Installing the drag gen 3 into my gsr tommorow, any isntall tips and trouble shooting advice would be much appreciated....

 

Before you install the kit, throw away the little "tetra check valves" and invest in the "missing link" this will make life much easier - should only take bout 8 hours to do the install

Have Fun and Happy boosting!!!

 

Set aside lots of extra time so you dont have to rush yourself. Have another friend to help is cool too so you guys can bitch together Buy a box of rubber surgical gloves too. The day before you do the install soak all the nuts and bolts down w/ some lubricant...it'll make your job much easier. Some of the bolts on the stock header were seized so bad I had to torch em just to get em loose. GRRR!

 

Be prepared to shave parts of your engine to fit the turbo.
Make sure the proper size intercooler piping goes to the correct side.
Smaller on the right and bigger on the left. Happy Building.

 

do the oil pan first so you can let the hondabond seal up
if you do it last it'll be night out and cold, and might not be able to seal properly. just a thought !



[Modified by immortal, 5:44 PM 5/7/2002]

 

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For your first time, there is absolutely no way it will take you 8 hours. Plan on 24.

 

LOL, that icon is the best thing i have ever seen (really)
Sorry i'm off topic, thats just so true

 

will help.
-dremel will help a lot when cutting the grill out of your bumper.
-buy some hose barbs to connect the 2 coolant lines, buy extra T's, longer vacume lines.
-oil
-dril is usefull when shaving block, just drill a bunch of holes next to eachother, then hammer off the peice of block and file down.
-thats all i can think of off the top of my head...kinda random tips, but u will have fun your first time if you dont get frustrated easily

 

Plan on 24 and buy food and water for 48

 

took me a little over a week for my first install. Second install took me 4 days, could have been 2 days but they forgot to send me the manifold in the kit.

 

Also, be sure to have enough oil to change it twice, once the turbo kit is installed fire up the car to make sure that it starts, run it for few second (30 or so) shut it off and drain the oil, this will remove all of the **** in the turbo lines, intercooler piping, etc.

Get some colder plugs (two sets) two degree range colder than stock and shut the gap just a little from stock.

Vaccum line

 

make sure the pipings are clean on the inside, if not clean them, any metal particles can damage your engine

 

this is interesting advice

 

You'll need one of these..... ha ha ha

JFWY

 

OMG, you must be joking. Maybe for someone who has already done this before, which is not implied by someone asking tips on an install. This should take around 2 or 3 full days to get everything put together correctly. Make sure you take your time, there are so many things that can be improved on the Drag kit which you will need to either alter or go and buy something better.

Examples:
- You will need to get a flex pipe welded onto your dp
- Get a test pipe of highflow cat(depending on where you live)
- 02 sensors might be a problem, I believe it has something to do with the 12:1 FMU making you run so rich so you might want to invest in getting a 10:1 FMU or waiting to get a Hondata or something.
- with your GSR you will need to shave a little off of the fan to make the turbo fit without rubbing.
- The oil return line that comes with the Drag kit is the biggest piece of sh*t(DO NOT USE IT). If you haven't bought the stainless steel -10 Hose with required AN fittings don't even bother installing it yet, it is a huge headache. I learned the hard way, so now my driveway has oil spots all over.
- As said before, forget about the TETRA ghetto check valve crap that goes on your MAP, get yourself the Missing Link.
- You might want to also think about the wastegate that comes with it(Deltagate), which is known for boost spiking and get yourself the Tial 35mm. This is not nearly as important as the other suggestions, but just keep it in mind.
- Get yourself plenty of sockets(from 8mm to 21mm), open ended wrenches, vac hoses, and loctite for the bolts on the dp.


[Modified by maxim, 10:35 AM 5/8/2002]

 

Hmmmm ive never heard of doing this before... Thats a lot of oil to throw away with only running your car for 30sec. Run a synthetic oil, i prefer mobile 1, its good stuff. Also, you should run a colder plug, i run a 7 series on my prelude. And your plug gap should be about .032.

 

Changing the oil isn't that much of a necessity just a little insurance per say...it will remove all the dirt and debris that you can't get to but the oil will pick up. For the amount of money you spent on the turbo kit I think that 20 more dollars for some oil isn't that big of a deal and you know that the system is cleaned - we had to grind a bit on the block to get the manifold to bolt up without an exhaust leak, so that was the main reason behind it - Also we installed the turbo kit, a MSD-BTM, and an intank pump in around 8 hours but we had a few people working on it. The next day we installed a new fuel rail, S-AFC, EGT - BOOST - FUEL PRES. guages (Defi). All went smooth except now about a month later the turbo was shot - we believe it was bad from DRAG!!! We didn't see any power loss from the it was installed until we determined the problem with the turbo (extreme wobble).

 

my first and only turbo install took 10 hrs... cuz i had to drive 20 miles away to get my oil pan tapped. i will mention though that i had another friend with me so everything was relatively smooth and painless.

 

Do you have the Greddy kit with the I/C ior the one with just the tubing? Don't give the guy impressions that he will get it done in 8-10hrs. Even if you did decide to rush through the Drag kit install(which is incomplete in my book), you might be able to get it done but I wouldn't count on everything working 100% all of the time. I would say your install was an exception(of course I don't know the total time it takes on a Greddy) to many first time installs with or without help. PLan on 24 + hours to get everything right.

 

well, with two people... and lets say i already had the oil pan tapped.. it would of taken less than 8 hours. 80% of the time, more than one person wasnt even working on my car. i installed the greddy turbo, manifold, downpipe, fmu, intercooler, bov, vacuum lines, oil return and sending lines, did an oil change, etc... took 10 hrs.. i had to drive to another city and wait 40 min to get the oil pan drilled. i'm not very car savvy, but i was able to do this real easily... everything fit into place with a BFH here and there.

 

i wish drag fit as easily as a greddy :/

 

I have heard from many people that the Greddy is more complete relative to other makers out there, but then again, that is what I have heard, not experienced first hand.

I do know, however, that the Drag kit needs improvement as far as the materials within the kit.