I have a 2003 Acura RSX Base model with a Cybernation motorsports Stage 1 Turbo Kit with a few minor mods, like aem pulleys, magnaflow exhaust, nology wires, and couple misc. stuff anyways what i'm asking is. With my car being boosted and also im running 10 psi can i safely do a nitrous n-tercooler setup on my car???? Any info would be great!!! Thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jlapier &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a 2003 Acura RSX Base model with a Cybernation motorsports Stage 1 Turbo Kit with a few minor mods, like aem pulleys, magnaflow exhaust, nology wires, and couple misc. stuff anyways what i'm asking is. With my car being boosted and also im running 10 psi can i safely do a nitrous n-tercooler setup on my car???? Any info would be great!!! Thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

as in you're referring to the halo kits on the intercooler (they just spray nitrous on the intercooler to keep it colder). If you're referring to that then yes, you'd be fine.. your not injecting nitrious into your motor, you're just spraying nitrous on the intercooler to help cool down the air.

 

n-tercooler setup is not going to put any stress on the engine, infact its going to keep your running temps alot cooler.

 

What if i was injecting it into the motor, would that be safe??? How much of a shot?? What system do i get?? And if i only did the halo kit will that give me a significant increase???

 

if your motor is stock and you're trying to push with nitrious on top of boost.. no it wouldn't be safe. The halo kit does help out because it significantly cools the air with the intercooler so you have 2 factors of heat transfer. The cooler the air the more powerfull your car is. That's why at night or when it gets real cool at the track you'll see people run a bit faster because of how cool the air becomes.

 

i understand that, what im trying to get to is that after having my car turboed for about 2 years now i just feel its not fast enough...what would you recommend i should do...and yess i realize i have the k20a3 so what are my choices????

 

aaah you got the "i've got slow with current HP" syndrome. What mods do you have done to your car and what is your goal you're trying to achieve? "I wanna be fast" is not a goal and is a general idea.

 

ok what i have is a Cybernation Motorsports Stage 1 Turbo kit w/Guardian, AEM Pulleys, Magnaflow Exhaust nothing else really for engine wise..it started out as a show car but now i want to make it known for more performance than anything else.. My goal is to make it an daily driven 11 sec. car..can ya help me out..

 

Thats going to be very difficult with the k20a3 platform. Maybe invest in a K20a2 head, RBC intake manifold, to get the full potential out of a stock block without building internals. You could use nitrous but its difficult to say what is safest shot size you can do. 40 shot with a good tune might me not half bad.

 

there are a few things you can do.

- buy a k20a2 motor swap the motor in.
- build your k20a3 motor up crank up the boost
- buy a k20a2 motor and build it up crank up the boost

You don't need nitrous in your engine...you just need to crank up the boost. Once you reach the max potential of your turbo setup then you will need to upgrade.

if you still don't feel thats enough after the build and boost then just junk your kit and buy a full race kit.

 

^^ what he says


You're not going to get a whole bunch of power from the a3 unless you fully build it.

 

buy a kpro

 

yeah i would build up the head but what about the bottom end will it hold?

 

fully build the motor.. keyword... Fully

 

how much more hp did you get with the turbo kit and your other mods?

 

K-Pro + a 50 shot.