I would like to piece a kit together or purchase a kit in the near future. "Once I sell my old project" Have a few questions for the turbo owners since we live in a desert (I'm in Tucson). Does your car run hot or have any issues cooling efficiently with the front moung IC? What other type of mods have you done to lower engine and under hood temp and want mods made the biggestest difference? Do any of you DD your turbo'd s2k? Do you have any recommendations to someone that is in my early steps? Thats all I can think of right now but may have a few more questions in the future. Thanks

 

Best thing to do is.....

1. Install an oil cooler

2. Run mostly water in your cooling system with the water wetter additive from Redline.

3. Get a nice sized intercooler. Full race has a good one.

4. Turn the boost down in the summer to maybe 6 or 7 psi.



And when its 115 out in the middle of the day and your sittin in traffic.......GO EASY ON HER.

 

^ Fix this by tuning once in the winter and once in the summer and loading the proper map.

I wouldn't recommend a turbo. It has been discussed many times before so do a search. Most people get rid of it soon after they finish their builds. That should tell you something.

 

What's your ''old project?''

 

I agree with what suzuka s2k has said. some other things you might want to do is heat wrap the manifold and downpipe. Get a turbo blanket. gold foil your ac and coolant lines. Smaller battery and turn the fusebox sideways. What are your power goals?
I would highly recommend a turbo for anything over 500hp or below it for that matter. There is a reason that more and more manufactures are putting turbos on vehicles and not superchargers. http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle..._1381&GT1=22022
There have been many advancements in turbo technology and there are about to be some very major ones in the near future that are going to be amazing for building turbo kits and make them even more cost effective. Superchargers are an old and antiquated technology where the gains are minimal when compared to the money spent in a well put together, tuned, and designed turbo kit.

 

S2000's really aren't bad for cooling at all, I am not really sure where people get that thought. If you are not tracking the car you don't need an oil cooler.

1. Get an aluminum radiator, the stock plastic one WILL crack

2. Run water + water wetter, or just a 50/50 mix of coolant. Make sure you don't have any leaky heater hoses, etc.

3. Run a quality oil. I can't stress this enough.

4. Don't beat on the car during the day when it's 110 outside.

5. Ceramic coat your turbo kit. It helps keep underhood temps down which helps with everything overall.

 

What's your ''old project?''

I have a 12 sec all motor civic coupe that I need to sell or part out.

What are your power goals?

I would say in the ball park of 400whp +/- 30 whp.

If I had a 2.2 then I would better consider a supercharger but turbo is the route I am planning to take. Thanks for all the input guys!

 

+1 especially number 5. you'd be shocked how much a quality coating does. its made a customers car cooler un the hood than before he went turbo.

 

How about passing emissions? I here you can with kpro but not aem ems with I understand but for those running the aem ems how are you getting by. Are you just switching the ecu, injectors back and keeping the wastegate open? I will diff plan to ceramic coat the turbo. Thanks

 

You won't pass with an AEM EMS.

In order to pass with an EMS you will need to go back to stock injectors, stock map sensor, and swap the stock ECU back in. If you removed the air pump will have issues with a check engine light.

There isn't a way to keep the wastegate "open", but it shouldnt' be a problem as long as you drive it lightly and never cross 0 vacuum. You only need to pass a stationary code scan, so the car will never see the rollers.

I passed with a kpro without any issues. The kpro install is a bit more involved than an AEM install though.