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Mr Kim...care to contribute?
To be honest, I'm not sure myself. I know some extensive work was performed, though. I'm pretty sure all of the internals were changed in favor of running with a larger turbo. I made the mistake of revving it up that high (maybe higher) when my heavy right foot decided to act out of line while coming out of a corner on a flooded track.
The car does make some pretty intense power, but it's probably closer to 450whp (not 500 like I had said on the show). Maybe to the crank, lol.
To be honest, I'm not sure myself. I know some extensive work was performed, though. I'm pretty sure all of the internals were changed in favor of running with a larger turbo. I made the mistake of revving it up that high (maybe higher) when my heavy right foot decided to act out of line while coming out of a corner on a flooded track.
The car does make some pretty intense power, but it's probably closer to 450whp (not 500 like I had said on the show). Maybe to the crank, lol.
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Originally Posted by Dressed2Kill,Dec 4 2008, 02:28 PM
I caught that HIN show as well. I would like to know what kind of work Jay has done to his motor. He said he is reving to 11k. I did not know that there were cams for our cars that made power at that rpm or a valve train that would hold up at 11k.
But I have STOCK cam.
The cam profile can be one of "major" parts that contribute power band but..
In FI application, size of the turbine and other factor also plays big roles too.
With my turbo(GT35R with largest exhaust housing) and headwork+custom manifold yields peak hp at 9400rpm.(dyno proven)
It tapers off very little after 9400rpm, which make sense to use more rpm after the peak.
I set my rev limiter at 10,000rpm for most cases which I hit pretty often at track/street.
Also revved up to 11k occasionally(dyno and ect)
Let me know if you have any questions.
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Found this on the SPEED site, too!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/b...bctid3226927001
Not sure if this actually works...I tried clicking on the link and it took me to their main media page.
It's under SPEED X
go down to the video: "Hot Import Nights: Drifting a Honda"
Dunno why the direct link doesn't work.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/b...bctid3226927001
Not sure if this actually works...I tried clicking on the link and it took me to their main media page.
It's under SPEED X
go down to the video: "Hot Import Nights: Drifting a Honda"
Dunno why the direct link doesn't work.
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From: Charlotte NC
Originally Posted by jwkim,Dec 4 2008, 03:32 PM
I have full mirror ported head(extremely ported) + lighten valve train but in stock size.(valve, dual springs, Ti retainers).
But I have STOCK cam.
The cam profile can be one of "major" parts that contribute power band but..
In FI application, size of the turbine and other factor also plays big roles too.
With my turbo(GT35R with largest exhaust housing) and headwork+custom manifold yields peak hp at 9400rpm.(dyno proven)
It tapers off very little after 9400rpm, which make sense to use more rpm after the peak.
I set my rev limiter at 10,000rpm for most cases which I hit pretty often at track/street.
Also revved up to 11k occasionally(dyno and ect)
Let me know if you have any questions.
But I have STOCK cam.
The cam profile can be one of "major" parts that contribute power band but..
In FI application, size of the turbine and other factor also plays big roles too.
With my turbo(GT35R with largest exhaust housing) and headwork+custom manifold yields peak hp at 9400rpm.(dyno proven)
It tapers off very little after 9400rpm, which make sense to use more rpm after the peak.
I set my rev limiter at 10,000rpm for most cases which I hit pretty often at track/street.
Also revved up to 11k occasionally(dyno and ect)
Let me know if you have any questions.
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From: PA
Originally Posted by jwkim,Dec 4 2008, 03:32 PM
I have full mirror ported head(extremely ported) + lighten valve train but in stock size.(valve, dual springs, Ti retainers).
But I have STOCK cam.
The cam profile can be one of "major" parts that contribute power band but..
In FI application, size of the turbine and other factor also plays big roles too.
With my turbo(GT35R with largest exhaust housing) and headwork+custom manifold yields peak hp at 9400rpm.(dyno proven)
It tapers off very little after 9400rpm, which make sense to use more rpm after the peak.
I set my rev limiter at 10,000rpm for most cases which I hit pretty often at track/street.
Also revved up to 11k occasionally(dyno and ect)
Let me know if you have any questions.
But I have STOCK cam.
The cam profile can be one of "major" parts that contribute power band but..
In FI application, size of the turbine and other factor also plays big roles too.
With my turbo(GT35R with largest exhaust housing) and headwork+custom manifold yields peak hp at 9400rpm.(dyno proven)
It tapers off very little after 9400rpm, which make sense to use more rpm after the peak.
I set my rev limiter at 10,000rpm for most cases which I hit pretty often at track/street.
Also revved up to 11k occasionally(dyno and ect)
Let me know if you have any questions.
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From: Seoul
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Originally Posted by humanshield,Dec 5 2008, 11:21 AM
where the heck are the cheeseboogahs!?! hahahaha.... that's great. hey, "JAY" where the heck is greg when you guys are getting famous? my guess he's either crashing evos or getting cheeseburgers for mike! 
There was a small part of me that was happy when that Evo X crashed because of how difficult it was to keep custom white Enkei NT03+m wheels clean! They did look very nice, though.
He warned me that there'd be a chance that the folks from SPEED would show up, so I tried to stall them as much as possible by talking as much nonsense as I could until he could arrive. I didn't think they'd actually use any of it.
At least he got to talk about how totally awesome his company was in the feature video online.