How much Power ?

Umm ok well the answer that everybody wants to know how much power ??

Well I am Estimating/Wanting about 300Hp at the wheels at 1 Bar. That would be pretty good going from a 1.6L engine.

Well after the dyno testing reached 1 Bar (14.7PSI) of Boost the car made WELL over 300Hp @ the wheels. This was recorded on a DynoJet dyno. I wanted to turn up the boost but the injector's were maxing out at 80% which basically means sorry no more juice can flow. I will have to upgrade the stock fuel pressure regulator and install a secondary fuel pump to up the fuel pressure a little. Then I can crank up the boost.

I am very pleased with the result's so far. The best way to describe how the car drives is "Violent". Once the V-tec cam is in action (past 5,500Rpm) the car just roars and fly's, the landscape just fly's past you just as if you pressed the Fast-FWD button on a VCR. The car on the road is a absolute violent bullet, it can very easily blow away a boosted & modified Subaru STI 2 door. Once the CRX hits third gear. I just see the STi fly backwards, it's really scary. It's great to see the standard Tacho fly past the end of 8,000Rpm to the invisible 9,000RPM rev limit, (The stock Tacho display ends at 8,000RPM). The engine just pulls so hard when the Type-R V-tec cam's cut in. With a standing start and NOT dumping the clutch, the car gets no traction in all of first and second then grips in third then loses traction again at the top end of third gear (7000 +Rpm - 9,000Rpm) while traveling between 120-150Kph (scary!!), then gets full grip again for 4th and 5th. (I wish I had a 6th gear B-) ). I need to get some good rubber on the front. I'm using bald, cheap road tires at the moment. Once I get some nice semi-slick Dunlop D01J's on the front it will be even more violent.

 But the great news is there is plenty more power to come. once I can sort out this fuel pressure limitation.

I will scan in the dyno graph's as soon as I get a hold of them.

But Wait there's more. I still have to install my Toda Cam gear's, fuel pressure regulator and secondary fuel pump, and then crank the boost up to 1.5 Bar. So we should see around 400Hp at the wheels by that stage... so stay tuned the results and further modifications will be posted here.

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