sonomaz

I'm sorry guys, but this is deppressing. Fresh motors and turbos and all we get is 166 rwhp? with a turbo?? No wonder every one else on this site is dropping in small blocks!! Come on now, these Honda VTEC guys easily get 100 hp/liter. using that number how come we can't get 240/260/280 hp at the flywheel. Multiply by say 0.85 for drivtrain that gets us 204/221/238 rwh?? Now I don't claim to know and 20 years of development aside, it realy makes me wonder? Do we need a VVT add on?

So right you are, Nav. Went to the company car show today and got pics. I'll post later tonight.

Wow, how time flies. So much has happend since I last posted. It has been since February and I still have less than 100 miles on my rebuilt engine. I had the seats modified for my Simpson Harnesses, and .... NEW PAINT!!! Factory Orange and it looks awsome. It was amazing. In the first half hour after I picked it up, 5 people stoped to say "cool car, " "nice ride." That's more than in the previous 22 years of owning the car. I'm tell'n you, paint is everything!!! It's interesting that we have so many more postings about engines than we do about body and paint and yet the first thing that most people notice is the look. Campy wheels, roll bars, nitrous purge clouds, twin turbos, don't get the nod like high tech, well thought out, body and paint. OK...I'll get pics!!

Nice Pics, looks like Solid Works. 1) The L engine sits at an angle in the bay (5, 10 or 15 degrees) so I think with the straight design the Turbo will be over the drivers fender. If you angle them both you could put it in the fender well (but I guess the strut is there) 2) The length and weight issue could be solved by gusseting. A triangle plate between the head flange and the secondary tubes would be a huge improvment for strength to the turbo mount and then weld a tall (2 or 3 inches) verticle rib to the bottom of the triangle plate (Think T section) should do it. 3)123 456 seams very reasonable because the firing order is like two, three cylinder engines attached together. So swapping 2 for 5 seams like the same difference. 4)I have no turbo manifold experience but I would think the difference between log style and header style would be spool up time. Header style would be great for quick spool and therefore road race? Log style Would be for max flow and pressure, therefore dragrace. 5)Just a basic thought but for high pressure I would assume that under full throttle and long engine wind up (say 2 to 8 K RPM) the pressure in the intake will about equal the pressure in the exhaust so at 15 to 25 psi you just want a realy big realy short pipe. More later Very cool design.

I did alot of serching on this site before I installed the Tockico package and I never found a before and after photos of the install. So here it is but.... I don't think the photos tell the whole story. The kit says it will lowert your car about 1 to 1-1/2 inches. It seams much lower like 2 inches maybe more. Also there is a tire change. Before the back is 225-60-14's on 14 X 6 and the front is 205-60-14's on 14 X 7. After it is 215-60-14's on 14 X 6 all around. The tire chnage hides the change in height. Before After Paul

Holly shucks!!! I swear that RTV can cause more harm than good! Paul