Rods & fuel pump
 

Hey, I have a 92 JDM EG8 civic which comes with the JDM 1500 SOHC VTEC engine (d15b - 130hp)

My civic is in the process of the turbo conversion (using IHI VF10 turbo, custom manifold, 500mm x 300mm custom intercooler, 2 extra 420cc injectors, & link engine management).

Im planning on running my car at 7 psi on standard internals.

Anyone have any objections to this amount of boost on this engine? Will the rods hold up?

Will the standard fuel pump be Ok?

I know these JDM engines arnt common but any help would be appreciated.

Re:Rods & fuel pump
 

yes the motor will be fine providing u have some sort of decent tuning like zdyne or custom boost chips.

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Ok, Do you have any links to these tuning devices?

Im using a 'intercept link' which fools the map sensor to allow boost http://link-electro.co.nz/ancillary_devices.html
Im also using an extra injector controller which will be dyno tuned - http://link-electro.co.nz/powerlink.html

Is this similar to zdyne or custom boost chips?

Thanks.

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Any help would be appreciated.

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That setup will be just fine.. Might take a little bit to tune it, but other than that, you should be just fine.

That turbolink looks similar to the EIC setup
http://www.sdsefi.com/eic.html

Jeff

Re:Rods & fuel pump
 

Sweet, Thanks for that. My car is being dyno tuned tomorow morning and I get it back tomorow night (provided nothing goes wrong :-X).
I'l post up my numbers & how it goes.

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Civic is running but still needs a bit more tuning.
Its first run on the dyno it reached 105KW @ the wheels @ 6psi. Not the best power but my car would have struggled to make 60KW @ the wheels while N/A + Its nice and reliable for daily driving :)

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That seems low.
That engine is rated at 130 hp at the flywheels. that would be 97KW

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Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I want to compare factory power rating to my current reading.
How do i convert power at the fly wheel to power at the wheels?

Thanks.

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you lose something like 15-20% through the drive line.