HCF Project Section - GReddy_Civic's Turbo Project

Hey guys...this has been a long time coming. I've been working two jobs so far this summer to pay for this project. At some point this winter I play to buy a z6 to build for boost, and put that in an eg hatch. Here's my rundown so far. Keep with me...I promise it won't take as long as flip's:).
Everything I have will be in pink since all yall chose blue.
Turbo-$150 (Rebuilt & balanced)
Turbo Manifold-$150 (Used, log style)
Oil Pan & Gasket-$55 (BNIB OEM Honda D16Y7 Steel oil pan from Honda-Normally $95)
Oil Lines/Tap
Intercooler-$208 (Bought in a kit with the piping/couplers)
Piping/Couplers
Blow Off Valve-$197.20 (Synapse Synchronic BOV)
Vacuum Manifold-$40 (Fast Turbo Vacuum Manifold)
Oil Pressure, Boost, and Water Temp Gauges-$190 (Local sponsor and next day delivery, can't beat that)
Pillar Pod
Turbo Timer-$60 (Buddy Club Secu-Timer BNIB from an asian at Honda, $130 or so regularly)
Boost Controller-$75 (Through Hondata S300)
O2 Wideband
Laptop (Extra one just for tuning)-$Free (From my mom's work, Windows XP)
ARP Headstuds-$97.10
Catch Can
Downpipe-Came with the other turbo I bought
Fuel Pump-$85
Fuel Injectors/Resistor Box-$20 (Free DSM 450s from my friend but both can be bought for about $100)
Spark Plugs-$17.00 (NGKs)
Synthetic Oil
OBD2A-OBD1 Jumper Harness-$75
Hondata S300 in OBD1 VTEC ECU-$720
Head Gasket Kit-$104 (OEM Honda Head Gasket Kit)
Tune
Fuel Pressure Regulator
Exhaust Manifold Gasket-$2 (OEM Honda Gasket)
Exhaust Manifold Bolts-$9 Set (OEM Honda ones)
Downpipe/Cat GasketHondata s300-$8 (OEM Honda Gasket)
Bolts to connect the Turbo and Manifold-Came with turbo
Bolts to connect the downpipe to the turbo-Came with turbo

As of now, I have a Garrett T3 .42/.48 turbo that's been rebuilt, but I might trade it in with some money for a GT28R or similar. We'll see how it goes. When I go in to work tomorrow, I'm gonna order the headgasket kit, exhaust manifold gasket and bolts, and the downpipe/cat gasket. Hopefully when I install all of this, I will do a DIY for this forum.

I also forgot to say that I will keep a detailed spreadsheet of my purchases and the prices which will be included in the DIY for future reference for everybody

Side note:This virus is gay and adding a thousand katrillion apostrophes to my posts...Interwebz virus FTL

Goodluck on that man, pretty well rounded setup your going for prolly will pay off in the end. what hp goal are you going for? Thats the same turbo i'm going to be using, if you end up keeping it.

Right around 190-200 whp. After the z6, hopefully 275-300. Thats why I bought a larger FMIC (31x11x3) and am buying the Hondata s300...so when I buy a z6, I can swap most of my stuff over to the new engine, with a few more purchases;)

Ok, Ill add in prices as I go but keep a running tally

So I ordered my OEM parts yesterday at work. I will try to get actual prices for people (Mine was a lot less because of my discount) and then I will put that up on here for people to see. I also am gettin a rebuilt GReddy TD04 Ball Bearing turbo I think with 3k miles on it from a guy at Honda really cheap. Ill let you all know later. Goin to autocross right now, woot!

Ok, ordered a vacuum manifold/brass fittings and added a thing or two to the list that I thought of that I need or people might need.

oh boy...this will only take 5 years

Haha, i transferred 2k into my checkin on friday so no, it wont:)

Update: Ordered a few more things...I'm hopin most of the stuff will be here this week.

What suspension, wheels, and tires are you going with?

Koni reds/stechs, falken azenis are on the way, and enkei rs5's

YAY!

Bought my gauges today...Boost, Oil Pressure, Water temp. $190 and will be here tomorrow! WIN!

Gauges here, ECU (Hondata s300)is ordered!

Btw, here are some pics of the gauges
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And a little teaser
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you tease, you!

