Drivability of a boosted DC2

What is the drivability like for a turbo Integra DC2? I assume this answer would also apply to DC2R's aswell.

Not talking drag cars, rather your typical daily driver or half weekender.

At what point (kw/rpm) does fwd, turbo and traction become a problem on decent street tires? What about torque steer?

I'm going turbo purely for the leaning experience (and bang for buck) - but I don't want to change current characteristics of the car too much.

I'd love to hear comments from owners of FI Integra's.

Thanks

torque steer is awesome imo!
some consider it to be scary, dangerous...but i personally find it to be a pleasure to drive.
i have a dc4 teg thats boosted, with 213kw at the fw.
for daily driving purposes, its not a problem...i find my cars setup to be extremely easy to drive and user friendly.
traction wise, with decent st tyres is not a problem...that is until u start giving it a bit.
when i push my car (that is flooring it), 1st gear is wheel spin all the way.
2nd gear isnt too bad up until 4-4500rpm then it wheel spins again all the way through to redline.
3rd and 4th gears are fine, only ever floored 3rd gear all the way at WSID.
best advice i can give u in regards to driving a FWD turbo, is to take it easy when u start off!
torque steer IS dangerous and can get u in a lot of trouble if u dont kno how to handle it.

boosted DC2's are not a problem with trackion and the likes .... mine has 196kw and i dont have a problem driving it form A to B , the cat will only break traction when you want it , however it does this quite easy. No matter how much power you have (with in reason) as long as you have a good clutch ( so your not breaking your leg to push it in) and a good tune you will be fine.

james

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Originally Posted by Q_ball

torque steer is awesome imo!
some consider it to be scary, dangerous...but i personally find it to be a pleasure to drive.
i have a dc4 teg thats boosted, with 213kw at the fw.
for daily driving purposes, its not a problem...i find my cars setup to be extremely easy to drive and user friendly.
traction wise, with decent st tyres is not a problem...that is until u start giving it a bit.
when i push my car (that is flooring it), 1st gear is wheel spin all the way.
2nd gear isnt too bad up until 4-4500rpm then it wheel spins again all the way through to redline.
3rd and 4th gears are fine, only ever floored 3rd gear all the way at WSID.
best advice i can give u in regards to driving a FWD turbo, is to take it easy when u start off!
torque steer IS dangerous and can get u in a lot of trouble if u dont kno how to handle it.

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I understand that the car will only react to how you use it. But for example, I don't want my setup to not allow me to downshift without scarying myself.

Q_ball, what does your DC4 do when your cruising at 70th on 4th, then suddenly drop a gear and floor it? Will the car lose traction and step sideways? I know at the moment, when Im cruising at 4th, and I drop my foot, I downshift to 2nd into roughly ~5600rpm, then VTEC through it without any traction issues.

belongs in the n00b section!

good point , dont forget to click on "report bad post" for general "noob" stuff

how much fuel do you guys go through??

do you mind if I ask how do you control torque steer? I have never driven a powerful front drive car nor I have been in one.

since it has a LSD it shouldnt have too much torque steer compared to a stock diffed DC2 or EG etc.
Its going to use more fuel since its using alot more air in the mix and making alot more power :)

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Originally Posted by shebangs

I understand that the car will only react to how you use it. But for example, I don't want my setup to not allow me to downshift without scarying myself.

Q_ball, what does your DC4 do when your cruising at 70th on 4th, then suddenly drop a gear and floor it? Will the car lose traction and step sideways? I know at the moment, when Im cruising at 4th, and I drop my foot, I downshift to 2nd into roughly ~5600rpm, then VTEC through it without any traction issues.

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wen im cruising roughly at 60-70km/hr in 4th, my revs are at about 2500.
cruising at that speed in 4th and then droppin it into 2nd like u mentioned, THEN flooring it will be EXTREMELY dangerous for someone thats not used to torque steer.
so basically, 4th gear (2500rpm) down to 2nd (approx 5-5500rpm) will result in huge torque steer and acceleration.
with regards to wat the car does, well, the steering wheel shakes a bit and the car feels like it wants to move either to the left of right.
this depends on the angle at which ur wheels are at the time of "flooring" it.
wheel spin in my car will also occur in 2nd gear.
droppin it from the same speed in 4th, down to 3rd, has a much calmer effect...its more gradual as the car comes into high boost.
i wouldnt recommend flooring n e thing if ur new to drivin such cars, 1/2 throttle is scary enough at times.

