my buddy just got his prelude turbocharged with a fmax kit.

the kit is great fit and finish in awesome seems like a great turbo setup.

he is not tuned yet, but the thing is making dog **** for power, like really slow.

i just wanted to get people opinions on boosted stock h22a

the car is a 01 prelude stock motor with a fmax kit and a greddy emanage
stock cat with a 2.5 inch exhaust. wastegate routed in the dp.

 

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He needs to get it tuned, and should not be boosting on it until he does.

 

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He needs to get it tuned, and should not be boosting on it until he does.</TD></TR></TABLE>


well its a baseline tune for the af ratio to be safe and not max power

i keep on slapn his hand away from the boost controller

like i said whats people opinions on boosting a stock h22a motor?

i have been hearing alot lately of weak ring lands ?

 

a properly boosted stock H22 is no joke

 

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There is nothing wrong with boosting on a stock H22 if it is PROPERLY TUNED.

 

ok i was just hearing some thing about the rings being kinda weak...


i have seen some 300whp stock turbo ludes.
i just want to know if they can handle that for very long on stock bottom end.

 

The ring lands are weak because the pistons are cast. Detonation can ruin even forged pistons. However, I wouldn't boost higher than 10 psi on a stock H22. I'm personally running 9 myself.

 

Ringlands went in a friend of mines Prelude (F-max kit installed by me), ringlands have been the problem on others as well, however a properly tuned car will work miracles. L'orange's car is doing great I hear.

As far as the F-max kit,... good kit,... but it is still a KIT. Spend some money, get at least an AFC for minor tuning, put it on the dyno with a WIDEBAND .

 

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As far as the F-max kit,... good kit,... but it is still a KIT. Spend some money, get at least an AFC for minor tuning, put it on the dyno with a WIDEBAND . </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah he is just waiting for his appt for tuning.

he has emanage and 550rc injectors.

i told him not to go over 11psi with c16
then 7.5 psi for daily driving on pump 93

 

 

i heard that only certain motors have this ringland issue


any one shed some light on the situation?

 

im running f-max kit stock internals for 2 years now at 11 psi and no probs yet but im not going to wait... planning on building the bottem end this winter

 

ditch the stock cat asap

 

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