Update: My butt hurts...$900 for the ecu stuff...sigh, totally worth it
Edit: The guys at phearable.net are a great bunch of guys to talk to if you have ANY questions ECU related. ::Thumbup:: to phearable

Oh jesus another "I wanna turbo thread"

Shut it, this is just stage one. There will be more to come in the next year, jerk face. At any rate, ordered my ARP head studs and a Synapse Synchronic BOV last night

Another update...made me a little bit sad. Honda doesnt make OEM headgasket kits anymore for my car at least (D16Y8) So I had to piece some of them together, and some I didnt get so it did end up being cheaper but still kind of sad.

stage2 will involve replacement of teh blown engine... hehehhe

Stage 2 will be building a z6 for boost...hopefully 300 to the wheels. So yes...as soon as I pay off some college and get some extra $ i will buy a z6 if I can find one for a good price

Update with pics:
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Um....are you compensating for something??? Look at the size of that thing!!!

hahahaha, and what nice hands you have. p.s. slow the build down so you don't make flip look so bad.

Bahahaha true true...sorry ben, I'll just stop workin on it for a few months

B.S. we are building that this month DAD!

maybe if you werent such a bastad and get in the chat...

Got my front mount and fuel pump today...win! Will get pics up tomorrow when the turbo timer and some other things are supposed to arrive

So need to order the oil line kit, get oil, find a way to mount the gauges, and get a 2"-2.5" coupler adapter. Anyway, on to the fun stuff, PICTURES! Sorry about the quality, I'm half drunk, tired and the lighting is bad...if you don't like it, eat a cookie. Kthx
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wow your really tearing through all this, and why was your ecu $900? i paid $830 shipped from them for my s300 with boost upgrade... he hosed you! lolz but he is a great guy

do a compression ratio test yet on your stock ride? curious to see how long hte motor lasts, and or transmission

ORIGINAL: didder

wow your really tearing through all this, and why was your ecu $900? i paid $830 shipped from them for my s300 with boost upgrade... he hosed you! lolz but he is a great guy

do a compression ratio test yet on your stock ride? curious to see how long hte motor lasts, and or transmission


Haha yea i did, all within 10%, cylinder 4 was a little low (around 8% off) but it seems good for now. Yea, I'll buy a new clutch at some point soon. It was 800 for the s300 installed in the ecu with the boost control and a basemap and then 75 for the harness and then 25 for shipping.

By the way! S300 came in today! ECU says A/T on the back so Im gonna have to figure out what thats all about but other than that I'm pretty excited

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So got my car inspected....bad news. Need both trailing arm bushings, a motor mount, brake pads and a few minor things...could be worse i suppose.

i cant wait to see this finished, whats your goal hp? around 200?

I guess it's a good thing they found it now and not when that stuff fell off the car after it being boosted...

Yea, around 200whp. And youre right Gene, thats why I had it inspected when I did, also I wanted to pass emissions for now, but yea, I didnt want my sh*t to break after boost. Btw, Aug 2 or 3 its starting, you can come with Jameson if you want Gene.

IF I have time I will come down.

Well, got the rest of my stuff in and install is going down August 3rd-hopefully the 8th. So also, bought a 154 pc Craftsman tool set today on sale for $100, WOOT

Install going down this Sunday, and gettin tuned the following monday at J-K tuning....woot!

YAY!!!! Glad to see someone taking the time to buy the right parts for a solid setup. With a good tune, this setup should treat you very well

Sunday coming soon. we'll take some pics of our cars and go to the buffet!

I sure hope you started disassembly... I might show up in the morning if you PM me your addy, but can't promise extended help...

why do you hope that gene?

Because I wouldn't bet on not having snapped exhaust manifold studs and othe such headaches

nice double negative...I have a whole new set of them but...Jameson and I are startin that stuff on sunday

GL with the install. be sure to take your time and everything should go smooth. make sure you post some pics when your done!

Negative on me being there sunday....class got rescheduled to Sunday morning due to a thunderstorm.

good luck man. let me know day by day how everything is going. like Forty said this is going to be an awesome setup with the best parts.

good luck man. let me know day by day how everything is going. like Forty said this is going to be an awesome setup with the best parts.
Tyler, I started today. James came over this morning around 10. We washed the cars for some pictures, took a few (which I will post here shortly), then headed to KFC buffet...because, well, it's James (enough said). Anyway, came back, mounted the FMIC and ran the one side of piping so I can have my friend weld on the BOV flange. Then, mounted the vacuum manifold, and started A/C removal. My next post will be pics.

