scia220

hey i have a turbo ls, a 91, and i was looking to move to florida from iowa. Now, ive never taken a long trip in this turbo honda but in my last boosted civc, i drove 200 miles to a different city and back no problems. But, at 1200 miles, idk, seems kinda iffy? has anyone made a trip like this before in a boosted honda? i mean motor is in good condition, no leaks or anything and i've pushed 15lbs through my 57 trim no issues. but i just dont want my motor to shut down on me half through my trip. think i should be fine? motor is just on a street tune btw

blue91EF

just turn ur boost down, you might have overheating issues. but besides that i think if you let it cool down every couple hours youll be fine.

there are plenty of stock turbo cars on the road that are able to drive that distance.

93supercoupe

if it can make a 20 mile trip w/o overheating, itll make 1200.Just try to stay outta boost if possible.

But with a trip that long, its almost garunteed that atleast 4-5 people are going to try and run you.

TheShodan

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You're fine as long as you're tuned. 80% of the time you won't be in load to be in positive pressure keeping your gas mileage

scia220

Awesome! Hey guys thanks alot for the help. If i make to florida fine. I'll post and on here to show prove u can drive boosted hondas long distance.

kyden

if your car can make it 200 miles one trip, 1200 is no different really.

jasperdeea90

I would agree as well, you should be fine I had no issues.
I moved from CA to GA(2100 miles) in my turbo da packed with a TON of s@#t, haha..Stopped twice a day to let it cool and eat.
My advice is to be prepared just in case, take an extra (ignitor!) set of spark plugs, belt(s), oil, and coolant, some vac line, and of course the basic hand tools..
Better to have it and not need it right?
Speaking from experience, some crazy stuff ends up on the road in front of you, gets kicked up by trucks, rolls under your car, etc..Good luck

93lsv_turbo

What part of florida (originally from florida). Central texas to northeast florida 1100 miles turbo lsv no problem. I took 2 days to get there. As long as the basics of the car run good (nothing to do with boost) your good

gettin it

I drove me built boosted single cam from Cali, to FL. It took me about 4 days, and i did alot of stopping to let the car cool off, and see friends on the way. i ran 10w 30 oil in the car also. Also when i hit Texas, since it was hot out, i ran the heater in the car too help it not get so hot. But your drive is not far. And yes, a little tool bag would be great too have. And also, people will try to run you, i had fun doing it. I even met up with a crew in Alabama and chilled with them. I was suppose to run a guy, but he never showed up. Its fun, but be safe. Where in Fl are you headed?

scia220

to tampa florida. west coast of florida. its also my first even driving this kind of distance

scia220

im headed to tampa bay. heard they got some crazy races out there

93lsv_turbo

yeah tampa is nice. im from jacksonville! you should have alot of fun there honda scene is huge in florida. you'll have a lot of fun

AllShowNoGo727

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^ yea we get a little wild out here but its all in good fun be safe on the trip down and im sure ill see you out on the weekend

scia220

ha nice man! I've only heard good things about florida. that's what im hopin though with the honda scene in tampa. i cant wait to get out there.

scia220

oh yea. every weekend. i actually have a friend who just moved down there from iowa. he drives a white wagovan around with a black front bumper. yeah i cant wait for tampa. thanks though. The trip should be fun

Fc_v8

Welcome to tampa when ever you get here. There is great goup of car enthusiast down here. You should check out the website in my sig too "tamparacing.com". Its a good website like HT but for florida.

scia220

yeah im gonna go ahead and sign up for that. Thanks for that website. And thanks for the welcoming. I already feel like i'm part of Tampa

AllShowNoGo727

iTrader: (1)

Lock your car up tight when you get down here. Please! Tons of car thieves down here.

scia220

Ohh man. thaqt's whta i was afraid of. But, ive invested in one those quick release steering wheels. So, i'll just take my steering wheel off all the time if that's what it takes so they cant drive off.

AllShowNoGo727

iTrader: (1)

That sounds good man. Id step it up a bit further than that though. Alarm, and a zoomback GPS tracking system is almost the norm around here for anybody with a car worth stealing.

scia220

man it's that bad out there? I'll definately take that into consideration. Thanks for the heads up on that. Can you still even have an alarm system on a car with manual locks though? My teg is manual everything

AllShowNoGo727

iTrader: (1)

^ sign up on Tamparacing.com for sure you can keep up to date on all the local stuff going on! Also, pretty sure the alarm install would be the same, you would just have unused wires. Alarm would still go off if some one opened your door.

scia220

k. thanks for the info. i just signed up

lunareg

yeah for sure, they can even throw some actuators into the door so the keyless entry will work they're cheap too, like 40bucks for 2 doors

blue91EF

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