wally05 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hey guys, I'm going to put a little money into upgrading some stuff on my HO Quad 4. What do you recommend to do first? I'm getting it from mantapart.com. How much would a 60mm throttle body make a diff. do you think? Korey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally05 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 crap, sorry, wrong forum.... It's late. Could someone move it, please? Korey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 don't know the HO Quad-4 very much. how about W-41 cams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 wait wait i know!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlsp Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 wait wait i know!!! Just what i was thinking do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Other than W41 cams there really isn't much to do to a Quad 4. They make 180 hp out of a 4 cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 They make 180 hp out of a 4 cylinder. that's not bad at all for a NA 2.3L....at least by 1990 standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 What 4 cylinders make more power than that, that are DOHC and N/A? I would like to know I'm not sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 from the factory, the exhaust end is pretty restrictive, so i would suggest their sports exhaust manifold and then do a full exhaust. make sure to have the downpipe replaced as this is the worst part of the exhaust system on the old quad4's. as for their dynomax exhaust kit, i wouldnt recommend it. i put it on my old quad4 and i really didnt like how it sounded, and it made too much interior resonance. so have a shop custom bend you a set up, and choose a different brand of muffler. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihela816 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Get TheRaceShops header. http://www.quad4forums.com is a good resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtk2 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 What 4 cylinders make more power than that, that are DOHC and N/A? I would like to know I'm not sure though. In 1990 I'm pretty sure no N/A 4 cyls. did. In '91 the W41 came out and they were making 190hp, which is damn good for a 2.3L IMO. You can get a header and ud pulley and stuff for them, but the parts aren't cheap. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 What 4 cylinders make more power than that, that are DOHC and N/A? I would like to know I'm not sure though. The B18c5 in the Integra Type R's The K20's in the RSX-S's The F20 in the S2K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 The B18c5 in the Integra Type R's The K20's in the RSX-S's The F20 in the S2K that's an apples & oranges comparison. what was Honda doing with thier 4 cylinders circa 1990? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 There's tons of stuff to do to that Quad 4. It takes very very well to pretty much any mod you throw at it. You could get the w41 cams and chip as a start. Get a different exhaust manifold or go with a header. 2.5" exhaust is fairly common upgrade with these engines. Intake and UDP seem to do pretty good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 The B18c5 in the Integra Type R's The K20's in the RSX-S's The F20 in the S2K that's an apples & oranges comparison. what was Honda doing with thier 4 cylinders circa 1990? Gas mileage? I'll agree, the Kwadfore, in it's early, powerful forms was a badassed little motor. There's also almost a decade between the W41 and the B18c5, but 5speed didn't specify either. Both were made to go fast, rev to the moon & do it quickly. Other than the pointless but it's older/newer/has extra hampsters/painted a different color argument, what's apples to oranges about it? People compare the LS1 to GM's cool motors of the past all the time..the DZ 302, the 327...I don't see much difference in comparing those two either. My main problem with the Kwadfore is that GM just didn't keep improving it, they just castrated it for use in the 3rd gen J's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 My main problem with the Kwadfore is that GM just didn't keep improving it, they just castrated it for use in the 3rd gen J's. could have been an awesome little engine with a turbo and/or VVT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 My main problem with the Kwadfore is that GM just didn't keep improving it, they just castrated it for use in the 3rd gen J's. could have been an awesome little engine with a turbo and/or VVT. *j-body "enthusiast"* "I got a hopped up Quad4 in my Z24 y0!" No you don't, you have the equivalant of a steroid injected bodybuilder 10 years after his last injection & 9 1/2 after his nuts fell off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally05 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Yeah, I liked the turboed idea... haha. If I get a different intake and wider throttle body, would I lose low-end power? I know this has been debated before by some people. I'm currently looking at the following options as realistic moneywise. -throttle body -intake -header -exhaust -CAI -POSSIBLY Cams, but someone else would have to do that, don't have any experience in that area. I'm ready and willing to dump some money in this engine as it has been extremely well-maintained and runs great. I just want to go in the right direction and make my money count. Thanks for all the input so far, guys. I read every post and take it into consideration. Korey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospeeder Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 i wonder why GM stopped producing the Quad 4 line, there awsome, 190 hp out of a N/a 4 banger, theres almost no 4 cyl out there today thats n/a thats pushing that, and that was 1990, there V6's wernt even that powerful, 2.8 3.0, 3.1, they were all less power. the 3.4 dohc was the only real Fuel Injected V6, and the 3.1Turbo, wich i guess doesnt count, cause its got the advantige of being turbocharged, so w/o it its slow. could u imagine the power one of those quads things would put out by todays standards, gm made quite the mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 if i were to turbocharge a Quad-4 i'd basically try to 'copy' the DOHC 16 valve 2.2L TIII engine that was in the '91-93 Dodge Spirit/Daytona R/T using lower compression pistons and Chrysler TIII SBEC electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 i wonder why GM stopped producing the Quad 4 line, there awsome, 190 hp out of a N/a 4 banger, theres almost no 4 cyl out there today thats n/a thats pushing that, and that was 1990, there V6's wernt even that powerful, 2.8 3.0, 3.1, they were all less power. the 3.4 dohc was the only real Fuel Injected V6, and the 3.1Turbo, wich i guess doesnt count, cause its got the advantige of being turbocharged, so w/o it its slow. could u imagine the power one of those quads things would put out by todays standards, gm made quite the mistake Dude GM made derivatives of the Quad 4 all the way up until 2 years ago when the Ecotec came out. Which is much better built. FWIW: My orginal post I was saying it was a pretty high HP motor for 1990, I've always liked them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospeeder Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 yea, but they wernt actually Quad 4's, and they had no where near the same power, the 2.4 TC was sorta like ti,b ut went from the 160-190hp to 155hp, how crappy is that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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