Heres the mini photoshoot done with James (my04civic).
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Here's James (my04civic) in front of the KFC buffet. Tony (Forty04) just had to have this
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Anyway, on to progress
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Car draws first blood (Phone pic)
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PROJECT DONE! Ok, not really...moving on (and yes, that is held on with duct tape)
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Heres the beater
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Start of A/C removal
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Took the gauges out and now have the stockers back in, as well as OEM headlights, but the camera died and couldn't get pics, so will do that tomorrow. Not too bad for like 5 hrs of work I suppose.

In case you didn't know, dumping refrigirant to the atmosphere is illegal. The project done pic really brings out the inner ricer in both of yall....

Yea yea, its bad for the ozone...I think I inhaled most of it anyway

oh well who cares, the atmosphere is going to **** anyway. awesome pics man and i can't wait to see more.

hey, look, now you can clean the streets by simply sucking all the debris up:

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hey, look, now you can clean the streets by simply sucking all the debris up:

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Lol...patent the new "street vaccuum" before someone steals the idea

that was a pretty fun and tiring day. im pissed i cant be there for the bulk of the build. good luck, i know youll keep us posted.

p.s. the pics came out pretty good.

I just realized this but where was the beer?

no drinking, my ass had a 2 hour drive home and i had to go to work today!

pics look great, lookin fun! What wheels do you have Trent? I never noticed how sick they are

man i'm so glad this build is finally going down trent...i'm living vicariously through you! Good luck with the rest.

They're Enkei RS5's Ben. And yea Tyler, the beer was in the trunk and I put it in the fridge to get cold overnight

Got quite a bit done today I think. Removed the entire A/C system, removed the stock exhaust manifold, switched out the injectors, drained the fuel tank, put the new fuel pump in along with a new filter, and probably a few smaller things. Worked for about 7 hrs or so today. Ill upload pics tomorrow morning

Move. move, movin along. When is the turbo going on? I am guessing tomorrow?

woot, cant wait to see updated pics.

Hopefully mock up the turbo to run the rest of the IC piping. Need to figure out where to get my oil pan and bov flange welded. Pics in a few minutes

Here are the pictures from yesterday.
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I had been hoping to put the headstuds in but never really got to it, tried, just didn't work out
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^^Drilling out the o-rings for the stock injectors
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Precision 440's in place.
So I would like to get the IC piping run, turbo mocked up, and work on the gauges. Sadly, I have to go in to work today. If possible, get the stuff sent out to get welded, and also maybe get the head studs in.

I just realized this but where was the beer?

They're definitely doing it wrong...




Awesome work so far Trent, look forward to the updates

WOOT! i even see a girly!

Yes james...she said maybe if I get her drunk will she hold that turbo in a certain fashion. Workin on the head studs and wire up the injectors

the insides of that head look nasty :(

I know it made me a little sad too. There was only a quart and a half to 2 quarts of oil after the whole thing was drained, and I didn't top it off, and it had been almost 3k miles, so we'll see. Pics in a bit. Had some college issues that needed to be taken care of so I didn't get a ton done.

more work! I wanna see this bitch completed :)

nice pics, looking good dude.

more work! I wanna see this bitch completed :)

didnt your boost job take about 2 years?

Hahaha, Jameson. Ok, well update, I know I need pics for two days. Anywho, here's what was completed today. Oil pan was tapped, and then JB welded for extra insurance :D, the oil lines were ran from the turbo to the back of the block (the thing the oil pressure sensor plugs into) and the oil pan was a new Y7 steel pan. I bolted the turbo/manifold, and downpipe on, ran the rest of the IC piping that is now ran under the window washer bottle (thanks Tony) and I'm sure a few other things. Lots of pics tomorrow, and tomorrow I'll do the gauges and turbo timer and ECU, other than that, should be ready for a start up I think.

anticipation!

Updates! Pictures from the past two days!
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Had some college issues so didn't get as much done as I wanted to that day

Here's yesterdays pictures
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(Thanks Shannon and his dad!)
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Took me 30 some minutes to get that out
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JB Welded as an extra precaution
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Y7 oil pan in
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Motor mount=seriously fuxxored
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not pretty but hope it works
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Teaser...maybe
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Yes!

p.s. i know a guy with one arm and 3 fingers....yeah, he can solder better then that! but as long as it works.

