Hi everyone

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

I'm new to this site. Just wanted to say hi. I don't have any pictures of my car but I will try to get one soon.

[TedR719]

Welcome to HAI.

How did you find out about the site?

[b18cya-T]

whassaaaaaaaaaabi

[nolimitsoldier]

do you drive a turbo ex??hehe

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

Originally posted by futuresi
Welcome to HAI.

How did you find out about the site?


I was on Honda-Tech.com and one of the other guys said to check it out, so here I am:)

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

Originally posted by nolimitsoldier
do you drive a turbo ex??hehe


I have a 98 Civic with a T3/T4 turbo under the hood.:eek:

[nolimitsoldier]

Nice! Have you ran it at the track?

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

My best time so far was a 15.1@94 mph. This is a SOHC VTEC motor. I was pretty excited about that.:D

[73Camaro]

Welcome, I think you will enjoy the people here. Real nice people, very knowledgable.

[exciv2000]

Didn't I race you at the IDRC at bandimere, and I beat you out in the brackets because you red-lighted? That was a good run!

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

I only ran my two time trial runs because I blew my head gasket.
My first run was a 16.5 and my second run was a 17.3. Very dissapointing. After that I went home. So it wasn't me you raced. We'll have to give 'em a run sometime!

[12seccivy]

welcome to HAI
nice to see more hondas making it in here.
for a while there they seemed to be disappearing fast..
so. how much boost ya runnin'?

[greddy1.6]

Originally posted by exciv2000
Didn't I race you at the IDRC at bandimere, and I beat you out in the brackets because you red-lighted? That was a good run!

Actually I think that may have been me who redlighted against you at bandi. I have a teal green civic turbo'd with body kit. You have the dark green civic right? I had a .498 reaction time on that run pissed me off (2 thousands of a sec, fuck!!) But yeah it was a good run between us.

[exciv2000]

ah yeah, it must have been you then. Wow, .498. So close. It would have been a pretty great race if we were both green, I think you might just have edged me out at the very end. But it was fun none the less :) I red-lighted in the 5th round of eliminations against a guy who was running a 16.4 I think.

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

Originally posted by 12seccivy
welcome to HAI
nice to see more hondas making it in here.
for a while there they seemed to be disappearing fast..
so. how much boost ya runnin'?




I was running 16 PSI at the IDRC. Normally I only run about 10-11PSI.

[12seccivy]

Originally posted by Turbo EX





I was running 16 PSI at the IDRC. Normally I only run about 10-11PSI.

NICE!!!
i've recently discovered that i REALLY like boost!!:p
although i need to tune some more.. i think i could push some low 14's or high 13's now.. i dont know just yet..
i'd love to feel 16 lbs in my car:Beer:

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

If I get my car tuned right I know I could break into the 14's. Right now it's not running too well, not too sure what the problem is.

[exciv2000]

Originally posted by Turbo EX
If I get my car tuned right I know I could break into the 14's. Right now it's not running too well, not too sure what the problem is.

Damn, it's got a built bottom end then I take it??

[forum]

Originally posted by 12seccivy


NICE!!!
i've recently discovered that i REALLY like boost!!:p
although i need to tune some more.. i think i could push some low 14's or high 13's now.. i dont know just yet..
i'd love to feel 16 lbs in my car:Beer:

I would love to feel 16lbs in your car too :eek: the 4.5 lbs i felt was awesome, even with you stopping at 5k :D

[SOOPER DOOPER MINI COOPER]

Originally posted by exciv2000


Damn, it's got a built bottom end then I take it??

:D I only put lower compression pistons in it. 8:1 :D

[12seccivy]

Originally posted by forum


I would love to feel 16lbs in your car too :eek: the 4.5 lbs i felt was awesome, even with you stopping at 5k :D

now i stop at 7300. and feel the boost real good to 8-9psi.
my air fuel on the dyno was about right(11.5 to 1)
but i need some better camshafts i think.. my overlap on vtec is costing some boost and power.(loss of 14 hp right on the 5800 vtec jump)
but i have no real top end(above 7300). i think the cams and some gears would open that up some more..
i'm all outta $$$$ so no more upgrades till next year.:cry:

[12seccivy]

Originally posted by exciv2000


Damn, it's got a built bottom end then I take it??



actually i think the truth of the matter is... a honda(or anything) can handle boost up to like 20 psi as long as you keep detonation out of the equation.. detonation will kill any engine,built or not..
i've heard of people boosting stock bottom ends up to 20-23 psi without any problems..
i've also seen a guy blow his engine on 6 psi because of detonation(lean out)
'burnout: 'burnout:

[exciv2000]

Originally posted by 12seccivy




actually i think the truth of the matter is... a honda(or anything) can handle boost up to like 20 psi as long as you keep detonation out of the equation.. detonation will kill any engine,built or not..
i've heard of people boosting stock bottom ends up to 20-23 psi without any problems..
i've also seen a guy blow his engine on 6 psi because of detonation(lean out)
'burnout: 'burnout:

I don't have to worry about detonation with the J&S Safeguard. The thing kicks ass! But 20 PSI sounds high on an aluminum block built for N/A. If it were cast Iron, I'd probably throw it in there just to see what it could do. You also have to realize that the more air and fuel you feed to an engine, the bigger explosion. It's qiute possible to bend or even break a stock rod pretty easy with that much pressure forcing the piston down, and I'd think it only gets messier the higher up in revs you go.

And about the cams, get rid of the overlap. I think you want high lift, short duration cams. Check out Crower, I think they may have just what you are looking for.

[12seccivy]

Originally posted by exciv2000


I don't have to worry about detonation with the J&S Safeguard. The thing kicks ass! But 20 PSI sounds high on an aluminum block built for N/A. If it were cast Iron, I'd probably throw it in there just to see what it could do. You also have to realize that the more air and fuel you feed to an engine, the bigger explosion. It's qiute possible to bend or even break a stock rod pretty easy with that much pressure forcing the piston down, and I'd think it only gets messier the higher up in revs you go.

And about the cams, get rid of the overlap. I think you want high lift, short duration cams. Check out Crower, I think they may have just what you are looking for.

it's hard to say how much boost the stock bottom end can handle.
i agree that it has some limitations,i personally wouldnt go past 15 lbs of boost without beefing up the rods and pistons..
mine for example has forged pistons,but only shotpeened stock rods. and i'm keeping boost under 15lbs..
as far as the cams go, i need to save up some cash before shopping. i'm tapped out right now.. but i'll look into the crowers.
i have their high rate springs on now.(10k rpm)
thanks dude;RoCkOn;