turboed LS motor

I was wondering if you could throw a turbo kit on a stock LS motor, and if so, how much respect could it get? is it reliable enough for a daily driver? also, is 600 a good price for a 98 integ. ls motor with 109miles on it?

I'd like to think 600 is good for any car that is 97 +

i think hes talking about just the motor, not the whole car. ls turbo can handle 300whp reliably which is around 14psi if you want to go that high

i think hes talking about just the motor, not the whole car. ls turbo can handle 300whp reliably which is around 14psi if you want to go that high

What is PSI? and WHP? :biggrin:

if your serious. psi is pounds per square inch, thats how we much how much boost you are running. if you running 8 pounds of boost, same as saying 8psi

whp is wheel horse power which is what its measure at the wheels, not the same a flywheel horse power

Thanks, I seriously did not know....

search.

It would be a good idea to do a lot of research before taking on something like turboing your car. A friend of mine put together a junk yard turbo kit and put it on his JDM h22. No intercooler, 2.25 inch exhaust, no fuel control other than a chiped ECU, homemade boost controler. Well needles to say it lasted about 2 minutes before his motor went boom. So do your research, you dont want to end up like Kevin.

My stock LS + ARP's lasted about 11000 miles at 300 WHP before it started losing compression. I pulled it this weekend and 3/4 of the ringlands were toast. Perfect tune with hondata. I would dial the boost back a bit from 300 WHP if you drive it all day and drive it hard.

I'm rebuilding the motor with a ported head, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, bigass cams, and a GSR tranny :naughty:

Well how much respect do you think the stock LS motor could get inside an 89 crx DX.

if your lookig for respect, you are spending money on the wrong things.

^^^I couldn't agree more if I got paid to.

My stock LS + ARP's lasted about 11000 miles at 300 WHP before it started losing compression. I pulled it this weekend and 3/4 of the ringlands were toast. Perfect tune with hondata. I would dial the boost back a bit from 300 WHP if you drive it all day and drive it hard.

I'm rebuilding the motor with a ported head, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, bigass cams, and a GSR tranny :naughty:


AN LS Motor + Turbo Kit I can Drive With 260 - 300whp how long it will last if i drive every day 7 days a week on weekend some time going upstate will the car atleast hold 2 years ?

if your lookin fer respect with ure crx, get a K20 motor.

AN LS Motor + Turbo Kit I can Drive With 260 - 300whp how long it will last if i drive every day 7 days a week on weekend some time going upstate will the car atleast hold 2 years ?

If you put 10 thousand miles a year on it and drive it fairly hard it won't last 2 years at 300 WHP, ring lands just arn't thick enough. I think it could last at 260 WHP though.

who did your tuning turbo ek hatch ?

it could last a while, i mean your highway driving so yoru not in boost the whole time your driving.

this kind of question of how long a motor will last at a certain whp has so many variables. i mean one ls motor at 300whp could last 30k, another could break 2 days after. alot has to do with the condition of the motor and the tune. if your worried about blowing your motor because you cant afford a new one or something, bring the whp down. like run only 8psi instead of the 14psi that is required for 300whp

I tuned it myself.

what was your afr at under boost ? how about timing ?

AFR was steady from 11.5:1-12:1 on pump gas. Timing was around 18 at peak torque ramping up to 20 at redline.

timing seems ok. did you tune the timing by MBTT or just did a conservative tune ?

If you put 10 thousand miles a year on it and drive it fairly hard it won't last 2 years at 300 WHP, ring lands just arn't thick enough. I think it could last at 260 WHP though.


if this guy has yet to figure out what psi and whp means, then his ls will not last more than a minute under boost. people, before modding anything on your car, make sure you know everything about it. unless you have enough money to just let others worry about that for you. most of us dont so read, search, then read some more.

timing seems ok. did you tune the timing by MBTT or just did a conservative tune ?

I actually had the basemap from a friend, but on the dyno more timing didn't make any more power, so I just left it. Just had to add some fuel to it to make it to my liking.

did less timing = less power ?you might have been running just alittle too much timing for your motor