I never said it was pretty :D

didnt your boost job take about 2 years?


actually just over a year exactly, but once i had the parts together it took 3 days :)

Trent you get the vac mani figured out?

pics look awesome, lots of good work dude!

this is looking sweet trent, looks like it's really coming along.

makes me sad, another boosted civic beats me... good job though, and i laugh at you with your hand saw, you dont even have a vice?! mwahaha

Hahaha, i have a vice, its just not fastened to anything. So I finished putting the fenders and plastic stuff back on, attached the oil pressure line to the sandwhich plate, and this means that upon grounding the wires and hooking them up to a power source, adding oil, coolant, spark plugs and wires and switchin ecu's, I should be done. Need to figure out how to attach the A11 wire for the boost control solenoid.

projects looking great bro nice updates and pics p.s. more pics of the girl in the lawn chair : )

Well it started! Had 2 oil leaks, fixed those. Now the bad parts. The oil pressure is reading 80lbs (no idea why), I'm still not sure the bov and boost controller are wired correctly, and I see lots of black smoke when I rev the engine a little bit.

how do you have the BOV hooked up?

The synapse bov has 3 nipples. 2 on the back and one on the side. A and B are t'd together and ran to the vacuum manifold and nipple C (on the side) is t'd into the wastegate/compressor line (w/g and compressor are t'd together as well) I dont really know how to wire up the solenoid because of the wastegate being internal. I'm thinking of running the wastegate to the solenoid and then the co mpressor nipple to the bov. Here are two pics anyway
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/DSCF1056.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/DSCF1057.jpg

do you have the electric or manual oil pressure gauge?

its mechanical. Its ran throught firewall, and into an oil sandwhich block adapter (from greddy)

The oil pressure is reading 80lbs (no idea why), .
Gauge reads high when the car is not warm up. Mine reads around 75psi when I turn on my car, once it warms up... it reads around 20psi at idle.

yea dude, i knew it was high at first, but not that high...it went down to around 35

ya you have to wait a couple of mins to let the oil circulate through. also mine really doesnt work until i drive the car 5 mins either.

ill update for him guys.


he texted me earlier with "TUNING!"

^ haha yeah i got that too, bastard woke me up.

edited for trents sake...

see numbers on next page

i now know the final number results....but i wont tell :)

woot! that's fun stuff

Andddddddddddddddddddddd it's t uned :D

but yes, 204whp and 186 lbs of tq at 10 psi. Vids and graphs soon

correction, have to go to work, pics after work

hehe...you now have a slim chance against a geo metro...

give us some of your driving impressions when you get the chance!

woot, stoked for you bud

oh, and get some decent tires...

dude you can push it a little more with your setup, but nice man

Meh, its pushing it and the clutch doesn't hold after 5500 in first only (that ive seen so far) Need to figure out why my radiator fan doesnt work, my water temp sky rockets in traffic

tap the fan lightly on the motor...if it starts - you need a new fan.

oic, well thats what my goal will b next summer 200hp, gl with getting the kinks out

lets hear about this Probe :)

walked him

destroyed, probably not boosted, but wouldnt have beat it normally

Ok, im working on the dyno video compilation. Anyway, here are the graphs from the other day
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Turbo%20Project/dyno.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Turbo%20Project/dyno2.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Turbo%20Project/boost.jpg

woot look at how relatively flat those curves are, i like it.

Yea Sam, im really stoked with the results

yeah that torque curve is really impressive to me for a boosted vehicle, it looks like a stock turbo car.

when you boostin sam?

Ha! when i'm done paying for college/ buying a bike/ getting a new tv.

selll "stuff" whatever that may be

haha yeah, well the problem i had with my input bearing meant i spent a long time dismantling the tranny and money on a new clutch, throwout bearing, input bearing, blah blah. kinda set me back on all this crap. and the longer i get set back, the more i want a rwd platform.

eff that. You dont need a rwd, dont be a weenie

yes nice dyno curves

questions is whether you want to start building an engine for boost next so you could run twice the boost and not have an ugly as sin head ;)

i am trying to find another y8 engine. Its just not working out tooo well

than get a Y7...

true....

