It has recently been brought to our attention that some users running ethanol-based fuels with various Flex Fuel Sensor Kits on the market have been reporting about line deterioration issues. Concerned that these reportings may involve our kits, our Product Development Team immediately began looking into this. After reaching out...
Red Star Motoring Makes 595 HP With PRL P600 Turbo Upgrade
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Red Star Motoring (as well as a few others) have been testing our revised P600 turbocharger upgrade over the past few weeks. This past weekend Pepo strapped his FK8 to the dyno and put down an impressive 595 whp & 549 ft/lbs torque at 37 PSI using 100 octane and...
We got no material, do we?
As many of you have seen, manufacturers in all markets have been experiencing major delays since early 2020. Somehow, someway, the PRL Motorsports team and our supply chain have been able to keep up with the market’s rapid growth and shortages surprisingly well given the circumstances. However, over the past...
FA20DIT WRX Intercooler Kits are Coming Back!
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Back by popular demand, our 2015+ FA20DIT Subaru WRX Front Mount Intercooler Kits are soon to be rereleased. These kits feature an extremely dense 22"x12"x3.5" 600 horsepower intercooler core, sized for stock-frame and larger turbo upgrades. Cast aluminum end tanks allowed us to reduce costs from our previous billet end...
Divided Intercooler End Tanks - Are They Necessary?
Almost a decade ago we implemented airflow splitters in our 8th & 9th Gen Civic Si turbo kit intercoolers to help evenly distribute airflow across the intercooler core. Over the past few years we’ve been asked why this same concept wasn’t integrated into our intercooler upgrades for the newer Hondas....
FK8 Civic Type-R Race MAF Housing Upgrade for HVI
As some of you may have heard, we’ve been experimenting with a variety of MAF upgrade prototypes over the past year two years. To lay any rumors to rest - Yes, we had originally planned on offering the community a MAF sensor upgrade instead of a MAF housing upgrade. We...
Do Basic Bolt-Ons Really Provide Gains on a 1.5T Civic?
Vehicle Visionary put together a pretty neat test with our basic bolt-on upgrades and KTuner, LLC on this 2021 Honda Civic Sport Hatchback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBd--jsuK68 Mod List: PRL Cobra Cold Air Intake, PRL Downpipe, PRL Intercooler & Charge Pipe Upgrade, KTuner w/ Two Step Performance Stage 1 Tune This car baselined...
Red Star Motoring Goes 10's With the PRL P600 Turbo Upgrade
First FK8 Civic Type-R into the 10s with full (PRL) bolt-ons and stock ECU! Yesterday Red Star Motoring ran a 10.91 at 127.4 mph (no meth), backed up by a 10.97 at 129.2 mph (with meth) while testing our P600 turbocharger upgrade. We are confident that this setup still has...
1.5T Honda Civic Turbocharger Inlet Pipe Development: Part 3
Here is a look at our fully functional Titanium Turbocharger Inlet Pipe Upgrade for the 2016+ Honda Civic 1.5T. Pricing and ETA is still to be determined, but we expect to be fulfilling orders sometime during the summer of 2021. This is just one of the big projects we have...
Final P600 Dyno Testing (Accord & Type-R)
Test Vehicles: PRL Accord Factory K20C4 Engine and 10 Speed Automatic Transmission KTuner and Hondata PRL Type-R P600 Drop In Turbo Upgrade PRL Type-R Titanium Turbo Inlet Pipe PRL Accord HVI High Volume Intake System PRL Accord FMIC PRL Accord Race DP/FP Combo Factory Exhaust IMW Accord Factory K20C4 Engine...
P600 Honda Civic Type-R Drop-In Turbo Development Part 5
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A few weeks back we sent out a few P600 turbochargers to companies for third party testing in an effort to see real-world data such as dyno numbers, track times and reliability. Sean and Mike at Kinetic Autoworks in Maryland were able to offer us a customer’s FK8 Civic Type-R...
PRL Motorsports 1.5 Honda Civic Turbocharger Inlet Pipe Development: Part 2
Yes, you read that correctly - there's a new update to our Turbocharger Inlet Pipe Upgrade for the 1.5L Turbo Honda Civic. While 2020 has been a crazy year to say the least, we have been quietly working behind the scenes to improve our initial design since our last post....