bart2546

What I'm looking for is pictures of 96-00 civics but not just turbo bay shots, I'm looking for shots of how you have your charge piping run from the turbo to the intercooler and from the intercooler to the throttle body. I am asking this because the piping that I have I cannot see being able to fit in my 99 EX without a LOT more pipe. I saw some pictures of this model civic with the front bumper and there's a lot of metal behind there and I don't see how to run it without going ALL the way out through the wheel wells so please post some pictures so I can see how the piping is running.

1Quikgsr

hope this helps

THEDirtyDseriesWOOT

i want to have sex with that .. right now

bart2546

Thanks, that does help a little...what I'm confused on and maybe someone could tell me if there aren't many pics available...I am keeping the A/C and have the stock raditor in the car. (Turbo kit is A/C Compatible) Does anyone know if I'm going to have to cut out holes in the plastic of the wheel wells (obviously not against the wheels themselves or in their turning radius) or is there something I'm missing that can be cut/slid through. I took the following picture from another H-T post about an accident but this is what mine looks like underneath as well. If someone could photoshop some arrows in it or something to show where the pipes may go (I only have 2'' piping) I would appreciate it. And by the way the pictures are copyright of the original poster not myself. Just to keep out of trouble.

cheehee

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is that an AFI bottom mount manifold? nice bay!

bart2546

Anyone?

dannydos

do a search....there are tons of piping pics

grtek

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It's a Spoolin Prototype1 manifold

bart2546

OK I looked at some basic setups and see I'm basically going to have to cut out 90 percent of my front bumper support which is not something I WANT to do for safety reasons unless I HAVE to in order to get the damn thing installed. Which brought me to my next question...is an intercooler a MUST have or is it something that helps a little and is more for show? Because it'd be a lost easier to just run the piping from turbo up to charge pipe to the throttle body but if the heat will be a hazard to my motor I don't wanna go that route.

BlueSi2k

you shouldn't have to cut the bumper support just to run the piping. Some people cut it to go with a taller intercooler. As long as its not much taller than 7-8" you shouldn't have to cut. For the piping you will just have to cut a hole in the driver side wheel well plastic. The pass side can go through the hole where a cold air intake would go and then wrap around the front.

Buzzbomb

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1900369

bart2546

Thanks for the link.. trouble is my intercooler is a friggin house. I swear it should be on a mac truck. I wish it was a johnny racecar intercooler but seriously I think it's like 2 foot wide and at least a foot high..but either way I'm not too worried about cutting the actual support, what i'm worried about are these:



They just look so huge and I don't see them on any car that that I've looked at that has a turbo on it...I just think I'm going to need an ASSLOAD more of pipe before I can complete this project and now it's starting to get on my nerves because every single time I think I'm done getting everything more **** pops up.

EDIT** This is my intercooler, and this is why I am concerned...anyone wanna trade? haha




Modified by bart2546 at 5:34 PM 2/27/2007

bart2546

Same answers I assume? Also..anyone have an opinion on running no intercooler?

KeyserSoze

^^

Run the ic. Don't get any bright ideas..........

bart2546

Yea I figured I needed to run one I just had read once or twice a suggestion of not running one (not a suggestion to me however) and just wondered. I figured the heat would be detrimental to the engines life...just wondered.

jdm.ejone

lovin the blue valve color

96hb

Why not just sell that one and get a smaller one?

bart2546

Simply put...I'm lazy.

MilanoFury

maybe you can get an idea of how the piping is ran.

siracerdude

i just love turboed cars