Hi,

Here's my attempt at a Turbo project with my JDM Si. Some of it's a bit ghetto at the moment, and i need to get my **** into gear and get an intercooler sorted. Oh, and a cooling fan would be nice







Sweeeeeeeet Gauges!! Took ages to get perfect but i love 'em



Some dremel work (slimline Spal fan is on order)


Let me know what U think.

Cheers,

 

looks good

I love te gauges.....

make sure you got fuel pressure etc. to back up[ te boost or else only run like 5 psi

 

Yup, only running 5psi and i have a Zdyne Gold with Prelude 345's

Cheers,

 

take it to the track and i wanna know what it runs

 

What turbo kit is it? It looks like the Greddy. Still, though, looks good

 

Yeah, It's the Greddy 92-95 Kit, or at least it was until the charge piping said hello to the grinder.

It runs like a bit of a turd at the moment, well, it ain't that bad but it needs a tune badly. Pulls like a demon from 4500-5500 but is pants after that. Ignition timing needs a serious rework. Even the way it is at the moment it is still far better than the stock engine to drive so it should be sipping-smooth after some tuning. Damn those stock Zdyne maps!

The spec is:

Stock ZC JDM motor
Greddy 92-95 Turbo Kit @ stock 5psi boost (for the moment)
Zdyne Gold SECU
Prelude 345cc Injectors
Forge Motorsport dump valve
You can see the gauges
Samco Sport silicone hoses (pukka quality, more to replace the greddy ones soon)
Custom oil supply, relocated pressure switch.
Relocated battery to boot
Detonation gauge

In progress:
Heated oxygen sensor
Greddy turbo timer
Intercooler - custom made, somehow (going to be an **** to fit).
Re-working the charge piping when i get I/C
Spal slimline cooling fan
Clutchmasters stage1

 

Hehe, forgot to say i was getting wasted by stock ZC's - no power over 5500
Here's what my local track looks like, i reckon you guys would class the track as a bit ghetto, its a disused airfield complete with 90 degree turn at the end of the 1/4, if you mess that up you are going sailing.....but only if you survive falling off some cliffs first!

http://www.marklamond.co.uk/events/crail/crail.htm http://www.marklamond.co.uk/events/crail/crail.htm

 

Nice, I have the same setup stock injectors though. How did you relocate your battery to your trunk, custom box or Morso (sp).


[Modified by JohnysZC, 4:49 PM 4/24/2002]

 

I used some chunky ICE grade cable (you can see it in the pics) and a few long cable ties to hold it to a bracket in the trunk. Going to make up a frame & custom box though.

 

I guess I won't be putting a turbo on mine. There is NO room for the A/C stuff in there! I gotta have A/C!!

How hard was it to make that Greddy kit fit?

 

Looks good !

What boost are you running? Are you still using stock injectors? Get the Zdyne S-ECU gold and 440 injectors and run serious boost!

 

he said this above. jsut trying to help.



[Modified by breaka_1_9, 1:27 PM 4/24/2002]

 

good work!!

Kinda reminds me of my setup! (sig)

 

How did you get the charge pipe to come out above the front mount? Is it a smooth bend or is it pinched a little? I can sort of see the silicone connector you used, but would you be able to tell me specifically what I should look for? I have the same setup on my ZC, but can't figure out a way to run the charge pipes for an intercooler. If I could do the pipe right out of the compressor similar to how you did (only crossing in front of the down pipe and over to the (US) drivers side) I'd be money.

 

The charge piping was a real pain to sort out. I used to have the piping running under the engine like this http://www.marklamond.co.uk/crx-si/t...e-pipework.htm temporary until i could work out how to fit an intercooler.

If you take a look here: http://www.marklamond.co.uk/temp/ you will see what i had to do to the engine mount ! I cut one side off, but left the other for some strangth, hey it does not do much anyway . As the crossmember is so near the compressor outlet i used a 135 degree silicone hose bend with one leg shortened to get me clear of the mount. I have a way of mounting the I/C, i will draw it out and post it up for you guys to comment on.

