What am I getting myself into?
 

Hi there. I have been lurking on this site for a while now. I have a fullly built ls/vtec and I am going turbo. I already have a t3/t4 60 trim .60/.63. I also have a custom tubular manifold that is stainless steel. Tial wastegate is also what i got and I still am waiting for intercooler and piping. I think I wil be using neptune for tuning but I am not sure. What are other things I should know about when going for high boost. I am aiming for 450 horse

Re: What am I getting myself into?
 

What is "fully built" exactly? You gotta give us something to work with. You are going to get roasted by the OG's with posts like this.

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Fully built would mean


Golden eagle sleeves
srp 8.5 pistons
Eagle rods
arp main bolts
arp head studs
balanced crank
ported b16 head
skunk2 titanium retaines and springs
Gsr cams
Golden eagle ls vtec conversion kit

Re: What am I getting myself into?
 

i just read the faq post. I dont know why i didnt see it at first. please delete this post.

Re: What am I getting myself into?
 

well since you have an LSVTEC I would really look in to what compression ratio you're at now with thoes pistons and that head.
Go on the SRP site and also open up the Cspeed compression calculator for B series engines, find out what your total CR is with the headgasket you are using, the lower the better.

For my B16 for example (semi built w/ pistons/rods but no sleeves) I'm at around 9.5:1 with a .045 headgasket and SRP 9.0:1 pistons, kinda high but It will be fine. you want to stay around the mid to high 8:1CR or the mid to low 9:1CR anyting higher and you are at more risk of detonation.

NOTE: the CR that SRP rates your pistons at is based on using a .040" headgasket, it is not with the factory HG, just remember that.

Also remember that the Cspeed calculator is not 100% accurate and gives you an approximate range give or take.

Since you said you have all the stuff to physically turbo your car then I would get a really conservative basemap made and go to a tuner with your setup, no point risking a fully built engine.

450 is alot of power by the way, maybe you can show Hotrex what its like to go past the 400 mark without destroying sleeves, and post some pics of the setup along with some good porn for the rest of us.8)

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I will post pics once I get time to work on it. The problem I have is there isnt a tuner up here in alaska. There is a dyno up here but the owner uses it for personal use. I was going to use the headgasket from the ge ls/vtec kit. Will that one be fine? Anybody know the size of it off hand? thanks for the reply

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well if yout want your CR to be what SRP states, then you should purchase the cometic .040 HG

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You wil not make that kinda power with that turbo!!!!

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How so? I will be using race gas to assist it in that level.

Re: What am I getting myself into?
 

That turbo will only flow so much air, and not the amount to make 450hp!