Trent i'm thinking about finding a y7 myself, i think it's a good idea, congrats again on the numbers, must be fun :)

congrats gred! i love that curve too... about as fun as a dd'er can get..

to bad i sold my old y8 block to mossy :( and flip, ill sell you my y8 head, you need to do a mini me on that bad boi!

any chance you have the y8 oil pump didder?

naw Didder not too worried about the mini-me, just gonna do stay non-VTEC if anything and build that boy a little bit.

the oil pump that came with my motor was junk, it was new but he installed a b16 oil pump on the d16 because it has a swapped b16 oil pickup tube... didnt work had to do some custom mods..

now its got a apocolypse oil pump... $180 ported, shimmed and calibrated, its what i recomend. 30% more flow than oem

your 2's sigs make me laugh, im going to go have to take a pic of mine like that now!

my oem oil pump off old motor is at mossys house :(

and flip, build it and cam it! vtec is just a more aggresive cam anyway...

yea thats the one thing is that theres no cam for me, which is a big factor, but idk, just rods/pistons/headstuds, then a PNP head, i might be happy :)

but this is about Trent. Any future plans now that you're big and bad and boosted?

you mean me?

yes you

i need a clutch ASAP. the clutch slips at about 4500 in the first 4 gears. chances are i am getting a new y7 or y8 block from honda for dirt cheap, just puts rods and pistons in (reliability reasons ;) ) and shim the oil pump,maybe cam it , then work on suspension then maybe a new car?

oh come on, cam that bad boy as well!

my car with a skunk2 stage is awesome

it used to sound like a week whipper

now it sounds like a weed whipper, but with a TRACTOR MOTOR ON STEROIDS, running it lol. and like im driving down a set of railroad tracks... its totally awesome, it either a.) intimidates people, or b.) makes them laugh cuz my motor sounds like its about ready to explode lol

and lol i just ordered a new 45 hose end from fast turbo you tard, why dont you email him and get yourself a stage one unsprung clutch?

stan@fastturbo.com

what are we talking about hose ends for? and if i build a block, a stage one wont suffice. btw i was up at my tuners again today...saw the ef sedan with a swapped b20 makin 436 on pump at.............16 PSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i about pewped myself but i saw the dyno graphs. O and ill get the pictures up from today, and finish my dyno vid compilation. (btw we were gettin my friends GST tuned with a 16g upgrade (epic fail on his part...only made about 100 more whp than me :D))

what were you at the tuner again for? and I'm waiting for those vids!

my friend was getting his car tuned

so that video i promised a few weeks ago? yea finally done! its uploading to youtube as we speak

hurry up ass truck

a tune.......you hear that Flip? TUNE :D

Ok I have 3 links, youtube and streetfire effed up the quality and such, so the last link is a download link, 56 mb (which is still not the original, that was 500mb), that you can open, DO NOT HAVE TO SAVE EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS DOWNLOAD, in winamp and not save it, let me know if some stuff doesnt work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h41dQctj4-8
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Turbo-D16Y8-on-10-psi_181523.htm
http://www.mediafire.com/?mvvenhfezv3

woot! great vid man!


that dremel...in the video...is mine, and i want it back :D

woot, rockin vids Trent

Trent vs Ben? :p

Always

Updates on the project....sorta. Since i work at honda, i might be able to get a free y8. Its sitting outside for scrap metal so id take it apart first, but a free y8 is a free y8. If its not too bad, definitely a build in the near future, or if this falls through...itll be a built ls swap/gsr tranny/itr oil pump

thoughts?

a free motor.... id take it if i had permision! ive wanted a y8 intake for my y7 since i got my dx.LOL

yea go for it if it's free. and if you don't end up using it, sell it on ebay haha

well of course Id take a free motor, but i meant thoughts on built y8 or ls swap... lots of problems with y8s under boost. Anyway, got some info on the y8, its not blown up, it just will not start. whatever tech worked on it tried a new dizzy, new plugs/wires, its getting fuel, new starter and alternator as well. It will just not turn over or if it does, it dies within a second or two. Not sure its wortht he work then

hmmm that's a toughy. i heard that vtec and boost don't go well together. plus you'd have more torque with 1.8 as opposed to 1.6

hmmm that's a toughy. i heard that vtec and boost don't go well together. plus you'd have more torque with 1.8 as opposed to 1.6

misconception

misconception

which part? boost and vtec or more torque with a bigger engine?

boost and vtec...plus the turbo you have plays a huge role in the torque you get

o ok well i heard it from a kid at school. but o well you learn something new every day. just for information, a smaller, faster spooling turbo give you more torque right, cuz i know a big turbo doesn't spool up until a high rpm.

