Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
#21
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
ORIGINAL: 99civicricer
i thought you were only suppose to run at most 8 psi on stock internals AND be safe to drive for a while
i thought you were only suppose to run at most 8 psi on stock internals AND be safe to drive for a while
Go big or go home. [8D]
#23
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
lut
thats what im rockin....
ORIGINAL: t34me
^not d in general, i mean just that particular motor, its kinda the red headed step child of d-series IMO.
^not d in general, i mean just that particular motor, its kinda the red headed step child of d-series IMO.
thats what im rockin....
#24
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
you can do 12 psi if you have a good headgasket and tune.... a friend of mine had a 96 4-door that he did a custom turbo kit at 12 psi for a year or so and he kept blowin head gaskets on it.. until it detontated and destroyied a piston. now its got internals at 10 psi to jus enjoy life so to speak. its not a crazy fastcar but its quick so.
by the way he did custom machining to make a ZC head work on it. the same guy is building my sleeved b16 motor
by the way he did custom machining to make a ZC head work on it. the same guy is building my sleeved b16 motor
#25
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
Yeah...
Forty, Pete... me thinks we need to put a filter on the word "PSI" because it seems to be an constantly misunderstood concept.
Saying "oh yeah you can run 10psi without blowing your engine" is extremely broad. Slap a GT35R on larger T3/T4 on there and 10psi translates to a LOT of power! Stock engines, mainly the rods, break because of power, NOT PSI!
At the same rate, it will take 16psi to make the same power out of a T25 turbo that 10psi would make on those larger turbo's. There is no set PSI, it's just suggested to run a low PSI so that you don't make more power than the engine can reliably handle, that is all!
Forty, Pete... me thinks we need to put a filter on the word "PSI" because it seems to be an constantly misunderstood concept.
Saying "oh yeah you can run 10psi without blowing your engine" is extremely broad. Slap a GT35R on larger T3/T4 on there and 10psi translates to a LOT of power! Stock engines, mainly the rods, break because of power, NOT PSI!
At the same rate, it will take 16psi to make the same power out of a T25 turbo that 10psi would make on those larger turbo's. There is no set PSI, it's just suggested to run a low PSI so that you don't make more power than the engine can reliably handle, that is all!
#26
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
Exactly.
By the way skytanker.......Just by lookin at youre intercooler I can tell you bought an SSAUTOCHROME kit......youre not going to use that turbo for real are you>?
By the way skytanker.......Just by lookin at youre intercooler I can tell you bought an SSAUTOCHROME kit......youre not going to use that turbo for real are you>?
#27
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
Yeah, dude, I'm gonna use it. 'Bout the only part that I've kept or am going to keep is the turbocharger itself...I've already got rid of the old turbo mani and bought a better one off eBay, and now I figured out what I had been afraid of since I opened the box, that I need a smaller intercooler...(I was just afraid to ask...and get the answer I got here...hahaha!!!) And I don't plan on running the SSAUTO turbocharger for long...just for as long as it takes to get a higher quality one...and under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I stress it too much...I've read the stories too!!! Shards of turbo + Engine = VERY BAD!!! But, I'm open to suggestions! If you have a cheap, lightly used turbocharger on hand, well, I'm listening!
#28
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
ORIGINAL: skytanker2003
And I don't plan on running the SSAUTO turbocharger for long...just for as long as it takes to get a higher quality one...
And I don't plan on running the SSAUTO turbocharger for long...just for as long as it takes to get a higher quality one...
???
#29
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
Thats a long *** sentence.
In skytankers defense, I think he bought this kit long before he knew what he was getting himself into......then he heard the horror stories about em, and tried getting rid of as much of it as possible.
In skytankers defense, I think he bought this kit long before he knew what he was getting himself into......then he heard the horror stories about em, and tried getting rid of as much of it as possible.
#30
RE: Best Aftermarket Bumper to Accomodate Intercooler
SovXietday...um...ouch! That's pretty much how it is, with a lil bit of Pete's post mixed in! I bought it before all the hype about how "great" SSAUTOCRAP was... I sold the SSAUTO mani to an HCF member who was going to do testing on it to see how well it's welds and stuff held up, and the intercooler...well...you know. I'm planning on keeping the BOV and wastegate, I don't see why they should be sold! Thanks for the honest opinion, though!!!