maintenance on a turbo charged SI???? - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

My 1st Civic · 07-26-2002, 05:22 PM

yo got pretty good hp now all motor 219 to tha wheels (alot of drag racing equipment

) no joke! but I got beat by a VR and now I'm ready for TURBO even though I don't drive tha car that much/ When I finally make up my mind of what system/ how do i keep my car running good /and where do you guys get maintenance done? Do you take back to honda or what??????

Right now I get my oil changed every 1500 miles and tune up's
every 3000 I know it's a bit much but when I get around to driving my car I drive it hard !!with tha fellas ya know ????

So help me out with tha maintence runnin Turbo and where to get maintenance done ....

Yo what you think about Greddy for a Turbo

Hollah back
oh yeah tha VR was hooked up with a Audi 5 cylinder engine he's running turbo modded chip for a porsche and turbo 11 sec car !

bogard · 07-26-2002, 05:31 PM

what the hell did you just say1?!!?!?!? speak english man as for an answer what type of setup are you running now? You obivously have your engine heavily modded if your getting 219hp to the wheels? explain yourself more

My 1st Civic · 07-26-2002, 05:47 PM

ok let me break it down barney style for tha brain dead
I am running An si and want to know about maintenance when turbo charged / who do you take it to for maintenance/ Can I take it to Honda for like tune up's? I'm not Turbo'd now all motor
right now plan on getting turbo OOKKKK/

My 1st Civic · 07-26-2002, 05:49 PM

what if sumthing go's wrong with tha turbo ? or can fix that

a69star · 07-26-2002, 05:50 PM

Alright, if you are getting 219 whp on a civic si n/a, then you are prolly running high compression. This means you will need alot of tuning to have the high compression safely coincide with the boost. The first maintenence you will need to do is to tune the hell of the car or else BOOM.

My 1st Civic · 07-26-2002, 06:48 PM

what's a good boost for a highly tuned b16a I was just informed

that I got to tune my engine for turbo. I probably got to use lower

compression pistons/ I heard before sumthing like 10-12 psi

can it be higher?

please help

kommon_sense · 07-26-2002, 07:36 PM

If you are getting 219whp all motor, then you probably need to go in the opposite direction for a turbo. I imagine that you have high compression pistons, so you may need to lower that to something like 9:1 or 9.5:1 to run a reasonable amount of boost.

I imagine that you also have some pretty aggressive cams. You may need to go back to stock or get some aftermarket cams that are designed for turbos. I don't have any first hand experience with this, but from what I've read, if you have very aggressive cams with high overlap and then run a turbo, you end up blowing the boost right out of the exhaust ports...

Also, if you are trying to run high levels of boost (like 10+psi), then you should look into resleeving your engine.

As for maintenance, it all depends on your dealer. Some may know how to deal with a turbo and some may not. You only need to get the oil changed every 2000-3000 miles with a turbo, so you should be fine with your 1500mi oil change routine.

If you are serious about boost, then don''t bother with a greddy kit. Take a look at the rev-hard kits... www.revhard.com

civperc · 07-26-2002, 10:24 PM

if you've got 219 currently NA, I would personally stick with that route. But if you've got deep pockets, time, and don't mind switching out/parts then go for the new FI route. You'll need to lower the compression some, and like kommon_sense said, change the cams to stock or aftermarket ones designed for turbo'd engines in mind. Tuning will be key, I recommend a standalone management system such as Hondata, because with a turbo set-up, you can't run bigger injectors (neccessary) with a stock ECU. You'll need at least an FMU, I recommend a standalone system tho, such as Hondata.

My 1st Civic · 07-27-2002, 02:49 PM

thanx y'all 4 tha info... I knew going forced induction now since I

did alot of naturally aspirated tuning would cost money but I'm up for it turbo

will give me more HP!! with out a dought. I can only put so much shit on tha car until it's not streetable at all so I'll get tha turbo and put more horses through and keep it on tha street (it's bad enuff I drive it now!!!!!)

GSteg · 07-27-2002, 03:00 PM

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Originally posted by My 1st Civic

Right now I get my oil changed every 1500 miles

good lord! :eek: why?!?!?!?1:eek: for every oil change i do, you do two already! why not change oil like every 3,000 miles? it saves you time and money. plus, the engine doesn't feel like you're baby-ing the car much.

My 1st Civic · 07-28-2002, 10:20 AM

yo I change my oil like that becuz 1: I don't drive my car that much becuz it eats gas like a juiced V8 and when i do drive it I drive it hard! I got alot of Drag Racing parts on and in my B16A
which means I barely have a Redline and my parts are all pretty much light weight / and it revs fast.

and for 2: since I'm not a racing mechanic and not tearing my engine down every time i gotta change my oil & fluids in my car alot.

GSteg · 07-28-2002, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by My 1st Civic
yo I change my oil like that becuz 1: I don't drive my car that much becuz it eats gas like a juiced V8 and when i do drive it I drive it hard! I got alot of Drag Racing parts on and in my B16A
which means I barely have a Redline and my parts are all pretty much light weight / and it revs fast.

i've seen people making over 300-350whp, and they get gas mileage like 20mpg. what the heck did you do with your car anyways? what mods do you have so far?

My 1st Civic · 07-30-2002, 06:32 AM

I'm just running super rich ! don't feel like posting all modz

look in Civic Si forum unda "how big of a turbo" tha name iz my 1st civic I have sum modz in there aaight just running real rich thats all