my first turbo build
ls block
JE pistons
crower rods
arp headstuds
5 angle valve job
stock B16 cams, springs, valves, retainers
skunk cam gears
skunk intake manifold
Motion Three top mount manifold
t3/t4 garret
greddy front mount
greddy bov
tial wastegate
Motion Three 3 inch downpipe back exhaust no cat vibrant 3 inch black muffler
Motion Three catch can
2.5 inch intercooler piping
neptune
402 whp 283ish tq
the stock sleeves did not hold 17 pounds, oh well new motor soon, same basic set up with gsr cams stock valve train hopefully 425 wheel

 

sleeves are good to hold 23-24 psi.. what did you do to blow it up on 17 psi?

this thread sucks without pictures or dyno graph

 

motor blew up on the dyno and im trying as we speak to add pics but i am having trouble. this computer is working about as good as my motor right now.

 

psi doesnt matter....every setup is different(turbo sizes/intakes/exhaust) anything can change a setup you can't just say stock sleeves with hold this much psi....

 

unfortunately im not so good with motors i just do metal fab at my shop. i had a friends shop do the motor on this car. i will not mention names but they had 2 motors blow before this one. just basic greddy kits on stock ls vtec setups. nothing spectacular. they could not find the problem why the motor kept blowing so i received a "built motor", that was my consolation prize for having my car down for 6 months. i was frustrated with the shop so i figured lets see what happens when i put the turbo kit on myself. i finished the manifold and put it all together. i came to realize when this car was on the dyno the shop i originally went to never changed the stock fuel pump. while on the dyno the tuner changed the pump but oh well f-ed this motor up too.
and im a computer idiot still cant manage those pics sorry!

 

here are some pics of the car and the set up. ill try to get the pics from the dyno up soon.

 

i say go ahead and name names......

 

anyone around there tune with hondata, i love my s200. perfect. 330 horse on 17 pounds and loving the abuse.

 

Pretty nice setup.

Man, what's with these shops in PA messing things up so damn often?

 

LOL Quick I was think the same thing! Theres only a couple I know and trust..Your not that far from Innovative Motorworks...Great guys/Tuners, or Evans Tuning....You would have alot better luck going to a shop that tunes hondas everyday

 

There is no reason why that a sleeve should break at that boost/hp level.

 

definately go to evans-tuning especially if you live in PA.

 

Yeah u need to find a new tuner

 

i went to evans and got it tuned thats the dyno it blew up on. i think the motor was bound to blow it was deemed a piece of **** from the get go.

 

What am I missing? was it a bad short block rebuild?

Jeff is certainly competent.

 

i wonder what Jeff would have to say about about this subject.

 

There are more competent places in PA than just Evans. Although he'll do the job just fine.

Something else must have been up then.

 

x2

 

not jeff's fault

 

i love how everyone blames the tuner, finds out who the tuner was and than its something else.

 

hey take it to john at j-k tuning and u wont be mad. ill be taking my car there by the end of febuary. check him out.

 

evans has a reputation.... most people say my tuner, and what they should be saying is "my friend with a laptop who kinda thinks he knows what he is doing" tuned it....thats why there was the sudden change in attitude....and just for claification evans was not the shop that blew it up twice or built it

 

Umm Evans tuned the car they didn't build that engine.

 

Indeed. I'm surprised Evans wouldn't have noticed a factory fuel pump in the car when trying to make 350+ whp though. Oh well.

 

I heard about this car. Looks good, better running. It was first state motor sports that built your motor. Apologies for giving names, but I don't want anyone else to have to go through this kind of trouble.