My friend and I are planning on puting a turbo on his CRV later this year and I am just trying to gather some information. I have put a supercharger on my ford, but I am new to the whole turbo honda thing.
He has a 99 CRV which has the b20 in it. We were thinking of buying a kit like this Click Here and running fairly low boost.
What would I need to get as far as tuning. I have seen sites that say all you need is a FMU, is that true? Is there anything else that we would need that doesn't come in the kit? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Mods: 15psi 550cc injecters stage 3 clutch Type r tany with 4.4 final drive lsd uberdata 8.1:1 compression eaglel rods
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stay away from them kits xs power and ss autocrome are no good their manifolds crack turbo's dont last under boost i made the same mistake if you do things the cheap way you pay for it in the end check out the why you dont buy ss autocrome forum on here its for your own good
I didn't know they made kits for crvs, but like stated above, stay away from E-bay kits period. It depends on how reliable or how much power your looking.
you could piece together a custom turbo kit which will be better parts and cheaper then any kit can provide but it will be time consuming. How much money do you have to throw at this project?
Tunning: this is key to the turbo system. An Fmu/missing link combo is known as the "hack." lets say a 12:1 fmu, for every 1psi it sees it will raise 12pounds of fuel... so you'd be running pig rich. It will run very slushy, killing your o2 sensors, cat and it will smell like shit.
You want to get the ecu chipped and ready for tunning by either chrome, uberdata, hondata or aem ems (hondata / aem are ballar status aka expensive).
homemadeturbo.com is a great place for piecing your custom turbo together / info.
You want to get the ecu chipped and ready for tunning by either chrome, uberdata, hondata or aem ems (hondata / aem are ballar status aka expensive).
homemadeturbo.com is a great place for piecing your custom turbo together / info.
most chipping/tuning products dont work with auto transmissions. NOT hondata. i speak from experience. so unless you have the first MT crv ive ever heard of, look into tuning before you buy anything. the FMU will work, but its the half assed way. you get what you pay for. but if you have a MT i have a brand new s300 sitting on my dresser for sale unopened. because i have baller status.
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'90 crx Si
D16Z6, arp rod bolts, OBD1 conversion/chipped P28, Comp cam, b16 throttle body, intake, JR Supercharger@8.5 psi, 3.2' blower pulley, crank pulley upgrade, dsm 450s, Hondata IM gasket, Walbro 255lph fuel pump, 4-2-1 header, 2.5' catless MSPi exhaust, tuned via CROME Pro, 6 puck, 8lb fidanza flywheel, b&m shortshifter, catch can, autometer..=170whp/145wtq MY VIDEO(old setup)
i never said they didnt, i said ive never heard of or seen one. they could exist for all i know, i dont really care to look it up. you could do a conversion, there are plenty of b20 hatches and integras running around with B trannies.
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'90 crx Si
D16Z6, arp rod bolts, OBD1 conversion/chipped P28, Comp cam, b16 throttle body, intake, JR Supercharger@8.5 psi, 3.2' blower pulley, crank pulley upgrade, dsm 450s, Hondata IM gasket, Walbro 255lph fuel pump, 4-2-1 header, 2.5' catless MSPi exhaust, tuned via CROME Pro, 6 puck, 8lb fidanza flywheel, b&m shortshifter, catch can, autometer..=170whp/145wtq MY VIDEO(old setup)
A better upgrade would be Crower stage II B18B camshafts, and like ksniperfox said, a manual transaxle. A manual trans alone will take a second off your 0-60 time.
It is an automatic, but they do make manual crvs. So if it's an autmatic the whole project is pretty much pointless? The fmu way did seem pretty ghetto.
It is an automatic, but they do make manual crvs. So if it's an autmatic the whole project is pretty much pointless? The fmu way did seem pretty ghetto.
its not necessarily pointless. whether or not something is pointless/pointfull(is that a word? lol) IMO is a defintion of worth that only you can determine. so, what is worth it: swapping to MT and getting a proper tune,(most costly) youll make more power reliably,
going turbo/FMU, half assed, mid cost, some power, less reliability
saving your $ and non turbo, OEM reliability, cheapest, slowest.
it typically boils down to the 3 options : power, price, reliability. pick only 2.
and theres always the bolt on option, and the bolt on b16a head option
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'90 crx Si
D16Z6, arp rod bolts, OBD1 conversion/chipped P28, Comp cam, b16 throttle body, intake, JR Supercharger@8.5 psi, 3.2' blower pulley, crank pulley upgrade, dsm 450s, Hondata IM gasket, Walbro 255lph fuel pump, 4-2-1 header, 2.5' catless MSPi exhaust, tuned via CROME Pro, 6 puck, 8lb fidanza flywheel, b&m shortshifter, catch can, autometer..=170whp/145wtq MY VIDEO(old setup)
It is an automatic, but they do make manual crvs. So if it's an autmatic the whole project is pretty much pointless? The fmu way did seem pretty ghetto.
The CRV has a B20 engine and you can use a B16 or B18 transmission from any '90 to '01 Integra or '99 to '00 Civic Si. You might need a custom shift linkage.
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unopened. because i have baller status.
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