R18 Turbo thread

[civicconvert06]

Originally Posted by sohcBOOST

Really like the look of your car... really smooth looking. what is the X over one of the high beams mean? I have seen that and heard it meant something enlighten me

[civicconvert06]

is 5psi all the r18 can handle? i heard it can go up to 8 at least

[mark986]

It can handle way more than 5.. I'm running 10.. most people are running at least 8.

[turktech]

im tuned at 10.5 psi. so far so good

[civicconvert06]

Originally Posted by turktech

im tuned at 10.5 psi. so far so good

what are you pushing as far as horse power goes?

[xXR3DLINEXx]

Originally Posted by mark986

It can handle way more than 5.. I'm running 10.. most people are running at least 8.

hows the auto tranny holding you going to push 11 any time soon?

[Civic Pride]

Originally Posted by xXR3DLINEXx

hows the auto tranny holding you going to push 11 any time soon?

Mark's car is manual not Auto.

And i will be raising the boost to atleast 11psi(right now boosting 7/8, my car is manual btw) once i buy the Intake manifold. so stay tune later for some more dyno videos and numbers.

and i will say the Auto tranny holds the power good, since sohcBoost car is auto and he has been turbo for a while now and has not had any issues that i know of.

[xXR3DLINEXx]

Originally Posted by Civic Pride

Mark's car is manual not Auto.

And i will be raising the boost to atleast 11psi(right now boosting 7/8, my car is manual btw) once i buy the Intake manifold. so stay tune later for some more dyno videos and numbers.

and i will say the Auto tranny holds the power good, since sohcBoost car is auto and he has been turbo for a while now and has not had any issues that i know of.

oh i could of almost sworne that his car was auto. and i have an auto once i boost im going to start at 10 and then once i get IM go to 11 you think i will be good?

and damn hurray up i want to see what this engine can do

[mike08]

these are some sweeet rides. real clean, but i have a quick question, when you turbo an r18 and tune it, has anyone changed the effect of the ivtec on the r18 motor to have more of the same effect that the ivtec has on the si motors?? hopefully thats not a stupid question

[Civic Pride]

Originally Posted by xXR3DLINEXx

oh i could of almost sworne that his car was auto. and i have an auto once i boost im going to start at 10 and then once i get IM go to 11 you think i will be good?

and damn hurray up i want to see what this engine can do

You will be fine boosting up to 12psi on the stock motor, just don't pass that for now, at 12psi you should make good power. at 10 it is like 210whp and 214lbs of torque, at 12 it should be like 225whp and 230lbs of torque, this is just a an estimate. but it should be around there for the manuals, the autos might see a little less power, but not much less. this with a 2.5 inch exhaust.

Originally Posted by mike08

these are some sweeet rides. real clean, but i have a quick question, when you turbo an r18 and tune it, has anyone changed the effect of the ivtec on the r18 motor to have more of the same effect that the ivtec has on the si motors?? hopefully thats not a stupid question

The R18 motor stays in ivtec from 1k to 3.5k rpms after that you are on the high output mode, while the R18 motor stays in ivtec it is to save gas not to go fast.

But now with the turbo, imagine ivtec like the one for the Si is on your car but it kicks in at any RPM as soon as you step on it and pushes you back more because of that torque the turbo makes.

But if you drive your car like normal, it will still give you that same driving feeling like before and you will still get great gas milage.

[xXR3DLINEXx]

Originally Posted by Civic Pride

You will be fine boosting up to 12psi on the stock motor, just don't pass that for now, at 12psi you should make good power. at 10 it is like 210whp and 214lbs of torque, at 12 it should be like 225whp and 230lbs of torque, this is just a an estimate. but it should be around there for the manuals, the autos might see a little less power, but not much less. this with a 2.5 inch exhaust.



The R18 motor stays in ivtec from 1k to 3.5k rpms after that you are on the high output mode, while the R18 motor stays in ivtec it is to save gas not to go fast.

But now with the turbo, imagine ivtec like the one for the Si is on your car but it kicks in at any RPM as soon as you step on it and pushes you back more because of that torque the turbo makes.

But if you drive your car like normal, it will still give you that same driving feeling like before and you will still get great gas milage.

you think an auto tranny could hold 12 psi and 225whp and were those numbers with the IM or just 2.5 exhaust!

[ro.sniper]

This thread is a WIN! I hope my car will be on here in spring! Hoping to be the first Neutron Blue Turboed Sedan in Toronto.

[Civic Pride]

Originally Posted by xXR3DLINEXx

you think an auto tranny could hold 12 psi and 225whp and were those numbers with the IM or just 2.5 exhaust!

Yes, am sure. there are many people in Chinca and Brazil pushing the R18 motor way more than us here in the US. i have seen some dyno graphs of some R18 making 245whp and they seem to be doing fine with the stock IM.

I was thinking marks car was manual, but is not. and he is boosting 10psi on his auto with no issues, so at 11psi you should be fine redline.

sohcBoost ran nitrous on his set up and his car is auto/turbo and it did fine, so maybe he can comment on that on here.

and those numbers where with just an exhaust, No one knows how much power will the IM add to the turbo kit, but it should be around an extra 20whp just for the IM, since on a stock R18 the IM dyno at 12whp more and you will see better gains from a boosted motor.

This is where some of the R18's stand on this site as far as power goes.

I am currently making 190whp and 180lbs of torque at 7/8psi(Manual)
Projectprelude made 206whp and 214lbs of torque at 10psi(Manual)
Mark is making 210whp and ? his torque at 10psi(Auto)
sohcBoost is making 185whp and 200lbs of toque at 5psi(Auto) on the AJP turbo kit

Sorry if i miss one, but this are all the guys that i remember seen their dyno sheets.

On average you gain about 8whp for every 1psi you add, for the TSI turbo kit.

[mark986]

Depending on the dyno run I hit 214 and one was a little higher than that I think, but I gave you the more consistent number.

Crazy how that AJP is making that power at 5psi.

[hoangy]

subbed. this thread is great and inspiring!

[ktowncivic]

hey, so i found the TSI kit at procivic.com, but where did the AJP turbo guys find their kits? all i can find is the kit for the SI

[mark986]

You won't find the AJP kit for the R18... TSI is the only one.

I believe that AJP kit the other dude has was like a prototype they were working on.

[KameraBoy]

love this thread. makes me want boost badly.

[mark986]

Here's a little teaser of the car


Under the hood

[paolo2k2]

this makes me wanna turbo instead of saving up for a swap