What is the most common fault when it comes to turboing honda cars, clutch wear? detonation? headgaskets blown? im just trying to anticipate whats gonna go wrong first lol
what has everyones experience been when turboing their first honda? any little things you forgot to put back on that made one hell of a difference...
thanks

 

If your fuel is setup correctly and you have parts that work well together you shouldn't have any consistent problems. Most of the time problems arise from poeple who do half *** istall jobs, or just dont maintain thier car. Do your research and make sure you know what you are doing. Turbo's are only as relibale as thier owner.
In my 5th month of boosting my car, the biggest and only problem I have had is a intercooler pipe that blew off Tuesday night

 

i tend to have minor oil leaks on my return line near my oil pan.... can't seem to stop it no matter what I do.... arrrGGHH!

 

Ringlands.

 

vaccum hose poping off waste gate

 

First initial problem was oil leak on my feed line where it screwed into my feed T fitting off the block. Then that Same T fitting leaked in a different spot after I fixed the first leak. I took the whole thing off and re-tefloned the hell out of it and now no leaks. Had to redo my oil return, but it is now fine as well. Now I am leak free and have had no other problems so far.

 

boosting for 3 months with no problems. built the car all at one time with all new parts. except the turbo kit. that was used. the motor was a jdm motor so from what they say 30-40 thousand miles.

 

Tuning could be one. Some can't afford proper tuning(or it isn't available to them), which can sometimes cause problems.

 

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Zip ties are your friend

 

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I know that fosho!! Got my hks bov zip tied down . And a whole bunch of zip ties everywhere esle .

 

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forgot to install the valve seat for the wastegate. D'OH!!! talk about exhaust leak, it whistled!

 

I don't tend to have any serious engine related problems due to lack of any certain fault in factory equipment.
In fact, the easier and more basic I keep things, and the more factory parts I use the more reliable my setup remains on a daily basis.
Within the realm of reasonable expectations, factory equipment would be more than satisfactory, for moderate to even the more extreme hp applications.
Considering more fuel would be necessary, only modifying fuel delivery in my vehicles has proven very effective. As well as a more accurate and precise tuning source, to tune according to the increase in output from your engine.

Tuning is <U>everything</U> in any particular engine. I would definately say that tuning is more important than any other "mod" you would consider buying. A good tune and realistic expectations of a specific engine/turbo output will always yield great results.

ie; fuel pump, larger injectors, engine management, tuning

 

a guy i know had his oil pump fail on him.
I heard it wasnt pretty.
not saying that's common though.