Supercharged B16a

[z3lda]

depends with the whole launch thing...

With the stock 6psi Jackson Racing kit i don't see any issues with traction based on all the dyno graphs i've seen... and it depends on how you control clutch/accel on launch at the strip...

The vortech kit however... good luck with traction if you have shit tyres and you dump it... that will make for shit launch.


on another note, i had a gt starlet that ran a tiny ct9 turbo... this thing stock ate pulley upgraded 4agze's time and time again... different story after 100km/h though 7psi full boost on this tiny thing was achieved by around 2000-2500rpm and it barely made 100wkw at the dyno hehe

turbo setup will always be better.. it's about being smart with turbo choice for what you wan't... i would personally run a smaller turbo for my b16a if i could... however i'm also still eye-ing the jackson racing kit vs my NA build plans... but thats me.. i'm after midrange or possibly lowend... the B16 is starting to piss me off... makes me look like a hoon when i have to rev it to the **** just to get it moving especially on pacific highway going to central coast with all those uphills

u my friend need more torque.

install a b20 bottom end and you wont look like a hoon no more.

easily over take whilst staying under 4k

[dsp26]

yeah boys damn right need torque... thought lightweight flywheel would be enough... got rid of my loud muffler coz it added to the 'hoon' effect when revving...

Though i'm still doing research into feasibility of:
- B20 conversion kits and B20b block + studs + pistons + cost of engineering
- B18c2/7 block as no engineering (under 15% cc increase)
- Jackson Racing SC (watching 2nd hand kits on eBay)

The JRSC option WAS winning coz I was under the impression the JRSC kit was an easy bolt on coz it replaced the intake manifold... didn't realise it was an engine out job...

To the person wh posted that engine needed to be out... could i seriously not fit my hands underneath to do some bolting while someone was holding from the top?

[Nepolian]

yeah boys damn right need torque... thought lightweight flywheel would be enough... got rid of my loud muffler coz it added to the 'hoon' effect when revving...

Though i'm still doing research into feasibility of:
- B20 conversion kits and B20b block + studs + pistons + cost of engineering
- B18c2/7 block as no engineering (under 15% cc increase)
- Jackson Racing SC (watching 2nd hand kits on eBay)

The JRSC option WAS winning coz I was under the impression the JRSC kit was an easy bolt on coz it replaced the intake manifold... didn't realise it was an engine out job...

To the person wh posted that engine needed to be out... could i seriously not fit my hands underneath to do some bolting while someone was holding from the top?

I have fitted one of these (JRSC) in a EK4. I can tell you that you do not need to take you engine out, not even close. It is a bit tight and some fiddling is needed. But not to the extent of pulling the engine out!

Driving the car with the supercharger is quite different to turbo. It just feels like there's a bigger engine in it, rather than boost like a turbo.

My2c

[vinnY]

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/jrsc/jrsc.php
no pulling motor out there

[ADICTD2BASS]

you guys are all noobs. Im sorry but someone had to say it. Its just the blind leading the blind in here.

This thread is a specific thread about supercharging a B16a motor nothing else and any other information that can contribute to it being done, yes we all know that turboing is more efficient and creates more power but we want low to mid power increases and if you read properly i already have stage 2 cams so turboing the car would be compleetly impractible and undrivable.
so i think the real noob is you for not reading the thread properly and if u did than obviously u would have known with vtec kicking in at 5500 with stage 2 cams and also the turbo building up power the higher the revs are, the car would b looking for grip which is pointless cause u cant put more than 215's on an ek4, also i want to keep my a/c unit and most of the turbo kits out there dont permit that and as the car is a daily driver it comes in handy with the aussie summer, so for the purpose that the car is needed for supercharging is the perfect solution. practicality isnt a concept of being a noob and here has been no uneducated answers so far so ur the only one here that everyone thinks is a noob

Cheers everyone else for your help, alot of good info pooring in

[aimre]

This thread is a specific thread about supercharging a B16a motor nothing else and any other information that can contribute to it being done, yes we all know that turboing is more efficient and creates more power but we want low to mid power increases and if you read properly i already have stage 2 cams so turboing the car would be compleetly impractible and undrivable.
so i think the real noob is you for not reading the thread properly and if u did than obviously u would have known with vtec kicking in at 5500 with stage 2 cams and also the turbo building up power the higher the revs are, the car would b looking for grip which is pointless cause u cant put more than 215's on an ek4, also i want to keep my a/c unit and most of the turbo kits out there dont permit that and as the car is a daily driver it comes in handy with the aussie summer, so for the purpose that the car is needed for supercharging is the perfect solution. practicality isnt a concept of being a noob and here has been no uneducated answers so far so ur the only one here that everyone thinks is a noob

Cheers everyone else for your help, alot of good info pooring in

Killer cams, undrivable. Lol, relax its just a b16.

ALOT of turbo kits DO infact let u keep ur A/C.

Just coz belts are spining the SC doesnt mean the things making any usable boost when idling or slightly above.

And there has been PLENTY of uneducated answers

[fatboyz39]

Yeh as said earlier, a B20 bottom end would be ideal. Cops wouldnt know if its a 2.0l, all b-series look the same ...LOL.

[trism]

sorry to bring an old thread back up but there isnt many floating around.

what about using a centrigual S/C setup rather than the rootes type that the jackson racing/greddy/SC12-14 style supercharger?

[dsp26]

sorry to bring an old thread back up but there isnt many floating around.

what about using a centrigual S/C setup rather than the rootes type that the jackson racing/greddy/SC12-14 style supercharger?

there is one.. the Vortech Kit... costs way more than a turbo setup but the powerband is sooo much sweeter.

If you decide to custom make one be prepared to lose AC and/or PS as mounting locations...