I just bought a t3/t4 turbo and it came with a huge 1’ by 3" intercooler. I am going to run it on my b18c1. Should i get itr pistons and cams? if so should i get jdm or usdm? Any suggestions on what to use to do a basic tune so that i can drive it to the shop and have it dyno tuned? Thanks in advanced for any help
www.xenocron.com will give you a chipped ECU and a two basemaps for 125-175 depending on what you need
T3/t4 is a great turbo but in a b18c that is high compession and you don’t want that I have a jdm b18b with 9.4:1 CR and at top end it starts to pop with my B18a 9:1CR it didn’t “pop”(dedonation)
Make sure to upgrade the fuel system when installing a turbo (fuel pump, FPR, injectors, etc.) it all depends on how far you want to go.
why? if tuned correctly, it will run just fine and make excellent power…
Yes i already have the aem fpr and fuel rail along with a walbro 255 lph fuel pump, all i need for the fuel system is the injectors…One more question, the guy at my shop told me i needed to convert to obd-I to be able to tune it, i am currently obd-II. Is this tru or is he trying to make some more money off of me?
its true. to have a chipped ecu and total control of your engine, you need to convert to obd1
So what do i need to do to convert to obd-I, is it going to be very difficult?
Do you know if the 95 gsr is obd-1 of if it is obd-2…my brother swapped the motor and ecu and hes telling me he thinks it is obd-1. Also does anyone know if you use a half sized radiator for a civic or a crx, do you need new rad hoses or will my stock ones for a full sized rad work?
tuning is essential and is a saver, but having more compression gives the turbo less ‘space’ to ‘provide the combustion’ that it would like to. someone else can clarify what im saying…thats the best i could do
lower compression is better for boosted/NOS setups
higher compression is better for N/A setups
Are you saying its bad to boost the b18c1? I know with good tuning it can make a lot of power…
yea with good tuning its a great motor to boost. i have a c1, but i would like to take my compression down, i forgot the exact compression ratio of the c1(10.2:1, i think) i want it down to like a 9.8:1 at least ya know. but yea you can boost the c1. how many pounds of boost?
well its a pretty large turbo, but the internals are all stock for now so probably not too much to start out with… maybe like 8-10 psi im not really sure yet, depends on how the tuning goes
that should be cool boosting that.
if i dnt get my compression down, i think im only going to boost like 7lbs, MAYBE 10lbs when i go to the track
Yeah… ive heard using itr cams instead of the stock gsr ones will help it out quite a bit, anyone heard if they help that much?
[QUOTE=summitg2;1651199]Are you saying its bad to boost the b18c1? I know with good tuning it can make a lot of power…[/QUOTE]no!
you dont need to lower the compression at all…
i tuned a friend of mine’s unmodified GSR motor with a simple turbo kit and t3/t4 .60/.63 and made 250whp @ 7psi
the motor can and will hold up fine in stock form as long as you have a quality tune
Does anyone know how the oil lines hook up? never done a turbo before and i am having trouble finding pictures… if anyone could help show me it would be great. Thanks