TGonie

Shout out to all fellow honda lovers from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I have always used this site for info over the years and finally decided to share my honda history

The SiR is my 2nd honda and my 2nd build. I used to work at a Honda dealership and never used to be a fan of hondas until I drove a 00 Sir that was lowered with all the bolt ons that came in for service. Set the wheels in motion for my first build.

I had plans for a turbo build even tho I didnt even own a honda at the time. So i bought a complete b16 swap just to get things started while I was shopping for a donar car. Disassembled everything as soon as I got it for a full rebuild and new bottom end with low comp pistons and eagle rods




But then a minty 92 coupe came into the lot on trade in... only 142000 km... I bought it the next day haha
Instantly pulled out the stock d15 and swapped in the b16




A turbonetics t3/t4 ball bearing turbo and countless other mods later and this was the finished product before I sold it to buy my SiR shell and block




SiR Build starts now

TGonie

So after owning my ej for 3 years it was time to move onto something else... A friend of mine had a 99 SiR he was doing a turbo build on but he had un foreseen problems and had to part and sell. I told him I would take the shell and listed my car for sale. I had a few calls right away, took one guy for a drive and he bought it on the spot.
I went and picked up the SiR and started getting a engine together. I originally wanted to go with another turbo build but ended up doing a mild NA build and came across a used nitrous kit. Then I installed a JRSC for a summer and now i am currently underway on a new turbo setup lol

I have made a detailed build thread on a local forum and will take forever to make another thread that detailed again so here is a summarized version to get caught up. Its been 3 years in the making at this point



Golden Eagle Sleeved B18A bored to 84mm
11.5cr JE pistons with eagle rods
ARP head studs
New bearings
Type R oil/water pump/moroso oil pan
PR3 head
Supertech valves/springs/retainers
CTR cams
Toda Replica headers











And came across a used direct port nitrous kit
New AEM cam gears
Skunk2 Intake mani and 68mm TB
B&R fuel line and breather setup

TGonie

Timed the engine
Installed the clutch masters clutch/flywheel
and installed the transmission






And going into its new home





Made a new injector harness to for the larger nitrous fuel rail and changed to a smaller cleaner looking nitrous line




Got a different set of headers and finished installing everything else.
Mishimoto rad/fan/shroud/reservior
Cf whale ***** and breather. Nitrous solenoid wiring and wired in a resistor box for the dsm 440cc injectors





Got a skunk2 2.5" catback from a friend and made a test pipe







Installed a pair of ITR recaros in need of a cleaning. Striped the back seats and truck. Mounted the nitrous bottle and battery







Got a AEM wideband. Autometer Nexus control module with nitrous and fuel pressure gauges.Also mounted my nitrous arm and purge switch
Installed NRG wheel, skunk2 shifter and ****
Also cut out my glove box to mount my Hondata S300







Skunk2 coil overs, camber kits, Function7 LCAs, BWR sub frame brace

TGonie

Fired it up, got it warmed up and timed. Backed it out of the shop and drove it to the car wash. So dusty from sitting for almost 2 years





And a trip to the dyno
see links for video of a few pulls



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Z5Jm9QcX04o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Ytz1wfQjzD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FJgMwsLrWP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=6NGevcioWQo



Some rubbing issues solved




Honda Love

TGonie

The nitrous wasnt enough so after some shopping around I found a JRSC. Used some elbow grease and gave it a new look. Replaced the tensioner bearings and got new belts








Installed the JRSC and made a new intake arm







Got a another autometer nexus gauge to match the others. Vac/Boost this time





Got some CTR rep headlights, yellow halogens and some new fogs to replace my cracked ones

TGonie

Well another trip to the dyno





The clear coat on the cf hood was pretty fucked so I had my buddy wax/polish my car and re clear the hood. Turned out ****** great
Before/After






A few pics

TGonie

Got myself some more nitrous reserve... Picked up two 10lb bottles and polished them up.
Also got a aluminum battery box









Needed a new stereo head unit and have always wanted a navi/touch screen







Then this came across my eye




Made myself a bezel and got it wired up and fully operational

justYncredible

iTrader: (1)

Damn I like what you have done to your civic!

