I'm in the market for more horsepower and of course adding more life to my high milege engine (B18C1). I've only added a short ram and Tanabe Exhaust as of now but I am looking into cam gears and camshafts (preferably some that will make noticeable gains), forged pistons, pulleys, etc. Some help on who has the decent line of products (Skunk2, Toda, etc.) would be great. Any good ideas on set-ups that are affordable it would be helpful. I want to start out small then see how it goes....Thanks, look forward to some good knowledge.


Modified by DC2_4_me at 3:54 PM 10/4/2006

 

Okay, now I know someone can help me out.

 

What are you looking for ALL MOTOR or you trying to BOOST it...

 

I heard Skunk2 makes good all motor parts.

 

So does BLOX at half the cost and the same profile...

 

I have been hearing that alot lately about BLOX products. I may have to check their product line out. Thank you I appreciate it.

 

Boosting preferably, from what I've learned, far more cheaper than going NA.

 

Ican 2nd that opinion i got a ton of money in my N/A motor and i still want more power...

 

he's right. I went N/A cuz i had a certain goal in mind but if u want to make lots of power go turbo. its hard to deny the physics of a turbo. i still love N/A till death though. both can be tuned to make a good powerful daily driver. once again it comes down to what u want.

 

Turbo is a really good way to go but the thing is most people dont have the money for a turbo but yet still want power asap. I know thats how i am If u want to see some good power add some stage2 cams. Skunk2 makes affordable ones. Upgrade the valve springs and retainers and throw in some cam sprockets and get it <U>tuned</U>. It'll hold u over until u can save for that turbo. GL

 

With the amount of money you'd spend on the NA route you could go boost very reliably and gain much more power and thats also including building the bottom end. I say reliable due to the old battle between the two. Now in the matter of what type of boosting well I'm not gonna touch upon that. How many opinions out there? I've been on both sides and I stayed on the dark one (BOOST)! Now when it comes down to the NSX i'm still trying to decide. Well actually since i'm a big JGTC fan, for that i'll go NA. If you do go NA for the TEG save up do it right and go with Toda. Boosting a DC means money left over to spend on silly ****.

 

I totally see what you all mean. I think my mind is made up....drum roll............It's time to boost! Most of the kits I have seen are pretty reasonable. I just want to do it right. Thanks for the help and I'll post up my outcome of this when I get the kit, now that is another battle...Greddy, Turbonetics, I even saw the banner here for the kit Edelbrock now has for the Integra GSR. I'm leaning more towards the Greddy kit to start out.

 

n/a is [best]

 

Toda
don't think the turbo way is the easy way out though. its just for the same amount of money, the turbo route will be more powerful. it can be just as hard if not harder. i've seen turbo disaster stories by people that just bought a turbo kit and slapped it on. DO IT RIGHT. it'll pay off.