K24a3 dc5r

Hey guys,
I bought my DC5R a few months ago off my mate. Love it. Came with a Toda cat back and Injen CAI, and that made the VTEC crossover sound like a German WW2 Stuka dive bomber. . . Well actually maybe its not as loud as a dive bomber but you get what i mean. Almost straight away I purchased Halo projector headlights off Ebay as shown.Then 2 weeks ago, on a Sunday night. Mother Nature shoved a pineapple up my arse and blew my engine. There was crazy raining and deep puddles on the Hume Hwy, where my Injen CAI sucked up too much water, which lead to hydraulic lock, which resulted in my engine blowing up. I didnt even hear a bang. Raining too hard probably. I pushed my car to the side, on the highway. No one bothered to help but the deadsh!ts would honk as they drove past. After like two hours on the road. NRMA towed my car home for free, cause I was a member of some club i didnt know i joined. Couple days later my mate comes over who's a mechanic and had a look at the engine.Checked the spark plugs and CAI and there was heaps of water Cranking it manually was hard, so he used the starter motor. Didnt work. He said something on the inside is bent. He was right in the end. After like a week of organising stuff, I opted for a k24. Days later I got it towed to my mechanic. Why K24? for starters k20's cost a LOT like 4.5K for a good one I think. And why not do something different and get a k24? Well actually it has been done but its uncommon to see a k24 dc5r. I was planning on doing it later down the track anyways. My goal is a 10 sec k24 turbo dc5r. Thats why im doing this build thread. Hopefully its interesting enough to get moved to the build forum. Its going to cost me abit under 3K. For a 09 K24a3 with like 90000km i think and another 1.5K to cover labour and a full service. My mechanics a good bloke. He said he'd check my clutch, if it had less than 60% tread left he'd tell me so I could buy a new one and he'll put it in with no extra charge. I came over today, he said the clutch was still good and he'd sell and install mugen headers and a silencer to me cause I dont have one for less than 900. He also offered me tein super street coilovers for cheap aswell. Im leaning towards doing it. And for the ecu I dont require one cause the engine internals are stock. Also had a look at my previous engine. It is F&*ked LOL. Have a look at it theres 4 major holes and the conrod is stuffed. Cant really see it though. So the next things on my list are - a 3K sound system, repray - super gloss black or dark grey gun metal and steam clean my recaros and the inside of my car cause the rain made them stink.

Oh yea and if you think its promising give me a rep point so I can sell stuff I dont need. Thanks. If your thinking wth, I dont really know much about cars to be helpful on other peoples threads. Im learning more and more about cars as im going along, sharing and documenting dramas and what I learnt along the way. That deserves atleast one point dont it?

Oh yea and with my old K20a my mechanic said two pistons were gone! LOL. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH CAI

Damn sucks to hear. Can't believe no-one even bothered to help :thumbdwn:

There goes the, "filter has to be submerged", line everyone lives and swears by.

But sometimes events like these, make way for something truly special.

Interested to see the progress on the K24 :thumbsup:

sorri to hear wat happened, interested in seeing ur dc5r running 10's....

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Originally Posted by TypeS

Damn sucks to hear. Can't believe no-one even bothered to help :thumbdwn:

There goes the, "filter has to be submerged", line everyone lives and swears by.

But sometimes events like these, make way for something truly special.

Interested to see the progress on the K24 :thumbsup:

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My mechanic told me theres a 3 second rule. If you drive over a deep enough puddles long enough it'll happen. You could here the puddles I drove through going up against the front bumper. Like how the body of a speedboat cuts through water. Thats what it sounded like.

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Originally Posted by IEVAQ8

sorri to hear wat happened, interested in seeing ur dc5r running 10's....

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Cheers mate. Its a gonna long hard road ahead of me.

ah damn, which part of hume man?

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Originally Posted by TypeS

Damn sucks to hear. Can't believe no-one even bothered to help :thumbdwn:

There goes the, "filter has to be submerged", line everyone lives and swears by.

