ef-da-guy

so as some of you know, i have a 88 dx sedan. i got it with 380,000 miles.

drove it for a few months, i did a couple of trades in the background and acquired a b16 motor with really bad knock. so i started there.


MOTOR
aries 9.1:1 custom pistons
eagle i beam rods
golden eagle knife edged crank
full lower rotating assembly balanced to 10k rpm.
b17a head
gsr cams
p1 racing valves, valve springs and retainers.
p1 racing cam gears
skunk2 pro series intake manifold
skunk2 pro series throttle body both ported to 70mm.
ls transmission
obx lsd
cast manifold
turbosmart wastegate (real)
turbos blow off valve
turbonetics 50 trim turbo
jdm sport intercooler


SUSPENSION
innovative competition traction bar
kyb agx struts
skunk2 lowering springs
blox lower control arms
blox tie bar
skunk2 camber kit front and rear
energy suspension bushings.


BRAKES
ex front knuckles
drilled and slotted front discs
gsr rear discs
dc2 non-abs booster and master cylinder
steel braided lines

INTERIOR
Gauges "in" dash
dc center consol
pwjdm shift ****
gauge needles painted yellow
backlight on gauges sanded off for brighter gauges


Converted to OBD1 and tuned on chrome on 1 bar of boost.

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NEW PARTS ON THE WAY

Freemananana

iTrader: (3)

Congrats on the sedan and the motor swap thus far. Good luck with the boost. I'm not sure about the MBC you chose, but I'm not professional when it comes to MBCs anyways.

F22Master

Why such low compression? Step it up to 10.5:1 and have some real fun

Freemananana

iTrader: (3)

I think it's been proven that compression doesn't increase spool time, but you make more power with less boost. It's more 'efficient'. Tuning technology has come so far since the days of 9:1 compression. That's old school.

Are you running around on a 9:1 b16 right now? That has to be slooooooow.

ef-da-guy

i actually acquired the pistons very cheaply as in 50 bucks so no complaining here.

from a dig, my car eats ****... but i have a b18b block that is gonna go in for some sweet sleeves at 84 mm. I'm going for something like 500-575 on pump with the b18.

once my car hits the 3700-4000rpm range is where i lose traction all over the road... then again I'm on 13x5.5's

ef-da-guy

and for the boost controller, it was a suggested brand from a local import shop since i didn't want to get a afc or electronic boost controller, at least not yet.

Freemananana

iTrader: (3)

You're sleeving the block? You'll also be seeing the limits of pump gas at 500 HP or so. That's 93 octane too.

ef-da-guy

we do have a good selection of e85 pumps around here, but I'm really just wanting to keep up with some of the vettes and bigger cars around here. there is a guy in town here with 780 hp k series in his e.g. coupe. so i want to at least give him a run.. lol

Freemananana

iTrader: (3)

Well, it really depends. Turbo choice, suspension set up, tire choice, wheel choice, etc all play a bigger part than just your peak HP. Keep that in mind. A near 800 HP EG will still get walked by a car with much less power that can properly hook up. You'll definitely want E85 if you plan to make 500+ wHP, in my opinion. Depends on the tuner and what octane gas you have. Some people have higher octane gas locally, I only have 93 and I've heard the knock threshold for 93 is right in that neighborhood.

ef-da-guy

hmm, ill definitely keep that in mind. my tuner was able to get 482whp out of a e.g. hatch with a b20 vtec on 91 so ill see what i can do.

ef-da-guy

i got my boost controller and map sensor in the mail today, so going for a tune tomorrow!!

Freemananana

iTrader: (3)

Dang! You should have shown some more pics of the turbo install and such. Let us know how the tuning goes!

ef-da-guy

the clutch I'm using, not the pressure plate.




Here is the shell i took the motor out of.

ef-da-guy

saving here in a paycheck or two, when i have the extra cash, to get the alpha series radiator for the half core, and to get rid of my gangster lean, and so i can run the intercooler piping properly.

ef-da-guy

so, pretty big update! the trunk i had laying around i finally got time to install. (ignore the color) car will be painted once all body is fixed, straight, and to my approval.

enjoy.


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