TGonie

After this season when I parked the car I pulled the engine again. Plans for the turbo build have finally come. Should have just stuck with boost from the start but it was good experience. Not many ppl have had every kind of induction on their car.


Last drive before going away for winter hibernation to my dads shop





And out goes the engine again





Cleaned and bagged everything to bring back to my condo with me to begin the turbo build. Started by selling off the things i wouldnt need anymore. JRSC, headers, cat-back etc

TGonie

The plan is to do a piston swap from 11.5 down to 9 for lots of boost. 1000cc injectors and a topmount turbo.

After lots of research i made the decision to order a Top mount kit from Greg at Go-Autoworks.

TGonie

More turbo goodness

TGonie

And this is how it sits today. Need to get myself some pistons and injectors and I can get this thing back together and running. Dyno is booked May 25. Myself and 14 other ppl have booked Turbogixxer to fly up to edmonton and tune our cars. So stoked for this!

http://www.turbogixxertuning.com/

cetcivic

u doin it big,man
glwb

EE2bitsk

damn that motor/turbo look mean on that stand like that.
car looks bad *** dude.

phaphon

clean good progress

TGonie

Thanks for the compliments! Ive done all the work myself. I really wanna do a wire tuck and clean the bay up while the engine is out again. Just started a new job 2 months ago and havnt had alot of time to work on the car
Hopefully I can make it happen

JReal

iTrader: (1)

Nice. How much power were you putting down with the nitrous/jrsc?

speeddave

Looks good TGonie! (I'm holset hatch on the local boards) Nice to see you come over to the turbo side. You've got the right parts to make some great power. Maybe I missed it but what fuel pump are you using? Any plans to strap some slicks on it and make a few runs?

TGonie

Thanks man! I knew I would be back eventually. Snails are addicting.
Im running a 255lph walboro pump. I am planning on getting a nice pair of slicks and beefy axles eventually, sooner the better. I really wanna hit castrol as much as I can this summer since I should be able to put down some quick passes now. Pistons, a rehone and injectors are top priority right now tho. I still gotta save some cash for the tune and my portion of kennys accommodations in may. I forgot how expensive this turbo **** gets lol

TGonie

Made 183whp NA, 238whp on a 60 shot
Ran into fueling issues with the jrsc tho. Unfortunatly the jrsc was a spur of the moment buy, I didnt originally build the engine for boost. 11.5 comp ratio maybe even higher with some decking and flat valves.
I wasnt expecting good numbers, just had a opportunity I couldnt pass up. Even running only 6 psi there was detonation as soon as we started to give the engine any timing. Only made 202whp with a super conservative tune. Rich and retarded on boost. Definatly picked up alot of low and mid range power tho.
The whine of the blower still made it all worth while

Oh yea, running Husky 94 octane

wantboost

iTrader: (2)

You didn't have enough injector for the jrsc, 440s on that much compression won't work... and if you had a meth injection kit and bigger injectors you would've been fine... can't run that high compression without e85.. 10:1 is about as high as you can go with forced induction of e10 (standard pump gas)

JustDoinMej2

feels like fast & the furious all over again!

TGonie

Unfortunatly we cant buy e85 in canada I dont want meth injection either. I came across the jrsc and had to buy it. I was planning on getting the LHT upgrade and the piston swap this winter. The piston swap is happening but instead of upgrading the jrsc I decided to just go turbo again. Double the hp for nearly the same price.

When I had originally built the engine I had no intentions of boosting it... But **** happens and now im just doing what I should have done from day 1.

Ill have more updates as spring gets closer and I get everything back into the car and running

TGonie

Bro, I live my life a quarter mile at a time
Lol but in all seriousness constructive criticism is welcome

JustDoinMej2

hahhahaha nice one.
naaaaa man I like it, my fault if it comes off wrong! subscribed to the build