can a 95 prelude vtec stock hold a turbo ????how big if it can??

 

yes , depends how far your going to go. id say get a t3 / t4 hybrid. but boost low with stock internals.

 

7-8psi on stock internals

 

I agree, 7-8 . 10 if you feel like pushing your luck.

 

not even 7-8psi on stock internals.

to be safe roughly 5-6psi on the street daily. then crank it up at the track to about 8-10psi if need be.

trust me, i used to run a custom turbo on my h22a accord.

even at 4psi in 5th gear going 80mph torque steer is a problem.

the ringlands are just too weak to sustain 7-8psi daily using a high pressure pump/fmu method.

now if you plan to go with a standalone like hondata then you have more tuning capabilities which can enable you to run a bit higher on the street.

 

We all know with tuning you can run more boost, but with the standard drag gen 3 kit, you can SAFELY run 7-8psi all day long. I have a friend that works at drag and he even told me so, and at the track on race fuel you can run 9-10psi IF you want to push it, but i do not recommend this. If you keep your car stock, be safe and dont boost above 8psi, 7 is nice and safe though

 

your friend at drag told you so. of course, what is he gonna say you can't run it hat high, your motor will blow.

people have blown their h22a's running just 8psi.

a high pressure pump/fmu is a cruel way of feeding fuel to a forced induced car. it's not accurate by any means and the consistency of tuning just isn't there.

with an h22a, you'd really be lucky to drive for a year running 7-8psi daily.

the ringlands are very, very weak.

especially if you live in an area where 93 octane isn't readily available.

 

he is an engineer at drag. anyways, i ran 8psi all day on my turbo for over a year and a half and i never had a problem with the ringlands. BUT, you are correct, they are weak. anyways, i dont condone running high amounts of boost without proper tuning or upgraded internals. you guys boost what you want, if you want more info on this topic post in forced induction. good luck

 

Tom at Hotrods Customs in Murphesborough, TN was running a Drag kit at 10psi with a 75 shot of nitrous on his 98 Prelude, 100% stock internals except for exhaust valves. His ran for 5 months straight with that setup before he "bent" a rod because of detonation...not stress. You can put a lot more power through an H22 than what you think as long as you have proper prevention of detonation. It just all comes down to tuning and how competent you are at it. 7-8 is not at all unreasonable, but running only 4-5psi would be pointless considering your putting your motor under the slightly increased stress of the turbocharger anyway.
my 2cents