Hi all,
I have searched for posts on it but not as much on reliability. I have a 2000 integra LS non vtec. I am planning to put a turbo kit on it. The turbo kit I have looked into is made by turbonetics and it comes with everything needed. I have been told that I dont need to do lower head work or anything else, and push about 6psi of boost. Any suggestions of weather or not this will work? I also want reliability. Any info will be extremely appriciated.

Thanks

 

I have a 98 LS turbo with 75K miles on the orginal motor and the orginal turbo kit. I bought the rev hard kit in early 98 and after a few months wait the kit finally came in, I then bought my car. LOL The car had 6 miles on it when it was turbo charged. I kept the boost down on daily driving and ragged it out on Saturday nite street races. I kept up with my maintenance and tunned frequently. I finally just changed out my exhaust manifold and fuel system and built the head after bending a few valves. It U keep up with the maint and tunning the car will last.

 

lol u got the tubo kit before the car? Risky, lol but thats funny. Any other stories of people with a turbo kit in their integra LS???

 

5 years ago till this very day and only a 13.4? Im impressed on how long your engines been holding up though

 

I'm running a drag kit @ 9psi on my stock LS motor. It's been running strong, but after 1.5 years, cylinder 1 is leaking 35% on a leakdown test. I think the culprit is the inline pump, 12:1 fmu, stock injectors setup. I'm now converting over to an intank walbro, hondata, and 550cc injectors fuel setup. If you want your motor to last, get a good tune with hondata, and run less than 10 psi.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deluzional &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">5 years ago till this very day and only a 13.4? Im impressed on how long your engines been holding up though</TD></TR></TABLE>
13.4 I know not too impressive as for times. It's all weight I ran the car w/full interior, boom'n system, street tires to prove it was a fast street car. I hate the track. I wanted to see my best time as it would be on the street.

Yes 5 years later it about fell apart all at one time. Cracks in the exhaust mani, delta gate cracked, 4 bent valves, block was in tact and so was the turbo. Lots and Lots of tune ups. Hondata rocks if U got a tunner near by.

 

The ls has 9 lives

Boost it, maintian it, and you shoudln't have any problems, also you can run 7-8 psi with no probs also. 8 psi.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Teg4e &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm running a drag kit @ 9psi on my stock LS motor. It's been running strong, but after 1.5 years, cylinder 1 is leaking 35% on a leakdown test. I think the culprit is the inline pump, 12:1 fmu, stock injectors setup. I'm now converting over to an intank walbro, hondata, and 550cc injectors fuel setup. If you want your motor to last, get a good tune with hondata, and run less than 10 psi.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm at 11psi........everyday. I don't believe in single digit boost numbers.
If your motor is a healty motor and you have good managment(tuner) also. You wont have a problem.
But to the question,

If you have a kit that comes with a 12.1FMU and a inline Fuel pump. You'll be fine at 6psi. e personally I wont take it above that withan FMU, but it is done everyday by alot of people. I personally wont do it though.

Get hondata and a good tuner and that will solve every issue.

 

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I'm at 11psi........everyday. I don't believe in single digit boost numbers.
If your motor is a healty motor and you have good managment(tuner) also. You wont have a problem.
But to the question,

If you have a kit that comes with a 12.1FMU and a inline Fuel pump. You'll be fine at 6psi. e personally I wont take it above that withan FMU, but it is done everyday by alot of people. I personally wont do it though.

Get hondata and a good tuner and that will solve every issue. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I started out with a pieced together kit and put it on when my motor had 127,XXX miles... I boosted it for 20K with inline and fmu @ 8psi and no problems... I have since purchased Hondata and plan on getting it tuned for 10 psi as I only have stock MAP Sensor...

Like stated above, if you keep up with the cars maintnence, have a good fuel set-up and good tuner, you should be fine... Do your research, know your goals, and go from there...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4U2NV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I started out with a pieced together kit and put it on when my motor had 127,XXX miles... I boosted it for 20K with inline and fmu @ 8psi and no problems... I have since purchased Hondata and plan on getting it tuned for 10 psi as I only have stock MAP Sensor...

Like stated above, if you keep up with the cars maintnence, have a good fuel set-up and good tuner, you should be fine... Do your research, know your goals, and go from there... </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have a stock map sensor

 

Ok, all of this is great, but could someone be polite and go threw what kind of regular maintainence you go threw to keep your turbo ls in tip top shape? Thx pete.

 

anyone?

 

Keep you oil changes up to date. Spark plugs(I do plugs every other oil change), compression test, really you just got to be one of those people that is motivated to keep an eye out for problems before they get bigger. Check for leaks, oil, fuel,ec t... check bolts/nuts for exhuast leaks, vacuum lines.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by quikB18B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Keep you oil changes up to date. Spark plugs(I do plugs every other oil change), compression test, really you just got to be one of those people that is motivated to keep an eye out for problems before they get bigger. Check for leaks, oil, fuel,ec t... check bolts/nuts for exhuast leaks, vacuum lines. </TD></TR></TABLE>
what interval d u change ur oil at and what grade/brand do u use

 

I use mobil1 synthetic 10w30, honda oil filter every 2500 miles

 

I change mine every 2,000. On time. I use mobile 1 full-synthetic.
It doesn't matter if it's been 2 weeks. When I see the 2000 mark roll aroung she's being purged.

 

change oil every 2,000 for sure due to the higher temps created by a turbo setup. It tends to break down oil quicker. Think about a oil cooler for added safety and road trips.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HybridcivicLS-T &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I change mine every 2,000. On time. I use mobile 1 full-synthetic.
It doesn't matter if it's been 2 weeks. When I see the 2000 mark roll aroung she's being purged.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Word, and boy does it make a noticeable difference

I've been using Mobil 1 10w30, but am going to try their 15w50 stuff this time since I've been hearing such good things about it and I'm going to be upping my boost to 10-11 PSI on Thursday.

 

13 psi going on a year now, no problems yet. I have toasted a few pistons cause i accidently overboosted (25psi is fast as ****). Make sure you clamp down your wastegate hose. pistons are easy to replace anyways.

 

i run regular motor oil on my ls...im going to change to synthetic...but what is exactly involved...im not paying some degenerate $80 to change it from standard motor oil to synthetic...this is kind of in the wrong place...but its along the same subject lines..

 

So how much power should i expect on an LS with 11 lbs of boost? How much to hit 300whp? I plan on having forged pistons/rods and rebuilding the head. Do you think it would be more worth it to have a GSR longblock with higher lmilage but lower boost or an ls with lower mileage but higher boost, both with rebuilt heads (just valve springs, gaskets **** like that) and forged internals. Thanks!

 

yeah i change mine every 2000 roughly 100 miles over or under 2000 and i use Royal Purple oil 5w30 in my teg LS and boy i noticed a little difference when i switched to rotal purple from Mobil one and it is only about 25-50 cents more per quart depending where u buy it. if you can get royal i suggest to try it if it is a good price. i got mine from work with an employee discount but i got almost nothing off from the price

 

Im running royal purple too. GREAT STUFF!!!!!! if you can get your hands on it get it over mobil 1, your engine with thank u ! Also to run a higher PSI pistons and rods help but the biggest difference is Sleeving your block that is what makes it so you can boost high or not! I have some other side questions also:

1. will port and polishing my LS block make a big difference?
2. Is the rev hard turbo kit a good one?
3.Can I put the hondata and the apexi SAFC or is one better than the other??

 

hondata is much better than the safc however the afc doesnt do too bad of a job either

 

afc sucks *****