Hey guys I am new to the FI scene, I have a 1990 crx with a LS-Vtec in it, and I am looking to go with a small quick spooling turbo kit. I have been reading and doing a lot of research and found out some of the kits and compainies to stay away from. From example its cheap but gargae apparently .... ssautochrome.com. I was wondering what everyone impressions were of GodSpeed trubos.... something like this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290703660068...84.m1423.l2649

And since I am going to be running low boost in this daily driver, I dont want any fancy manifold or anything. So I was thinking about going with a regular cast turbo manifold something like this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-SERIES-CAS...f66759&vxp=mtr

Last question, if I go with a manifold like that with the wastegate built into it, and decide to go with a seperate inline blow off valve is there a block off plate that I could use on the manifold?

 

I'm having a day off swearing so here you go... my words in a simple picture .

 

Picture is very clear, lol. I thought that I heard of people happy with Godspeed stuff though. Guess I was wrong! Any opinions on go-autoworks kits?

 

You definitely can not go wrong with GO-AUTOWORKS sir. GREAT company and GREAT customer service. I guess that is why the owner's name is GREg.

 

This last bit has me confused....
The wastegate and blow off valve are different thins, and you need both...

Wastegate bolts to manifold, this is what controlls boost pressure, it dumps out excess exhaust to slow down the turbo and controll boost.

Blow off valve goes onto charge pipes, This is what makes the whooosh sound when you let off the throttle, it lets out the remaining boost pressure when the throttle plate is closed.

They are 2 different items, and both are needed, dont get them confused, one works on the Hot or exhaust side, the other works on the cold or compressor side.

 

Go autoworks makes great stuff!!! I have some of there stuff on my car. Would you like some pictures?

 

Go-autoworks does fantastic work, quality parts and great service. My turbo kit has several parts made by them, couldn't be happier.

I know it can be tough to tell which parts are low quality, so I'll give you a short list of the good brands.

Turbocharger: Garrett, Precision, Turbonetics. I personally prefer Garrett.
Wastegate: Tial. There are other brands that are good, but I always go with tial.
Blow off valve: Tial, Greddy, HKS...there are many more that work fine, just avoid no-brand ebay stuff. Tial is the universal answer, you simply put in the spring that matches your setup and it works perfectly.

If you buy everything from Go-Autoworks, you can't buy anything that will fail due to low quality parts.

 

Yes you are right I had them confused...sometimes so much reading just becomes a blur, thanks for the clarity

 

If you have some pics handy I would love to see them.

 

Thanks I just emailed them because their street kit says to contact them for crx installation, says it requires additional parts. 2k round about for the whole kit from them.

 

The "tuner" kit has a bit better parts and install for the CRX than the "street" kit. Go for that instead. Plus you have the choice of better turbochargers to choose from, especially from Garrett.

 

Here you go...

 

What are the fittings/lines coming from the top of the valve cover used for? Is that for a catch can?

 

Greg from autworks is recommending that I go with the precision 4831b turbo in my kit....thoughts???

 

Yes.

 

Yes it is they are 10an. I'm not sure on the Turbo. What sort of power are you after?

 

Nothing crazy, just looking to give the daily driver some additional horse. The motor is not built for high boost. It does have 9.8 to 1 weisco pistons, prob thinking 5 to 10 lbs of boost. If thats even possible.

 

It's the power output what matters not the psi. Have a little think and let us know please.

 

For the power you're looking for, you won't need that at all. That's only for extreme uses over 500whp with larger turbochargers for drag-race use. So don't worry about that.

 

Give us a definition of "nothing crazy". Do you plan to change the internals later other than just the pistons? Give a power level number or estimate please, not a PSI number.

I'm not much of a precision fan, but that's just me. Stick with the Garrett for now in a 4 bolt turbine housing, not the 5 bolt. that will keep your options open later.

 

Or because you want to look cool Damn, i thought it was pretty much needed at the time when i fitted it all. Is this something you've known for a while ?

 

Well, I've had plenty of guys see the big drag-race blokes and want to copy that setup. the 2 main reasons why (what I consider to be extreme at least) that type of system is used.

1) The turbo used is of a larger design (over 65lbs/min +) and is at such high boost pressure level, they actually ARE having a lot of crank case pressure to warrant the use of that to empty into the large Battery-sized catch can.

2) They use such large cans on these Valve-cover tapped setups because some tracks and race-classes require about 2 litres of possible drainage be contained within a system, instead of emptying out onto the track itself.


Otherwise, over 400-450whp, a good sized B&R can is more than enough to catch any ventilated pressure, without the need of destroying the valve cover to do so.

But you can be COOL too, I guess

 

Arrrrrrr... cheers Mac. I think i just got to caught in the "hype" at the time. I have those two ports on my valve cover along with two ports on the block leading to a modified Cusco catch can.

 

I am looking for 260 horse to 320 horse out of that motor and turbo setup. Do you think that is possible?

 

Stock internals on a B series can hold 300whp safely with no problem. There are a few guys who have done over 400, it's all about having a good tune.