Garage99

This car is always a blast to tune. Good choice of parts, NO mechanical issues, and it revs to what seems like infinity.

The last time around, this car put down an impressive 445whp on the heartbreaker dyno. Rumor has it that, at the old power level, a “650whp” Viper didn’t stand a chance. Of course, the owner wanted even more power, so he added some cams to the mix this time. While the car had some downtime, the owner took a quick look at the bearings to make sure things were good… he was happy to report that everything looked immaculate. You just can’t be too careful when you’re regularly winding things out to 9k RPM and the car is putting down over THREE TIMES the stock wheel horsepower.

The parts:

• TiAL GT35R
• TiAL 44mm wastegate
• TiAL BOV
• Hondata engine management
• stock-sleeved B18C1 bored 81.5mm
• JE Pistons
• Golden Eagle blockguard
• Manley rods
• Honda OEM bearings
• Micro-polished crank
• B16 head
• Kelford stage 2 turbo race cams
• Supertech valves and springs
• ARP head studs and hardware
• Type-R oil pump
• MSD ignition system
• Edelbrock intake
• 70mm throttle body
• Aeromotive FPR
• Quiafe LSD
• Exedy twin-disc clutch

The results:
Pump gas: 374.8 hp @ 8000rpm and 264.2 ft-lbs @ 6250rpm
Race gas: 470.6 hp @ 8250rpm and 372.2 ft-lbs @ 7000rpm

This was a complete build from the ground up, done by Jan and Angel. The car’s previous setup had a Blouch Dominator 1.0 turbo that put down 330whp on the heartbreaker dyno, resulting in a 1/4 mile pass of 11.8 seconds. Of course, the owner still wanted more.

This time around, a custom rotated-mount setup with a large turbo was installed along with a slew of supporting upgrades. The original block was bored over and rebuilt with Eagle rods, CP pistons, ACL race bearings, ARP head studs, and Cometic head gaskets. Killer B Motorsport’s reinforced oil pickup does its part to keep everything properly lubricated.

The basic parts:

• GT3586R turbo with HTA billet compressor wheel and Tial turbine housing
• AEM EMS
• 1200cc injectors
• custom fuel system
• Ported heads
• Brian Crower stage 2 cams
• TurboXS FMIC with custom piping
• GT-Spec header
• TiAL 44mm wastegate

This resulted in a set of strong, but reliable tunes on pump and race gas.


The results:
Pump gas: 392.6 hp @ 6750rpm and 335.5 ft-lbs @ 5750rpm
Race gas: 445.5 hp @ 6750rpm and 377.5 ft-lbs @ 5500rpm