Well this happened this past weekend! Took the time to just hang the motor for now just so I could get it over to kellybuilt for all the fab work. Was surprised at how well the manifold and turbo fit. Only had to cut the hood in one spot to clear the turbo. The only downfall was the wastegate sits very close to the radiator so we will see how that goes once it's all running

 

The intercooler is mounted and sits perfectly behind the ef8 bumper. No cutting of the bumper needed!

 

Lovely

 

Sorry for the delays of posts. Just got the car back from fab and damn does it look good. Next stop was Dana aka efnstatics house to get some engine bay work done. The motor is back out. The bay is sanded and should be shot this weekend. My hopes are to have this thing running by next weekend for the NorCal Ef va Da meet ����

 

Dana has worked his magic on this from sanding and prepping

To laying down primer

 

It's Friday so I bring to you a painted bay!

 

Diggin' it!

 

a buddy of mine took some high quality pictures of the car last night. We also finally drove it around the block and damn did it feel good! Monday going to take the car to get the exhaust all welded up. Still waiting on a catch can for it, then it will be off to tune at redzone to see what she will put down!

 

 

Great work. Redzone is a great place. I had my setup tuned there last week, good people. Can't wait for results.

 

Sorry for the delay of posts. Just installed the dimes shifter bushings and damn what a difference those made. The shifter is a lot stiffer now and the shifts feel smooth. Also kellybuilt finally finished up my catch can and got that installed just last night. The plan is to get it tuned in 3 weeks at Redzone.

 

I'm in, Nice work

 

love the car!

 

Tuning date is set October 15 is the day she puts down some numbers

 

Nice work, Im running the same intercooler. Its the best one out for the crx/ef!

 

Looks clean

 

Such a a clean build.

 

October 15th cannot come sooner!!

 

Tried to tune it last night unfortunately totally forgot that i needed an oil restrictor in my feed line to the turbo. So going to try again today to get the final numbers on it.

 

Car made some good power made 314 on pump 91. I am happy with the results. To reach my goal i will have to switch over to e85 but that wont be till next year probably. i have been struggling with my brakes locking up. So thats what i have been dealing with for now

 

Brakes are fixed now. The push rod on the booster was out of adjustment. Got to finally take the car out and do a couple pulls. The boost by gear helps out tremendously, catches traction and just moves. I will now be focusing on some brake upgrades. I already have hawk hp4 pads, hopefully can pick up some stop tech rotors here shortly and slap them on. Maybe upgrade the brakes lines also but unsure just yet. Ill try and have video in a little while on how she runs.

 

After driving it for a while we finally find many issues to fix. Both hubs gave out so I'm waiting on those to come in from karcepts. Will be doing arp extended studs and upgrading to hawk pads and stop tech rotors in the front when I start working on that. My oil pan is leaking so I still need to address that along with my drain back from the turbo. Eventually the trans has to come back and get resealed due that having a leak also. Basically everything leaks lol but we will get there.More posts to come once parts come in and I can start working on it again.

 

looking good! I like it

 

Karcept hubs came in yesterday
Finally we can put the downstar spiked lugs to use. I'll hopefully have these installed next week. Depending upon how the weather is.

 

looking good