4cylfiend

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This is my very first build that I just finished up in August of '10. To make a long story short, I found this car in Kissimme (sp?) Florida using Craigslist. The very next day, my girlfriend and I were on a plane flying down from Indy to buy it. The reason I wanted this particular one was because it was a rust free car even though it was Milano Pink. When I brought the car home, I drove it for a few months and then it went under the knife in late Feb of '10. Before I bought the car I had it already set in my mind that I wanted it to have a turbo B18c1 and I wanted to do it from the ground up. I tried to keep a tight budget on the project but as many of you know, it doesnt quite happen that way.. lol. After spending months working on it for a few hours here and there each night, I finally finished the car in late August of '10 with some help from some friends. This being my first build I was really happy with the results. On 93 octane the car made 400whp@16 psi. on an unfinished tune due to a broken pressure ACT pressure plate. The car was later street tuned on E85 and made roughly 450ish@16 psi (stock sleeves). Heres a very vauge picture timeline:

Day I purchased the car






First time pulling an engine!
























My time is on the right


**I currently have the block stripped down and ready to get AEBS sleeves, Manley I-beams, CP 84mm 9.7:1 pistons, S2 Pro1 cams, Supertech valve springs and retainers, VictorX intake manifold, PTE Billet JB 6262, M&W Pro10 ignition, and a Fathouse Fabrications topmount manifold.

I plan on really getting into running some of the local Import Faceoff events but its a little late in the year for that. So I have set my goal to make a 142 pass at the track. Im not sure what kind of power it will make because Im only running ID1000s with e85. Im guessing somehwere around 620-630ish should be obtainable. I also picked up a set of M&H street and strips in 235-60-15 that im going to run instead of the 275-50-15 MT ET Streets that are pictured.

This has been a complete learning experience for me especially since this is only my second build. Fortunately I'm surrounded by alot of very knowledgeable friends who have helped me get the car where it is today. If anyone else on here has any suggestions please feel free to chime in. The car is gettin close and I'm really stoked to start makin boost! Thanks for lookin guys!

Here is some of the progress that has been made in the last few months:

My JB billet 6262

Billetness

Fathouse

AEBS Sleeves done by InlinePro

84mm CP Pistons and Manley Turbo Tuff rods


M&W pro10 with MSD HVC coil

ATI harmonic balancer

Edelbrock VictorX Intake manifold and .030 mls Cometic headgasket

Had to buy this

Back together


Moms tow rig. Headin to Fathouse Fabrications


Fathouse Fabrications Honda Spec Topmount Fatifold








Downpipe mockup


Measured and cut



Soooo nice!!!

3minburnout

Nice build,good find on the rust free shell

4cylfiend

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Thanks man! It was a stretch going from Indianapolis, IN to Florida but it was well worth it. Needs paint but thats no big deal.

SL0WEGG

Nice work brah! Can't wait to see it dialed in.

Casey

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looks good so far. youre going to have to cut or remove the front bumper support to get the intercooler high enough to not hang below the stock front bumper if it matters to you. ive got it, its an awesome intercooler.

4cylfiend

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Thanks man! Im pumped!
Thanks!
Ya I ran it last year and im reappy happy with the fitment. It does hang below the bumper about a half inch. I think im going to have to get gregs big boy intercooler and take the bumper support out because I think the size is going to be a little small.

k24coupe

nice build i wanna hear this beast when u turn it on ....i wanna hear it idle with the pro 1

frankiepr

ttttttttttttttt

boostedcivicsir

nice build, placement of the fuel cell w/o firewall kinda worries me, but nice!

4cylfiend

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Lol come over when I fire it!
Thank you! I am actually going to have my buddy weld up a firewall for the fuel cell and battery over the winter then it will get caged.
I really like the fcs fuel cell but I don't really want to change everything around at this point

dc4teg

Nice car and clean boost project.

rico892002

good **** jit..should be right behind u bro...so is this gonna be a street car or track?

4cylfiend

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Thanks rico.. its still a street car lol! It will see quite a bit of track time tho.

k24coupe

ur to far away but thanks for the invite...post a vid when you turn it on

4cylfiend

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Lol will do. Should just be a few more weeks till it is ready to tune. I have to have it done before oct. 1 because there is a NMRA event in bowling green KY. I want to go down there and mess with some mustang guys!

Casey

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sounds good man, i had one of those as well, never used it though lol. he doesnt have the gt1 on the website anymore for some reason

4cylfiend

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Ya he has the gt2 on the site. It must be the second version of the gt series I guess..idk tho

01typerboi

nice build

4cylfiend

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Thanks man! Nice R model you got there!

The Show Stopper

looks good so far.

Rob-

Darby

Sharp build!

Desir Performance

Yea very clean

4cylfiend

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Thanks guys! I appreciate all the comments. I've been living paycheck to paycheck trying to get this thing done so I can make a 142 pass this year!
I could only wish it was half as clean as rob's car.

DA 4 Lyfe

Looks good man. What tire & size up front?

4cylfiend

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As of right now, I have 275-50-15 M/T ET Streets but after pushing it around in the drive way and tryin to maneuver it, it seems like they are going to be a bit wide for the streets because the turning radius is so limited. If I ran a spacer or different wheel it wouldnt be so bad.

I actually just bought a pair of 235-60-15 M&H Street/Strip bias ply tires for the street. People have had really good luck hooking high hp on the streets with these tires. More so than the 275 ET streets even. The 275's are really heavy also..