well in my search for a turbo for my car i have come across the drag kit. these kits come with the t3/t4 right? which turbo would be best for my application? its daily driven, stock internals for now, will be built, and will be using hondata in the future. im concerned about lag with the t3/t4. well if you feel like it, help me out. thanks in advance. oh and the motor is a d16y8.


[Modified by hatch101, 8:59 PM 1/12/2003]

 

Before I blew mine apart I was getting full boost(13psi) at 3000. That wasn't too bad for the amount of power I was making. Of corse I was only running a straight DP at the time

The thing I didn't really realize with all these spool times is that, yes you are only making full boost at X RPMS but your turbo is making descent power about 1k before full boost.

If this motor actually will be built later on your gonna want a turbo that can take advantage of those internals i.e. the ability to flow more psi up top.

 

well then you are saying the drag kit will be good? im seriously thinking about this kit, and i know you have to choose the specs of the turbo you get, but im not sure what specs to go with.

 

i gotta a drag gen 2,i bought it 4 years ago and i didnt have a choice on what turbo it came with,it came with a T3/04b.compressor is an "S" trim and the turbine is .48 a/r stage 3 trim..i guess its good to around 300-350hp.



[Modified by D-Man, 8:32 PM 1/12/2003]

 

what about reliablilty of the actual turbocharger itself?

 

well so far i got amost 35,000 miles with it with no problems or leaks...knock on wood

 

I run the Apexi kit. Love it. It is Ballbearing. Great spool and i boost 5psi daily and 12 for the track. apexi is a very nice kit and i have been boostings 9-11psi for over a year now. Good luck bro on your set up

 

yeah i heard that kit was good man, but i can get the DRAG kit real cheap and thats probably what im going with. thanks for your support. ill keep everyone updated on my progress.

 

my friend had the drag kit on a 88-91 sohc and it ran pretty good till he went stupid with the boost...

he got like 220hp at like 7-10 psi without hondata, jus an fmu. if i was going to buy a kit though...i love my apexi and the great thing is...if you feel that you're running out of power with that turob....you could switch it out with the bigger IHI turbo that bolts right onto the manifold from what i heard

 

yeah they say those APEXi kits are real good.

 

When you say good to around 300-350 hp, does that mean 300-350 hp on top of what your engine is already producing? or is it total? Do you understand what i'm trying to say?
Thanks

 

i'm assuming total....unless you built your engine to run like race gas and hold 15-20 psi

 

Yes.i got it..its total

 

Ok, thanks man thats all i needed to know

 

anytime

 

I have that kit on my car. Same motor. I haven't got it tuned yet, so I don't know what kind of horsepower I am looking at, but for the money I would go with drag. I've had mine on since September and no problems so far. (Once you get the bugs worked out). I run 5psi daily and 9psi at the track. I reach full boost about 3300. Here is a thread I posted the other day. https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=380858 I know people with the greddy kit that only run 15's.
If you are buying the sale kit from Importparts take what they say about shipping eta's loosley. They told me 2 weeks and it took 2 months. Not badmouthing them or anything, just sharing my experience. Be prepared to spend money. Good luck.

Hey you guys running APEXi, what 1/4 times and hp#'s you makin.

 

drag kit is good for the advertised 6-7lbs of boost its designed for.. and then some.
its a good upgradable system that you can boost more with proper fuel management and block work.

REV HARD is great as well...

Wil