info on turboing honda engines

[Punisha00]

This is more for the new comers lik myself wanting to no wat a honda engine is capable and is a good guide to start with.
http://beesandgoats.com/boostfaq/g2icturbo.html

[MR-VTEC]

good to see your researching more ;)

keep in mind though that the document is pretty old now so a few things have changed/advanced. either way though it's good info for beginners

[Limbo]

lol yeah its got some good notes, i read it when i did my build a while back, overall its still good for a basic to medium buildup. Just rem that alot of the parts are now better like said above.

[OMG.JAI xD]

How bout more technical?


How bout actually calculating what turbo is correct for what engine. As in every single aspect.

How bout http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/tech_center/turbo_tech101.html

comes in 3 parts. Shows you how to graph a turbo and alocate your engine to that graph to see how your turbo will work. How efficient and what peak power itll make.


=] Have fun reading. Gave me heaps of pre purchase knowledge.

[B16]

I can't recommend Corky Bell's "Maximum Boost" book. I bought a copy before I started my boost build and it has helped in many ways. If your thinking of turboing your honda give it a read.

Also I found the following invaluable reading:

http://www.turbovtec.com/
^ the site is navigated by the box on the left, with a little preparation the crx (b16) was turbo'ed in a field over a weekend! GO CRX-UK!

Crx-Uk's Turbo Sticky - invauable reading and links.
http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18862

The following are build threads on CRX-UK mostly for B16's, you'll need to register to read I believe - but the site is fantastic for info.

Eddies VT (http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=62321&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50)

Raz's B16 Build (http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74557)

scooby slayers build (http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74292)

burger's build (http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=75717)


Here is information for those interested in self tuning (BRE tuning program & Ostrich Emulation) :
http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=77542&highlight=turbo+build

Also an American site called Homemadeturbo.com

As for Self Tuning your set up - what I'm doing - see these:

EMS Megasquirt - but good for basic tuning theory (http://www.diyautotune.com/tech_articles/street_tuning_your_megasquirt_ems.htm)

more crx-uk bre / ostrich / datalogging threads, some good trouble shooting:
http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=67388&highlight=bre

http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=80828&highlight=bre

http://board.hondacrx.co.uk/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=77542&highlight=bre

wb02 is an australian company doing an alternative to Inovate's LC-1 wideband data logger, see here for info:
http://wbo2.com/home/default.htm

I know this is towards the end of my post and it probably should be at the top, but this is a MUST READ, if your thinking of building/tuning yourself, it gave me a lot of inspiration (from pgmfi.org):

http://forum.pgmfi.org/viewtopic.php?t=10435&highlight=

http://forum.pgmfi.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=12477

Here's an installation guide for an LC-1 wideband going into a civic:
http://www.lukekailburn.com/lc1.html

If you find any of this info useful please add to my rep, as I want to start and share my build progress with you all, but cant post in the build threads section yet :)

Cheers,
Matt

[FastFwd]

Matt...post the build thread in the Technical section and one of the admins will move it across. I dont know why they do it that way but thats what i got told to do.

[B16]

Cool, thanks, will do :)