Making my motor v-tec

[Shadow1]

straight from the horse's mouf. lmao

[JDMCB7Tuner]

alright thank you very much i think im just gonna either build my motor up and turbo or swap into an h22 thank you very much for all the help

[d112crzy]

i think you should search first. search, search, search, search, search and search until you think you know everything, then search some more.

[JDMCB7Tuner]

i think you should search first. search, search, search, search, search and search until you think you know everything, then search some more.

i have searched and thats how i found this thread

[d112crzy]

no, you asked questions and waited till people answered you. thats not searching, thats getting spoon fed.

[92DX]

I would go for H22A swap. Turboing a motor that was meant for NA can only mean unreliability. Even the Honda engineers themselves, said that turbos are not reliable, which is one of the reasons they created VTEC in the first place.

[deevergote]

Turbos are reliable... however, they are more so when the motor is designed for it. People wouldn't buy a $40,000 STi if turbos weren't reliable.

If you plan on boosting a Honda motor, which isn't designed for turbo, and hope to pay less than the cost of an H22 swap, then you're not going to have very much luck. Everyone brings up Accord R33 and his setup... even he says he was lucky. Plus, he did a lot of research regarding tuning (many guys don't bother with that).

A proper turbo F22, with stock internals, would require a t3/t04, good tuning, a healthy motor, quality safeguards (wastegate and BOV), proper fueling, a good intercooler, and good tuning (yes, i said it twice... get the point?) A small turbo creates heat. Improper fueling will foul the spark plugs if it's too rich, and detonate if it's too lean. Cheap safeguard items will result in damage to the motor or the turbo. A sickly motor will most likely blow a ringland.

To be honest with you, I wouldn't turbo my only car. It's a blast when you do it to a project car, but for your daily driver, turbo Honda is asking for trouble. If you want a turbo daily driver, get a car that came turbo from the factory... but good luck finding one that hasn't already been beaten within an inch of it's life.

[92DX]

Sti's cost $40,000? No way, bro. They MSRP'ed at $33,000.
Would you have to mess around with the VTEC if you turbo a VTEC motor?

[deevergote]

Either way... They're damn expensive.


VTEC takes some consideration when tuning for turbo, since the mixture is a bit different... however, it's not a huge deal when you understand tuning. MRX said that it's pretty easy to do. People make a big deal about tuning for turbo VTEC... like they have to tune 2 motors... You have to remember that the stock fuel map accounts for VTEC, so all you really need to do is adjust that accordingly.

[d112crzy]

people make a big deal about everything on the internet, PERIOD!

[deevergote]

Intermet: the easiest way to let other people think for you.

[xfactortype1]

put a vtec sticker on it

[Shadow1]

well think about it...

that $33,000? your getting the BASE model. not any extras. just the BASIC stuff. im sure if you got an STi or an EVO you wouldnt want just the BASIC stuff from the factory. you'd want some of the options the dealership has wouldnt you? then your dealing with taxes and % and all. so most likely in the end youll be paying that much if not a lil bit below

[jitaga]

Just save tha t money that you are going to invest on the v-tec head and save it so that you can buy the H22 engine.

[JDMCB7Tuner]

ok