Honda Civic ESi Turbo Charged Boost Up

Honda Civic ESi Turbo Charged Boost up today. Did some fine tuning on the low end side and boost this hot rod to 0.6 bars for low boost and a 0.75 bars on high boost.

This Boost level is not to the very limits of the engine but we're putting the cap on the amount of boost we're making for this ride and very careful to select the right time to boost this ride up to 0.75 bars of boost. Turbo spool is very much better now as the actuator is now tuner controlled and the low end response is also more torque.

When the Vtec kicks in wih the turbo effect, it can cause the car to wheel spin for a second and then sprint forward. Its not those power sucking wheel spin I'm talking about here, but the skill of the driver to switch gears smoothly and quickly such that the boost drop is almost negligible.

While tuning, I tried to simulate what the owner did when he test drove the car but wasnt able to switch gears and control the car fast enough to achieve the same effect. Anyway, skill aside, this ride pulls a very strong 0.75 bars of boost and when the turbo spools, the 'g' force can be felt. haha, that placed a smile on everyone's face of course.

This ride benifits from the racing clutch that was installed and no lost of power when the turbo spools violently.

Once again, a very nice ride to own, nice idling, no stalling and best of all, a fuel consumption of 480 km per tankful.

Verdict :
Very torquey car to drive, excellent high end power from the TD04 Turbo, good fuel consumption. Strong 0.75 bars of boost.

I think this should make the owner proud as I know that he want to prove this car's worth before selling it off. Yes, another crazy about cars guy.... thats right!

Retuned Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo

Retuned Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo


Ok, we retuned the swift after owner removed 1 device which suppose to convert the fly-by-wire to throttle or something la... I thinks its just some transistor which make it on/off only. This device gave us losta of headache during tuning,... so much so that the overall response was affected negatively. I cannot find picture of this throttle enhancer thing on the web, one flat small and black thing that looks like shit, i mean look like those gaming cartridges?

So, after owner DIY removed the device which was hidden somewhere, we retuned the entire map. The improvement was immediately felt. Actually that time slot was suppose to boost up the Honda ESI turbo, Honda owner was kind enough to offer his slot to Swift Sport owner to retune his car. After retune, car was nice and fast. Turbo effect was much better. However, the idling is too low. We decided to drive back to Sam to request to adjust the idling higher.

Ai yoh, after adjustment, the entire map changed again. Ok, this time owner decide to leave the car behind and collect it tomorrow. It was like retuning an entire map all over again. Damn shack. Finally, yes, you guessed it, car was fully tune by 2am. 1 hour earlier than expected. haha

Overall Verdict :
Good. Car is more responsive and the turbo effect can be felt. 'G' is good at around 3k rpm at 0.4 bars of boost. A lot of tweaking here and there to make this turbo kit work and its definately no simple task. Butt feel should give about 170~180 bhp on crank. Smooth idling, no stalling, not like last time when the throttle "enhancer" was installed, car tends to stall once a while and for a day or two. Car is running on emanage blue but, I felt that emanage ultimate is more suitable for this car for better idling and stability. If you have the budget, get the emanage ultimate. No regrets.

side track abit. Honda esi turbo clocked 480km per tankful. Not bad for turbo charged car!! Just completed servicing, new oil, new spark plugs.