Hi guys, I have'nt been around the board a lot lately, but I have been really busy with school, work, etc. The news is that I am gonna be tubo'ing my s2k. The kit is gonna be done by John Brown, who did my friend's ITR ( 420 hp at the wheels ), John wants to use my car as a prototype for a bolt on kit for our cars. The price should be around 6-7k, with intercooler, this is a preliminary price because we still need decide what turbo to use, ie do we want mid range punch (which is my personal choice) or do we want high performance. As for the ecu problem John says he can get around it. I am just looking for some input as to what you guys out there would like. Ohh the estimate on power is around 100hp more at the wheels.

 

Not to sound like a dick or anything (I am sure everyone on this board thinks I am already--oh well) but there are a million threads from people who are making turbo kits .. the bottom line is that yes there IS interest, people want power starting at in the 3000's range or sooner, generally with stock internals... the kit would probably sell at 6-7K, but there is going to be some competition eventually .. You may want to consider different stage kits, perhaps one with out an intercooler ....

The key is to boost at lower RPMs with out detonation, that will rule out Comptech as competition.. there are several other complications with boosting the F20C also..

Good luck!

 

i'm still waiting for Derryck's turbo kit's dyno charts and pics

come on Derryck!

 

Anyone offering a non-intercooled kit is selling you a POS kit and I wouldn't buy anything from them. It would be nice if, for once, someone would make a COMPLETE solution. I mean everything you need to turbo a stock car. This way it could be pre-tuned. Sure, every car is a little different, but you'd have a starting point that was 95% right.

 

I also think it needs to have a significant performance advantage over the less expensive Comptech S/C. That means either a heap more HP or lower RPM benefit. What you described may or may not be attractive. And like everyone else here, I really want to see competitive fully packaged aftermarket forced induction kits but I'm jaded by the sheer number of "guess what guys, I'm working on a turbo kit..." messages.

 

With the T04 housing that I'm currently running with a log style manifold and about 4 PSI, we made an additional 45 lb/ft. of torque at 4000 RPM's over stock. Translation= no more waiting for VTEC to kick in. I'm working on dyno's and a couple of other things but last night we had a problem with the dyno and we're waiting on a new sensor. By the way, at 4 PSI with the log style manifold and 110 F ambient air temp., we put down about 260 RWHP. We didn't get to finish tuning because the dyno sensor broke. We switched VTEC engagement to 6200 RPMS because it smoothed out the power curve to be an almost perfect linear climb.

 

I`m still waiting for a flux capasitor so I can go back in time at 88mph

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by derryck
[B]With the T04 housing that I'm currently running with a log style manifold and about 4 PSI, we made an additional 45 lb/ft. of torque at 4000 RPM's over stock.