word of advice dont believe kids talking.LOL look for the real people with turbos and read up...
and dont believe anyone that doesnt have a turbo or a few turbo setups. anybody can slap a ebay turbo on a car and talk there sh**.... at least until it blows there motor up.LOL

yea i should have known cuz his civic looks and runs like sh!t. i can see how his logic is though. but thank you for the info anyway.

word of advice dont believe kids talking.

hope you weren't talking about me there, lol.

but my bad on the misleading post, i meant to only highlight the vtec+boost portion. If you have a tuner that's worth anything, he can extract what the motor can give, regardless of vtec or not. there are too many factors to list to show what sacrifices torque, so the kid has no argument.

no not you.LOL

Yea, there are plenty of built and boosted GSR and Y8/Z6/D15B etc motors that make decent power and if you and your tuner know what youre doing, having vtec isnt really a big issue at all, not like you can ever hear the crossover at 5500 anyway ;)

o ok well i heard it from a kid at school. but o well you learn something new every day. just for information, a smaller, faster spooling turbo give you more torque right, cuz i know a big turbo doesn't spool up until a high rpm.

well im not exactly a turbo specialist, but I can tell you that when I had my 180sx with a larger upgraded turbo then the stock t25, It did take longer for it to spool up and without a tune there was quite a bit of lag, but when it hit watch out because it will hit hard and all at once. Im not sure I think I had a gt2871r it was good for about 480hp setup.

So who wants an HCF DIY turbo install including parts list/prices

So who wants an HCF DIY turbo install including parts list/prices

Based on the number of hits on your thread, many members would be interested.

idk if there still is but there was an old turbo install DIY, and Pete's turbo grocery list was there at one point, so is Tony's "what you might wanna know", so i guess a combination of that might be helpful lol

Yea, but they have a lot of the big stuff. Theres small things that people might need, like random ass wrenches or an adapter for a water temp gauge

hey greddy i would love you if you could do that lol, im getting close to getting all my parts and it would b great to have a guide to go off of. I mean putting the parts on shouldnt b that hard since most of it is like bolting on stuff but like installing the injectors and little stuff like that would b a major plus with the diy!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS AHEAD OF TIME

i think it would be put to very good use. It's true, there are little things that you would never expect that just pop up and you have to make a run to the store just to get a specific tool lol it sucks and i wish i was aware of them beforehand

so get off this forum and go take some pictures Trent. Now.

yea i think it would be very helpful for those of us who are the visual like to read instruction manual sort of nerds

Ok, I think it's about time I lay down my plans for this coming year. So my plan is a built block and cammed with required springs/retainers. So I'm going to update page 1 with my plan. This is going to be a VERY long project.....possibly flip status long. I'm going to be buying stuff as I have money. Anyway, picked up some Si's and an engine stand within the last week. That is all

so like i said i started the next portion of the project. i finally got the si's on and have looked at some y8s. pics later

Well it's getting warmer out, which means good wrenchin weather. I had originally hoped to have a built block by now, but my parent's hours were cut at work (well they can't work overtime anymore) so I've been giving them more money which means I can't buy stuff....right now. Anyhow, I have a lot of things that went wrong over the winter so it's time to address those issues. First and foremost, the Y8 is shot. Like, I'm lucky to see 23mpg highway. I've been putting coolant and oil in regularly. Second, 2 of my shocks are blown. Third, some of my exhaust gaskets are gone. And finally there is a window trim piece missing (I tore it off with a buffer by accident at work). So here is the plan for this year.
Buddy Club N+ dampers with Skunk2 front and rear camber kits
OEM part motor rebuild with possibly pistons/rods (if I have the money in the next few weeks)
I'm trying to contact GReddy but their email is the ghey and I'm not getting a reply (delivery failure)
I have an order in for OEM floormats, 4 new window trim pieces (all the way around) and a new shift boot.
Anyway, that's all for now.
EDIT: Hopefully I'll have money soon for an OEM SiR lip. It'll look like this
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/twincamtech/ninalip.jpg

HOKAY! so I got some uber 1337 JDM appearance stuff today. Here are the pics
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Miscellaneous/PIC-0044.jpg
Up close
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Miscellaneous/PIC-0045.jpg

O! and I ordered floor mats, window trim pieces, a cam seal and tb gasket and a shift boot today

shot y8? Sucks man....but thats just more of a reason for a rebuild :)

yea. like i said, im only getting 20ish mpg. i have enough gaskets n seals to rebuild the motor. the only thing i dont have is piston rings. im undecided on if i can build now or not.