Current setup is:

d16y7 w/greddy kit @~7psi untuned
type 31 FMIC
RC440's
hondata s100b
y8 tranny

I have been waiting around for a while to get tuned, my tuner is taking forever and I have started to gather components for my big boost build up and was thinking about throwing them in before I get tuned so that I am not wasting money to get tuned at 10psi when a couple of weeks later I would tune at 15psi. Here is what I have picked up:

Spec stage 3 clutch
Eagle Rods
CP pistons 9:1
ES motor mounts
ARP head studs
GE blockguard
3 bar map sensor

Let me know if there is anything that I am leaving out or other recommendations. Thanks,

Pfieff

 

Get a walbro 255lph hp fuel pump...

 

didn't think about that, thanks

 

bigger turbo?

 

Yep the 15G is about at its limits around 13 psi. Turbo is good for around 240HP. I will be changing out after my engine build.

 

Should I just pick up an 18g and have an adapter plate made?

 

stay away from all greddy turbos.....what you need is a garrett find one that suits your car and you will have much better results than with a greddy.

 

T3 w/ a .42 a/r .48 compression and 60 trim(this number might be wrong) might work nice on that setup...its small but bigger than that tiny 15g

 

I would look into an 18g with adapter plate...You would have to mess with alot of **** switching to a garrett..external wastegate, new dp, etc, etc ...ive seen people making over 300whp with 18g's...

 

There is a guy on homemadeturbo that makes adapter plates, I'm just trying to figure out what type of flange the 15g uses. Anyone know?

 

That blockguard isn't exactly the best idea. It can create hot spots at the top of the cylinder walls and eventually crack them. I've never had personal experience with them, but do some searches on blockguards and then decide if thats what you want

Mike

 

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Yea, i've been doing a lot of reading on them, it seems like it is all in the install. I am having a very reputable machine shop install it so I think I am going to go ahead with it

 

Actually it can still damage by not letting enough coolant flow which has nothing to do with install and by not letting the coolant flow well enough you have hots spots which could cause detonation.

Posting the block seems to work well and doesn't reduce flow nearly as much as a block guard but it is your money and your motor..hey what do i know.

 

if you do blockgaurd it, make sure you install bg, weld bg only to the block, not cylinders, then bore/hone. thats the proper way to do it.

bg is the way i went, personally if i could do it all over again i would have just spend the money i spend on the bg and machinging and buy sleeves.

 

I told the machine shop that they had to hone the walls after the install and said it wasn't a problem.

 

Greddy internal wg + 15psi = *BOOM*

The turbo's themselves are top notch quality, but the internal wastegates are horrible above 9-10psi. If you're SURE you wanna run it that hard, I'd strongly reccomend you getting a new manifold with an external gate or a whole new setup.

 

Hmm, I haven't seen that before, I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the input