I currently have a 99EX and in the spring i am buying the turbo kit from Garrett which comes with the GT28R plus everything need to put it together right. Its set to run at 7psi and i am also going to get pistons and rods just for a little insurance. I was just curious how well it would do on long trips where the engine is continuously revved to keep the boost at max like on the interstate. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

 

You arn't continually revving and keeping boost to the max on the interstate, no motor cound withstand heat like that. Boost is a product of throttle position and RPM's. Low throttle position for interstate cruising = no boost.

 

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Sounds like you need to do alot more seraching and learning about this stuff. You have alot to learn young grasshopper

My AIM is Civicman8686 if you wanna talk to me on there about any turbo stuff. I can give you a good start on some stuff

 

alright i actually know a little more than it seems like but i was just thinking that say your turbo normally spools up around 3500 and you are consistently running your revs above that. i obviously have never driven a boosted car on the highway that but it was just kind of one of those things that i was thinking about one day and it was bugging me so i decided to ask

 

If you get a boost gauge you'll see that you are not always in boost just because the engine speed is above 3500. You could be at 9000rpm and be under full (20"-ish) vaccum on the highway. The only way you are going to be under full boost on highway for an entire trip is if you are under full throttle the entire time. Well its not the only way, but damn close to the only way.

 

i'm running a greddy kit stock and it is my daily driver. most people have put up to 20-30k on it daily driven and have no problems.

the longetivity of your car is based on how hard you push your car.

I believe if you slap on a turbo kit and drive it without ever hitting a single pound a boost, the reliability of the engine ITSELF should last as long as it did before without the kit. (This means, never hitting Wide-open-throttle, and always reading your boost gauge.)

There was a saying i heard, "Long trips do not kill the engine, boosting all the way there does."

 

Awwww, but boosting all the way there is just so damn fun