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delspool · 08-20-2008, 08:56 PM

i bought this car about 8 months ago with intentions of having a fun daily driver. purchased it with a mostly stock b16 swap

when i bought it i also threw on my own rims to drop the price a tad

on the way back home after buying it, it broke down on the highway about an hour from my house with no insurance

turned out to be the fuel pump which wasnt all bad since it needed to be replaced for what i was planning on doing to it anyway. picked up a walbro 255 pump and she ran perfect

about 300 miles later my drivers side motor mount broke causing my damper to grind against my traction bar. luckily i only had to replace my damper and motor mount and all was well again. around this point i realized this might not make such a great dd, so i parked it and started ordering parts to turbo it.

after a few months of selling basically everything i had i got it turbo'd.

rolled around like that for about 2 weeks because i couldnt figure out why it was overheating and the bumper trim blocked air flow. turns out my headgasket and all 4 ring lands didnt like my tuning, so they proceeded to crack on the way home one night. also, while working on it i somehow stretched out the cable to pop my hood and unfortunately a new one was too expensive, so after i pryed open the hood i was forced to put on some god awful hood pins

once again i parked it, sold a bunch of stuff to get some forged internals, just finished rebuilding it a little over a week ago which is why i figured id make one of these

mods:
-srp pistons
-eagle rods
-new oem bearings
-walbro 255
-57 trim turbo
-JRC 8" intercooler
-greddy type s bov
-35mm turbonetics deltagate
-2.5 - 3" dp to dumped exhaust welded by me
-all charge piping welded by me
-chipped ps9 ecu with BRE tuned by me
-crx dash and seats
-aem wideband
-spoolin performance cast manifold
-random junkyard mesh rims
-kyb shocks

up to date pictures tomorrow

94Boy · 08-20-2008, 10:35 PM

That looks mad nice...

stover · 08-20-2008, 10:57 PM

this thread is worthless without video =]

turbo4g63 · 08-21-2008, 10:39 AM

it kinda looks like you ****ed that thing up...but i bet its pretty quick

james_ls · 08-21-2008, 10:54 AM

Welp.

I kinda like the wheels.

delspool · 08-21-2008, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by turbo4g63

it kinda looks like you ****ed that thing up...but i bet its pretty quick

haha, that was kind of an in progress pic... i ran out side and took some quick pics to show how it is now

ignore the ziptie on the wastegate, the line popped off last night and i dont have a hose clamp

Cardriverx · 08-21-2008, 12:09 PM

the tanks on teh intercooler are a pretty bad design, they are just rectangles. Cool project, how can that little rad cool the car?

delspool · 08-21-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cardriverx

the tanks on teh intercooler are a pretty bad design, they are just rectangles. Cool project, how can that little rad cool the car?

well, its a stock rad off of the newer civics, but it definately doesnt do it to well. at the top of the ic tanks there is a slope, but even then i know its a poor design, ive just had it laying around for awhile so itll work until i buy a better one

StylezTA · 08-21-2008, 05:12 PM

zip tie heaven? all that money in the engine. who would of thought

Cardriverx · 08-21-2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by StylezTA

zip tie heaven? all that money in the engine. who would of thought

I use a bunch of zip ties, nothin wrong with that!

delspool · 08-21-2008, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StylezTA

zip tie heaven? all that money in the engine. who would of thought

haha, i really dont have that much money into it.. more time than anything. and the zipties do there job, are IMO easier to work with then clamps and i cant afford better atm

im rolling around on 7 pounds of boost because im saving up the $35 to get a 2.5 bar map sensor

StylezTA · 08-21-2008, 10:05 PM

yea wasn't trying to knock ur setup bro, just get some black ones to match the lines or something haha.

delspool · 08-22-2008, 11:16 PM

went to atco tonight, spun all of first and second an was having a hard time with launching without bogging or spinning being it was my first time at the track with a stick

fastest run was my last one:
60' - 2.349
1/8 - 9.081
MPH - 83.45
1/4 - 13.707
MPH - 107.75

i was bouncing off the rev limiter in 4th at 8200 rpm.. damn b16 trannys

SovXietday · 08-23-2008, 02:04 PM

Eh, that isn't THAT ghetto, I've certainly seen worse. Looks like a fairly cheap solid turbo setup to me, nothing too bad. Nothing wrong with zipties, it's all I use on my car.

If anyone is wondering why the rad is like that, Civic half rads are too tall for EFs and they need to get pulled back to fit under the hood.

BakaN20 · 08-23-2008, 03:05 PM

Wow, put a mesh grill infront to hide your intercooler and you would surprise a lot of people!

delspool · 08-23-2008, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SovXietday

Eh, that isn't THAT ghetto, I've certainly seen worse. Looks like a fairly cheap solid turbo setup to me, nothing too bad. Nothing wrong with zipties, it's all I use on my car.

If anyone is wondering why the rad is like that, Civic half rads are too tall for EFs and they need to get pulled back to fit under the hood.

thanks man, that was the goal for me, have something that worked well for as cheap as possible

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3kgtslflip

Wow, put a mesh grill infront to hide your intercooler and you would surprise a lot of people!

haha yeah ive thought about spray painting it black but with the sound it makes... i dont think i can hide too much

Honduh · 08-31-2008, 06:19 PM

Damn I keep seeing my old car all over the place now.

