im looking at a civic and it has a b18b with minor work (www.profuseperformance.com ) my friend has a type r head so i was wondering which would be better the ls turbo, or the ls vtech turbo. the turbo im looking at is like 6500 from( www.sfp.net )and comes with everything and it is supposed to give you 135% hp increase. if anyone knows which one will be better let me know thanks.

why are you in the s-10 forum? i think you should be in the honda forum or street racing forum.

why are you in the s-10 forum? i think you should be in the honda forum or street racing forum.

my bad im new and i was in the turbo forum and i checked this one out about s-10's because theres a kid in my race team that has a s-10 ss and he runs high 14's and he wants to find people with other fast s-10's.
my bad man. :banghead: im a dumbass

im jw, b/c you woudl find more responses in the honda or racing forum.

i've got an S10 but know a bit about hondas, you'd definitely be better off w/ the VTEC turbo, i'm not sure how much the Type R head will add, but just going from a lt to gs-r is 140-170, the type r, B18C5 is rated at so youd probably be looking at an easy 40 horsepower, w/ the type r head, then when u put the turbo on, you'd get the power from the VTEC head plus the added power from the turbo

i've got an S10 but know a bit about hondas, you'd definitely be better off w/ the VTEC turbo, i'm not sure how much the Type R head will add, but just going from a ls to gs-r is 140-170, the type r, B18C5 is rated at 195hp so youd probably be looking at an easy 40 horsepower, w/ the type r head, then when u put the turbo on, you'd get the power from the VTEC head plus the added power from the turbo

if u got a vtec head u would have to get a vtec timer an adjust it so vtec kicks in around 3000-3500rpm to get the right affect. i would go with the type r head an turbo it..u will get greater throttle response an u will have higher revs with the type r head...it will cost ya tho..a pretty penny or two....the type r head has more to offer then the vtec head does...what engine is the vtec head from? gsr?

later on man ,
james

the x honda guy.....i wrecked mine an got an s10 cus theyre better

One thing you kids should remember...
VTEC (valve timing electronically controlled) allows you to achieve a higher RPM thereby moving more fuel/air and creating more power.
A turbocharger allows you to move more fuel/air as well, but without the extra RPM. Low-tourque engines (i.e. "small") like the B18 rely on the ability to rev up extremely quickly and move into the "cam phase"
where the VTEC can work most efficiently. By adding a turbo, you will be robbing yourself of a great deal of tourque in the low-end, and probably is not a good idea unless the car is going to be a race car.

Recently, at my local strip (Kil-Kare Speedway, Xenia, Ohio), I got to see a young fellow race his '93 Civic hatch to a screaming time of 10.69 in the quarter. He uses a turbo...used to use NOS but didn't make him any faster. The car is perfectly street legal when he takes off his front slicks. However, it is definitely NOT a daily driver as he says the car is very uncomfortable to drive normally.

Bottom line...a turbo on top of the VTEC (Type-R, GSR, etc.) is cool, but probably will not give you any more USABLE power over applying the same turbo to the non VTEC...it's almost a waste.

with the turbo, you will gain more power all throughout the rpm range(torque and horsepower), and the higher an engine can rev, the more horsepower it will make usually, with the VTEC, the engine will be able to achieve higher rpm taking even better advantage of the turbo, also with this added rpm, shifts wont come as often, b/c you can hold them longer

Skip the Honda and Get a DSM 1G (mitsubishi/laser/talon) Turbo AWD.
200+ with easy mods and available parts!

-RS