yea u read it, i plan on boostin my '02 5-spd, im thinking HKS, or Greddy turbo kit. basically i wanna know the ups and downs, suggestions on any parts or accessories required or just tight from ppl who have boosted theirs or who just wants to have input on this thread, it all helps!!! ~p.s. if anyone has a used kit for sale or sumpin im willing to talk!!!! ~clay

 

goddamn we need more RSX peeps in this forum! I'm on it!

 

i would recommend not going with HKS its way overpriced IMO. Greddy is kinda iffy too, but at least full race has the greddy upgrade turbo which i bought which makes alot of power and spools quick.

 

peakboost or full race is the only way to go

 

yes this is true

 

where did u getur kit from, peakboost.com?

 

no i bought a greddy kit, then i purchased the greddy upgrade from full race which consists of a gt2871r turbo to replace that crappy greddy snail

 

Since you have a 5-speed, I'm guessing you're a base manual. If you're a base auto: DON'T. You will blow your car up, just like every other base auto that's gone turbo. Anyways, to continue:
1: Hondata K-Pro. I don't know why, I just really don't like piggy-backs like the e-manage. They just don't work very well.

2: change your intake manifold to Type S or Type R. This is for 2 reasons. The factory plastic intake manifold does not hold boost well at all. The other reason is that this will correct throttle body angle for your piping kit, as pretty much all RSX charge piping kits are made for the Type S. While you probably can pull better numbers due to air flow characteristics from a RBC manifold, you'll be hurting when it comes to putting that charge pipe on the throttle body.

3: Upgrade your fuel system: You want to run a pump that can deliver at least 255LPH. Don't really care what brand you use, MSD, Walbro, whatever (I tend to like Bosch), you need to be able to feed your engine the correct amount of fuel. This also trickles down the like to your fuel rail and injectors. While fuel rail may not be important immediately as you'll probably start running low boost first, but at least injectors that will at most run at 80-85% duty cycle when your engine needs it the most.

4: Upgrade your con rods: Connecting rods are the weakest link in this engine. Don't believe me? Come to my place and look at all the K20 engines I have in my garage with a hole in the block that came from a broken factory connecting rod and you tell me.

5: DON'T BOOST MORE THEN 10 PSI ON STOCK INTERNALS!!!!!!!!!! If the caps didn't make it clear, don't boost more then 10 PSI on stock internals. The factory engine just can't support that much air pressure.