RickyLee53

Heres how it was a couple of months ago.



Manifold I finished earlier this week.






Not a lot left to do now,

Munch

thats gonna be an animal!

andy130

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fuck me thats mad manifold looks mint

stembo21

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i like that wot have you done about lowering the compression

rst in breaking

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never have i seen a turbo soo easy to plum into cooler, bet that took some working out lol, cool project

clarke5700

hop the engine dont rock to much lol

Minirotty

Looks good, guessing it's just for strate line / strips? as turbo seems in prime spot for shit to go in it.

RickyLee53

Nothing as of yet, I'll run about 17psi on the standard engine, this should give me 400bhp. I'm waiting for the parts to come from the states to build my other engine. But the stock 1 will be plenty for the winter.

That was the idea, the exhaust is just as simple, 1 90 degree bend and a silencer.


Haha, ye the mounts are nearly solid.

It will be road legal, obviously aimed at strips etc, A filter will be fitted for road/track use though. I had the last turbo there and it was ok, even when caught in the rain. Free water injection

fatmike

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y have u got 2 wastegats ? surly that will play up with the exhaust flow ?

stembo21

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how much has it cost you to do? think am getting a civic lol what management you useing

sbd16v

i expect he is using a twin scroll turbo so needs to vent both sides

fatmike

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but in a 4 in to 1 style manifold if u fit the wastegate at the collector surley that will be ok?

lead_foot

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It's not a 4 to 1, its a twin scroll.

fatmike

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neva hurd of one of them befor

sbd16v

they have 2 different size exhuast wheels in the same turbo

RickyLee53

As above it's twin scroll so needs 2 gates.

Tried to map it today but it's faar too wet, spins 5th.

timrud

Any updates?

RickyLee53

Not really, weathers been shocking (as you know).

I've never actually managed to get it grip for a full gear. I've got some 225 wide R888s i'm sure in the dry it will put the power down ok with them on.

Running 1.3 bar of boost its very quick. I'd predict high 400's. (still can't believe how well it spools)

I've ordered, sleeves, pistons, rods etc from the states, so will be 4-5 weeks till any more major updates.

Also ordered lots of T45 so we can add some safety but more importantly loose some more weight

RickyLee53

Couple more pic's here.

Temp filter while the new 1 comes.

melspec1

I dont know if you thought about supporting the turbo wait! as if you got very stiff ride suspension any lumps or bumps will effect the engine to move about? ''not much but hash bumps will move the motor! so with the turbo unit so fare out you need to put on some sort of damper on it, other wise you start pulling the studs from your cyl-head!
you mite think this will not happen, beleave me it DUZZ...

RickyLee53

The engine mounts are pretty solid, the cooler is mounted solid to the body, and the exhaust is mounted to an engine mount.

Theres not a lot of flex, and the thermal expansion of the manifold plays havoc with braces. I did look at some kind of rose joint affair and still haven't ruled it out completely.

We ran the original setup very similar to this (but smaller turbo) for some time and never had a problem.

Thanks for you concern though

rstdave

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Looks awesome mate, very well thought out!! Is it still a 1.6 then?? What's the engine spec if you don't mind me asking?
Dave

RickyLee53

1.8 now, 100% stock engine done 100k miles in another car.

Building a nice engine for the 2010 season.

stembo21

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what management are you using?

B1G_RST

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i cant beleve this is runing still, me and my mate turbod his b16a2 jordan with out low comp pistons running 6-7spi and its blew the hg,

so that a b18 bottom end now ?

darrenb16two

I work for honda and if i had a pound for everytime we had someone come in to show us there turbo'd or supercharged civic and then come back in two weeks to show us how many pieces the engine blew into i would be a very rich man.
Hope yours goes well though mate, looks a crisp project. Good luck

RickyLee53

We turbo'd over 20 last year without a single failure.

I think 1 or 2 are members on here.

Sounds like there not getting them tuned correctly. (send them my way in future and they'll last a LOT longer)

We've got 4 cars running over 400bhp on bone stock engines. The other 15 or so are running 300 and another couple over 350.

RickyLee53

Sounds like you had some DET also, what managment did you use? You was probably lucky the head gasket went, I'm guessing it wasn't genuine or you reused old bolts and it lifted the head.

Hondata on this car, I sometimes use chrome if the customer wants to do it cheaper though.

stembo21

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so how much do you do the convestion for wot car do i need sounds good power

marky_g

thats abit crazy why have the turbo there tho?

RickyLee53

Any B or D series Honda really, ideally a B16, B18, or D16Z6. The B18, found in the EK VTi-s civic's and aerodecks take best to turbo'ing IMO.
A typical conversion for a drive in drive out build is Ł2500-3000, 300-350hp depending on spec and turbo etc. If you take care 400+ has proven to be fine. But we only pushed regular customers cars this far.

A few reasons, shortest boost pipes possible. Shortest exhaust, equal length twin screamer pipes, best cold air feed possible and because we make "normal" car's day in day out, so its nice to do something a little bit different.

If the admin/mod's want me to remove the prices etc above please let me know. I'm not looking to trade on here just post something a little different

stembo21

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any videos of it on the go

RickyLee53

I haven't got any recent vid's (got a google phone that doesn't take them)

Heres a vid of an intergra we did, this was running 14psi and did a 12.2 on the day although this run was a 12.7 I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQlZ4JxwesQ

1 from years ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DALWKTltrmw


I'll get some vids, i've just stripped it again to make some new parts new subframe, and a cage, (when it wheelspins in 5th at 100mph+ I think you need 1 )

nigel b

ever thought about using the k series motor?

stembo21

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i like the civic and thats just 1.6?

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

thats awesome mate - fair play to ya!

RickyLee53

Yes, Its not really worth the hassle, the engines are a bit tall, mounts and driveshafts don't aline 100% soon as you go big power if the shafts aren't perfectly straight your always going to have problems.

The k20 heads are better, but the B series heads flow plenty anyway.

Its not a 1.8, it was a 1.6 before.

Thanks,

andy escos

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awsome bet it sounds mad on full boost

lead_foot

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How about the H series engine, extra capacity?

RickyLee53

Gearboxes are better on the B series, the engines lighter, fits straight in, which is a big bonus as shaft angles on the H are never optimum. Things like this are important when you want more power.

The H series make less power per litre, while been slightly bigger capacity they don't really make any more power, just torque a wider lower powerband, which isn't really need on a fwd.