[bfaided1984]

Man I thought people were silly for messing with these r18 cars. I don't even know what to call that focus owner. You took him to Gapplebees

 

[Ikigai]

Hello everyone, I’m the individual who posted this on the Facebook page. My Jr’s plans are to boost this r18 as an end goal, so he knows what he was getting into with spending on fbo. I informed him that there wasn’t much to gain in the process of him buying parts. Hopefully this helped a lot of the r18 folk understand that there isn’t much to gain without boost.
At the end of the day, respect to those who work with what they have.

 

[AnulaR18]

I stole this from facebook.

This is info for those who wonder what they can do to make their R18 faster. This car belongs to a younger enthusiast and he is full bolt on meaning intake, downpipe, exhaust, and tuned on Hondata(stock manifold because an aftermarket manifold is useless). An r18 wouldn’t really benefit from a manifold unless it was boosted.
This dyno reads whp(wheel horsepower) for those who don’t know. I usually assume there a 15% power loss from crank to wheels. Let’s do science to see what kind of gains were made.
Stock r18(2015) = 143hp/1.15 = 124whp
FBO r18(2015) = 155hp/1.15 = 135whp
When doing the same with torque, he gained about 20lb.ft of wheel torque.
If these gains are worth it for you, then expect to be spending at least $2k(fbo, Hondata, and tune). More if you don’t know how to install yourself.

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Do you know the brand of the intake, downpipe and exhaust he had?

 

[bfaided1984]

Do you know the brand of the intake, downpipe and exhaust he had?

No but I'm sure there aren't that many options for either of those parts.

 

[Chrishuff3161986]

I stole this from facebook.

This is info for those who wonder what they can do to make their R18 faster. This car belongs to a younger enthusiast and he is full bolt on meaning intake, downpipe, exhaust, and tuned on Hondata(stock manifold because an aftermarket manifold is useless). An r18 wouldn’t really benefit from a manifold unless it was boosted.
This dyno reads whp(wheel horsepower) for those who don’t know. I usually assume there a 15% power loss from crank to wheels. Let’s do science to see what kind of gains were made.
Stock r18(2015) = 143hp/1.15 = 124whp
FBO r18(2015) = 155hp/1.15 = 135whp
When doing the same with torque, he gained about 20lb.ft of wheel torque.
If these gains are worth it for you, then expect to be spending at least $2k(fbo, Hondata, and tune). More if you don’t know how to install yourself.

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I’m thinking about getting a Skunk2 Stage 2 cam. Because the chain tensioners are getting noisy with 250k miles and my rideshare days are about over. They advertised 11 Hp with the cam and tune. Was a cam upgrade a consideration? Or did the customer just, want the sound and needed, a tune to accommodate the new exhaust?

 

[AnulaR18]

I’m thinking about getting a Skunk2 Stage 2 cam. Because the chain tensioners are getting noisy with 250k miles and my rideshare days are about over. They advertised 11 Hp with the cam and tune. Was a cam upgrade a consideration? Or did the customer just, want the sound and needed, a tune to accommodate the new exhaust?

I’m thinking about getting a Skunk2 Stage 2 cam. Because the chain tensioners are getting noisy with 250k miles and my rideshare days are about over. They advertised 11 Hp with the cam and tune. Was a cam upgrade a consideration? Or did the customer just, want the sound and needed, a tune to accommodate the new exhaust?

I’ve heard that the Skunk 2 camshaft won’t fit on the R18z1 but will fit on a R18a1 “8th gen.”

 

[Fb2.T]

With Fbo and a tune your not going to see much gains from a r18 I’ve been studying them since I got one if you really want to see gains your going to have to build the motor meaning piston rods porting springs and retainers head studs etc, you also can use the r20 crankshaft to gain a little more torque Also get some injectors as well 450cc could help you could make 200 to 220 all motor if you know what your doing.

 

[scottyrocks]

I understand weight reduction but guy said he did what he did and managed to lose a whopping ~12 pounds which will have zero impact on performance so my point is why bother. Whereas that spare tire might actually come in handy if you have a blow out and your in the middle of nowhere.

Ha. I actually put one of my small hydraulic jacks into my trunk to make on-the-road tire changes easier!

 

[Noby John]

R20 rods and crank, pistons are the same. There is a channel on YouTube named r18 story. He's detailed his build and mods. He claims to be running 180 odd horses to the wheels.. Him and I are running almost the same set up barring the crank and rods. The cams don't make much of a difference, however I haven't retuned the car(8th gen) post the install. My rings seem to be fried, so will replace that and then do a run on the dyno. Cheers!