I have a B16A swap under my hood... so far the car is pretty much stock besides the short ram intake and a custom catback exhaust with OBX muffler... for my next mod im defenetly getting a suspension kit and after that I wanna get a Turbo... Now I have been reading that Honda engines do not necessarily need low compression pistons but I still wanna get it to be extra safe because at prices that high I cannot afford to take a risk cuz im not really building a drag car, this is my actual ride that gets me to work... So my question is what is the best type of Turbo I should be looking for on my car, that will be safe but also powerfull...

 

on a b16 i would go with a t3 turbo because it wont have a whole bunch o fturbo lag and gain a lot of boost.... i would recomend that you get some good pistons AND rods, then get a decent fuel setup like some bigger injectors and a fuel computer(piggyback) and you could be running like 15 psi rather than with a stock car maximum 8-10psi.... more boost the better when you can handle it

 

thanx on the advise man...

 

so If I have about 170hp stock right now... what am I going to be loooking at after all that...????

 

well if you were to go and do internals it would be a wiser idea to go ahead with engine managent instead of jus a piggyback fuel computer, that way the ecu can pull timing as needed and have more controll over the engine.

to run 10 psi, its not a necessity that you do internals but definately fuel sys.

but your goin to want to compair different turbo's b/c one turbo will be alot different than another turbo, 10 psi on a stock motor is safe but there will be a big difference in CFM of a t-3 to a t-3/t-04e 10 pounds will be alot different