I was happy, hoping for 400whp and ended up plenty more. Car feels awesome on the street. Now I need to find a way to get a ep3 tranny to work with the 05/06 high frequency VSS.
my bad! it made 14.5psi at spool up and dropped down to 13.5psi up top. My guess is the filter was probably choking it slightly, however, it basically made 417 on 13.5psi, so I’m very happy with that.
i had that exact turbo on last years setup, i liked it but it dropped off hard after 23-25psi. Thats pretty much its sweet spot. Decent all around turbo tho.
Awesome job. The last gen RSX has been one of my favorite cars. When I bought my Mazda3, it was a toss-up between that and the RSX. I got the 3 because it was a wagon/hatchback and I wouldn’t have to get rid of it when I have kids. There are still a lot of times that I wish I had bought the RSX though.
intake cam rotating backwards some. We could have smoothed it out even more but you’re talking about the cam rotating like 5 degrees over 1000rpm. log manifold doesn’t flow like the sidewinders, so you pull back the cam angle some up top, helps the engine maintain torque better.
enough money is all I’ll say. I could have always went to a sidewinder, but that leads up with a bunch of other issues (creep, relocation of shit, etc)
Just curious. I decided to go with the Swift Racing kit and then I will base future upgrades off that. Im 2 weeks into the build time hopefully will have the kit in 2 more weeks
which swift kit are you getting? the DIY one? still pretty pricey. I think I spent around 7g’s on the turbo setup and supporting mods, minus k-pro/suspension/wheels/tires/etc.
