got2luvdarice13

i want to put a turbo on my ls for daily driving not for the track. all i want to do is slap one on tune it and drive on, is that possible without blowing anything up? found a bunch of turbos on ebay for cheap, could they do the job? lookin for no more then 250 hp !!

bigbadboy

can use maybe a T3T4, SC34, or GT30. i have a bone stock LS i've been running 15 psi on it for a while now. i made 230 on 4 psi. no dyno #'s for 15 psi.

got2luvdarice13

ive read other set ups and 230 at 4 psi is pretty good, must be a big turbo. im thinken about the t3/t4. do you know about tuning, y must get tuned for turbo?

bigbadboy

yea its a decent sized turbo but i still get full boost by 4K. gotta get tuned so that you can add more fuel for the air your pushing and to also tune your timing to a safe limit so you won't melt your pistons. the tune is the most important part of your build. if your tune is crappy then not even the best/most expensive parts will last

Schister66

this is one of the worst threads in a while....there is absolutely no tech so far.

1. When you say T3/T04, you're only mentioning about 1000 different turbos.

2. Making 230whp at 4psi i guess can be viewed as good, but is useless

What you need to do is to state your desired power goal, what you plan to use the car for and what your approx budget is. After you let us know the basics, we can help you...until then you're going to continue to get ignorant posts like above

got2luvdarice13

nice. see thats what all confuses the hell out of me, but i guess ill just leave that for the tuner. would you know where i can find a tuner who knows what there doing around my area.

Schister66

you're going to have to build some kind of setup before taking it to the tuner...also you may as well learn about this stuff now so that when (if) you build a turbo setup on your car, you know how to properly maintain it. Your best bet is to simply read through the threads posted on here and try to understand whats going on....there is also a nice FAQ at the top of the forum where you can find answers to a lot of the questions you may be having. Also, if you need help and cant find the answer, you can always PM me

got2luvdarice13

i dont need any more then 250 hp, i wanna use it to get back and forth to school and what not, maybe a 30 mile trip back and forth a day and a prolly a weekend getaway to jersey 300 mile one way trip every other month or something, dont plan on putting it on the track thou. my budget as of know will be around 2 grand.

got2luvdarice13

i am in the process, it will take some time thou, appriciate the info

4g hatch

http://www.shuetuning.com/
http://www.inlinepro.com


they can help u out with tuning but do your homework and get comfortable with turbo's.there are some guys on here that can help u put a turbo kit together.

Schister66

check out the Sponsor's Classifieds and the FI Classifieds....you should be able to come close to your budget if you buy used parts

got2luvdarice13

yeah im gonna buy new. ive been looking into the garrret turbo, seems like a common most choosen turbo. but b4 all that ill do the reading into how turbos work and also how to maintain them to keep the engine plus turbo for a long period of time. these turbos are not as easy as slappin a v-tec on haha

Schister66

You can get away with buying some parts used...i would however get a new turbo. Here is a link to the setup i have....i absolutely love it! Its part way down the page...the GT3255 w/ the SLS shorty. Its worth checking out!

http://hondamarketplace.com/zerothread/2017644

got2luvdarice13

not baaad, how long have you had that combo gsr with the kit? has anything ever blown on the gsr? if so how would you prevent it without happening again? but the thing is i have an Ls, would you recommend that kit for the Ls. also, what about the clutch, i should change that B4 i install the turbo and tune it, unless i can tune it, take it apart, put a clutch in, put it back together without tuning cus it already got tuned , ya know? dumb question i know, remember i only know so much about the turbo.

integraRS-T

u can tune it wit the stock clutch but it will prob. start sliping if u only wont bout 250 whp exedy stage 1 will run u bout $300

Schister66

I've had the SLS shorty and STC GT3255b on my car since July and a topmount w/ the GT3255b on it from November to July.

I haven't ever blown anything or wrecked anything on it...i had a timing belt shred, but no damage was caused because i was going like 6mph when it happened.

For your LS, i would recommend the same SLS shorty, but i'd change the turbo to the GT3251b instead of my GT3255b. It would spool faster so you'd have a better powerband on the LS.

For the clutch, be sure to get something that is a little bit overkill because chances are, you'll want to upgrade long before the clutch is worn out. I have an Exedy Stage 2 and soon i'll be pushing it to the edge. I'd also do the clutch before the turbo....i did mine well enough in advance so that it was broken in by the time my turbo setup was ready to dyno...i didnt want to slip the clutch at all on the dyno. If you're paying $150/hr, dont waste your time w/ a setup that isn't 100% ready

got2luvdarice13

trew, im defenitly gonna do the clutch b4 anything. since i have about 7-8 months to rebulid my car( no license) im gonna put rods, cams, crankshaft the whole shindig. i would guess the engine can handle that turbo if i did all that instead of using an allll stock ls