our recent project at powerplant was a 94 civic coupe single cam vtec cutom manifold and piping 3 inch exhaust t3 turbo vafc. the car put down 160 whp and 157 wht with stock sliping clutch. comments welcome


Modified by s2kboost at 8:06 PM 4/23/2005

 

the teal one? any pics of the setup?

 

yes the teal one i dont have pics yet but the dyno curve was perfect

 

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not bad...how much boost are you running?

 

That's really nothing special at all. I'm not hating, but crank the boost or something. It's got a lot more in it.

 

on 8 psi how is that not impressive the motor puts out 125 hp and 90 tq stock and the clutch was slipping

 

motor that puts out 125 hp stock that is sad. mine puts 106 stock and other that turbo it got 160 off 6-7 psi so yours should be pushing 180+ out of a 125 hp.

 

well if the clutch wasnt slipping it would put out 180 and more torque

 

put in a new clutch and post better numbers

w/ pictures and dyno graph/afr

 

thats pretty sad, you do a compresion test on the engine ?

 

i cant put a clutch in it isnt my car

 

let me ask u a question how is that sad on a motor that puts out 125 hp and 90 lbs of torque to the crank stock and hes puting out 160 whp and 157 wtq so on 7 lbs so explain to me how that is not good and if i knew how to post pics i would show u the setup and the dyno chart

 

I think its pretty respectable

 

i've seen z6's on 8 psi pushing out 180+ hp so a new clutch should help.

 

IMO those numbers are kind of low. i made 175whp on my sohc zc with t3 turbo at 7psi. good luck on the project.

 

wow, nice numbers man. anyway, how much money did you spend doing this project? i'm planning to do the same.

 

Also I am not hating but think about it stock 125hp boosted on 8 psi only 160? That is a mere 35hp gain not even close to the gain you shoul have gotten from that set up. Even if the 125 is at the crank it would still be roughly 100 hp at the wheels meaning that you gained roughly 60hp. That is a little better than 35hp but not a lot. Get a new clutch and try it again see if that will do anything. Really why wasn't the clutch not replced in the first place? I would have done that before I spent money on power that I can't use because of a broke dick clutch.

 

Wishful thinking? I'd have put in such a cheap component (relative to the overall project) that nets 20-30 hp and makes it feel even faster than that extra hp will.

 

it isnt my car i just work on my car at the shop and its my best friends shop the kid didnt have alot of money and we did a 5 sp swap on it and he put a new clutch in. we told him to get a aftermarket and he said when he saves some more money so let the clutch thing go if someone tells me how to post pics on here il post the dyno chart.
the point of this topic is the torque what honda puts out the same amount of horse as torque.

 

good job. boosted SOHC =

just get a clutch and do some more tuning, and say hello to 20 more hp

Also, Don't worry what anybody says about what kind of power you're "supposed" to be putting out. 60hp over stock is still worth a good 1.5 to 2 second reduction in the 1/4 mile, and anybody who says that's not good enough is crazy.

 

hmmm...it does seem kind of low, my brother has the same setup as me...(92 civic si) he runs 9 psi and got 200 hp. i dont know for sure but i dont think a faulty clutch would do that much damage to the hp...but im still new to this whole turbo scene anyways. I could be wrong. good luck tho

 

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hey what shop do you work at? you should look to getting some better management than the vafc, as well as a clutch. i had the act hdss clutch setup on my boosted z6 and it was nice

 

Respectable numbers considering the slipping clutch issue