USCdrifter

got my gredy kit on yesterday...on my sohc vtec...
i wet my pants when i heard the spool and blow off valve...
next step is to figure out how to wire up the blue box...prelude injectors...and apexi vafc...
any comments on my the above additions?!?

by the way...i kept up with a prelude at city of industry street races when we were boning out from the cops...
so im pretty happy...

thanks for the info i got from the forum....

Smashback

Sweet, another SOHC'er joins the club. Welcome aboard!

But if you don't have the blue box on, how are you getting extra fuel for your boost?

therealciviczc

Are you running the turbo without fuel management at all? That's probably not a good idea. That will result in disaster. I may have misunderstood.


Also, lots of people in this forum frown on streetracing hard. I'm not the self richeous type, so I'm not gonna preach, but I'm betting someone will probably post some little diddy about how they hope you get killed before you kill someone, and bla bla. I'm just giving you a heads up. Too many people get hurt or killed, and needless to say that sparks emotion. I live in Ohio, so when we get killed we're just glad we don't have to face another winter.

SIK IN DA HED

wanna race?

USCdrifter

[QUOTE] next step is to figure out how to wire up the blue box...prelude injectors...and apexi vafc...


Are you running the turbo without fuel management at all? That's probably not a good idea. That will result in disaster. I may have misunderstood.


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nope....no blue box in yet...thats y i dont think im making that much power...i know i shouldnt be pushing my car...but its so hard not to sometimes gas it to hear that spool...

i couldnt figure out the diagram for my 6g civic from the hybrid forum... my ecu wiring seems to look different... i have a 2000 civic ex...so if anyone can help me...

immortal

if you are already boosting with no management, well
you just screwed your motor pretty much

USCdrifter

well...ive been boosting...no check engine light...and seems to run fine...
i know i have to get that blue box in... need some info on how though

td04civic

check turbocivic.net

VTC_CiViC

If you've been boosting with no bluebox, then I assume you have a missing link in place correct? Otherwise your ECU would have a titty attack when it saw boost. I suggest you setup your fuel asap before you blow something up. What are you doing for fuel aside from the Prelude injectors? Pump? FMU? How are you delivering extra fuel under boost?

therealciviczc

Do you have a boost gauge? Please tell me that you have either a boost gauge, a/f gauge, fmu, missing link, something other than just the turbo. You shouldn't be driving a car with only half of the turbo kit on there. If you haven't damaged something, you're either not boosting, or lucky.

If the car has no blue box, and no missing link, I think something is wrong and its not seeing boost. The ECU basically see any boost, so if you aren't running any type of missing link and a stock ECU with no light, you're probably not getting any boost.

TurboSedan

JDMhonda, please tell us what exactly you are running on. This is critical, if you care about your engine and car.

HENRY

Yeah, what everyone else said . Hook that blue box up! The diagram to do so is on the website above. In the meantime, stay outta boost.


[Modified by HENRY, 6:41 PM 2/19/2002]

Sohc Driver

hey...i didn't know greddy made a kit for the d16y8 yet..where did you get it from and for how much...and did you get a greddy intercooler with the deal?? bottomline is how much did everything cost you......and what kind of prelude did you hang with?

Khoi

VTC_CiViC

They don't. The D16Z6 kit fits the D16Y8 without a problem, it's the same kit I use. Cost me $2500 for the turbo kit including the intercooler, 440cc injectors, AVC-R, V-AFC, gauges and installation of the turbo. Thus far it has me running 14.2 @ 100mph with no grip.. faster than most Preludes

USCdrifter

oh crap.... got the kit on... but the last step was to hook up was the blue box... BUT WE COULDNT... at the time... we didnt know have the 99-00 diagram... so i started...and no check engine light... i figured it would be alright for a couple of days...

i do not have a boost gauge...it pretty much set to stock boost on the greddy kit... i hear it spooling up...

HELP!!!

downpipe

TAKE HEED, YE NON-BELIEVERS!
DO NOT FEED BOOST TO THY MOTOR LACKING THY PROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT
THY PISTONS WILL HEAT AND TREMBLE AND CRACK
THY RODS WILL BEND
THY CYLINDER WALLS WILL CRACK IN TWO, AND BE FILLED WITH A GREAT FLOOD
AND THERE WILL BE MUCH WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH
OH, MY BRETHEREN! DO NOT BOOST THY CAR WITHOUT FUEL!!!
I PRAY FOR YOUR MOTOR.

TurboSedan

DO NOT BOOST, NOT UNTIL THE BLUE BOX IS WIRED!!!!

therealciviczc

I still can't see how you aren't getting a CEL. Just because the turbo is spooling, doesn't mean there's boost at the manifold... and get a boost gauge. Just because the boost is set at 5lbs doesn't mean its only boosting 5lbs.

I personally wouldn't drive another mile without a boost gauge, A/F gauge or exhaust temp gauge. When my civic was running super lean, I wouldn't have known without the a/f gauge. It felt fine, I couldn't hear any detonation, and the FMU was hooked up. Without looking at the gauge I would have thought I was doing great. I would be looking at a blown motor right now. There is a good chance that you aren't going to be able to tell that its about to go before it does. It'll just go.

Hayasa15

hook up the blue box!!!!!!!!!

FBP Ex-T

damn for real dont drive your car....list a set of mods u have...other than the basic greddy kit....like i/c and bov....u shouldnt drive it..... go to turbocivic.net and the diagram is there....good luck....happy boosting! i cant wait....and btw....what prelude?? 98-01?

Sohc Driver

They don't. The D16Z6 kit fits the D16Y8 without a problem, it's the same kit I use. Cost me $2500 for the turbo kit including the intercooler, 440cc injectors, AVC-R, V-AFC, gauges and installation of the turbo. Thus far it has me running 14.2 @ 100mph with no grip.. faster than most Preludes

wow..you ran a 14.2 with a greddy turboed d16y8?? Even Greddy turboed b16a can only pull 14.1......why is that

FBP Ex-T

dude....sohc greddy kits are pulling mid 13's at like 8 psi...its not that hard....traction and driving is the key....as long as u have the ppower there you have nothing to worry about....POWER TO THE SOHC

Sohc Driver

so what do you expect from putting a drag gen III turbo kit onto an SOHC??

Khoi

TurboSedan

Oh about 200whp.

FBP Ex-T

at like 7-8 psi....im hopeing to put down 180whp w/8psi....