09-24-2009, 03:20 AM
APXD 30 wrote:
hi!
for a couple of good reasons, i like to run the VP C16: my engine is a totally stock K20A2 (RSX type S) motor, except that the head has been ported and shaved, and it is running a 'Mugen' thin head gasket. remember, i used to race this car in the Honda Challenge, which required all stock honda parts for the K series in H1. it's compression ratio is very close to 12:1, and tuned up real well it used to make 206 whp at 8500 rpm (awesome for a stock honda powerplant, yes? ). then, a few years ago, i decided to add the Greddy Turbo kit; it's my own custom install, and due to space and cooling considerations, i am running no intercooler (instead i run a custom ReidSpeed water injection system). so, i have a stock motor, on stock internals (no forged pistons or rods) running close to 12:1 compression, with boost upwards of 13 psi (when i was testing it at the Glen, i ran only 7 psi; by the time i got to NJMP, i was at 13!!!). if i ever experience any detonation with my stock motor, it'll just go 'pop' and that will be the end of the ring-lands/pistons, or worse.... therefore, i have been using the C16, which is very resistant to detonation (but darn it is expensive!).
E85 should be extremely detonation resistant too, but at the time, i didn't have big enough injectors nor the right programming knowledge to set it up. now, i have found an 'E85 expert' down in washington, and i also have gotten a hold of some 750cc injectors and a bigger fuel pump. so, soon it'll be E85 'green' power for me!
todd
Quote:Todd,
Why the BP at these prices vs. a Sunoco 110 leaded for 50% less? I'm ask b/c I don't know. I thought that dragster ran the C11, 12, & 16. That stuff is pricey.
hi!
for a couple of good reasons, i like to run the VP C16: my engine is a totally stock K20A2 (RSX type S) motor, except that the head has been ported and shaved, and it is running a 'Mugen' thin head gasket. remember, i used to race this car in the Honda Challenge, which required all stock honda parts for the K series in H1. it's compression ratio is very close to 12:1, and tuned up real well it used to make 206 whp at 8500 rpm (awesome for a stock honda powerplant, yes? ). then, a few years ago, i decided to add the Greddy Turbo kit; it's my own custom install, and due to space and cooling considerations, i am running no intercooler (instead i run a custom ReidSpeed water injection system). so, i have a stock motor, on stock internals (no forged pistons or rods) running close to 12:1 compression, with boost upwards of 13 psi (when i was testing it at the Glen, i ran only 7 psi; by the time i got to NJMP, i was at 13!!!). if i ever experience any detonation with my stock motor, it'll just go 'pop' and that will be the end of the ring-lands/pistons, or worse.... therefore, i have been using the C16, which is very resistant to detonation (but darn it is expensive!).
E85 should be extremely detonation resistant too, but at the time, i didn't have big enough injectors nor the right programming knowledge to set it up. now, i have found an 'E85 expert' down in washington, and i also have gotten a hold of some 750cc injectors and a bigger fuel pump. so, soon it'll be E85 'green' power for me!
todd
Todd Reid
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#11 Ford Probe GT
2011 Race Track Combat Champion
2009 NASA MA PTE Champion
2007 NASA MA PTE Champion
Need driver coaching? Need a hired driver? contact me at: http://www.reidspeedinc.com
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or Racer....
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