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could have been submerged, parts of hume submerge half your front in water i think lol

Hume highway turning down Terminus Street. Near the Nissan dealer and Tokyo imports where it used to be. It was drenched going down Cumberland Hwy aswell. CAI was on the left hand side of my car and on the road thats the depressed side. So yea I wouldnt be surprised if it was submerged. I could hear my front bumper actually cutting the water LOL

i dont think the car will run good without a proper ecu , my cousins built b20 went like balls when he used his b18c vtir ecu so might wanna change ur plans and get either the euro ecu or kpro
just sayin

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Originally Posted by GSi_PSi

i dont think the car will run good without a proper ecu , my cousins built b20 went like balls when he used his b18c vtir ecu so might wanna change ur plans and get either the euro ecu or kpro
just sayin

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Its a stock k24a3 im getting swapped in. My mechanic told me if the engine internally is stock, then I shouldnt have dramas. But if I had internal work done then I definitely need it. Maybe thats why your cousin had grief. Im definitely going to get kpro. Just later on. But if my mechanics talking shit [hopefully not cause I trust him] and it goes to hell then ill buy one straight away.

Cheers for checkin out my thread

Mate for one a K20 ecu is only giving fuel enough for a 2.0L you have now 2.4 , so your motoring is going to be leaning out, not to mention the difference in
air intake , redline, etc very very dangerous running it on a k20 ecu, only reason you would run it like that is if your going somewere it to get it dyno tuned even then babying it

Thats what I was thinking before. But my mechanic says its not neccessary. I should be picking it up today. See how it goes. Hope he knows his sh!t. Not saying you don't either. Just hoping I dont need one atm.

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

Thats what I was thinking before. But my mechanic says its not neccessary. I should be picking it up today. See how it goes. Hope he knows his sh!t. Not saying you don't either. Just hoping I dont need one atm.

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You will be running way lean if you don't use K-pro, and also, another major problem without k-pro is that fact that you won't be able to start the car since your immobilizer won't be disabled.

Unless he is planning to use the Accord's ECU? make sure you check that its not a auto -ecu

http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=630894

"Don't drive it until you get k-pro" + "you are gonna blow your motor"

I don't think that your mechanic is being responsible by advising that you can run the swap without k-pro/ ECU tuning, stock internals or not have nothing to do with your engine knocking up + blowing

your mechanic is a douche bag, get a proper ecu or risk your motor, and you need proper fuel pressure to go thru or bang!

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Originally Posted by iwkyb

You will be running way lean if you don't use K-pro, and also, another major problem without k-pro is that fact that you won't be able to start the car since your immobilizer won't be disabled.

Unless he is planning to use the Accord's ECU? make sure you check that its not a auto -ecu

http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=630894

"Don't drive it until you get k-pro" + "you are gonna blow your motor"

I don't think that your mechanic is being responsible by advising that you can run the swap without k-pro/ ECU tuning, stock internals or not have nothing to do with your engine knocking up + blowing

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Originally Posted by JDM.Power

your mechanic is a douche bag, get a proper ecu or risk your motor, and you need proper fuel pressure to go thru or bang!

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These guys have the right go. Wouldnt want to risk your new engine dude, or else your going to have more troubles and more $$.

And welcome btw lol

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Originally Posted by ekay1

And welcome btw lol

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Thanks man.

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Originally Posted by ekay1

These guys have the right go. Wouldnt want to risk your new engine dude, or else your going to have more troubles and more $$.

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Now Im paranoid. Ill go source one now.

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

Now Im paranoid. Ill go source one now.

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You will also need eng certificate if you want this swap to be legit since you are upping your displacement >20%

Holy crap makes me think twice now about my car driving in the rain, i drove it in the rain when it was really heavy, on elizabeth that was about it lucky i didnt run to any puddles =D

This will only ever happen with crazy wtf torrential rain with deep puddles on the road.

I dunoo how you can suck so much water if your driving normaly? if your revving your motor out on the other hand and you have no splash guards then i can see it happening

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

There was crazy raining and deep puddles on the Hume Hwy, where my Injen CAI sucked up too much water, which lead to hydraulic lock, which resulted in my engine blowing up. I didnt even hear a bang. Raining too hard probably. I pushed my car to the side, on the highway. No one bothered to help but the deadsh!ts would honk as they drove past.

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My ****ing god, the EXACT same thing happen to me on the hume hwy aswell.. my thoughts were i had hydrolocked aswell but luckily i didn't suck up any water, i only rolled into the massive puddle .. Car died, towed it home and had someone look at it and it was fine. Scared the shit out of me. Goodluck with the build :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by GSi_PSi

I dunoo how you can suck so much water if your driving normaly? if your revving your motor out on the other hand and you have no splash guards then i can see it happening

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The puddles were pretty deep I guess. Approx ankle deep. I wasnt gunning it either. Just normal shifting before I get to 3K rpm. You'd had to have been there.

