FK8 Honda Civic Type R Upgraded Intercooler & Catless Downpipe Install & Dyno Results

Danny's FK8 Honda Civic Type R came back to receive a PRL intercooler and Catless downpipe plus custom tuning from OnPoint Dyno. The car now has 94 Octane fuel in the tank versus our previous video it had 91 octane which we knew was a restriction. With the car's ECU favoring colder Intake Air Temperatures upgrading the intercooler made a huge change in the cars power. Bang for your buck this will provide you with amazing gains and great response.
Baseline Stock Dyno - 91 Octane - 272WHP & 312WTQ
Baseline OTS Hondata Mapping Dyno - 91 Octane - 295WHP & 345WTQ (24.5PSI
OnPoint Custom Tune No Mods - 91 Octane - 295WHP & 345WTQ (21.5PSI)
OnPoint Custom Tune w/ Catted DP and Intake - 91 Octane - 310WHP & 364WTQ
OnPoint Custom Tune w/ Catless DP, PRL Intercooler and Intake - 94 Octane - 341WHP & 358WTQ
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[@henryherrera9111]

First time i see intercooler change without taking off bumper

[@WRXMAN-ms2mm]

If I owned a Civic Type R this is the way I would go and the shop 👍and Tuner 👍 I would trust to do the work.

[@TougeTuning]

Thank you! 🙏

[@georgegomez7173]

PRL intercooler and downpipe are awesome quality and gained more hp/torque on Type R!! 👍👍

[@amoni1959]

Cool vid. Looking forward to more stuff from you guys. 👍🏾

[@TougeTuning]

Thank you, we have more coming

[@abc.garage]

Amazing results for a few simple bolt ons

[@Alvesr2099]

Great job guys!

[@TougeTuning]

Thank you!

[@GR-bt2jn]

FK8 looks good on black

[@speedisf]

Great job nice car

[@fabiansinterlude86]

Curious. All of other videos I see people with almost the same setup pushing close to 400. Any reason why you only stood around 360? Thanks !

[@MackDolo]

almost 400whp? thats amazing

[@josiahbutler2254]

70 wheel horsepower gain is fucking insane.. ive yet to see the k20z3 or the k24z7 or the k20a2 gain that much unless they build the engine

[@j_b_m9550]

Hi I live here in BC. Just a question is the civic type r still gonna be reliable after tuning with hondata and all this bolts on? Thank you.

[@RodrigoDantas_1983]

How long takes to make those upgrades?

[@teemohnay]

So this is just intercooler, downpipe, intake and Hondata tune? That a big gain. What about adding performance exhaust as well? Does a full catless race exhaust system make a big difference when added to a build that already has the intercooler, intake, tune and downpipe? I'm looking to get my build going asap! Great video! Thank you!

[@TougeTuning]

Thanks Tyler. The car has a full turbo-back exhaust on it. Modifications include the intake, downpipe, intercooler, catback exhaust and a custom tune on 94 octane fuel.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Looks like an Invidia exhaust to me, also. You only need downpipe, intercooler, flashpro, and a tune. The intake is said to give nothing, according to a comparison test done by Hondata. You could put in a drop in filter, and a smooth flowing induction hose, if you want to improve on the stock intake. The exhaust system is also said to give little to nothing, after doing the catless downpipe. This Applies only to the CTR, as all cars are different.

[@JohanSalvattore]

Copper Key Racing so you’re saying the catless downpipe, the tune, and the 94 octane are the only real power adders here?

[@luigipetillo555]

of course a sport exhaust will allow a better airflow and therefore some extra power with correct setup after I got a fully exhaust direct system, change of intercooler and adapted remap increase power of almost 30hp but without complete exhaust system, you have a hig backpressure that does not allow the engine to intake enough quantity of air

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@JohanSalvattore Pretty much, yes. The exhaust does little, maybe 5-10whp. A ton of tests have been done on exhausts to show this on the CTR. You could get the same improvement in power, just by switching to lighter weight smaller diameter wheels... as the car in the video has. In fact, you could get much more... So, just buy a nice used set of smaller diameter lightweight wheels that don't cost an arm and a leg, and some good light weight tires like Continentals or Michelin. The intercooler is a must, because the factory intercooler is at its limit on stock power, and would heat soak pretty quickly at the power level once you have the downpipe and a tune. Sure, you could make the same power with the factory intercooler, but you'd have to wait quite a while for it to cool down before you can make another run. The tune is the biggest gain (about 30whp), then using a premium/e85 mix (aka higher octane) gives the next biggest gain (about 30whp), then, the catless downpipe (allows you to use less E85 to make the same power). The rest of the mods are supporting mods, and/or smaller gains/reduction in losses.

[@johncortez277]

I just bought prl down pipe,prl front pipe, prl intercooler,prl hvi intake, hondata flash pro, ti resonated exhaust

[@msalazar89]

You keep forgetting to mention the full 3in invidia exhaust it also has

[@coreyscolaro288]

The stock exhaust is 3 inch as well

[@tavo.simracing]

Corey Scolaro it’s 2.75 inch

[@rcurt9984]

Why did the tq drop from 364 to 358?