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Originally Posted by jsttgn

how much fuel do you guys go through??

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ive got 660cc injectors so my car is quite inefficient when it comes to fuel consumption...
it roughly goes through 300km per tank

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Originally Posted by xtercii

do you mind if I ask how do you control torque steer? I have never driven a powerful front drive car nor I have been in one.

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controlling torque steer is kinda hard to explain...
my personal tips for controlling it are as follows:

*when new to driving boosted fwd cars, start off with 1/2 throttle, then slowly (as u get used to it) increase the throttle

*hold the wheel steady, especially in the lower gears at higher rpm. this is when boost is at its highest (high boost in gears 3 and up is highly unlikely during everyday st. driving) which means torque steer is at its greatest.

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Originally Posted by Q_ball

ive got 660cc injectors so my car is quite inefficient when it comes to fuel consumption...
it roughly goes through 300km per tank

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Larger injectors doesn't mean you sacrifice fuel consumption (to a certain extent.. also to which 660cc is not an exception)...

It means either you fang your car a lot and use heaps of fuel that way, or you are tuned too rich part throttle.

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Originally Posted by string

Larger injectors doesn't mean you sacrifice fuel consumption (to a certain extent.. also to which 660cc is not an exception)...

It means either you fang your car a lot and use heaps of fuel that way, or you are tuned too rich part throttle.

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thats tru...i do believe that i am tuned too rich atm...
but i was only mentioning the 660cc injectors as an example of something that would decrease fuel.
as for the thangin part...well, no...cruising round and i still get roughly 300-320 so its not that bigger increase overall.

Larger injectors are less efficient at spraying small amounts. So if you were driving with very small throttle, the fuel atomisation is not as good as with small injectors. So yeah, you would get a more incomplete burn. And your exhaust will look like it was running rich.

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Larger injectors are less efficient at spraying small amounts. So if you were driving with very small throttle, the fuel atomisation is not as good as with small injectors. So yeah, you would get a more incomplete burn. And your exhaust will look like it was running rich.

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Please give me a link to some evidence that a 660cc injector isn't very "efficient" at spraying small ammounts.

Enough to cut your fuel economy near in half with only 660cc? I don't think so.

Take Weq for example. He was still getting 300km out of 20L on 750cc injectors.

You can't compare different cars. You have to take the same car, and put the two different injector sizes from the same injector manufacturer and design. There is a minimum duty cycle for injectors too. Not only a maximum that everyone cares about.

If you want evidence, there are various sites on sizing injectors that tell you not to use too high a flowrate. Just do a search. They say to use 40% minimum and 80% maximum duty cycle when sizing injectors and if you use too large an injector, you get "poor engine performance, surging and stumbling". Another site says that injectors running at below the minimum duty cycle are a "controlled leak"

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Originally Posted by aaronng

You can't compare different cars. You have to take the same car, and put the two different injector sizes from the same injector manufacturer and design. There is a minimum duty cycle for injectors too. Not only a maximum that everyone cares about.

If you want evidence, there are various sites on sizing injectors that tell you not to use too high a flowrate. Just do a search. They say to use 40% minimum and 80% maximum duty cycle when sizing injectors and if you use too large an injector, you get "poor engine performance, surging and stumbling". Another site says that injectors running at below the minimum duty cycle are a "controlled leak"

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Sure I can compare them. I was comparing relative fuel consumption. Weq lost only a tiny ammount of fuel economy, due to the fact he now has a turbo in the way of his exhaust.

Blaming a fuel efficiency loss of almost 50% on a set of relatively small (660cc is small) injectors is incredibly stupid.

People have issues with larger injectors because the pintle can't open and close fast enough, so they over-fuel on idle. 660cc is NOT a large injector. Unless he has Joe's Homemade Injectors, it is not the injectors fault he is running excessively rich on part throttle.

Please, give me a link to this website telling me to run injectors at a minimum 40% duty cycle. What a crock of shit.

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Originally Posted by string

Sure I can compare them. I was comparing relative fuel consumption. Weq lost only a tiny ammount of fuel economy, due to the fact he now has a turbo in the way of his exhaust.

