any one running a peakboost kit on their crx? found a deal on brand new kit for a civic, hoping to fit it in with some mods. insights welcome

 

look at the peakboost picture post here in the fi forum. its not a crx but a hatch with the manifold on his motor.

 

http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a7dw.jpg

 

i found it thanks. well im guessing thats the only peakboosted ef on here...

 

You must relocate your battery and use a half rad sir

 

i dont think i have to relocate my battery, i will most likely have to do custom charge pipes any how. but in those pics it loks like he cut the rad support and used hood pins! i dont want to do that. can any one tell me how far out the manifold is from the valve cover, and how far the wg sticks out. thanks guys

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crx-treme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont think i have to relocate my battery, i will most likely have to do custom charge pipes any how. but in those pics it loks like he cut the rad support and used hood pins! i dont want to do that. can any one tell me how far out the manifold is from the valve cover, and how far the wg sticks out. thanks guys</TD></TR></TABLE>

OK I am a dealer for PeakBoost and when I sold a CRX kit last week, Ken Peak the owner of PeakBoost/Phoenix Turbo advised me of these modifications to make the kit work BUT if you say sooo

 

only reason i say that is cuz ive seen plenty of rexes/hatches with charge pipes routed around the battery. i will not be buying a kit for a crx, so i will need custom charge pipes. if the manifold or turbo some how got in the way of the battery, then ok i will relocate. this post was mainly to see what kind of wastegate /manifold clearance there is since the pic above has the radiator support cut up. thanks for your input. also i am aware of the half sized rad situation.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crx-treme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">only reason i say that is cuz ive seen plenty of rexes/hatches with charge pipes routed around the battery. i will not be buying a kit for a crx, so i will need custom charge pipes. if the manifold or turbo some how got in the way of the battery, then ok i will relocate. this post was mainly to see what kind of wastegate /manifold clearance there is since the pic above has the radiator support cut up. thanks for your input. also i am aware of the half sized rad situation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Terry is correct, to save you a bit of time from making custom charge pipes to clear the battery, it is much easier to relocate the battery to free up room for the civic charge pipe kit. imho.
otherwise, we have installed many manifolds on the 88-91 cr-x and ef chassis' without modification. i am unsure of fitment on the earlier model crx...

thanks

Ken Peak

 

crx-treme (4:55 PM 9/28/2005): hey i was wondering if the peak boost manifold will fot on a b series crx without major modification?
PhoenixTurbo.com (5:53 PM 9/28/2005): hey,
the PeakBoost B-series manifold fits the crx and ef chassis without modification. the only necessity is that a 92-00 civic style radiator must be ran to clear the 38mm wastegate.
let me know if you have any other questions 1-877-23-turbo
thanks
ken
crx-treme (5:55 PM 9/28/2005): thanks my man, i spent all day trying to find out this information! ithank you kind sir


thanks ken!!!!!!!!

 

thank you all

 

Keep in mind that you have to select your crossmember and radiator carefully. In most cases if you stick a Fluidyne EG radiator in you EF that has say a Full Race traction bar, then the radiator will be too tall. It looks like that guy has his radiator over towards the passenger side more. I have the same radiator in my CRX with Full-Race traction bar and it sits in the support tabs. And from the looks of it You would haveto do something similar to that guys setup to be able to use the peakboost manifold.

Here is a pic of the PWR shorty radiator installed on the Full-Race traction bar's radiator tabs. Compare the radiator outlets and radiator caps on the two pics. See how they are lined up differently with the motor?

-In the Full Race pic the rad outlet is lined up with the VTEC solenoid
-In the imageshack photo it is lined up with the black part of the dizzy

-In the imageshack photo the rad cap is lined up with the valvecover acorn nut
-In the Full-Race pic the rad cap is over to the drivers an inch or two

That is my car in FR's pics BTW
http://www.full-race.com/catal...w.jpg

 

ok so i guess i need a rad that is about a foot wide, thats from the left mounting point to the acorn nut on the valve cover. the pwr is too wide. hmm....