[@TougeTuning]

The peak may be slightly lower due to boost control being smoothed out. It didn't likely lose anything in reality as we're comparing the car on different days

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Looks like power to the hubs, to me. Not power to the wheels. Very odd. Dynapacks are known for high reading, this one reads low.

[@TougeTuning]

Technically yes the dyno is reading at the hubs, however in comparison we've found the dyno to read accurately compared to "roller dynos"

[@copperkeyracing6167]

In that case, you've over adjusted it, and it is reading low, at 272whp stock. On a Dynojet, typical reading is 285-290whp stock. Which, I take to mean that your dyno reads about 6% low, AND which means your overall gain is slightly above 70whp on dynojet equivalent numbers.

[@schadeifornia]

Stock clutch still?

[@Strikeitbigtime]

What are the wheels on this beast , Looks sweet with the Gold & black combo 😎

[@batman106]

Te37

[@stitaniumrumble7171]

I’m not familiar with the civic type r. Is it direct injection? How far can u push the stock fuel system

[@TougeTuning]

Yes it is a direct injection setup and on pump 94 the fuel system is okay with stock turbo.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

What you see, is basically the limit of the stock fuel system. You can run higher octane race gas if you want more power. Pure E85, will push it way over. A mix, depends on how much, but barely any and it's too much with these mods.

[@luigipetillo555]

@@copperkeyracing6167 please what do you mean for limit of stock fuel system? I am a lots over that power with stock fuel system...

[@copperkeyracing6167]

​@@luigipetillo555 Do you have 500whp? Didn't think so. Are you running pure E85? Didn't think so. Why not? Fuel system is the limit. Ask any tuner that has tuned Type-Rs. and then, the question is... How much power do you mean bye "I am a lots over?" The most anyone has made on the stock fuel system on premium/E85 mix, on a Dynojet (the standard reading dyno used by SAE) is 380whp. The only way to get higher octane to make more power, without hitting the limit of the fuel system, is to use race gas. The car in the video is on a low reading dyno, it would have made 364whp had it been on a dynojet. 16whp more, and that's the most anyone has made on a premium/E85 mix (which I consider to be a mix of available varieties of pump gas, ie where I live). Pure E85 always brings out the most power from a turbo car (especially K-Series), but that's not possible on a Type-R. So, you have to bring down the percentage of E85 to the limit the fuel system will allow. Even completely stock, the optimal amount is a mix that results in E40. If you don't believe me, watch Hondatas video on the ethanol flex fuel sensor.

[@luigipetillo3373]

​@@copperkeyracing6167 maybe I have a different definition of tuners.. as I see a lots of people playing with Lego, just mounting pieces from PRL Wagner Armytryx etc togheter and using hondata map to setup things... in this case i agree with you that this car is almost on top you can get out... therefore you should specify "with lego kit, the stock fuel system is alimit" then I tottally agree.. but if you say "stock fuel system is a limit and 380hp is maximum on this engine", maybe this statement is valid only for Lego setup.. we use to work in a different way, and in test we hit 480hp without particular issue, and was not the maximum, of course that level of power was not the best:issue with traction more, but also with temperature keeping, so we are working to have a final setup around 420-440hp to guarantee driveability and an erogation that is smooth, and all this with stock fuel system... since march we are working just to setup a dual stage air intake, and still unsatisfied, last sunday we moved the battery in the back to have the room we need to do what we have in mind, and not what "PRL said us to do"... and after that, probably we have to retest exhaust system the same as now 78mm was our choose (we test 62-64-68-70-72-76-78-82 so far).... have fun wth Lego...

[@Donzaloon]

Whats the total pricing to get this done to a stock ctr?

[@Sir_dOllA3]

Planning on upgrading the stock turbo?

[@TougeTuning]

We would definitely like to :D

[@bigreddaman5988]

Changing to the catless down pipe was half the gains

[@TougeTuning]

On a stock turbo a Catless downpipe will not make much difference, maybe 5hp.

[@bigreddaman5988]

@@TougeTuningon my stock turbo I gained 20whp losing the cat alone.

[@walahmelons5504]

@@bigreddaman5988 This was going from a aftermarket catted downpipe to catless

[@bigreddaman5988]

@@walahmelons5504 Same thing I did, I bought a downpipe with a race cat, had it cut off a year later and straight piped and boom power gains.

[@j4559]

which intake is this car running?

[@cboyye7604]

What exhaust does he have?

[@nighthawk0077]

Looks like someone forgot to enable the Vtec crossover point, or has it turned in the wrong direction. Nice linear curve from 3000-4500 though. Probably pulls like a Chevy V8

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

nighthawk0077 wow, you have no idea what you’re talking about.

[@kg_oner9215]

Tell me; where can anyone in SoCal get 94 octane fuel? Knowhere that's where...

[@TougeTuning]

That is unfortunate. We're lucky to have 94 octane here in Canada

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

You guys have e85 though....

[@Ashes_Eternal]

Put it on a Dyno Jet and see the real wheel HP. Dynapak is not The real whp it’s hub.

[@Jayyy64]

Low power most make over 360 whp & 360 tq

[@josiahbutler2254]

no they dont

[@stuartliddle9185]

LOL stages

[@michaelskff]

Holyshit a 350hp turbocharged Civic, GET OUT THE WAY