cant put mustang and unique in the same sentence. every 45 year old women buys a mustang to be unique. however, a honda crx isn't really a rare site either..... sell it all and go get a dodge SRT4 with the kicker sound system

__________________
There is no replacement for displacement, like a turbo! -dssrt4

**Sponsored By **

86_Notch

mustang and unique may not go together

but mustang and fast sure do

__________________
__________________________
|.....Overnight.........................| ||
|........Parts From Japan.............||'|";,___
|_..._...____________======||_|_|...,..]
"(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''''''''''*|(@)(@)*****" (@)

86_Notch

i don't mean to offend you but a crx is a very girly car, how can you drive it ?? let alone wanna mod it ?

__________________
__________________________
|.....Overnight.........................| ||
|........Parts From Japan.............||'|";,___
|_..._...____________======||_|_|...,..]
"(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''''''''''*|(@)(@)*****" (@)

keith-pain

Mustangs share the same suspension components as there pick ups. I want something that goes fast and handles like a dream, also there too heavy. i just cant stand the thought of driving a neon. you know 4 DR.