Guys wats up? New to the board here and doin the same thing for my brothers car. 01 civic and he has a t3/t4 turbo. let me know what we need to complete install. any help would be appreciated. list below is what we have

T3/T4 turbo
Downpipe
mbc
255pump

What else do we need? AFPR? Studs? Head gasket? piggyback/ standalone? 310cc or 440 injectors? Let me know guys! thanks again

 

i hope your thinking about arp headstuds a thicker head gasket also .. lol i have a turbo d its gave me nothing but headaches but i still think its worth it cuz you don't ever see em2s turbo'd you'll see usually hatchies and older coupes but go for it :]

 

piggybacks are useless ... going with either the greddy e-manage or the aem ems even the Hondata K-PRO i heard is really good.. And please if you plan on keeping the car go with a Custom Intake manifold ours are made out of abs plastic or some crap ... i shattered mine .. You'll know when you hear a big pop and your motor revving by itself..

 

gonna need more than that

 

e-manage is a piggyback....

 

I feel like an idiot... haha well then

 

1) i really like the gReddy E-manage but i forget if you can change ignition timings with that. What if i get that connector made for my ECU to go directly into the ECU no splicing of wires ?

2)I would like to get ARP studs some-time but with as low of boost as im running i dont really see a need yet. If worst comes to worst and i blow a head-gasket then i will get the ARP headbolts and thicker metal headgasket.

3) So is the Y8 intake manifold a direct bolt-on or do i need to modify the flange? Will i need to change sensors or anything? Any gains with this Y8 manifold over stock, instead of the obvious reason of it being cast ?

4) What do you guys think the first thing i should do to my civic should be ? Cat-Back exhaust (if so what diameter, brand, etc?), 3-gauge pillar, oil press (mech or elec?), vacuum/boost, air/fuel gauge (should i get the one that shows numbers?). Anything else ? I need to find a place to make my a manifold to fit my turbo with the requirements of keeping power steering and A/C.

 

its okay, i actually made a similar mistake a while back, but now you know.

There should be a harness for the emanage for your car, headstuds are always a good idea and add some reliability, and you can get gauges now if you would like, they are one of the things you can install before hand. Other things include a vacuum manifold, larger exhaust piping, headstuds, clutch, etc. Some are inconvenient thouhg, such as a loss of backpressure before boost, unnecessarily hard clutch, etc, but it'll definitely make the final install quicker. You also will look like a ricer with an n/a car and a boost gauge, but w/e lol I installed mine early and just left the vac line blocked off, if you are getting a/f ratio gauge i hope you are talking about a wideband, in which case you should wait til you get your final downpipe welded, and you could do oil pressure if you got an oil sandwich and blocked off the oil feed line port til you need it.

just some ideas lol

 

loss of backpressure before boost? Im sure my clutch will go out before i get my turbo kit finished so i will just get a light-weight flywheel and Stage II clutch. I had that setup in my ford probe and loved it

 

well 2.75"/3" piping on an N/A d series is gonna give you a noticeable loss of torque