Sad reading, turboconverting without knowing what to do

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Hello all,

I just got over this thread at Honda-Tech, can you believe this guy? Stock injectors, no fuel/engine management and he has turboconverted a SOCH ZC and beated on it. And there are plenty of guys out there doing the same thing.
Isn't that scary? Read here for what to do, by the way, if anyone wondered.


Eirik
 
Few people like that here also, not unusual, they ping, hesitate and fart away then wonder why they the melt crowns and ring lands.

It suprises me that people that have the knowledge to turbocharge their car allow that to happen.

(I didn't read all that much in the thread as it seemed the same old story that I hear locally fairly often)
 
"Whats a base map?" :lol:
 
Classic. It's like the Jerry Springer Show for car guys: with people like that on display, it makes you feel so much better about your own situation.
 
meh, its done all the time.
i've given up on explaining stuff to a lot of people. they think upgrading injectors and spending money on a good tune (i mean good) is a waste of time and money.
i have a friend who i can't get the point across for the life of me. i have tried explaining quality parts cost more for a reason, research, development and testing costs money.
 
Bwahahaha!!!

But seriously, thank God there are people who go in half-assed like that...

My friend turbo'd his car for pretty cheap (on the whole, for less than 2,000 dollars) by buying parts off another guy who was to cheap to buy anything BUY a fuel pressure regulator, ran the car under boost with nothing but that, then blew the motor.

But this guy did it wise... he bought parts for cheap, then spent quite a bit on an Emanage and tuning... even running just 5-6 psi (down from 10 psi, because his clutch is starting to go), his car runs great... almost like a little V8, no turbo lag, no excessive ramp up, no hesitation... and the intercooler fits right inside the stock bumper... :lol:
 
Actually, what is a base map?
 
Yeah, what's a base map? Besides, Hondas should stay NA, no matter what.
 
Base map is a fuel/ignition map that will get the car running and enable you to drive to a dyno/tuner to get the car tuned further, generally.
 
Can you reflash the base map on a Honda? I know Ford did not have that capability until EEC-V in '96. If I am not mistaken that engine if from before then, when cars were meeting OBD I standards.
 
OBD1 Honda ecus are the most common for chipping, OBD0 can be chipped but just aren't as popular
 
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