how to drive a boosted car
11-02-2004, 01:20 PM
#33
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Re:how to drive a boosted car
Build it right, tune it right and take good care of it, and it just won't blow.
Moderate compression, right amount of fuel, good timing, good intercooler, good radiator and oil cooler and the 5th gear top speed runs generally aren't a problem.
As for the rev limiter I have a soft/hard rev limiter on my car, timing is pulled back on the soft limiter so the car stops making power, and on the hard limiter it stops squirting fuel.
Moderate compression, right amount of fuel, good timing, good intercooler, good radiator and oil cooler and the 5th gear top speed runs generally aren't a problem.
As for the rev limiter I have a soft/hard rev limiter on my car, timing is pulled back on the soft limiter so the car stops making power, and on the hard limiter it stops squirting fuel.
11-02-2004, 01:23 PM
#34
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Re:how to drive a boosted car
Originally Posted by crx88Si
Originally Posted by random-strike
but wit my torquey teg i could go from 65 to 100 in 5th gear really fast :P
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11-02-2004, 04:11 PM
#35
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Re:how to drive a boosted car
Originally Posted by Donald125
yea it`s like if want to pass someone don`t get lazy, move ur freaking leg/hand drop it a gear to pass, then put it back to 5th..
11-02-2004, 05:31 PM
#38
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Re:how to drive a boosted car
it sounds to me like driving in 5th gear is okay...generally you can cruise on the highway at less than 25% throttle. It takes very little throttle even on a stock honda to be going 80ish and maintain a steady speed. Now going from 70 to 110 in 5th gear is not sounding too healthy for a boosted honda. 5th gear in a honda sucks *** anyways.
11-02-2004, 07:03 PM
#39
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Re:how to drive a boosted car
Well, in 5th gear the acceleration through the RPM range is the slowest. With low acceleration and high load on the engine, it's more prone to detonate (You rarely get detonation in first or second gear because the engine is accelerating so fast) and the other factor is that in long boost runs in fifth gear you're building up a lot of heat, thus increasing the danger of detonation even more.
11-02-2004, 07:17 PM
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Re:how to drive a boosted car
im running a base map made by leed.. have been for 5months or so on a stock standard b16a1 with t3 @ 6 with about 80000miles on it.
i race anything i can and rape the ---- out of my car.. rev limit everyday and nothings gone....yet
rev limiters set at 7500 or so, but have seen it go past 8200 a couple of times.. even if i blow it, i can get another engine for cheap/.
i race anything i can and rape the ---- out of my car.. rev limit everyday and nothings gone....yet
rev limiters set at 7500 or so, but have seen it go past 8200 a couple of times.. even if i blow it, i can get another engine for cheap/.
