Okie dokie... eleventy-eight ideas later, I finally have a solid project. It's a 96 civic dx with an ls swap (no a/c, so boosting won't be such a PITA). It has some deer damage (hood needs work, but it's not bad, windshield's gone, headlights are toast, the passenger fender is beyond salvaging, and the driver's window is off the tracks. But for $1500, it's not a bad car at all, considering it runs fine, and the fact that a b18b swap is more expensive than the car itself doesn't hurt either .

Anyway, here's the parts list (red = I already have it)

Turbo - Garrett t3/t4 (arrived 9/25/08)
Turbo Manifold - Probably some crap from ebay... it's going to be top-mount for sure
Wastegate - Tial 38mm, not sure on the spring yet... whatever gets me to 250whp.
Intercooler/Charge Piping - El Cheapo
Blowoff Valve - GReddy knockoff
Fuel Management - Apex'i SAFC (9/25/08)
Injectors - I'm not completely sure just yet what size/brand
Oil drain/feed lines - Some universal lines, not sure on brand yet
Wideband o2 kit - Autometer Cobalt
Boost/Vac guage - Autometer Cobalt (30in. hg vac, 20psi boost)
Guage pod - Autometer, full pillar, 2 guage

I'm sure I missed about a dozen things in that list lol... I'll post them as I think of them.

Misc. (not turbo related... basically, it's just stuff I already have sitting around the house)

-Tenzo R rally seats
-Pioneer head unit w/iPod connector (it controls the iPod through the head unit... once the iPod is connected, you don't have to touch it unless it freezes (stupid iPod nano)

 

they dont make any better tuning device for the 240s other then the SAFC? I just dont care for them because you cant do partial throttle tuning with them.

 

I'm sure they do, but I got it in a cash/trade deal when I sold my bike... and nothing's better than technically free

 

Sigh...get a car so i can has pics!

 

if you want, you can haz pics of the parts ... I (for one reason or another) took parts of all the pics yesterday, I just need to resize and post.

 

You know as well as we do that the people on this forum LIVE for visual evidence of progress...

 

lol yeah, but it sure is fun to make people wait for pics

I guess I'll get the pics up, give me 5 minutes

 

yea basically...no pics or it didnt happen

 

We must live vicariously through your budget because we don't have one.

 

lol you guys are impatient, you know that?

Unless you want background-dwarfing 3264x2448 pictures posted, I kind of have to take a little time to resize them to forum-friendly proportions lol


The Garrett t3/t4 (look familiar john?)



Apex'i SAFC



And the good old fashioned parts pile (never mind the 240sx sway bars... I'm going to sell those now)


*edit: forgot to add the head unit... it's nothing special, it's the one that used to be in my civic: