Recent content by twisted civic

has anybody here had any experience with www.ctsturbo.com, good or bad, all input welcome. The prices seem to be pretty good, but so far, I can't find anybody who'll vouch for them.

bent or stuck valves?

what is that, a user on here?

2000 ek hatch w b16a2, going to be boosted next summer. t3/4 turbo, equal length manifold, external wastegate, 370 injectors, fmic, inline pump. looking for 8 psi, would like to see about 220 whp (now @ 147 whp n/a) Currently, I'm running P2T obd2b setup. I'm lookin for people with uberdata...

Congrats, welcome to vtec... let us know when you're puttin the boost to it, the vtec grin only lasts for so long. Looks awesome btw.

b18c3 ??? itr=b18c5. You shouldn't have any fitment problems, the size is virtually identical. You're gonna have to change obd of course, so wiring may be a headache, pick up a conversion harness if you can

make your life simple and buy a b series throttle cable.

thanks, I autocross and occasionally drag race, are the light ones more prone to damage from hard launches?

I'm about to change my clutch (ek hatch), I'm putting another honda oem clutch kit in it, and I was wondering if the lightweight flywheels make much of a difference with a mostly stock (144whp) b16. I've seen some around 8-9lb (so called "race") and some around 12-13lbs ("street"). I've heard...

depends on the car, usually around 15-20% loss is close, unless it's awd, 4wd, or a ford. :)

No......... it wont!

iac valve, distributor wiring has to be spliced in (color match/different plug).

And this one time, at BAN CAMP! :ban: :pissedoffban: :ban:

Yeah, I was surprised at the gsr putting down such low #'s, it almost sounded like vtec wasn't engagin (compated to the wail of the b16's), but he said it was workin fine.

I dyno'd my car a few months ago, along with a couple friends who have engine swaps as well. My stock (with just a modified short intake) usdm (160 hp) b16a2 made 144.9 and 105 tq. I was with a guy that had a jdm b16 (168 hp) with CAI, exhaust, Intake manifold, and various other mods - his...