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Im pretty sure its not a fair comparison cause fuel consumption depends on a number of factors, car type included.
Say you were to compare Weq's car to mine, his car is a civic, b16a if im not mistaken, mines an integra b18b.
Just looking at those 2 cars stock is enough to say that the fuel consumption for both are different on many levels, and shouldnt be compared for accuracy purposes.
The turbo setup for each car is different too.
Now explain to me this, how can you compare two cars to get an "accurate" comparison of fuel consumption, if both cars are so different?

ur running a microtech arnt u Qball. thats ur answer right there :P
im running hondata, idles perfect, 720cc injectors, tuned by dynodave. i get around 8l/100km general driving, 10l/100km when boosting hard and 7l/100km on the highway.

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Originally Posted by Q_ball

Im pretty sure its not a fair comparison cause fuel consumption depends on a number of factors, car type included.
Say you were to compare Weq's car to mine, his car is a civic, b16a if im not mistaken, mines an integra b18b.
Just looking at those 2 cars stock is enough to say that the fuel consumption for both are different on many levels, and shouldnt be compared for accuracy purposes.
The turbo setup for each car is different too.
Now explain to me this, how can you compare two cars to get an "accurate" comparison of fuel consumption, if both cars are so different?

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I'm NOT comparing fuel consumption. I'm comparing each car's individual fuel consumption relative to stock sized injectors.

A stardard GSI will get around 9L/100km. You are getting what, 14L/100?
I'm comparing what Weq got before to what he gets now. It is very similar.

The turbo setup is different yes. Different enough to cause such a huge difference in fuel economy, again, not a chance. Your issue is the tuning, not the injectors.

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Originally Posted by string

Sure I can compare them. I was comparing relative fuel consumption. Weq lost only a tiny ammount of fuel economy, due to the fact he now has a turbo in the way of his exhaust.

Blaming a fuel efficiency loss of almost 50% on a set of relatively small (660cc is small) injectors is incredibly stupid.

People have issues with larger injectors because the pintle can't open and close fast enough, so they over-fuel on idle. 660cc is NOT a large injector. Unless he has Joe's Homemade Injectors, it is not the injectors fault he is running excessively rich on part throttle.

Please, give me a link to this website telling me to run injectors at a minimum 40% duty cycle. What a crock of shit.

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I was not talking about fuel economy loss of 50% on 660cc injectors. I was talking about larger injectors being less efficient when you use it to deliver small amounts of fuel.

Looks like we are talking about different things. Oh well. Here's the link that you wanted anyway: http://www.ttmtechnical.com/fueldelivery.htm
Just search for the quote: "A duty cycle of 40-50% at full power is too low and means that your injectors are too big for your engine."

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Originally Posted by aaronng

I was not talking about fuel economy loss of 50% on 660cc injectors. I was talking about larger injectors being less efficient when you use it to deliver small amounts of fuel.

Looks like we are talking about different things. Oh well. Here's the link that you wanted anyway: http://www.ttmtechnical.com/fueldelivery.htm
Just search for the quote: "A duty cycle of 40-50% at full power is too low and means that your injectors are too big for your engine."

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Well that doesnt answer my question. Thats telling me that by running them at 40-50% duty cycle at max, that they are too big. Not what you said originally, which was that there was a minimum duty cycle, to which your 40% number came out.

Yes, larger injectors may become less "efficient", I havnt argued that. Now i'm saying that a 660cc injector is not large enough to have issues delivering a small enough ammount of fuel for a 1.8L engine's idle, let alone part throttle.

You wan't better drivability, simple, reduce the size of the snail.

Another option would be to go the supercharger route. They are often over looked in terms of forced induction and are even better in some areas then a Turbocharger. A more linear power curve etc etc.

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Originally Posted by StrawberryFace

You wan't better drivability, simple, reduce the size of the snail.

Another option would be to go the supercharger route. They are often over looked in terms of forced induction and are even better in some areas then a Turbocharger. A more linear power curve etc etc.

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Except for the fact that the low end torque would be a killer on a fwd 1.1 tonne car.

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Originally Posted by shebangs

Except for the fact that the low end torque would be a killer on a fwd 1.1 tonne car.

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can u elaborate on what u mean when u say that the low end torque would be a "killer" on a fwd 1.1 tonne car?