maybe he has a heavy foot?
Seems to be a recurring trend around your area.
LS motor? Turbo? blow it up

 

dude, i think you need to just start over with a whole different da! lol. i know the feeling though, one thing after another. it sucks but just keep on goin. i'm already starting to make plans for workin on mine again finally. we'll see what this summer brings i guess

yeah i didnt realize til today just how close the carlisle show is already! i've gotta get bustin *** on my hatch so i can have it ready for then. i dont know if i can get it all done or not

lol i think you might be on to something brice. seems like everyone i know from md that has a boosted honda has problems with them, even the ones that have quality work/parts.

 

that's upsetting that a heavy foot can blow an engine in 100 miles...assuming you're analysis is correct.

who else blew an ls motor with a turbo?

 

he might be on to something, but I'm not sure the state of Maryland has much to do with it. seems to me like the common denominator is the turbocharger.

 

yeah i know but its still fun to blame the state lol

 

LoL, or lack of proper tune?!
Maybe lack of a legit tune is the common factor........

 

[QUOTE=RABI_T89;42073811]Heres my whip.. what do yall think? gotta rep so cal!!!

You're ride looks clean! some one pieces would look glorryyyy

 

[quote=Mickeeezy;42078126]
thanks man!i snapped some better pics today.. those are sorta old. ill post em in a few mins.. but i been on the hunt for some clean one pieces for a min now and i cant seem to find clean ones.. or come to the decision of paying up the *** and ordering em from password ect. if you come across any... plzzzz let me know cuz i gots cashh!!

 

[QUOTE=OldSkoolDa91;42076297]dude, i think you need to just start over with a whole different da! lol. i know the feeling though, one thing after another. it sucks but just keep on goin. i'm already starting to make plans for workin on mine again finally. we'll see what this summer brings i guess

yeah i didnt realize til today just how close the carlisle show is already! i've gotta get bustin *** on my hatch so i can have it ready for then. i dont know if i can get it all done or not

Yeah man...when I finally graduate and get a solid job im going to get another and make it my project car...this one is just a nice beater...especially fun having vtec around the streets. I have not given up on this car so much but I know my time is coming to an end with it...has been a sturdy lil bastard and I love it...just need to do some things this summer to fix her up a little bit (doors, hatch, etc.) so if you come across anything along those lines let me know. I am going to be coming down near your town the first week in May...you got my cell so hit me up broski

That goes for you guys too...if you live anywhere in PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD...let me know if we can work out a deal for two doors, a wingless hatch, hood...thx DAers

--Danny

 

it was 7.2 and centered in baja...i thought i was tripping out then mom yelled its shakking so i was like ok not just me haha

 

Haha i get to the airport today and immediately got like 5 texts about it...then look up at CNN and they had it plastered all over the screen...im like wtf? End of the world? hahahaha I mean just had a 4.4 in LA a few weeks ago...looks like California will be an island soon :-P

 

Wiretucks are not fun

 

new pics finaly up!!

 

Ouch, I hope everything works out. Those wires tend to dry up over time and any large movements causes them to break inside ...

 

^^ car looks good!


Yup had that problem with simply moving things around inside my bay last year. Damn wires broke inside the insulation.

 

thats one of the reason why im iffy about wiretucks. It looks really nice, but over time, once you get any problems with that wiring, diagnosis is going to be a bitch

 

not really, all you got to know is the ECU wiring at the connector, using half a brain,(noticing wire colors) and where your sensor, or the problem could be.

like if your hunting down a opening, on say your IAT, you locate the ECU, locate the IAT, take note the wire colors at the IAT, look on the ECU connector and locate the same color wires, or have a diagram at where the IAT runs into the ECU connector, unplug both the ECU connector and the IAT connector and test resistance through out the circuit, if it comes up OL then you circuit is open, if you get a reading your fine, as long as its not high.

IF you do have a open, just bypass the whole wire and run a new wire. and pull the old one out. Bam done.

 

that's what i said. Brice didn't agree.
must be doing it wrong, man! that's probably the most fun.

 

I've had to diagnose a lot of stuff and I ran mine so that I could easily access it by removing the fender. That's why I didn't wrap mine in that braided material everyone uses. If I do that and I need to run something new or replace something, then I have to depin everything again or cut off the braid. Instead, I used wire loom and some heatshrink.

 

i think im going to start full polishing my mr5's, probably do one wheel per weekend. Should be interesting to see how it comes out

 

you did. my old ls

well with 2 common factors you have to rule out one. Shawn's car was turbo'd in PA and he had no issues. Like i said drove around the car for years NOT blowing it up. Chris drives it across State lines and it blows up.

You really think he drove it around for 3+ years on a shitty tune and handed it off to someone else and it was the tuning that blew it up?

 

my temp control button popped out of place when i was talking about my climate buttons how do i get it back in place? i keep putting it in but it's not working??
the hot cold one.
i think im going to have to take apart my whole dash cause it ended up not being my buttons that weren't working for my climate control and defroster. was very scary driving home without a defroster yesterday...

 

Was speaking in generalities......
Just saying any car running a "Street Tune" for an extended amount of time is asking for problems. A street tune, IMO, is something to get the car from Point A(home) to Point B(dyno). But then it all points back to people wanting to go fast and not spend they money, esp on something as crucial as a tune!

 

that engine never blew. the turbo was blown when i bought the kit. it blew smoke, i thought the engine was blown. wasn't the case.

you gotta be right. maybe it has something to do with the pollution laws or something?

or not. i just think shawn got lucky and sold his time bomb at the perfect time.

maybe the heavy foot was a good guess? sucks you gotta hold back on these cars...

 

That's incorrect. The only additional information a dyno gives you is whp and tq numbers. With the right equipment (a/f ratio monitor and datalogging being the biggies), you can drive around on a street tune for years. While that might not maximize the power gain from all of your upgrades, it will insure that your car runs as it should. In fact, you might even say that a dyno would be less desirable because a fan blow on the front of your car isn't exactly simulating real world conditions. Now that's being a little ridiculous, but you get my point. I would agree with you completely if you meant a base map, which isn't the same thing as a street tune.