i wanna turbo my gsr but ive heard its bad to turbo a stock motor, is this true??? if so what do i need to do to my motor to make it reliable about make it a daily driven car also?

 

build your bottom end for starters. if your going to run ~5psi then you should be okay depending on the condition of your motor.

 

i was thinking about not boosting around town... would that cause any wear on the motor? and leave my car reliable and i wouldnt have to worry about it not starting up one morning?

 

Try either doing a search or looking in the F/I forums...you will find all your answers

 

no need to search ill answer it.. 5 psi and under shouldnt do much to your car.. just make sure you upgrade your fuel set up at the least.. like a vortec fmu or some sort...but honestly.. whos boost there car and not try to boost more .. jsut for starters try that...

 

is it really below 5psi i though it was really reliable and safe to run below 7psi.

 

there is nothing wrong with turboing your stock gsr!!!!
there are a few things that need to be done in order to do so.
i have a stock ls with a t3/t4 on a stock motor, other than springs and retainers, and i had boost at 10psi with no problem.
the main thing is fuel. you have to have the proper mixture.
of course you motor has higher compression so you will need to get a headgasket, i would suggest getting it from inline pro.



[Modified by midasp, 1:20 PM 3/12/2003]

 

I ran 15psi on my stock GSR motor until I sold it without any problems at all whatsoever, and I drive my cars harder than most people.

 

my motor is stock and cloing in on 300whp . i dont see any probs.

 

What compression are you running, and what kind of turbo/fuel management setup?

 

no bottom end work necessary....do a compression test....and get a great fuel management system + go to a respected tuner...and voila your good till about 11psi then your map sensor is gonna make you throw a CEL....keep it at 8 and you'll be happy

 

10.6:1, hondata 4b for management

 

where did you tune your car, your numbers look great

 

me and my friend did it , he's a great Tuner and i try to learn from him
Boosted HYbrid is his name on here. everything he touches makes some pretty impressive power

 

dam i may have to travel down to PA with some beer when i turbo my gsr, if you guys accept beer that is

 

i have a gsr to and im in the middle ofbuilding a cutom turbo for it. its better to peice one togther cheaper plus you get what you need some parts that come in a pre made kit contain little cheap peices you dont even need...

first you should replace yuor rods and pistons(&rings)people say you might not need to but itsa really good idea to.
if you dont plan on getting your bottom end resleeved than maybe you should look into getting a good block guard...

but your bottom end after doing rods pistons block guard should handle 15 psi track and 7-10 street assuming you dont beat the car every second you have it. but i wouldnt personally just go and push 15 psi daily driving..

resleeve your bottom end do rods and psitons and you have yuor self a nice daily driver, but detonation is going to accur reguardles so be ready...

 

also i forgot go with a hondata set up or what ever yuor local tuner is custom t using but wih the hondata you can have the most power at the utmost reliablity...you can get like 30 miles to the gallon too wih a good tuning, due to the car being in vacume...

 

youll be fine boosting your gizzer. do a compression test to make sure your engine is healthy. i would not run no more than 7psi on your gsr... which is definitely a good amount of boost to handle the competition. get it tuned with Hondata or an AEM EMS... and you can run 9psi safely. building the block is a good thing... but not really required for a moderate amount of boost.