Hi all,

I've currently got a '97 Integra LS 4door with a AEM CAI. I'm planning on building it up in the next 12 to 18 months. I want to get a header/exhaust, then a JRSC with the shortened pulley option. I also want to run a 50-75 nitrous setup.

My long overdue question is, what am i gonna have to do to the engine's internal's to keep it from blowing up? Cuz that would be bad .

 

Damn Grady!

You wanna run an SC with upgraded boost and N20???

Well you're gonna need forged pistons and better rods to start... You should also get the whole bottom-end balanced and whatnot.

For the head, you prob want some Stainless oversize valves so they don't melt like mine did from the N20 . SC/N20 specific headowork prob as well.

Are people running that much N20 on top of the SC? Awhile back I remember a few were experimenting with small shots, like 30-40 HP.

You may want to try the FI forum here and the FI board as well...

There's also the DFH list, but I don't think any of us have a setup like that?

Good luck,

FB

 

Thanks Franz. Yeah, I'm not too sure about how much N2O to run, but I'd like to get the LS to about 275-280 hp at the motor. The SC should get me to about 200-210 at the motor (which is enough to kill me with! ), but I'd like to see a nice short time down the 1/4 mile (or to beat mustangs on the highway!)

 

Why not take the money you'd spend on a supercharger and NOS and get a turbo instead that will make as much boost as the SC and NOS combined? That would seem to make more sense to me. My $.02

 

lol... i finnally found out... so ill say it... stock honda valves are stainless steel... not the whole thing though... proof? a magnet wont attract ss correct? take a valve and try it... the only non ss part is the tip (on the top)

 

I would like to maintain a bit of normalcy (sp?) in the way it drives, and i'm not a huge fan of turbos. My friend's 97 Eclipse GSX was way too spikey to be comfortable.

 

You can find a turbo that matches up well to your engine, and you won't have any issues with lag. Plus turbo's always allow for more power than SCers. Also, I imagine that turbo would be less stressful on the engine than a SC/NOS combo. Plus you can have that sweet BOV sound, lol I'm just trying to show you other options, SCers are good stuff, I just don't feel they're on the same plane as turbos. Let us know what you finally decide on doing with your engine build up!

 

Thanks for the tips, I'll definitely keep y'all in touch (sorry about that psuedo southern drawl )

 

Thanks for apologizing for the southern drawl, I'm surrounded by enough of that crap down here!

 

hehe, no prob. I get all the "pahk tha cah" stuff up here.

BTW, can you tell me of any companies that could sell/make a turbo that would match the B18 well? It would have to be one badass turbo to effectively double the power of the LS!

 

I'll see what I can dig up. I do know of a GS-R engine equipped Civic HB running 10psi of boost. He's built up the engine, but also puts out 290 whp!

 

All I have to say to that is GOD DAMN!!!