F23a1 turbo build

akoutmos

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What ever you do don't go piggy back or drive the car untuned. If you want a budget programmable ecu go crome or something. hondata base s300's arn't too expensive either. And don't be a stranger, post some pics :D
 

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so you say...your untuned at 7psi?..217whp? hows that holding up? whatd u do just bolt up the turbo and drive?

its been fine for over 4years going on same setup.
no my kit is custom almost everything is made from myself or a shop.
and im running a very old way of doing things an fmu and missing link setup.
wont give you the maximum power so in some case a waste of money..I have the correct setup but just other things happen before i put it on.ha
 
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ohhh ok..well hell im fine with 217 whp and 238 wtq...that sounds very fine to me...if there was any other mod thatd get me that id be fine...but i get what youre saying...
 
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What ever you do don't go piggy back or drive the car untuned. If you want a budget programmable ecu go crome or something. hondata base s300's arn't too expensive either. And don't be a stranger, post some pics :D

maybe i will do that..sounds logical...and ah pics...maybe...theyre all on DA
 

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okay you guys convinced me to do it right...i just got a p28 ecu with jumper harness and its getting chipped and dyno tuned professionally by Profunction Performance.. I got the dsm 450cc injectors and the walbro is in..according to the tuner at Profunction is estimating 310-320whp at 15lbs...anybody think this is off?
 

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im thinking your motor will blow before 11psi. if you make it to 15 psi itl blow on the way home..factory block can only handle 8 safely.9 pushing limts,10 max for limited time.
but try it yourself and let us know how it went..be the 1st stock block making those numbers
 

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supposedly there is a tuner in tennessee making like 312whp on stock motor so i dont know..i guess it might be possible...if it blows up though im doing the G23 swap
 

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im thinking your motor will blow before 11psi. if you make it to 15 psi itl blow on the way home..factory block can only handle 8 safely.9 pushing limts,10 max for limited time.
but try it yourself and let us know how it went..be the 1st stock block making those numbers

:haysm9:

Well as you may know I have been turbo for a few years now, Making anywhere from 215-327whp, and 210-321 wtq.

I achieved my goal of seeing if a stock F23 could make 300whp.. done
I also achieved my other goal. Trying to make the most on a stock motor (even though I have head studs) I consider it stock. 327whp. I believe if its not the record its pretty damn close.

Here are my Recommendations/Observations for you guys.
F23 is a beast, No matter how many times I broke something I ALWAYS drove home (except breaking a diff)
Depending on the turbo 10 psi is dailyable, and very reliable.
13-15Psi your stock head bolts will stretch and your head will lift.
Making 300whp+ driving daily on stock pistons, to florida,racing any/everything. will eventually crack a ringland. (Or at least I believe is what happened)

So for those of you who catch my drift, I popped at piston the other night (probably just cracked a ringland) beating the hell out of her all night. I still drove it home, Its just a little down on compression for #3 cylinder.

Anyway. Now I try to decide wether to just throw another stock piston in her, try and find rods+pistons (to show you built motor guys how to really make power) or just put her together and part ways and start on a new project.

So to whom wanted to see how long I made 300+ whp, alittle over 3 months.
If you know me, you know that any/every where I go the car gets no mercy.
To others it may last longer....

:)
 

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You WILL crack a ringland if you push your stock block that far.
If you don't it won't last long. At All....

Not worth it.
 
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