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Originally Posted by onesweetb0i

My ****ing god, the EXACT same thing happen to me on the hume hwy aswell.. my thoughts were i had hydrolocked aswell but luckily i didn't suck up any water, i only rolled into the massive puddle .. Car died, towed it home and had someone look at it and it was fine. Scared the shit out of me. Goodluck with the build :thumbsup:

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Your one of the lucky few then. I learnt my lesson, pull over once it starts raining heavily. Thanks mate.

is the car going yet?

Hey fellas I got my car back just then. AND OMGWTF IT IS AWESOME. HAS SOO MUCH MORE POWER AND TORQUE. From 0 to 6k rpm it feels like im hitting VTEC with my K20a, while Im laughing like a mad man. From 6k rpm to 8k rpm VTEC actually kicks in forces my butt snug in the Recaros. So, sooo happy. Well worth the 3K I invested. Also got a major service too. Clutch was drained and new fluid put it in. Feels so sexy shifting. Smooth as, and I also bought a Mugen header. I'd go into more depth but I gotta go. Post pics up soon.

awesome dude.

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Hey fellas I got my car back just then. AND OMGWTF IT IS AWESOME. HAS SOO MUCH MORE POWER AND TORQUE. From 0 to 6k rpm it feels like im hitting VTEC with my K20a, while Im laughing like a mad man. From 6k rpm to 8k rpm VTEC actually kicks in forces my butt snug in the Recaros. So, sooo happy. Well worth the 3K I invested. Also got a major service too. Clutch was drained and new fluid put it in. Feels so sexy shifting. Smooth as, and I also bought a Mugen header. I'd go into more depth but I gotta go. Post pics up soon.

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So in your opinon, the k24 is a better engine overall? :P

did you upgraded your valve springs ? if you dont , dont hit 8k rpm too often specially you are on stock k20a ecu ?
is your bottom end stock ?

This thread makes me happy :) Glad to hear your car's back on the road!

But please, upgrade your ECU. Last thing I'd want to see is your newly invested $3k turn into $6k after you lean out your new motor/bend a rod. Cost of Kpro will be cheaper than the cost of another K24.

I mean that in the nicest way possible man, and we all want you to have fun with your new motor and the new lease of life you've given your car. Don't waste it! =D **** I wish I only had to pay $3k to upgrade to a K24 lol.

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

Hey guys,
I bought my DC5R a few months ago off my mate. Love it. Came with a Toda cat back and Injen CAI, and that made the VTEC crossover sound like a German WW2 Stuka dive bomber. . . Well actually maybe its not as loud as a dive bomber but you get what i mean. Almost straight away I purchased Halo projector headlights off Ebay as shown.Then 2 weeks ago, on a Sunday night. Mother Nature shoved a pineapple up my arse and blew my engine. There was crazy raining and deep puddles on the Hume Hwy, where my Injen CAI sucked up too much water, which lead to hydraulic lock, which resulted in my engine blowing up. I didnt even hear a bang. Raining too hard probably. I pushed my car to the side, on the highway. No one bothered to help but the deadsh!ts would honk as they drove past. After like two hours on the road. NRMA towed my car home for free, cause I was a member of some club i didnt know i joined. Couple days later my mate comes over who's a mechanic and had a look at the engine.Checked the spark plugs and CAI and there was heaps of water Cranking it manually was hard, so he used the starter motor. Didnt work. He said something on the inside is bent. He was right in the end. After like a week of organising stuff, I opted for a k24. Days later I got it towed to my mechanic. Why K24? for starters k20's cost a LOT like 4.5K for a good one I think. And why not do something different and get a k24? Well actually it has been done but its uncommon to see a k24 dc5r. I was planning on doing it later down the track anyways. My goal is a 10 sec k24 turbo dc5r. Thats why im doing this build thread. Hopefully its interesting enough to get moved to the build forum. Its going to cost me abit under 3K. For a 09 K24a3 with like 90000km i think and another 1.5K to cover labour and a full service. My mechanics a good bloke. He said he'd check my clutch, if it had less than 60% tread left he'd tell me so I could buy a new one and he'll put it in with no extra charge. I came over today, he said the clutch was still good and he'd sell and install mugen headers and a silencer to me cause I dont have one for less than 900. He also offered me tein super street coilovers for cheap aswell. Im leaning towards doing it. And for the ecu I dont require one cause the engine internals are stock. Also had a look at my previous engine. It is F&*ked LOL. Have a look at it theres 4 major holes and the conrod is stuffed. Cant really see it though. So the next things on my list are - a 3K sound system, repray - super gloss black or dark grey gun metal and steam clean my recaros and the inside of my car cause the rain made them stink.

