96 integra LS
Garret T3 turbo (soon to be upgraded with a larger compressor housing and some new seals when i feel like tearing it apart)
31" intercooler
2" piping turbo to intercooler
2.5" intercooler to TB
RFL BOV
SSautoshit wastegate but it seems to be working fine
6 psi spring
2.5" driverside downpipe
cast log manifold
OBD2A-OBD1 conversion
crome basemep
DSM 450cc injectors with 10 ohm 10 watt inline resistors

Its boring at 6 psi but way better than stock thats for sure , cant wait to mess with my turbo up the boost and get a tune . Shooting for at least 240 whp .

And the whole thing cost me about $1000

 

Dont mind the front bumper , intercooler piping still needs some slight tweaks

 

like this!

 

The 98 + front end always looks good with a front mount , its so much more open than the 94-97

 

Not bad for the price.


Boost is funnn

 

yea for the price its actually really good , i mean the only shortcut i really took was the WG . But I got it for 30 bucks so i figured id give it a shot and its working great so far .

 

nice i prefer the sleeper look myself... believe it or not there is a front mount in the front of my DB2


i run at 7psi, feels good... what are you running for engine management though? my cars run off of an AFC hack... not my choice method, but the car is being sold to a very good friend of mine as soon as he gets back from Iraq...

also as soon as you can afford, i would recommend getting a new wastegate... believe it ro not but a crappy gate spiking is what's going to kill your car... i went from a turbonetics deltagate (which i thought kind of sucks) to the turbonetics evo gate, and now i'm running with the Tial which so far has seemed to be working the best for me... and boost really seemed to accentuate the VTEC kick on my B17A too



Modified by JustinG60 at 3:21 PM 1/1/2007

 

Im running crome but its only a basemap , the only reason im using that wastegate is because it was 30 bucks and i figured id give it a shot . And so far it opens up everytime right at 6 psi and hasnt spiked at all , will it last ? Probably not but its fine for now . I dont know how its going to do after i throw the 1 bar spring in though

 

there is nothing wrong with the ebay knockoff WG as long as you inspect the damn thing before you use it...its fine...

 

yea im having no problems with it at all , ill post engine bay shots tomorrow . I might even pull my turbo off and chage the seals and put the bigger compressor housing on if the weathers nice .

 

Nice... very cost effective...

 

yea hopefully ill see at least 100 whp increase and spend under 1500 when all is said and done , doing all the work myself definitly saves some money .

 

not to jack any threads but is there really a big difference when running 2 different intercooler pipes. Like the 2 ich hot side and the 2.5 cold side or even a 2.25 cold side? The reason i ask is because its not like theres any more air coming in after the intercooler rite?

: y not a 3 ich dp?

 

Well smaller intercooler piping keeps the air flowing at a higher velocity so it will get to the intercooler faster and hopefully spool quicker , but i have no proof its all in theory . I didnt do a 3" downpipe because im still using my stock cat until i get an inspection , then i might do 3" all the way back .

 

the theroy to use small IC piping would be that air flows faster through tighter spaces which is why you will see when possible people usinv oval tubing instead of round (not for IC's but manifolds specifically. looks at exhaust headers, usually the "better" higher cost ones are oval and the cheaper ones are round...) but in high boost applications i would def. run with larger piping... i used 2.5 onmy teg though...

also, what kind of intercooler are you running? if it's an ebay IC you're probably experiencing alot of boost drop, so i hope the WG line is run from the manifold directly... a friend of mine just bought a cheap ebay IC and put it on his TT and was bragging how his TT was gonna have a front mount and mt TT only has the sides and whenhe put it on pressure drop was so bad the car couldn't boost to the 21psi it's tuned for...

but if you're getting the desired boost reguardless of pressure drop and got it cheap enough that's awesome for you

i'm just intregued is why i am asking what parts you used is all... i've only ever seen one ofther car with alot of ebay parts actually work and work well is all...

 

As long as he didnt Ebay it for the Turbo, Manifold, and Oil Lines he will be fine...Those parts are too crucial to gamble on

 

nope turbo is real garrett , manifold isnt brand name but its a cast log and its not cracking anytime soon , and the oil lines i put together at a local hardware store for about 40 bucks . I do however need a new oil pan , i tapped mine a bit too low . Its not giving me any problems but i still want to move it up anyways .

As for the intercooler i got it off a friend and dont know where he got it from , i traded him a set of racing seats and he gave me 100 bucks and the intercooler . He never had any issues with it and im running my WG vacuum line directly off the IM , so everything seems fine .

 

i hope youre using a restrictor on that oil line setup

 

Me and my friends have never used restrictors and we've never had any problems at all , maybe we are just lucky .

 

are you kidding dude??? The oil pressure of your engine is going to destroy the seals in the turbo...It cannot hold that much oil pressure

 

im dead serious we've never had a single issue and this isnt the first time with one of these turbo's either , my friend ran one on a sohc del sol for a year and never had an issue .

guess we are just some seriously lucky bastards

 

yeh i ran mine direct and blew my seals out as well... but on my VW's i've ran direct and never had any problems...

 

I think im going to pick one up , i was messing with my IC piping today and found some oil inside . Not much but there shouldnt be any in there , so im going to give the restrictor a shot . Where do i get one ?

 

http://www.stealthmodeperformance.com they can hook you up...Oil in the piping?? lol good thing you finally got on the ball (it was a matter of time before it would be completely gone and hello smokey turbo)...you can also try ebay for a basic restrictor

 

this turbo has also been on 2 other cars that i know off so it has some serious mileage on it , i hope the restrictor saves it