Irishweird00

Just typed this in another post, don't know if you have seen the mag or not, or if this is a repost, but I thought I would share.

CRX Gurerilla Turbo setup, with all stock parts.. under 600 bucks at the most! Mitsubishi parts-Honda parts

1G - First Generation Eclipse 89-93
2G - Seconds Generation Eclipse 94-99


Three 2.25-inch U-bend steel - $17 each
One 2.5-inch, 90-degree aluminized bend - $25
One downpipe flange - $10
One Downpipe gasket - $8
One 1G blow-off valve flange - $10
One 1G blow-off gasket - $4
One 6-cm gasket -$3
One Turbo-to-oxygen sensor housing gasket - $5
One oil return line (you may have to widen the opening) - new $55 - used $10
One oil return gasket - $1
One silicone 2.25-inch to 2-inch reducer hose - $18
One foot of rubber 2.25-inch hose -$12-per foot
Nine 2.75-inch heavy-duty clamps - $2 each
One 3-inch heavy-duty clamp - $2.50
One 1G blow off valve - $90 new, $5 - $40 used
One 2G T25 Turbo - $25 - $150*** used
One 1G oxygen sensor housing - $10 to $20
One 2G stock intercooler core - $10 to $50
One HF CRX exhaust manifold - $20 to $50
One 60-inch long, .25-inch hard line - $1.69
One 1/8-inch NPT male-to-male fitting - $1.49
One 1/8-inch NPT female "T" fitting - $2.19
One 1/8-inch NPT male-to-1/4-inch pipe female fitting - $4.15
One 1/2-inch I.D. rubber hose, 1 foot - $1.99
One can of high-tempeture engine paint - $3.99
Four Quarts of oil - $9.16
One oil filter - $4.15

Tools you will need. If you do it yourself.

Basic mechanics tools (sockets wrenches. ect.)
Grinder
Tape messure
Center hole punch
Die Grinder Drill press/hand drill
Drill bits
2-inch hole saw
Welder

Ok that **** took forever to type, so you better ****** look at it!!!!!!!!!

Irishweird00

haha 50 views.... not even a comment..

TurbodCX

Sounds like a nice list for a budget DIY Turbo kit,

Nice work bro

Brian

rattletrap

OK, I'll respond...
Very cool article. I was already planning to do this, but seeing the pics was cool.
Gonna take it one step farther and throw some B18A/B rods in there and do some ceramic coating on the piston crowns, combustion chamber, and exhaust ports. Also gonna give the Uberchip a go, if I can score the editing software as well.
Going to try to get the turbo from a 300ZX (T3 60-1, i believe), and run hard lines for all fluids.
Open to comments on this setup, if there are any opinions out there.

civicudesire

in the end its going to run like **** and be all ghetto. Dude dont even waste your time because you are going to get many headaches from trying to get all that **** to work. Save money and do it right.

Pengo

ok, i dunno if its me or what or maybe i have to read the article to understand it, but i read thru the list 3 times and i'm still wondering what's being done for fuel.

omahaturbocivic

I dont see any fuel system either.

rattletrap

Pengo, in the article they discuss using an FMU.
civicudesire, I'm just gonna chalk your post up to a lack of knowledge on the subject.
I will agree that you have to know what to look for in order to get solid parts, but in the end you are running almost a complete Mitsu setup. In this case, using a little intelligence and common sense will save you a decent chunk of change. I guess you couldn't tell everyone that you have a greddy, Drag, revhard, etc...
I'm OK with that though...

Smashback

But getting a new or at least rebuilt turbo is worth the money. Used turbos are more trouble than they are worth and half the time you'll spend more on them than a new one...when it craps out in 5k miles and your car is billowing smoke, add the price of a rebuild to what you paid for the turbo it usually comes to more than a brand new one.

Also, the Bosch BOV is probably better than the DSM and possibly cheaper, plus all you need is a stub of pipe instead of a special flange. There's one made for Porsches that's supposed to be better than the Bosch many people use (from Volvos I think).


[Modified by Hatchblack, 5:04 PM 4/4/2003]

Tony Starks

The best advice ever. Take it from experiance. NEVER buy a used turbo.

rattletrap

This brings us to a question I have wanted to ask regarding turbos. I will be getting a used turbo. What is involved in bebuilding them? Are there rebuild kits/parts available to the public?

Irishweird00

Yeah, thanks for telling me all the problems with this setup that I already know

I was just posting it because it looked interesting... If I was to ever build this setup I would AT LEAST buy a rebuilt turbo, and a strong manifold. BOV and fuel managment.. It's just funny how far you can go with stock parts.... Mind you this was on a OLD *** CRX stock engine...... I don't think they were planning on it lasting to long.

rattletrap

Not to be argumentative, but it was a SOHC VTEC engine.
Did look beaten on though...

JDM EG2

Don't get the 300zx t3. It has a weird 6 bolt exhoust housing and we could never get the but one bolt in to hold the dowpipe on. You would have to get a custom dp falnge made for it.

Go with either a saab or volvo t3 they are exactly the same. That's what I have now and it works pretty good.

rattletrap

Beautiful, appreciate that...

rioninja

You talking about the pierburg bovs? Most commonly found on "Volvo 740 Intercooler" models. Me and a few people i know are all running these BOVs. Top quality piece, and adjustible.

jinxproof99

i have one comment..........ghetto.

jspek29

pengo, the fuel is manged by a fmu, fuel mangement unit, they come in different ratio, i ordered one that was 12:1 , mean for every pound of boost u get 12 more pounds of gas or something like that,

BoM

ghetto fuel system, ghetto turbo kit.

might do it to a beater, but then i'd go hondata. and that puts it over a grand.