Do these perform?

[dinkel]

www.cardomain.com/memberpage/467347

Or is it a showcase on wheels? Doesn't give any figures . . . :lookandcantfind:

[dinkel]

I saw this and checked it out . . .

http://pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?s=327&i=37170&sc=FXTC

Turbo on this 4pot and VTEC ?

How long will it last . . .

[tuttle]

Serious kit Love it.Pretty much track focused,from what I read in the info box-out.320 at wheels comptech s/c blowers are the biz end too.

>> Edited by tuttle on Wednesday 23 February 16:42

[vteclimey]

dinkel said:

I saw this and checked it out . . . http://pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?s=327&i=37170&sc=FXTC Turbo on this 4pot and VTEC ? How long will it last . . .

explain? what on earth makes you think a 4 pot VTEC is not going to last long with a turbo?

[dinkel]

The VTEC lump is designed to perform extra at hi revs . . . Daily use is low to mid-range . . . turbo gives an overall stress in the whole range . . . I'm no expert but to make it a real performer - and looking at those figures I guess it really does - one has to make serious adjustments to keep the 4pot together. The VTECS add another extra will it?

[joe_90]

i have an s2000 (no turbo/supercharger) and the engines are bulletproof.

On s2ki.com lots (espically americans) have superchargers and they are easy to setup and very very reliable. Hardly anyone has had a problem with them

They turbo are equally as reliable, but are more tricky to setup and get running right.

But overall they are fine. I would sugget you get a normal s2k first to 'learn' how to drive it, then bolt on a supercharger if you want another 100bhp.

[vteclimey]

dinkel said:

The VTEC lump is designed to perform extra at hi revs . . . Daily use is low to mid-range . . . turbo gives an overall stress in the whole range . . . I'm no expert but to make it a real performer - and looking at those figures I guess it really does - one has to make serious adjustments to keep the 4pot together. The VTECS add another extra will it?

I really do not see where you logic is coming from. It appears you have a pre determined opinoin that 4pot engine are in some way more fragile than other engines and VTEC ones especially so. Well that's rubbish.

The only area where VTEC and Turbo don't work so well together is compression. VTEC engine require higher compression to make more power while turbo's require lower compression to get more boost. Most 4pot VTECs will take 6-8psi of boost on stock internals with no problem at all. After that you need to start working on getting the compression ratio down, which will slightly reduce the benefit of the agressing VTEC cams but this will be more than offset by the gain in power from the added boost.

Regarding low and idrange torque. Since that is where turbos traditionally give the most and where VTEC engines need the most, it sounds like a perfect match to me.

[fieldl]

dinkel said:

I saw this and checked it out . . . <a href="http://pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?s=327&i=37170&sc=FXTC">http://pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?s=327&i=37170&sc=FXTC</a> Turbo on this 4pot and VTEC ? How long will it last . . .

I've met Andrew the guy who's car it is.
It really has had no expense spared on doing it and it is awesome in the flesh. Had the pleasure of following it through the manchester airport tunnels. Damn fast and the unburnt fuel smelt



>> Edited by fieldl on Sunday 27th February 14:57

[v8thunder]

I bet that stereo and the door mechanisms weigh it down a bit. I bet it goes like a rocket but I'm always surprised by people who are prepared to compromise the looks of their car for extra speed, then put in things that slow it down.

Still, fair play to him with that kind of power.

[dinkel]

Gazboy said:

So 50kg's- so what- that isn't even a passenger- . . . . fair bit of poke)

A hitchhike babe weighs just about that.