JSRC or NA Build

[Civic VTi-R]

Hi guys, just wanted ur info as to which of the two above i should do... I have a EM1 and am looking to go to more track days but atm it dosnt have enough "GO", so what i basically wanted to do was get some more power but hopefuly without comprimising it as a everydayer and still having the good steering charistics, so give me your thoughts and other info i most probably left out, cheers

[dsp26]

i would go the jackson racing route if you can find someone to ship to aus.. it's be the equivalent of doing a b20vtec+mild cams.

NA is too expensive.. just experiencing it now and the tallied cost... but no matter how many people, tell you that, you never fully realise the extent of the expense until you pick up all your receipts for small parts like cams, valvetrain, exhaust, labour, etc and realise you've just spent like $5k on NA car that still won't beat a mild boosted setup.

[rpm boy]

With the proper cooling mods for the eaton style jackson style supercharger it will be a great asset for the track

[dsp26]

With the proper cooling mods for the eaton style jackson style supercharger it will be a great asset for the track

kit doesn't come with cooler and afaik it doesn't need or benefit from one unlike the centrifugal vortech supercharger kit...

[rpm boy]

I personally wouldnt take a chance especially if your going to be doing race days... beef up the cooling,brakes and handling

[vinnY]

afaik the jrsc replaces the intake manifold alltogether so i don't see how you can cool it the air before going to the motor?

unless you're talking about beefed up radiator and oil cooler as your 'cooling mods'

[dsp26]

afaik the jrsc replaces the intake manifold alltogether so i don't see how you can cool it the air before going to the motor?

unless you're talking about beefed up radiator and oil cooler as your 'cooling mods'

lol actually your right.. couldn't remember why theres no cooler

[rpm boy]

Yep should have been more clear, beef up the radiator and get an oil cooler as you cant have an intercooler with the old jrsc

[Civic VTi-R]

hey guys just spoke to my mechanic, he reckons supercharged is the way to go and that i have to decide wat one to go with.
he races a lotus with a K20 that has a JRSC and say's it one of the best engines that he has raced, So do i go for a JRSC or a vortech SC??

he also said that if i got the JRSC i would need to get a 3 core alloy radiator and a decent oil cooler

wat do you guys think??

[dsp26]

vortech would be out of your pricrange.. US$8k versus US$3k for jsr.

and i don't know where your going to get a 3 core radiator

[Limbo]

3 core you can get from teh states, or get one custom made

[rpm boy]

Ebay if u dare for the 3 core but theres plenty of places in the states, but def jrsc for the reasons that, 1 u onlywant 6psi and 2 its hell cheap. (grind off the JRSC symbol off the sc so u dont have to engineer it :P)