She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks...
03-01-2005, 07:08 PM
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She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks...
after a year of building a motor and turbo setup for the first time ever, and it works!!! yeah I'm siked...
last night I had friends over for a small start up party... had a video camera and everything, I start it up nervous as hell, didn't see oil press so I shut it off right away, tried one more time and still no oil press... so I figured I had to tear the motor down, said screw it, and partied anyway...
tonight I talked with Earl and a few others and the all said I was a wuss ans just didn't let it run long enough to get pressure, so then I tried it again and everything was fine
I have a funny short vid of the first start up attempt at my little party... I'll post it soon. better yet I'll post a dyno graph soon as well
I have a list of people to thank but I'll do that right after tuning so I don't jinks myself.
but for now I have give BIG thanks to Earl and Flamenco-T (Stan) for all their help... my man Stan! I can't say enough how great his service and support is! fast-turbo.com gets all day!
stay tuned for some numbers and vids...
last night I had friends over for a small start up party... had a video camera and everything, I start it up nervous as hell, didn't see oil press so I shut it off right away, tried one more time and still no oil press... so I figured I had to tear the motor down, said screw it, and partied anyway...
tonight I talked with Earl and a few others and the all said I was a wuss ans just didn't let it run long enough to get pressure, so then I tried it again and everything was fine
I have a funny short vid of the first start up attempt at my little party... I'll post it soon. better yet I'll post a dyno graph soon as well
I have a list of people to thank but I'll do that right after tuning so I don't jinks myself.
but for now I have give BIG thanks to Earl and Flamenco-T (Stan) for all their help... my man Stan! I can't say enough how great his service and support is! fast-turbo.com gets
all day!stay tuned for some numbers and vids...
03-01-2005, 07:20 PM
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Re: She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks... (turbosi03)
<-- Happy it's finally together. It's going to stay that way too. It has been a long road man. I remember when we finally got you to register on Honda Tech 
I will get back to you tomorrow. I need to get to sleep.
I will get back to you tomorrow. I need to get to sleep.
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03-01-2005, 07:37 PM
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Re: She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks... (redturbocivic)
sounds like me when i started mine up a few weeks bad. I had some leaks and a missfire tho 
Alot of it was rigged to get it running, knowing i was taking alot of it back apart.
Congrats
Alot of it was rigged to get it running, knowing i was taking alot of it back apart. Congrats
03-01-2005, 07:56 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DaX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Congrats...I've been following your car somewhat, glad to see it's finally going.</TD></TR></TABLE>
same here I saw pics when you had the engine out and all. Everyone was giving you props and telling you it was so beuatiful to not put her in 
I'm glad it started right up. Now get her tuned, get some miles and lets see some REAL power
same here I saw pics when you had the engine out and all. Everyone was giving you props and telling you it was so beuatiful to not put her in
I'm glad it started right up. Now get her tuned, get some miles and lets see some REAL power
03-01-2005, 08:59 PM
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LOL, I called Earl after I started my freshly built motor too, and as always he helped me alot. Big for what looks like the right way to do it, post the specs.
for what looks like the right way to do it, post the specs.
03-01-2005, 09:03 PM
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Glad to see it all together after seeing all those pics of random parts in the garage. Even better to hear it started great for ya, but we knew that was going to happen
03-01-2005, 09:44 PM
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Re: She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks... (turbosi03)
no doubt that it started up right away... You did everything soo meticulously... and you triple checked everything.... you obsessive compulsive freak … jk.
03-01-2005, 10:42 PM
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Re: She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks... (Dangger)
Looks great man!!! Seems that everything went well... Just make sure to break her in right, and show her some love... Im sure you will be very happy
I hope my build goes just as well, and starts up on the first try
I hope my build goes just as well, and starts up on the first try
03-02-2005, 12:44 AM
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Re: She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks... (BoostedCivicSedan)
looks very very nice. hope it runs as it looks.
Such pictures are making me look forward for my setup :-)
Such pictures are making me look forward for my setup :-)
03-02-2005, 06:22 AM
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congrats man. I know the feeling. I just installed my first boost setup and cranking it up was nerve racking, but it went well the first try. I just pulled the ignition fuse and cranked it a few times to get the oil to the turbo and system first
03-02-2005, 06:46 AM
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Thanks everyone! many of you guys were my motivation when I see posts like this and gives me something to look foward to and also some hope that things will work out. after having this car for 3 yrs and 3 motors I may have it right this time
hope I can pass on the motivation to those of you not finished with thier builds.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Arturbo »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Way to go! We were getting something to eat yesterday when you called stan. Glad you got it up and running. </TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah good thing I didn't get through because I was to excited to talk, think I called while the motor was running. I was going to have him send a head gasket to me because I thought I had to tear the motor apart. the hg was not leaking, it turned out I had the heater hose without a clamp on it... and of course tell him that I had oil pressure since I was almost crying to him the night before
the only thing bothering me is my compression is low hopefully because I did not rev the motor at 2krpm for 15min. instead I just let run at idle until running temp, so tonight I have to rev it and hope the rings will seat
hope I can pass on the motivation to those of you not finished with thier builds.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Arturbo »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Way to go! We were getting something to eat yesterday when you called stan. Glad you got it up and running.
</TD></TR></TABLE>yeah good thing I didn't get through because I was to excited to talk, think I called while the motor was running. I was going to have him send a head gasket to me because I thought I had to tear the motor apart. the hg was not leaking, it turned out I had the heater hose without a clamp on it... and of course tell him that I had oil pressure since I was almost crying to him the night before
the only thing bothering me is my compression is low hopefully because I did not rev the motor at 2krpm for 15min. instead I just let run at idle until running temp, so tonight I have to rev it and hope the rings will seat
03-02-2005, 07:38 AM
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http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Try that... Im going to use that method on my new motor... Seems to work really well...
Try that... Im going to use that method on my new motor... Seems to work really well...
03-02-2005, 07:42 AM
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Re: She's alive!!!! starts right up, no leaks... (turbosi03)
Congrats on the start up. See, I told you that thing would build pressure if you gave it a chance. Just like spanking a new born bady to get it to start breathing
