Best setup for slightlymod'd GSR?
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Best setup for slightlymod'd GSR?
I have a 97 civic hath with a 99 b18c1, greddy headers, aem intake, skunk2 pro intake exedy stage 1, competition flywheel, full exhaust, 3 angle valve job, full tune...it' a daily driver and i wanna run boost (no more than 7si)or a small shot, 50 or 70ish. Any advice. Dont wanna go crazy and have to change or upgrade too much more, but wanna add a touch more power, safely! wish i had the cash for a jackson charger but i don't so maybe a turbo but i hear i may be better of with a nitrous setup, cost and convenience wise. any and all advice welcome i have been installing mobile electronics for years but new to boost and juice. Simple easy setup is my goal.
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good luck, if you dont have the cash for a jackson setup then dont even think about a turbo setup imo.
best advice I can give ya is to do a nitrous setup instead.
best advice I can give ya is to do a nitrous setup instead.
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A jackson setup runs $3400 plus. You can do a decent turbo setup for under 2g. I want to run conservative if i do go turbo...as far as either goes, is there a decent setup for what mods i have and stock gsr internals?
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Heres the best advise for you! dont waist your money on a jrsc its a pain to install and maintain and your gonna want more power after! best bang for your buck would be get a nos injection kit! you can still use all your mods you have and still take advantage of them, turbo and jrsc kits are kinda labor intesive and take a while and skill to instal! theres real great nitrous kits that are real safe and have saftey shut of functions and you can set it to activate at a certain rpm and disingage right before redline. A good healthy dose of laughing gas will ad some great gains! get some injectors and a fuel pump and retune with the nos. It will be real easy to instal and if your not worried about the law run some juice! get a complete kit and see how it feels. you can find a semi complete jrsc kits these days for around $1,500 and you can get used turbo kits for around the same iv even seen a new greddy turbo kit for less than $2,000 on ebay! i was so tempted to buy it but went with a pro charger supercharger cause of the simplicity of the instal and desighn, its another great option but its expensive new kits are around $5,000 i found a used kit for around a grand..
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my big thing too is its a daily driver and i dont always need boost. weekends here and there and make a few muscle heads angry...thats all. I have looked at the venom vcn 1000, nx systems and zex systems, not sure what one is better, a lot of mixed reviews. just want a wet system i think, that is safe and has some decent computerized or safety shut offs... 50 or 70 shot max! the other question is tuning... i am running obd2 to obd1 and it was fully tuned, how will that play into adding a wet system?
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I was about to buy a used one for $900. Get bigger injectors and a good tune and youll have a supercharger kit for less than you would spend for a turbo kit.
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brand new they go for that. im not a fan of the jrsc although my last setup was fun its just too much maintance sometimes.
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And that's what I'm trying to avoid is a lot of maintenance. I know if i run no more than 7psi on either setup and keep up on oil changes and the basics, a boosted gsr will still run for a long time and perform well, it's when dummies try running huge amounts of boost on a daily driver and beat the **** out of it that you run into problems. I am all for doing it right the first time and not being a cheapo where it counts, I would love to turbo it but it's a toss up until i learn a little bit more on both setups, pro's & con's... a decent juiced setup will run me no more than $600-$800...turbo kit...not sure...if anyone has good examples of a conservative setup please share.
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PSI doesnt mean much, definitely keep reading up so you can pinpoint exactly what types of components you want to use.
I daily drove and beat the **** out of my turbo gsr with minimal issues @ low 300's, other people daily drive 500hp setups.
You can get away with stock internals, get a good tune for sure.
Id look into a used turbocharger, a log manifold, tial 38mm wg, and a good wideband, oil pressure, and boost gauge, walbro 255, dsm 450cc injectors and resitor box. you can find a lot of this stuff on the marketplace for relatively cheap.
other things like IC, ic piping, and such can be found cheap as well, and new even.
I daily drove and beat the **** out of my turbo gsr with minimal issues @ low 300's, other people daily drive 500hp setups.
You can get away with stock internals, get a good tune for sure.
Id look into a used turbocharger, a log manifold, tial 38mm wg, and a good wideband, oil pressure, and boost gauge, walbro 255, dsm 450cc injectors and resitor box. you can find a lot of this stuff on the marketplace for relatively cheap.
other things like IC, ic piping, and such can be found cheap as well, and new even.
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There is a website, ssautochrome.com, there are a lot of different kits on the site for b series motors, anyone hear anything good or bad about those kits?
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yeah, lot of mixed reviews but that's the jist of it, just wanted to double check. Well if anyone can point me in a good direction for a small turbo setup, guess that's the next step. nothing crazy, only want to run 7psi'ish, doesn't have to be the best name but not cheapo.
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^^^ yup ebay. If your really interested in one of the cheap kits do some research so you know what your gettin into. There's a ebay turbo thread in this section. Some ppl will say stay the hell away from it and some ppl swear by the stuff cause of the savings.
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this is pretty dumb being that hes looking for 70 more hp lol. if you think you can't piece together a good turbo kit for under 2k new your out of your mind.
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