this aint a technical post but i just have to comment about driving a turbo'd car.

95 civic ls turbo 60-trim 10psi

i took this car on its first road trip on a little over 200 miles. the car got about 28-30 mpg (before turbo i had 34 mpg on a trip to florida last year) i am more impressed about the smooth power while driving. no more downshifting to pass cars and the wideband reads 13.9-15.1 afr while driving at 78 mph. (afr reading is normal for rationality checking) mostly sticks around 14.7

i mean its great to just slightly press further on the gas and watch my boost gauge climp to about 5psi and the power just flows so smooth. best of both worlds. i am making well over 200hp and still getting nearly 30mpg. (driving conservative of course)

just feels good to drive the car compared to any other car i have drove. car is as fast as my old GT with the gas mileage of my civic before turbo so i get the best of both worlds and handles 10 times better on the autocross track.

thought i would post my experiance!
post yours!

kev

 

My car is FAT. I avg about 27mpg mixed driving when I don't drive it hard. And about 11-15mpg when I beat on it. Average mpg is prob around 20mpg. Not too shabby for 450whp.

 

heck no it aint. i am shooting for about 351 whp on my next setup. stock sleeves with rods and pistons. 402t cams. should be next spring. right now i am gonna boost this stock b18a1 motor about 14-15 psi and see what happens. hope to atleast hit 300hp.

kev

 

I hope you got a good tune.

 

I drove my 450whp full weight civic SI cross-country last summer avg 33mpg...I was pretty happy about that.

 

I've hit 40 in the winter on my stock LS turbo car driving cross country.

 

+1 I did a 1000 mile round trip over the summer, averaged 32!