Oh yea and if you think its promising give me a rep point so I can sell stuff I dont need. Thanks. If your thinking wth, I dont really know much about cars to be helpful on other peoples threads. Im learning more and more about cars as im going along, sharing and documenting dramas and what I learnt along the way. That deserves atleast one point dont it?

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Halo's? I don't like your style.
I believe you have no clue on how to drive your car to the conditions of the road.
I've had no problem with CAI's even in the heaviest of rain.
Its how you drive. You sound like a P plater.
Good luck with 10 second DC5R. LOL. LOL. LMAO.

feel free to prove me wrong.


PS. neg rep for asking.

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Originally Posted by Amusevtec

Holy crap makes me think twice now about my car driving in the rain, i drove it in the rain when it was really heavy, on elizabeth that was about it lucky i didnt run to any puddles =D

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Sounds like the OP is a reckless driver (I'm making assumptions)
If you drive carefully, slowly, I don't think there would be any problems.

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Originally Posted by Bludger

Halo's? I don't like your style.
I believe you have no clue on how to drive your car to the conditions of the road.
I've had no problem with CAI's even in the heaviest of rain.
Its how you drive. You sound like a P plater.
Good luck with 10 second DC5R. LOL. LOL. LMAO.

feel free to prove me wrong.


PS. neg rep for asking.


Sounds like the OP is a reckless driver (I'm making assumptions)
If you drive carefully, slowly, I don't think there would be any problems.

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Whats wrong with dreaming big? Did someone crush yours? Did they hurt your feelings? awww ;( thats why you act like a dick on ozhonda isnt it? I dont care if you like my style or not, the world doesnt revolve around you. Yea Im on my P's. Are all P platers bad drivers who dont know shit about cars? I havent copped any fines, and I always serviced my car with my dad, even back when I had a shitbox.

"Good luck with a 10 second DC5R. LOL. LOL. LMAO." Yea thanks bro, I got the money, why dont you get off your fat arse and make some Bludger? Unless it's not just a name and really what you do.

jeez someones on there rags lol

lmao nice build. dig the halo's coz i got them 2=P eaze up.. dont sweat it :)

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Originally Posted by AsHw3e

lmao nice build. dig the halo's coz i got them 2=P eaze up.. dont sweat it :)

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Cheers bro, appreciate it.

The majority of feedback has been helpful and constructive, shame there's always one jack arse who wrecks it for everybody.

Ihatecops.jpg you mad?

id be going easy on the motor while its on stock ecu , dont take it above 6k
p.s if you think the car is going good on this stock 2.0L ecu wait till you get K-pro and get it tuned good luck

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

Cheers bro, appreciate it.

The majority of feedback has been helpful and constructive, shame there's always one jack arse who wrecks it for everybody.

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No probs man. Where in Melbourne u located? Should meet up, take me 4 a spin n make me jealous lolll. But yeah man grab a kpro asap :) there's always a guy that disagree's. Don't worry :) ur car gunna be a fly machine

GO THE K24A3 BLOCKS! FK THE K20'S! 2.4 all the way! GO sON! :D welcome aboard too =]

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Originally Posted by AsHw3e

No probs man. Where in Melbourne u located? Should meet up, take me 4 a spin n make me jealous lolll. But yeah man grab a kpro asap :) there's always a guy that disagree's. Don't worry :) ur car gunna be a fly machine

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Hey bro, how you doing? I got a Kpro and had it tuned by Toda. Im not in Melb, in Sydney man.

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Originally Posted by Samm928

GO THE K24A3 BLOCKS! FK THE K20'S! 2.4 all the way! GO sON! :D welcome aboard too =]

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Hey man thanks! and another big thanks for that Kpro hook up. =] Once you go K24 theres no going back lol TORQUE IS SO ADDICTIVE!

