12psi on turbo

[43975]

SMIC is on the drivers side of the Radiator. It looks like a mini radiator.

 

[justanothermp5]

yea it should have 2 little plastic pipes stickin out of it, where your piping should connect to it

 

[Knox Joe]

there will be no need to really run a standalone.

seriously?

I'd say I gained about 30whp by going from piggy to stand alone, and I have ran both the SSAFC and the Unichip. There's a lot to be said for stand alones and their advantage with ignition tuning. The car was still quick with the SSAFC, and the Unichip, but with the stand alone, on 6.5 psi, my car blew the tires off through third gear, man. Just basic bolt on's and meth.

 

[yudkib]

was your unichip running your timing? it has the functionality but only if you tune it to.

 

[Knox Joe]

was your unichip running your timing? it has the functionality but only if you tune it to.

It was using the FMIC/Intake/Exhaust tune from Unichip. Regardless, I had the SSAFC tuned, and was running 440's.

The point is he said there's no point in running stand alone, and I, based on my first hand knowledge, say that's not at all true.

 

[yudkib]

yeah, a lot of people say the timing is everything in these cars. the SS takes away the hesitation at least, but its not really going to make a ton of extra WHP next to a standalone, a AEM FIC, or a megasquirt (what i might end up doing).

 

[HondaEat-R]

We've all seen enough blown FSDE's to know that building the block on these is great insurance. Even folks running lower boost levels are breaking these motors. Granted, you always need a good tune to help, but these motors are just inherently weak. Multiple people have had tranny issues as well at lower power levels. My stand on this will ALWAYS be, build your lower end and add some beef to your tranny before throwing a bigger turbo on there. Our stocker while small, spools fast and delivers good torque low in the RPM range, shocking our wussy transaxle, and putting a good bit of stress on the crank and rods if you boost from low RPMs. I know big turbos are fun, but don't make it a necessity. The gt25 is plenty fun at 12-14psi with a good tune and full bolt-ons.

 

[Knox Joe]

the gt25 is plenty fun at 12-14psi with a good tune and full bolt-ons.

+1

 

[justanothermp5]

+2

 

[shane02pro5]

A gt25 is plenty of fun if you have nothing to compare it to

 

[nvmsp]

s*** 10psi on the stock turbo is fun.

My car had a catback, and the mpi base tune, everything else stock.

All he had was 10psi, he could leave me mile's behind him. Starting in 2nd gear we were close soon as we hit third he was goneeeee.

 

[HondaEat-R]

A gt25 is plenty of fun if you have nothing to compare it to

Oh stop you.

 

[shane02pro5]

I'm just playin

 

[HondaEat-R]

Hahaha, I know.

 

[Silverspeed2015]

has anyone bought a bov such as an hks ssqv off of ebay? what are your opinions on buying it off ebay

 

[yudkib]

dont do it unless youre positive its authentic. if its not maybe 20% of people go on to keep them but most end up replacing them since they stick, leak, both, and just generally dont work well.

 

[HondaEat-R]

X2, only from a large, well known parts dealer on Ebay. Otherwise, hit a legit shop.

 

[Silverspeed2015]

yeah i was worried about it being authentic i will just purchase from protege garage

 

[43975]

I bought an HKS knock off. I wasted my money, that ****** leaked and wouldn't blow off for s***. I got to the point that I though it was normal for the BOV to "warm up" before starting to blow off. LOL Now that I have a real SSQV the car is much better.

 

[Silverspeed2015]

Thanks for the input