Nathan_volcom

I have come to the conclusion that waht i want to do for my senior project for school is have my car hit like 200 whp i was wondering how much i would expect to spend on a setup to hit some where around 200-220 to the wheels i have a 94 ex coupe that i just got with about 80k on the motor and 200k on the chasis i just ordered coilovers now im just thinking what i have to do. i was just seeing what people think about it.
oh ya and im new to the site Hi everyone!

lillthingz

Everyone is going to say forced induction. SOHC turbo civics are decently quick. You can find kits cheap it all depends on where you look.

luvmihatch

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ha all motor u gonan be spendin a **** load of money.. cheapest way would be eaither to put some pistosn and rods in teh sohc and boost it.. make about 250.. thas what i got... or put a ls and turbo it.. and u will ahve fun.. and as for hte coil overs once u lower ur car u will need to get an allignment and possibly camber kits.. so good luck and jsut amke sure u do resurch and dont be affraid to ask ? but yeah turbo its chepest for 200 hp

Archidictus

Making 200whp with a decent turbo kit is easy. Even with a greddy kit you can make 210 at 10 pounds with a good tune.

luvmihatch

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BOOST IS BEST.. who cares about throttle responce my car is fast...

Lscivic1999

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by luvmihatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ha all motor u gonan be spendin a **** load of money.. cheapest way would be eaither to put some pistosn and rods in teh sohc and boost it.. make about 250.. thas what i got... or put a ls and turbo it.. and u will ahve fun.. and as for hte coil overs once u lower ur car u will need to get an allignment and possibly camber kits.. so good luck and jsut amke sure u do resurch and dont be affraid to ask ? but yeah turbo its chepest for 200 hp</TD></TR></TABLE>

real bad spelling ^^ , but we get your point....
PO turbo will be your best and cheapest way to get 220 WHP SOHC....

luvmihatch

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real bad spelling ^^ , but we get your point....
PO turbo will be your best and cheapest way to get 220 WHP SOHC....</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha yeah i am a ***** speller.. sry bout that guys at least it gets the point across

BlackoutVTi

You can easily make good numbers with a SOHC turbo setup. Pay attention to how your build and preparation goes, if you intend to be making safe numbers though.

Boost_V

For reasonable goals. It's a good change.


Welcome to the site. What's your budget?

Nathan_volcom

I was hoping to spend somewhere around 2000-3000 i dont really know what it will actualy be

Boost_V

Oh that's plenty. of money. Read a lot on the FI section, the first few threads at the top. Tons and tons of info.

excivicboy96

You could probably spend less with shopping around.

Nathan_volcom

Ya thats what people are tellin me somewhere around there should deffinatly be enough to do it i was just seeing what other people sugested for setups.

excivicboy96

http://turbod16.com/

Look around on that site and ask people about there setups. The z6 you have is pretty popular for a boostable d-series.

big-cat

lol beat you to it(I am a senior as well with i would say 190ish 200whp, would have more but out of injectors for my baby)

yeah you are right on with the money part and f/i is the way to go, also do yourself a favor and get some arp head studs if you are going for those #'s just to be safe.

some little/HUGE advice, dont buy cheap parts, you can buy parts for cheap but make sure they are quality parts(i have some cheap parts like my all of my charge pipes, and they blow off every now and then).

you have the money part now research and research and dont buy cheap parts as well as look around for a tuner nearest you, and dont use a piggy back fuel/timing system.

Nathan_volcom

What is suggested that i do to the internals for this what do i ahve to replace to be safe and realiable. i know the conecting rods but will the crank hold or should i get a full rotating assembly?

THC07

dude its your senior project right? hypothetically you fail if you don't complete right?

Focus your subject on "junk yard turbo" show your teachers what you can do with such little money, IMO that will impress them. 700$ Volvo turbo, ebay piping kit, inter-cooler, yada yada. no need to break down your motor and put in internals. just keep it under 11psi. that's plenty of work for a senior project. definitely read up on the site posted above, check out junkyardturbo.com and othe sites. 200 hp will be in grasp with 11psi.

THC07

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Do NOT use that indeed.
when it comes time for your ecu needs, talk to me. Ill help you out the best I can. I still have my old tune from my stock internal sohc. all I had was injectors and 11 psi. if you have the socketed ecu, ill sell you chip for 10 buck that will run your sohc very nicly, next best thing is a dyno tune

Nathan_volcom

Ya i thought about just turboing in but i really want my car to be realiable when its done. i just dont want to blow it up a week after its boosting and i have 8 months to do it and i think my dad is paying for half of it so the costs arent bad and i have people who can help me. I just want an Engine explosion

Nathan_volcom

I just want an Engine explosion
Actualy NO i dont want an engine explosion

slvdrgn3

if you build it right, there will be no reliability issues. Just read up as much as possible on FI, make a list of everything you need. Read threads on other peoples progress and builds, save some pictures of a setup you will most likely go with and then start buying parts! good luck. I wish my school had a senior project like this.. should be alot of fun.

HPCO$T

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go B series with some cams and a good tune and your done

nicks-eg6

try and find a junked rsx-s for cheap. my friend found one for 1500 and now the motor is in a crx. then you would get your hp goal.

big-cat

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nathan_volcom &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just want an Engine explosion
Actualy NO i dont want an engine explosion</TD></TR></TABLE>

well if you have the right setup(right size injectors, motor is good compression wise, and what not else)

after that 90% or more is tune and timeing, if you dont have a tune or your timing is off, say good bye to your engine(cheap engines but you still will pay in the long run and have more work of swapping another engine in if you blow it). TUNE TUNE TUNE. and make sure you have quality parts(name brand turbo, intercooler piping that has bead rolled ends, t-bolt clamps, atleast 2.5in exhaust, tial or turbonetics WG, cast iron or log manifold, some sort of intercooler and atleast 310cc injectors or bigger......i would highly suggest 440's or 450's if you want 200whp. some sort of bov, you could prob cheap out on the bov part mine was like 10bucks and worksl like a champ, good oil lines with a oil restrictor)

to much to list but if you are not familiar with something i just said, type it in on the search button at the top right of your screen, i did not cover everything but alot is covered.

DLjunky

Holy Sh*t I'm doing my senior project on my car build too! I have to finish and turn in my proposal letter tomorrow on my hatch.