EK9 TURBO BUILD 423 BHP


People what should I do?
See if the stock honda lsd is up to it or get a quaife lsd now and be done with it ?
 
impressive mate!
 
Depends on what your using the car for and how tolerant you are to NVH(noise, vibration and harshness)
Road only car that sees very little mileage I'd probably try the oem LSD and see how you feel. ESP if the budget gets abit tight later on. If you've got budget and its purely road car then you could try a quaife or similar helical type unit as these create no extra NVH
Road/track then your looking upgraded helical as before or a plate LSD preferably 1 or 1.5way. Plate type LSD are basically the top LSD your going to get for these, but you pay a massive price in NVH and they can be very snatchy aswell. Mine put my 280hp/175ftlbs down with ease but it's only one piece of that puzzle. Mapping, turbo selection, tyres, gearing all play a part in how good your traction is.
Personally I can handle the extra NVH of a plate in a road car, it can get tedious and the looks you get can be abit funny but the reward when you've got the throttle wide open is more than worth it IMO.
You need a trip in a plate LSD car before hand if your unsure
 
What is the cars main aim? Super quick road car with the occasional track day, or track warrior with the odd bit of road work?
If the 1st, leave the stock unit in or go with a Quaife. No noise, no maintenance. Fit and forget but enjoy the benifets of better traction.
If the 2nd option then I would head for a good plate or gripper LSD. This is what I wish I had bought in hindsight. I had a Quaife, but bought it when my car was still a road car. The Quaife had no problems with the power I had, it just struggled abit on the tighter corners with traction. Had to left foot brake it, to stop the inside wheel losing traction. My car was 300hp+ with 200lbsft from 3.5k onwards.
 
Nice build would love to push my car upto 400bhp. Dont serpoise you still have a b18c4 conrod i snapped one
 
^^^ Love it thats a fair cool lookin radio and gauge set up man :nice:
 
Defi racer gauges start up. Ek9 Honda civic:

Defi start up in the car
 
Right I need to run 2 toggle switches. 1 for turning on the boost solenoid and the 2nd for high and low boost. Probably is I can't find a decent location in the dash to put them ? Any ideas people? Pics of yours would be a massive help. Cheeers
 
Coin pocket near drivers right leg?
Ashtray?
Glove box?
Lower din slot?
 
little update, boost solenoid on/off and high and low switches in the little coin pocket.


 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top