i've heard that to turbo a DA you have to do some FAB to the front cross member for what for i don't know? or if its even true i don't see why? is this true?
thanks

 

usually the fab work is needed for fitting up the downpipe. when i boosted my DA i hacked my xmember pretty bad. i wouldnt recommend cutting anything from your crossmember unless youre gonna reinforce it.

honestly, if you have the money...do it right. get rid of the stock xmember and go aftermarket. it'll help with traction issues in the long run and give you alot more options in terms of downpipe fitment.

good luck, you'll love every second youre in boost

 

thanks i'm boosting my crx now but i have a pretty clean DA later i'm thinking of boosting. who makes a good aftermarket cross member?

 

it all depends on how big of a setup your gonna do=. i have had both in my DA.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DBL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks i'm boosting my crx now but i have a pretty clean DA later i'm thinking of boosting. who makes a good aftermarket cross member?</TD></TR></TABLE>

full-race makes a god set


EDIT: that ment to say good* but god works also.

http://www.full-race.com/catal...d=113

 

I have a boost DA and its no different then any other Honda/Acura on the market. Yes the main problem is the cross member but with all the aftermarket companies out there making traction bars; you could fit a 4" if you wanted too. I have the fullrace bar and it was very straight forward to install and I LOVE IT!

 

any way to not cut or go aftermarket on the crossmember?

 

are all the clearance issues the same in a da as it is in a crx? will i have to get a 1/2 size radiator, and will i have to route both intercooler piping to the passenger side if i plan on keeping powersteering and ac compressor?

 

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It all depends how you setup your turbo system. I got a 1/2 size radiator and i didnt need it.... oh well

 

on my old setup i had a custom downpipe fabbed which allowed me to keep my stock cross member intact.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by qwkteg125 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">on my old setup i had a custom downpipe fabbed which allowed me to keep my stock cross member intact.

</TD></TR></TABLE>thats nice, did you have any problems with it after it was done..rubbing.etc?? i was looking at mine and thinking that i could do the same..but didn't know if anyone tried to fab a downpipe around the stock cross member till now. looks good

 

mine is a 2 piece dp


now with a placeracing xmember installed,i can easily put a 4" dp...

 

I just beat the crossmember with a Big hammer till it cleared and cut it a cutting wheel. I ran like that for a year and never had a problem out of it. I had a full size raditor with a inline pro manifold and 3inch DP. Now I have a half stack raditor and full-race traction bars for it and everything clears perfect. For the full-race bars. If your going to spend money on bars go with those.

 

Here are a couple pics of my crossmember, cut away and reinforced to fit the downpipe.

Sorry for the smallish pics, photobucket blows, they resizing them smaller and smaller every week.

 

if you measure it out correctly, you won't have any problems with rubbing.