I'm glad I sold it to someone who would take care/make it really fun.

Did you clean up the wiring? I'm proud to say I did NOT do that swap, lol.

delspool · 09-21-2008, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honduh

Damn I keep seeing my old car all over the place now.

I'm glad I sold it to someone who would take care/make it really fun.

Did you clean up the wiring? I'm proud to say I did NOT do that swap, lol.

haha, i cleaned it up a little bit but if everything goes as i plan i'll probably pick up a minty shell this winter and swap everything over so i'll just redo the wiring with a fresh harness

redid my charge piping to have less bends and make it easier to work with. also added a obd1 throttle body and had to use a shorter odyssey battery to let the new charge piping fit right

also tuned it to ~10 psi so im planning to go to the track soon to see what she'll do

delspool · 10-21-2008, 10:41 AM

repainted the car and sold my good camera.. so heres a really ****ty picture lol

BigWhiteTodd · 10-21-2008, 10:48 AM

haha i love ef's

08-20-2008, 08:56 PM	#1
delspool Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: keyport, nj Member #2317 My Ride: tacoma iTrader: (0)	turbo b16 ef - new tires i bought this car about 8 months ago with intentions of having a fun daily driver. purchased it with a mostly stock b16 swap when i bought it i also threw on my own rims to drop the price a tad on the way back home after buying it, it broke down on the highway about an hour from my house with no insurance turned out to be the fuel pump which wasnt all bad since it needed to be replaced for what i was planning on doing to it anyway. picked up a walbro 255 pump and she ran perfect about 300 miles later my drivers side motor mount broke causing my damper to grind against my traction bar. luckily i only had to replace my damper and motor mount and all was well again. around this point i realized this might not make such a great dd, so i parked it and started ordering parts to turbo it. after a few months of selling basically everything i had i got it turbo'd. rolled around like that for about 2 weeks because i couldnt figure out why it was overheating and the bumper trim blocked air flow. turns out my headgasket and all 4 ring lands didnt like my tuning, so they proceeded to crack on the way home one night. also, while working on it i somehow stretched out the cable to pop my hood and unfortunately a new one was too expensive, so after i pryed open the hood i was forced to put on some god awful hood pins once again i parked it, sold a bunch of stuff to get some forged internals, just finished rebuilding it a little over a week ago which is why i figured id make one of these mods: -srp pistons -eagle rods -new oem bearings -walbro 255 -57 trim turbo -JRC 8" intercooler -greddy type s bov -35mm turbonetics deltagate -2.5 - 3" dp to dumped exhaust welded by me -all charge piping welded by me -chipped ps9 ecu with BRE tuned by me -crx dash and seats -aem wideband -spoolin performance cast manifold -random junkyard mesh rims -kyb shocks up to date pictures tomorrow Last edited by delspool; 01-16-2009 at 05:19 PM.

08-20-2008, 10:35 PM	#2
94Boy Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2008 Member #7385 My Ride: 1992 Civic HB SI iTrader: (0)	That looks mad nice... __________________ A car is not a car until U put some thing in it

08-20-2008, 10:57 PM	#3
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08-21-2008, 10:39 AM	#4
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08-21-2008, 05:12 PM	#9
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08-21-2008, 10:05 PM	#12
StylezTA Tri-State Addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bucks County, Pa Member #4984 iTrader: (1)	yea wasn't trying to knock ur setup bro, just get some black ones to match the lines or something haha. __________________ - 2007 CBR 1000RR - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Last edited by StylezTA; 08-21-2008 at 10:07 PM.

08-22-2008, 11:16 PM	#13
delspool Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: keyport, nj Member #2317 My Ride: tacoma iTrader: (0)	went to atco tonight, spun all of first and second an was having a hard time with launching without bogging or spinning being it was my first time at the track with a stick fastest run was my last one: 60' - 2.349 1/8 - 9.081 MPH - 83.45 1/4 - 13.707 MPH - 107.75 i was bouncing off the rev limiter in 4th at 8200 rpm.. damn b16 trannys

08-23-2008, 03:05 PM	#15
BakaN20 Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2008 Member #7643 My Ride: 06 350z/03 325xi/08 CBR600RR iTrader: (0)	Wow, put a mesh grill infront to hide your intercooler and you would surprise a lot of people!

08-31-2008, 06:19 PM	#17
Honduh Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Member #1977 iTrader: (0)	Damn I keep seeing my old car all over the place now. I'm glad I sold it to someone who would take care/make it really fun. Did you clean up the wiring? I'm proud to say I did NOT do that swap, lol.

10-21-2008, 10:41 AM	#19
delspool Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: keyport, nj Member #2317 My Ride: tacoma iTrader: (0)	repainted the car and sold my good camera.. so heres a really ***ty picture lol Last edited by delspool; 01-07-2009 at 02:53 PM.*

10-21-2008, 10:48 AM	#20
BigWhiteTodd Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Wales Member #8795 My Ride: 01 camaro iTrader: (0)	haha i love ef's

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