Hey guys, I've havent posted anything on this thread for awhile cause Ive been busy with work and my car. Now the conversion is completely finished ! Anyways, I was driving round at work. Just normal steady driving but then abruptly out of nowhere I heard a loud "PAK" it sounded like it came from inside the cabin. Then the clutch would not work. It would depress but the clutch would not engage. Luckily my place was 100m away and I just let it roll home. I was soo infuriated. Called my mechanic and he told me to bring it in. I arranged a Tow truck the next day and took it there. I hate it how they are always late, but the Tow truck guy was cool. Started talking about all the cars he done up, only to be rear ended and written off. A supercharged corolla and a R32GTR. We got there dropped it off and my mechanic told me to come tomorrow. Tomorrow came and he told me it wasnt the master or slave clutch cyclinders [ which I thought it was and was gonna make him fix it for free and reimburse towing cause he must stuffed something when he put it together] it was some internal part, that I'm not quite familiar with. He fixed it cheap. After that I got paid and straight away went scavenging for a KPRO. I was looking for a KPRO eversince my engine light came on, which was shortly after the conversion. Apparently something was screwy with the ECU, from the Hydraulic lock. I was gonna get one anyway due to popular demand. I was quite fortunate to find one. TY to Samm928. Then shortly after that I got it tuned by Daniel from Toda. Nice guy. On a dyno shootout I got 122.6kw atw. Which is pretty good considering my car is sucking up seriously heat soaked air. The opening to the airbox is right behind a heater hose or soemthing. Dont know 100% but it was really warm when I stuck my hand there. Might also have bubbles in my radiator. If I had a GruppeM intake along with my Mugen headers I bought second hand and Toda Cat back I think I can top 130kw atw but I kinda like how stock my car looks, and the surprise a SSS or V6 driver gets. Here's some images to check out. I bought a new battery aswell, to crank my new monster to life and hasport engine mounts keep it on a leash.

So the plan now, is to try and prep my car for track. I thinking about coilovers, RPF1's + semi slicks, oil cooler and an aftermarket radiator.

If anyone is thinking about doing the same thing heres an outline of what I think you need to avoid headaches and save on labour as you can do it all in one go.

-It'd be real good timing if your clutch was going cause you can replace it with the engine conversion and it shouldnt really cost you cause you need to take the gearbox out to do a conversion. Also good time to service the gearbox and MAKE SURE YOUR WHOLE CLUTCH IS SYSTEM IS GOOD TO GO or itll go PAK and you have to call a Tow truck.lol. My clucth had 70% tread still, so I didnt replace it. If I did I'd go for an Ogura clutch cause it comes with a lightened flywheel.
-K24a3
-Engine mounts. I use Hasport and they are more quieter than my previous stockish ones on the K20a. Spun me out. Hasports are 62A i think, the street variant.
- If your planning on getting headers, get them put in with the conversion to save on labour. I did this step.
- ECU and tune straight away. It was silly putting it off.

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Originally Posted by Bludger

Halo's? I don't like your style.
I believe you have no clue on how to drive your car to the conditions of the road.
I've had no problem with CAI's even in the heaviest of rain.
Its how you drive. You sound like a P plater.
Good luck with 10 second DC5R. LOL. LOL. LMAO.

feel free to prove me wrong.


PS. neg rep for asking.


Sounds like the OP is a reckless driver (I'm making assumptions)
If you drive carefully, slowly, I don't think there would be any problems.

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My tuner - Daniel from Toda says something completely different to you "Bludger" LOL. LOL. LMAO.
He says you should go fast. Cause you WILL suck water in and get Hydraulic lock if you are going slow. He advised me that if I came across puddles and had a CAI, I should drop it to 2 or stay in 1st if I could, and drive over it at a high rev, like 7K rpm. Slow or fast, I will suck water in, but by going quickly over it at a high rev, the water will expel out through the exhaust, my revs drop down to something like 3K rpm whilst at full throttle, and I will emerge on the other side of the puddle fine.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
But then again, maybe his just really a P Plater in an Old mans suit and doesnt know squat.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.

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Originally Posted by JDM.Power

your mechanic is a douche bag, get a proper ecu or risk your motor, and you need proper fuel pressure to go thru or bang!

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hahaha

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

He says you should go fast cause you WILL suck water in and get Hydraulic locked no matter what, if I came across the puddles that I did. He advised me that if I came across puddles and had a CAI, I should drop it to 2 or stay in 1st if I could, and drive over it at a high rev, like 7K rpm, Because I will inevitably suck water in, but because im going at such a high rev, the water will expel put through the exhaust and my revs drop down to something like 3K rpm while at full throttle.

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i seriously cannot understand what youre saying.

