OK he wants to buy a Type R and turbo it...the motor has about 31k on it and the guy had nitrous on it...he lives in GA and we don't know how bad he abused it...he wants to know if he can just slap a lower compression head gasket on and run 8psi safely with hondata and lots of tuning from none other than vapor trail
he also wants to know if a 60mm apexi n1 would be choking the motor or if he should upgrade...thoughts please
I TOLD HIM TO GO ALL MOTOR
but then again 5k for 280whp turbo or 4k for 200whp na...you pick lol

 

didn't read the post clearly thought it was a swap

my personal opinon is thats a waste of money get a b20 or a b18 or even a b18c1 .your going to spend a extra 2000.00 on a type r when you can do the same to a gsr plus put a extra 2000 grand in to it good luck


[Modified by seek167, 10:13 PM 2/6/2002]

 

yeah tell him to go all motor!! turbo may give you great 1/4 mile times and all that, but id rather stay na..imo

 

tell him not to buy an ITR. he sounds like another drag-only import jocker...kinda like you

 

:-P I know im a drag only import jocker but I hope to check out some Auto X this year...never been to one

 

Tons of fun.

 

Inlinepro headgasket
Tuning
an I an running the apex N1 on my car now, but above 8psi it could become restrictive....to what extent I dont know

 

um i would take 200whp all motor


if he just wants to slap on a kit I would go with F-MAX

 

remember this car will be doing a lot of street driving....like 500 miles a week or so

 

8psi on a ITR with a lower compression headgasket most likely will not make 280 whp. But 8psi with a thicker headgasket is very safe as long as it is tuned well. I run around 8-9psi with a crappy FMU set-up and it is reliable and a Hondata would just make it even more reliable. Oh, don't forget to get the motor checked out, compression test, etc.

 

just get a rev-hard or custom kit w/ HG and proper tunning and it should be a great daily driver...mine is

about the F-max kits they suck

 

CR was i believe 230-235 across the board

 

Also, I would go with a 3" exhaust like a thermal. The Apexi will be a restriction if you ever go beyond 7-8psi.

 

Why do you say this?

Just because you have a revhard does not mean they are the best personally I dont like revhard kits but I dont go around saying they suck and if i did i would explain why they do............explain why f-max kits suck