engine question

[MR-VTEC]

just wondering would ya have to rebuild the b16a engine if i plan to turbo it. its got 160000kms. only plan to run a max of 10 psi. :?: :?: :?:

[[[d a n n y]]]

] said before. . . ]well probly have to check it first..

if's it's not been threashed..


wtf is "threased" danny ?

[McChook]

10psi is enough on a B16a to require you to run less than 10.5:1 compression ratio. Less than 10 would be ideal.

[MR-VTEC]

yeah but would the engine have to be rebuilt or strengthened before i did turbo it?

[SPEEDCORE]

If you want it to last............ YES!

[mojo the flashy monkey]

lol yer get out some rope and tye it down good or ill rofl wen ur engin fals out

[fusion_VTi]

it depends on how far you wanna go with it. if u want huge power strengthen the motor so you can run high boost.

[egvtec]

If u are planning not to strengthen the motor then maybe go for 7psi and that is with very good tuning

[A'PEXi]

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] said before. . . ]well probly have to check it first..

if's it's not been threashed..


wtf is "threased" danny ?

thrashed?

[MR-VTEC]

ok but can anyone answer my question? i plan to turbo a b16a. the engine has 160000kms on it. if i run say around 6 psi and no more than 10 psi the question is will i have to rebuild my engine or can i just add a turbo setup and not have to worry about spending money on the engine?

[Phat_ciVic]

yeah you could, for a while, but it will seriously limit the life of ur engine, 6 psi should be ok, but any higher and u'd have to think about the rebuild

[MR-VTEC]

how much are rebuilds and what would be involved? how long would the engine last on 6 psi?

[Phat_ciVic]

depends how u drive, and how you've treated the engine b4 now. and whether u have it tuned properly, as for the rebuild i'm not sure how much it would cost. might be cheaper to get a swap, but like i said i dunno

[MR-VTEC]

so i wouldnt drive hard all the time and the engines in fairly good nick. regular services well looked after. so i could just get a turbo setup put on and thats it. oh and get sumthin like a hondadata and get tuned properly.

[pornstar]

MR-VTEC, we did an 89 crx and that engine has done like 300k+ kms and its still fine after 2 years of boost.

[MR-VTEC]

true. but how much was spent on the turbo set up? how much boost?

[Phat_ciVic]

do it, then u can tell us how long a b16a after 160 000km's with a turbo running 6psi and proper tuning will last. sounds fairly safe to me, if you do it like u said, but i couldn't tell you how much life ur engine has left,

does anyone else know more about this?

[MR-VTEC]

yeah i would but dont wanna go throwing money at it unless im sure of the out comes. well that is at least a bit sure anyway.

anymore suggestions would help.

thanx guys.

[pornstar]

it was a complete conversion, 9k for the setup. if ur going to be skimping dont turbo ur car, just go i/h/e, not worth getting **** all gains because ur to tite to spend the first time.

[MR-VTEC]

true. although i never said i wasnt goin to spend alot of money. i simply wanted to know if i had to rebuild my engine considering what i wanted to do.

[pornstar]

well if ur budget on ur turbo kit, dont bother, cos something does go wrong its all over for ur engine.

[mr crex]

it was a complete conversion, 9k for the setup. if ur going to be skimping dont turbo ur car, just go i/h/e, not worth getting f*ck all gains because ur to tite to spend the first time.

as pornstar said ... if your going to do something do it right the first time.

if you want to do a turbo conversion on your engine you might aswell spend money and replace internals so you can run a stable setup that is capable of higher boost and power ... and if you replace the majority of your internals then you've pretty much dont a rebuild anyway, beside the usual stuff involved in a rebuild.

you say that now you wont drive your car hard ... but as soon as you turbo your car you'll want to take it hard and you will want more and more boost ... I can guarentee it hehehe ... so you would be better off doing a good setup now and have piece of mind for later down the track when you want to up the boost... cos we all know you will want to ;) ;)

[pornstar]

not really, just that if u dont spend the correct amouts for the parts first time, ur likely to blow ur engine.

[MR-VTEC]

when the time comes that i wanna up the boost i will sell up and buy a factory turbo car. so my new question is whats the cheapest bolt on turbo kit i could apply considering reliability for about two years and never running anymore than 7psi.

[tanghy]

why don't u drive the crap out of the standard internals at whatever boost you want
then when it dies rebuild with forged components

[MR-VTEC]

ok i shall just go do that now than shall i. as you tell i have a money tree where i will simply pick the leaves off and purchase a new engine!

[tanghy]

cheap never = reliable
why don't u just drop the idea if you don't have the $$

it will be a never ending pit once u try to do it on the cheap and breakdowns start .. then keep recurring

[MR-VTEC]

i realise this and im not saying i dont have the money but if you read the above posts you might have figured some of this out. there must be a way a b16a can be turboed running low boost and in a fairly cheap and fairly reliable way.