*He says you should go fast cause you WILL suck water in and get Hydraulic locked no matter what
*but because im going at such a high rev, the water will expel put through the exhaust

* the water will expel put through the exhaust = Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

Maybe he meant OUT??

I fixed it up. TY. It made sense in my head as I was typing it up hahaz.
And I believe his theory is credible because he has 20yrs experience and has likely tried it himself. Or else he would have said it doesnt matter im F*(ked either way

Hey man good luck with the build, sounds good.

As far as hydro locking is concerned I'm not sure what people have told you, but personally I would just clutch in and stop accelerating through a puddle and just let my momentum carry me through. The way I imagine it is your intake is like a vacuum and if you turn it up (accelerate) your more likely to suck up water.

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Originally Posted by V8KLLR

My tuner - Daniel from Toda says something completely different to you "Bludger" LOL. LOL. LMAO.
He says you should go fast. Cause you WILL suck water in and get Hydraulic lock if you are going slow. He advised me that if I came across puddles and had a CAI, I should drop it to 2 or stay in 1st if I could, and drive over it at a high rev, like 7K rpm. Slow or fast, I will suck water in, but by going quickly over it at a high rev, the water will expel out through the exhaust, my revs drop down to something like 3K rpm whilst at full throttle, and I will emerge on the other side of the puddle fine.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
But then again, maybe his just really a P Plater in an Old mans suit and doesnt know squat.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.
LOL. LOL. LMAO.

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I thought the point was you hydrolock because your engine cant compress water, so shouldn't the aim just be to suck as little water as possible? By revving your engine wouldn't you suck in more?

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Originally Posted by Euro08Jaz

Hey man good luck with the build, sounds good.

As far as hydro locking is concerned I'm not sure what people have told you, but personally I would just clutch in and stop accelerating through a puddle and just let my momentum carry me through. The way I imagine it is your intake is like a vacuum and if you turn it up (accelerate) your more likely to suck up water.

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incorrect. driving through the puddle without accelerating will only suck water and store it within the engine and stuff up. IF you accelerate thru the water/puddle watever, keeping it high revs, the water will go thru, BECAUSE its kept at high revs, it wont be stored within the motor, it will just go thru the exhaust and spit the water out.

farkk you baller, didn't know you've done so much to the car already after the hydrolock.. nicee :)

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Originally Posted by Euro08Jaz

Hey man good luck with the build, sounds good.

As far as hydro locking is concerned I'm not sure what people have told you, but personally I would just clutch in and stop accelerating through a puddle and just let my momentum carry me through. The way I imagine it is your intake is like a vacuum and if you turn it up (accelerate) your more likely to suck up water.

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TY bro. Yea man I didnt quite understand at first but when he ellucidated further it made so much sense. davidvtec's got it spot on.

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Originally Posted by davidvtec

incorrect. driving through the puddle without accelerating will only suck water and store it within the engine and stuff up. IF you accelerate thru the water/puddle watever, keeping it high revs, the water will go thru, BECAUAE its kept at high revs, it wont be stored within the motor, it will just go thru the exhaust and spit the water out.

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100% correct.

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Originally Posted by tuanEH?

farkk daryl you baller, didn't know you've done so much to the car already after the hydrolock.. nicee :)

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Thanks genius, I was trying to keep my identity secret.

Im not to sure about the Hi revs thing, i had a DC2 VTiR which had a CAI and when i would accellerate it hard in the rain it would suck up water and turn off.
Luckily it was still good after that, i just learnt to never to put load on the accellerator when driving through rain and never had any problems after that. I dont know about revving the shit out of the motor which will cause you to just spin in the rain, the air intake sucking the most water? Water expell through the exhaust? and risk sucking all that water into the head?

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Originally Posted by GSi_PSi

Im not to sure about the Hi revs thing, i had a DC2 VTiR which had a CAI and when i would accellerate it hard in the rain it would suck up water and turn off.
Luckily it was still good after that, i just learnt to never to put load on the accellerator when driving through rain and never had any problems after that. I dont know about revving the shit out of the motor which will cause you to just spin in the rain, the air intake sucking the most water? Water expell through the exhaust? and risk sucking all that water into the head?

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i wouldnt say revving the shit out of it. its keeping the rev's to a reasonable RPM at a consistent speed that wouldnt need to spin. theres nothing wrong with the engine taking in a bit of water, its normal. but the point is, you rather spit the water out then store it in the engine