Have been thinking it over, and have decided to save my money and buy a Turbo kit for the Lude. F-Max.com is the one I am gonna purchase. Its the cleanest kit for the Lude, maybe not the cheapest or most popular, but the cleanest setup. I should have about 220whp at 5psi, and 280whp at about 9psi. It sucks cause I have to wait until I can save up enough money, not only for the kit, but the install as well. Hopefully I will be boosting by time summer rolls around.

nice

good luck, thatd be cool to see. ive heard hondas have a serious tendency to detonate tho :-/. later

yeah and something about them having to resleeve thier cylinder walls??

No, that is false, atleast to an extent. To much boost can lead to engine failure. Detonation on a high compression engine is really bad, but the F-max kit will give me the option to lower compression ratio by installing a thicker head gasket. Daily driven should be boosting no more than 6psi, and at the track, no more than 9psi with racing fuel, to be safe at least. I am probably gonna run 4psi for everyday driving, and 9psi on racing fuel at the track. Is my H22 engine as boost freindly as your 420a, but it does have plenty of potential, just gotta play it smart.

good luck boosting an open-deck h-series engine....

the h-series has some of the thinnest cylinder walls among honda engines. the open-deck design on the h series doesnt take well to boost. for reliable boost, sleeve it at a minimum.

my friend was gonna boost his, till he started looking into it and nearly every prelude owner he found that had gone turbo had blown, whether it was custom, fmax, drag, whatever. He ended up selling the prelude, and got a 2001 ITR. he boosted it, got hooked, and now has a 10 sec beast. ok, he doesnt have a 10 sec slip, but he makes over 500hp at the wheels and has 130 mph trap speeds ;)

dont wanna scare you, just something to think about...

Your right, atleast about the H22's not be boost friendly. I have been doing some searching, and pistons seem to crack way to easily. For some reason though, nitrous doesnt seem to have that problem? Dont know why, but the H22 is more juice friendly than boost friendly. 10's might not be able to happen, but I bet 11's can. Just gotta decide if I want to go boost or juice, juice is starting to look pretty good again.

has to do with the increased cylinder pressure among other things. Witht he longer stroke of the H22, a lot of the piston's force is actually going sideways into the cylinder walls. when the pressure is increased significantly, bad things happen. somethign has to give, and its usually either a rod or piston, and sometimes broken pieces will go thru the block :0. thats true with any engine, but its way to common on the H series. Its a large part of why Jackson had taken so long to release its SC kit, that thin was supposed to be out 6 months before my friend sold his car, im not even sure its even out yet and its been about a year since he sold it.

if you check out http://www.geocities.com/ryan95i4 thats my club. check the for sale section to see the old 5th gen preludes. the silver one was the one that was gonna be boosted, but he sold it and got the ITR that he boosted. the red one was spraying, 75shot fogger i believe, think he went low 14s with traction issues and a dying 3rd gear synchro, mike sold that and now he drives a BMW M Coupe (or whatever the funky lookin' M car is called, the hard top version of the roadster).

I think your in the wrong site!!! This is 2GNT, you know, its an eclipse second generation non-turbo website. Hello?

this is not a flame

But he has been on 2gnt from the days on which he had an eclipse. So i for one am actually glad he chose to stay and post on the boards after he changed cars.

He's not the only one either. Klipzracer has sold his eclipses, but he still posts.

So just don't forget that alot of people who post on here with GOOD information are people that no longer drive 2gnts.

yeah true that mystic like if my car blows up tomorrow cause its being a bitch Ill still post. I also thought about turbo'ing a Lude. An older one though cause I have never seen it.
-Dave

Should we have an other cars tech section perhaps?

good idea... some of peeps here have a 2nd car that isnt a 2gnt


96RS ~ full 99GS Special Edit. body conversion, aem cai, greddy header, greddy sp exhaust, afx pulley, B&M SS, magecores & NGKs, S-AFC, A/F and Volt guages, Sparco Torino Seat, illuminas, prokits, ingalls camber, gunmetal GS rims, ST Sways, STBs, lower rear tie bar, Sony Xplode head, Xplode 10 disk, Boston Components, 2 Kenwood amps, 12" MTX sub, a shit load more.


97GSX ~ 18psi~ Ported/Clipped 10 degrees Frank 2 w/47trim, Ported Exh. housing, Tial 40mm External Wastegate with discharge tube, Ported O2 housing, 3" downpipe, 3" Straight Pipe, Apex N1, fake cat, K&N FIPK, Greddy IC Piping, Type S bov, S-AFC, Profec B, Greddy TT, Slimline Fan, RRE Catch Can, Greddy Big FMIC, ND 660s, Walboro 190lph, ACT 2600 w/street disk, clutch SS line, lighten flywheel, removed cruise control line, Greddy EGT, Coolant, Boost Gauges, motor mount inserts, Magnecor & plugs, greddy oil cap, greddy radiator cap, and free mods. To all the haters _|_ tia

How about a General Car Tech section.

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Whats an ITR?

>Whats an ITR?

an integra type r you fooker! ;)

I do not know the honda abreviations. Thats like calling my car a MEGS. Mitsubishi Eclipse GS. Now does that make any sense?

I didnt think so...LOL