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Old 11-06-2007, 04:34 PM
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Thanks for the welcome guys. Where do you guys post your pr0n, so I don't have to worry about forgetting to put the NWS in the title. :-)

And thanks for the info. I have been looking at what needs to be removed from the Lude to fit the turbo. 1st on the agenda is to move the battery to the boot. I want to try to keep the AC going, so a mitsu turbo may not be the best route because of the outlet location. Too much piping, IMHO.

Now, being that the engine has 161k on it, I am thinking about rebuilding it for reliable boost application. So 9:1 compression pistons, upgraded rods, and now that I know they crank is weak, that will be ditched as well. I want it to handle about 10 psi reliably, without getting scared of blowing the bottom end.
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Originally Posted by DarkPhoenix
Thanks for the welcome guys. Where do you guys post your pr0n, so I don't have to worry about forgetting to put the NWS in the title. :-)

And thanks for the info. I have been looking at what needs to be removed from the Lude to fit the turbo. 1st on the agenda is to move the battery to the boot. I want to try to keep the AC going, so a mitsu turbo may not be the best route because of the outlet location. Too much piping, IMHO.

Now, being that the engine has 161k on it, I am thinking about rebuilding it for reliable boost application. So 9:1 compression pistons, upgraded rods, and now that I know they crank is weak, that will be ditched as well. I want it to handle about 10 psi reliably, without getting scared of blowing the bottom end.
Balanced H22 stocker should be perfectly fine for that. H23's are a bit of an anomaly
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when will you turbo a mans car
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Old 11-06-2007, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkPhoenix
Thanks for the welcome guys. Where do you guys post your pr0n, so I don't have to worry about forgetting to put the NWS in the title. :-)
We keep it out of the tech forums, just in GD and **** forums, but if you have NSFW or NWS in the title no one cares.

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Now, being that the engine has 161k on it, I am thinking about rebuilding it for reliable boost application. So 9:1 compression pistons, upgraded rods, and now that I know they crank is weak, that will be ditched as well. I want it to handle about 10 psi reliably, without getting scared of blowing the bottom end.
projekteg/Kevin Thackston made 500+ off of a stock H23 bottom end, and there are a bunch of other people who've had great luck out of them. They are the exception to the rule, however.

H and F series are all related and parts interchange to a large degree. With the exception of H22 none of the H/F were very well balanced, unlike the more fluent D's and B's. All the F-series are good for getting 140-180K on them and starting in with rod knock... H23 do this as well, but their cranks are famous for breaking when a bearing tries to spin. The oil pumps wear out easily in the high mileage cars, too. H23/H22 both have FRM bores which don't play well with forgings, which is unhappy.

If it were me I'd get one of the JDM F22B's someone else mentioned and lay 10 psi into it with a good tune. Stock for stock, the F22B won't have as much ooomph, but under boost it'll far outstrip an H23. If you feel like building an engine later, toss your H23 head onto the F22 block w/ forged internals.

Here's the last H23 I tuned, it was a pretty nice setup and I was surprised by the power: http://forum.ectune.com/viewtopic.php?t=428



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