Re: boosting b18a ASAP
if you already have most of the turbo kit together than you shouldnt have a problem staying under budget, if your looking to make 230 you will have no problem. i was making 260 on my stock ls on an s-afc, i was running 12lbs and it lasted two years and was still running strong when i took the turbo kit off. (tuned by shad on a dyno jet)
if i were you, this is what i would do
-forged pistons, i personally wouldnt even worry about rods if my goal was 230-250 cause the main weakness in stock honda motors lies in the pistons. if you can squeeze rods in there for budget than by all means, DO IT but in my experience its not absolutely needed.ive never spun a rod bearing, bent a rod or anything that had to do with rods, always was a cracked ring land or a crack cylinder wall(that happened like 6 years ago when i first turboed the car and was boosting like crazy without being tuned), but if you do plan on revving the motor significanlty higher your gonna want to invest in some rods
-550+ injectors,255 fuel pump with crome to keep costs down,great thing is NO FMU, crome is a good well used and supported system, had it on my boosted gsr civic and worked flawlessly, never had a single problem with it and it was very cheap unlike hondata, ecu chipping is cheap and lots of shops do it and theyll usually do it for a discounted price if you have them tune it.
-hondata intake manifold gasket-AN ABSOLUTE MUST. that gasket cuts heat to the intake manifold by like 85%. its awesome.
-depending on what type of bearings and gaskets you use will kinda determine the rest of what you can do with your money, oem honda bearings and gasket kits are alot more expensive than aftermarket items. i personally like oem honda stuff better myself. if you can, an upgraded valvetrain and cams will definitely help throw some more umph into that motor. the right aftermarket cams make such a huge difference over stock ls cams its ridiculous. an not to mention ls valve springs and retainers will start to float when revving past like 7800 so if you upgrade your valvetrain you should be able to rev higher more safely, if you combine that with the rods and the cams you should be making power in the higher rpm range to justify going past the 7800-8k mark. a port and polish is probably out of the question cause that will take up alot of your budget.
-of course a good streetable clutch is going to be needed.
Last edited by MORE IMPATIENT; Oct 7, 2007 at 11:12 AM.