The greddy kit is really annoying - if the compressor was at the other side you could easily plumb in an intercooler, i spent hours trying to work something out as there's no way i'm not running an I/C. I have some more silicone hoses to play with over the weekend (the pics are at the link above), so i might be able to come up with something else. You can't easily pass a pipe on front of the downpipe because the oxygen sensor gets in the way

If only the compressor was at the other side


One thought that passed through my head was getting a custom radiator made thicker but less wide than the stock one, and then fitting an upright intercooler beside it.

If anyone had any ideas on fitting an intercoooler i'd like to hear them.

 

Duh............Guess I wasn't fully awake when I read this post

Check http://www.turbocrx.co.uk/ for exact fitment of an aftermarket intercooler..

Cheers mate keep up the good work!

 

REX. That looks sweet, but the Greddy kit also aims the compressor outlet back toward the block, so it's really tough to get past the O2 as mentioned above.


MARKLAMOND... I'm thinking of routing the charge pipe coming off of the plenum up toward the rad, across the top of the rad (I'll have to cut the fan shroud) and over to the left side of the car, then down to the intercooler location (around to the front opening of the car). I'll run the side coming from the compressor straight over to the right side of the car, and wrap around the front. Baiscally the charge pipes will have to cross over each other, so I'll have a bit of extra pipe, but I can think of any way to get the charge pipe over to the left side right off of the compressor houseing. I know I didn't explain this well, but I'll post pics if it works.

Damn greddy!

***Also, I was able to get my fan to fit without too many problems. If you just pop the steel rings out of the plasitc tab that the top bolts on to, you can move the feet at the bottom over so that only half of them is being used and slid the top over enough to that the blades clear the wastegate.


[Modified by therealciviczc, 9:24 PM 4/24/2002]

 

Hats off to ya. Very pretty setup, it took a while to register but I thought your car was american, and I was like, whats the power steering doing there and the the reservoir for power steering. I was a little freaked out then I realized you were in Scotland. I was wondering, about your gauges, do you have any other pictures and what did you have to do to make them fit. Also, what size are the gauges?
Thanks,
Dave
taabi ZC

 

Looks really good

 

post pics of intercooler on the fi

 

REALCIVICZC

Just had another look at the car, and i could get a 90degree bend to fit between the downpipe and rad if i moved the oxygen sensor (not too much trouble really). If i can spin the compressor housing around so it does not point in to the engine block so much i reckon it would look neat and tidy. That means the I/C can take boost across the front of the car and the rest is easy. Something to take a look at on the weekend anyway. That would mean i can do a http://www.hondacrx.co.uk setup. Monkey, Donkey, Sorted, Sweet

Looks like the greddy turbo uses a snap ring (circlip) to hold the compressor housing on. I will have to move the wastegate round a bit also, but that wouldn't be too much trouble. Never rotated a compressor housing before, so it's a first for me, be gentle methinks.

Cheers for the fan info, my new one should be here tomorrow and it's supposed to be real quiet.

Pics would be great of anything you try! I'll take plenty on the weekend also.

CRXRAGED

I have put some pics of how i did the gauges here http://www.marklamond.co.uk/temp/gauges/ - i had the dash out of the car anyway because all of the furry stuff burnt off in Japan, and i wanted a mint one. Iused a 50mm holesaw, and then the dremel and the gauges are just press fitted at the mo and they hold fine. You can fit the gauges without removing the dash though, as i did my old dash in situ, just be prepeared to eat plastic every time you put the blower on full They are actually mounted into the demister plenum, and some stuff needs cut away behind but it is not too hard to do. A dremel and holesaw will see the job through. I rewired the gauges with new multicore screened cable to cut down on the number of wires and screen it all off from noise (affects 02 gauge).

Let me know if you want any more info/piccys, my camera is crap but i can borrow a freinds.

 

Here's who i'm going to get the I/C from. A chargecooler would be the ideal soluction and far easier to fit but too much money for me at the moment. The custom shop will make anything you want, radiators, intercoolers, chargecoolers, pipework. Going to do my own pipework in steel though so i can weld it myself

 

DOH, try again http://www.paceproducts.co.uk/ http://www.paceproducts.co.uk/

 

look sweet to mee!!!
it's left hands driven??

 

hehe, we call LHD cars "left hookers" or "queer hand drive" LOL!