1990 Acura Integra DOHC B18

[Kylesmi23]

I have a 1990 Acura Integra, and it is all stock B18 DOHC, 5 Speed. I really like it and wish to do more things to it. It has 17" gold Enkel rims, after market headers new exhaust, new distributor, new radiator, the car runs great. I would just like some suggestions on what more I could do with the car. Without doing a swap, for example increase the gas mileage, throttle response, Etc. There are a couple of problems like the sun roof does not work and I had to hot wire my headlights to my running taillights because there is a short somewhere in the wiring harness, in order to be street legal. If anyone has, anything they would like to share just let me know.

 

[Mike61096]

First suggestion, you might want to change that DHOC to DOHC or the grammar nazi's will attack you.

 

[Kylesmi23]

Turbo

ok so my 1990 Acura Integra LS is all stock, I was wandering if the engine is built for a turbo?

 

[Mike61096]

It's not built for a turbo. You need to build it up and upgrade it so it can handle the amount of boost pressure you wish to achieve. Slapping a turbo kit on a stock B18A1 wouldn't be the best idea as the engine would soon wear out. Where as if you upgrade the components of the engine to handle a proper turbo setup and have the car professionally tuned, than the result will be perfect. B18A1's are a great platform to build off of due to their lower compression than other B series motors. You can read more about turbo charging in the forced induction section of the forum.

 

[dlo253]

Look up the g2ic turbo guide. That will have all the info you need, and more.

 

[djzachtyler]

well a straight LS ( B18A/B) engine is efintely turbo friendly with the lower compression, BUT... it is not as easy as grab a turbo kit and slap it on ( unles you wanna be blowing up your motor) for that sort of project you want to make a plan, set a horsepower goal, then start saving money for parts, a tuner & aftermarket engine computer like Hondata or AEM EMS, etc...

As far as getting better throttle response and a little more power you can easily get that from bolt on accessories like Intake, Header, & exhaust system. thos won't set you back as far and don't necessarily require advanced tuning.

 

[Kylesmi23]

Well that seems like a great idea as far as HP, so I think I will work on that. Thanks guys.