Turbo Charging a K20A

[Death-Row]

ok so i was on youtube and was checkin for some evo videos and i came across a turbo charged tegra running a K20A so i wanted to get some info on it, since i THINK the compression is high in this engine right? So.....

will the K20A operate flawless if turbocharged running low boost (8psi)?

also what is needed to successfully turbo charge this engine?


can someone run something like 20psi of boost on this engine in any way? how can this be done? will this be a significant gain in HP ?


if done as said above, will this shorten the life of the engine?


not really a honda guy, thats why im askin so much

[X2]

high compression... the type R version has even more compression than the US type S, so low boost is all you should do on stock block.

There is a bit of work involved to rework the stock fueling system, but it's a DIY project for shade tree mechs. The biggest difficultly is tuning the car since the cam phasing (i-vtec) is tricky... but it's a nasty powerful setup, even at low boost (8psi) is will have you pissing urself...

[Zh@ne]

According to those before me when vtec meets boost ...

[Aaron 2NR]

there was a local teg that was turboed but as zhane said..boom..i tink he went thru 3 engines

[X2]

^^ That's because our local tuners over estimate the potency of our gas.

Our '95 octane' is not as knock resistant as we would like to feel.... throw boost on that high compression n/a engine...add in a tuner with high hopes... and BOOM ah got yuh girlfriend...

[Death-Row]

ok so Stock stuff will go boom what if you got a deep pocket. Can the engine be rebuilt to take a nice amount of boost, something like 18psi? how much will this cost and can it be done down here?

[X2]

if ur pocket deep enuff... you can boost 30psi... but u hadda bring ur own gas...

[noshownogo]

if your pockets real deep then let an established team build the motor in the US using high octane fuel; some shops in the US will even certify the build. As X2 said, 30 psi is possible on a K20 motor but you will no longer be visiting Unipet or NP stations.

Go brave and let us know how it goes

[HondaB20B]

there was a local teg that was turboed but as zhane said..boom..i tink he went thru 3 engines

wasnt 3 engines......................was 3 gearboxes. the gearboxes cant take de jaming with boost. at that time, nobody was selling boxes alone, so he had to buy de engine an box for 20K. de man just had 3 engines rest down.
DE MAN USED TO BE LIKE

[X2]

wasnt 3 engines......................was 3 gearboxes. the gearboxes cant take de jaming with boost. at that time, nobody was selling boxes alone, so he had to buy de engine an box for 20K. de man just had 3 engines rest down.
DE MAN USED TO BE LIKE

yuh feel we chupid ?

[Death-Row]

lookin for a daily driver here so a reliable turbo setup. i dont even own the car, its just some research im doing for a future project. since its a daily driver then it will have to be running on regular gas

[HondaB20B]

wasnt 3 engines......................was 3 gearboxes. the gearboxes cant take de jaming with boost. at that time, nobody was selling boxes alone, so he had to buy de engine an box for 20K. de man just had 3 engines rest down.
DE MAN USED TO BE LIKE

yuh feel we chupid ?

An wat dat supposed tuh mean de man realy had engines rest down.

[X2]

why one would spend near $60k on replacing transmissions when less than half that would been spent on beefing up the box internals in the US and shipping down ?

oh wait... i must be chupid...

[HondaB20B]

I realy dont know wat de FCUK to tell you again nah.................. i jus telling you as it is.

[X2]

i dunno meng... say what the funk you want.

[HondaB20B]

i dunno meng... say what the funk you want.

wasnt my car, so if de man only want to buy gearboxes, wat u want me to do.

[Samiir_Tuner]

theres a guy with a k20 on boost in a civic like kezays that i saw in vids from up here..that bi**h learnt to drive that car like a boss...with the loss of traction and everything and damn..it just sweeettttt

[Aaron 2NR]

there was a local teg that was turboed but as zhane said..boom..i tink he went thru 3 engines

wasnt 3 engines......................was 3 gearboxes. the gearboxes cant take de jaming with boost. at that time, nobody was selling boxes alone, so he had to buy de engine an box for 20K. de man just had 3 engines rest down.
DE MAN USED TO BE LIKE

yea ok....if u say so

[Death-Row]

yea cause i thinkin, the k20 already pushing good stock so if you beef it up a bit and turbo that it would be a beast. i recently started to dig up in the honda world so excuse the noob comments and ting

so can it be done? turbo the engine, run about 18psi of boost and run it on our crappy gas? daily driver.

[X2]

18psi will blow just about any n/a engine...

...jus concentrate on buying a car first nah...

[Samiir_Tuner]

get some pistons and cams and fuel management and of course upgrade your fuel system and run a 10psi

[Death-Row]

X2,hahah im the curious type lol, i see something and then i want to know how it works and i was surfing you tube and i saw this sweet dc5 doing it to evos and stuff on the track and it was turbo and the evos were upgraded also. so i just wanted to get some info on it.

[Death-Row]

im not gonna be running 18psi but i just wanted to know the possibilities. what will it take to do this successfully.

[HondaB20B]

im not gonna be running 18psi but i just wanted to know the possibilities. what will it take to do this successfully.

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[Samiir_Tuner]

^what he said

[Death-Row]

hahahha ah know but a lil run down on what this real money will be doing and how much is REAL money

[HondaB20B]

hahahha ah know but a lil run down on what this real money will be doing and how much is REAL money

NOT MONOPOLY

[Death-Row]

HondaB20B,


gimme some exact figures nah lol or aproximate stuff

[paz]

you going to look at least 40kttd ..and you will spend that and still be like ..fcuk i need some more sheit ..

go n/a its a beastly n/a engine ..
cams.intake ,headers,exhaust and kpro .

do some weight reduction on your ITR and you got a low 13sec car that could take real jamming .its better to go n/a and spend the rest ,on suspension ,brakes ,looks .in the end you will have a better allrounded car..

check buddy club they recently had a special on their k20 cams,camsgears and valvetrain

[paz]

there was a local teg that was turboed but as zhane said..boom..i tink he went thru 3 engines

wasnt 3 engines......................was 3 gearboxes. the gearboxes cant take de jaming with boost. at that time, nobody was selling boxes alone, so he had to buy de engine an box for 20K. de man just had 3 engines rest down.
DE MAN USED TO BE LIKE

i aint know why he was crying ..he ah crunt .
with all that money he spend he coulda invest in a quaife box or one built by gearspeed to take the jamming ..