3SGTE tuned up VS. Civic Single Cam Turboed, i know we talked about these situation b4, but i just gotta confirm wi Options

[chacha]

my friend was braggin' how great his car is and that his tuner was able to push 450 WHP on his 1995 Honda Civic, ported his engine from top to bottom and has a T3 turbo on it...piston and crank as well as all the comparments in the engine was literally changed for performance...i told him about the 3SGTE for our cars and he laughed...never heard of the GT4, but laugh and said his car will run 0-60 in 3 or 4 sec high, i forget...but he will beat the SH*T out of our cars (tuned 3SGTE engines) can this be true? a 450WHP civic single cam beating a dual cam 3SGTE?

This post has been edited by chacha: Aug 2, 2006 - 11:32 AM

[playr158]

i wouldn't consider rpm/gear dependant boost control detuning...
but if you want to thats ok too....
i would consider that proper tuning..as well as hp levels are taken on 3rd or 4th gear dyno runs....
which is were he stated full boost comes in (3rd gear) so i don't see how its "detuned from 500hp" in 1st and 2nd..cause it doesn't make it there no matter wat...

This post has been edited by playr158: Aug 2, 2006 - 1:54 PM

[jgreening]

i wouldn't consider rpm/gear dependant boost control detuning...
but if you want to thats ok too....
i would consider that proper tuning..

Its similar to taking your foot off the gas to avoid wheel spin. All you are doing is lessening the output of horsepower to maintain traction. So your buddies SRT4 with 500+ horsepower is really only a 250whp car when traction is an issue.

BTW, I happen to think that gear and RPM dependent boost control is a GREAT thing for all high horsepower turbo applications - particularly FWD. It allows the user to utilize the high horsepower later to go like a bat out of hell once he reaches 60mph. Lets not kid ourselves though into thinking that the car is utilizing 500hp as long as the boost controller is holding her back.