First of all, I want to give a great big THANK YOU to the guys at Dynospeed in Memphis, TN for setting up the dyno day today for our local forums, Memphis Racing Scene. It was really appreciated and I know the coolers of drinks were a great addition as well. Keep up the great work, guys!

My long term project car has been giving me fits for the last two days trying to get it ready for this dyno day, but it actually made it. I know I wasn't the only one who was shocked to see it actually in the parking lot, then eventually on the dyno, just because of ongoing, nagging issues.

My previous dyno tune on the car was with a less than adequite water to air intercooler setup. It was VERY undersized for the application, and it shows, now that I have new numbers to go by. The best run on that setup was 264whp/193wtq. A pic of that old graph can be seen HERE. I upgraded to a Precision Turbo and Engine "600 hp" model intercooler; their mid sized core. It fit very well behind the bumper with some major bumper support modifications (done by Polk Performance. Thanks, Don) and some very interesting piping. Somehow it all fits in the engine bay.

The car didn't feel all that powerful on the way to dynospeed because of the temperatures, I'm sure. I guess I'm just used to it, because the results definitely put a smile on my face.

Here's the new dyno plot:

325 whp / 226 wtq (the 261 wtq was a fluke on the reading)


And the car, for reference:



This intercooler upgrade was the BEST dollar per horsepower mod I've ever done. I have roughly $900 in the intercooler, piping and labor, and it made about 60 more horsies AT THE WHEELS at the same boost pressure as before. Not a bad investment at all, eh?

With a bit of tuning to get this down to a 12.5 a/f ratio, and some releif from this HEAT, I can see 350 whp being not too far off in the future.

Engine Setup:
Stock b16 block overbored .5mm
STR blockguard
Eagle rods
Endyne/Wiseco pistons
Stock head
GSR cams
Strength matched stock/ITR valvesprings
ITR Intake manifold
JG 64mm TB
Inline Pro manifold
Precision Turbo SC34 turbo (.57 trim, .60 a/r compressor; Stage 3, .63 a/r exhaust)
Precision Turbo "600 hp" Intercooler
35mm TiAl wastegate w/ open dump tube
Precision Performance Custom 2.5" to 3" downpipe
Thermal 3" exhaust with test pipe
15 PSI

Thanks for reading.

 

Hmm, you just convinced me that black is a good color for my ef.

 

Sick *** hell man, you hatch is real clean, not to mention the 300+ whp b-series under the hood, good job at life.

 

More pics of car please!

 

niceee

 

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You saw a 300+ whp EF and all you can think of was the color?
lol jm man, but damn

 

sweet man, can you show pics of the i/c piping setup?

 

wow i have the same car, motor, turbo, but i have the precision 350 intercooler...

and my hatch is teal

im still waiting on my aem unit for mgmnt
i wish kyle from wired speed lab would die!

but anyhow your car looks great, and awsome numbers!

 

I made another post a little while back when I got it running againg. It's got pics of the engine bay and everything. Lemme find it...

There it is... Archived already... sheesh.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1283978

Like I said in this thread, the engine bay is a mess. I know this. That is one of my future projectzs. I just wanted it RUNNING first, y'know?

 

Very big congrats to you for building a sick *** hatch that puts down some wicked numbers.

 

hella sweet hatch... im so jelous

 

very nice.......

 

one clean yet savage EF....post more pics...!!

300hp at the wheels is monster man....congrats!!

 

Thats the nicest EF hatch ive ever seen, really. Awsome job building a badass EF.

 

Here's a video of it on the dyno. Sorry for the size, but it's a local forum's dyno day, so there's a lot of cars in it. My car was last.

Video Link


You can see more pics of my car, and its evolution at my website folder:

http://home.midsouth.rr.com/sirkid/civic



Thanks for all the kind comments, guys. I really appreciate it.

 

Nice car, black ef's look so nice

 

nice. thats how we roll in the TN. haha

 

Black is always a great color

 

if i were you, i'd be a little worried about the 14:1 AFR or else your 300 hp b series will become a 0 horsepower paper weight

 

awesome turbo b16 hatch.
nice IC, but expensive, but worth it to you, huh? 60hp at the wheels is very nice. what IC were you running before?

 

I was running a teensy water/air intercooler previously.

 

sweet numbers man

 

very nice numbers. clean car too. what front lip is that? ive had my ef for a month now. it has a 2000 ls swap in it. its so much fun, it will be boosted in the spring. im looking forward to see what numbers you put out next

 

nice car, impressive numbers

 

nice setup foo. ill post mine up soon. im goin LS turbo. sold my 192whp LSvtec.