Got the boost bug.... to boost or not to boost, that is the question... - Honda Prelude Forum

2000sh · 03-27-2004, 12:02 AM

I'm missing my AWD eclipse with PMS and upgraded turbo and the works... but i dont miss the constant reliability problems...

But i've been saving for like a year now and finally have enough to boost. Since I have an SH and kinda wanna keep the ATTS, i was gonna go with the JRSC kit + J&S.... butt...

I've been seeing lots of turbo cars lately and damn if i dont miss the big intercooler, and the BOV...

Plus turbo cars tuned correctly are more efficient ... no??

So finally, here's my question....

Should i boost my baby? I'm gonna get it dyno tuned again, so its not about the tuning, its about the fact that it's my daily driver... though i only go through about 300 miles every 2 weeks here...

IF so, i could do the JRSC, but the install seems like a lot more of a ***** than with a turbo... what's your experienced opinion? BTW me and a buddy will be doing the install... Also with the JRSC i'd be buying used... not sure if that matters too much or not...

Or i could do a custom turbo kit for just about $300 more than a used jrsc kit.... is it worth it... hummm

I think it might be b/c of the safety of using cooler air from the fmic.... but i wanna keep my jdm foggies... so i'll custom bend the ic piping.... so i guess that would add to the turbo work.... also how hard is it to tap into the oil pan? .....

Please help.... can't sleep... dreaming of boost.... and NOS isn't an option.

TJN_Prelude · 03-27-2004, 10:29 PM

boost. im doing it too. gets hella expensive.

MordecaiPSI · 03-28-2004, 01:02 PM

dont do it.

Remember how it felt to be stranded on the road or without a car for weeks.....not worth it.

I feel as i get older the less i care about modding cars....just sumthin reliable.....

Rick Bailey · 03-29-2004, 02:23 PM

yeah im in that fork in the road, sell my car for somthing else that responds to mods better or keep the lude and go boost. i love my car and only owe 8k on it but has 96k on it and like 45 on the head

2000sh · 03-29-2004, 07:56 PM

Anyone else? I think i'll do it.... i mean... you only live once. If I die next week or whenever, i'll have wished i had done it!

Also, I'll be using a J&S to help keep the knockin away... ahhhh PSSSSTTTT!!!!

y_b_lamron · 03-29-2004, 07:58 PM

If you have the time, money, patience, and a back-up car to get to work in when the boosted lude isn't running right, then yes....go for it.

When my car is down I wonder if it's worth it but that all goes away when I start her up and she's running right

Senate1123 · 03-29-2004, 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by y_b_lamron
When my car is down I wonder if it's worth it but that all goes away when I start her up and she's running right

that is so so so true...

h22 bb6 · 03-29-2004, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by y_b_lamron
When my car is down I wonder if it's worth it but that all goes away when I start her up and she's running right

Of course, its more often that it isn't working than it is.

Sorry Nikki... luv ya!

2000sh · 03-29-2004, 09:50 PM

LOL.... you guys know eachother i guess.... humm... i'd go further into NA, but it doesnt seem like there is enough power to be had for as much as a turbo kit....

ludetech · 03-30-2004, 11:13 AM

talk about a waste of money. just dont build your motor internally for na, way to much $$$ for not alot of power.

TJN_Prelude · 03-30-2004, 11:32 AM

im boosting my prelude. im pulling my original motor out and crate that *****. puttin it away. i bought a used motor to boost on. bought it for 400 with head. so if that motors dies i have a back up( my original motor) i wouldnt drive anywhere far on a boosted prelude no matter how good it runs. just in town.

Ludeykrus · 03-30-2004, 01:19 PM

As much as I hate to, one day, when I decide to build a serious car, I'm gonna have to sell the Prelude and buy a 240sx.

As much as I love the Prelude, it just doesn't seem like it takes to boost too well.

Boost it if you want, but it's gonna take some cash to make it last.

y_b_lamron · 03-30-2004, 05:46 PM

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Originally posted by silverbullit2K1

Of course, its more often that it isn't working than it is.

Sorry Nikki... luv ya!

Damn it man, don't you miss ANY threads???

And stop pointing out the obvious damn it

h22 bb6 · 03-30-2004, 06:18 PM

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Originally posted by Ludeykrus
Boost it if you want, but it's gonna take some cash to make it last.

No more than any other car IMO.

715boost · 03-31-2004, 05:51 PM

I've got about 36k on my lude since JRSC install. Nothing has broken, it's never left me stranded, and I'd drive it anywhere.
Sometimes I wish I'd gone turbo instead, but the blower whine is pretty damned cool.

h22 bb6 · 03-31-2004, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by 715boost
I've got about 36k on my lude since JRSC install. Nothing has broken, it's never left me stranded, and I'd drive it anywhere.
Sometimes I wish I'd gone turbo instead, but the blower whine is pretty damned cool.

Wow. I think thats the most I've seen for a JRSC boosted 'Lude. Nice.

Have you just kept it at 6 psi? What mods do you have? Fuel management? Any dyno plots?

nuro · 04-01-2004, 03:45 AM

the moment you want the big numbers it doesnt matter what engine ur using , h22, sr20, etc... the only differnece in pieces you buy will be sleeves. if you want a 500+ whp setup on a sr20det, you will end up changing everything, just like you will on a turbod honda.

believe me, i did the math, at one point i was going to sell the lude for a s14b 240sx and i didnt because the only real difference at the end was the RWD.

715boost · 04-01-2004, 05:01 AM

It was one of the first 50 kits shipped, so when it went on the Dyno the belt was slipping due to power steering fluid leaking onto belts. I never got an accurate reading. Pretty much the stock kit, I'm not really gentle or anything, it's had planty of drag race and auto-x time.

dafoe69 · 04-01-2004, 07:13 AM

Doing it all over again I'd sell the lude and buy a wrx or evo. My install parts and labor has past the 10k mark. With another $1600 coming tomorrow and thats without a built motor. If you decide to boost check out other people's setups and see what they liked, didn't like, cost, etc. Just my 2 cents.

dankman · 04-01-2004, 07:25 AM

I say keep your lude daily driver and don't go forced induction. Buy yourself a civic hatch put a prelude motor in it,Build the motor, then turbo charge it.. Turbo hondas dont last I know even if you build it ,it will eventually blow. At least if you blow it though you will have your lude still on the street.
Thats what I'm workin on now.