I would like to thank Anthony at AV Engineering for making my dream set-up come true! The power and torque on this car is INSANE. Anthony was going to rev the car a little higher since the motor was still making power past 7500rpms but as this is a daily driven set-up I wanted the redline set at 7400 for daily driving. When at the track I will rev a little higher but for right now I would like to enjoy the car before taking it to the track. In the future I plan on running slicks and shooting for low 11's/high 10's.

Anthony also designed his first set of Prelude Traction bars for my set-up and they allow full range of suspension travel unlike the other kits out there and perform great with zero binding issues. Below are a few pictures of the traction bars but Anthony does not want me to show everything as he's waiting for his patent to finalize before the release. These bars made it easy for Anthony to fit a custom 3.5" downpipe. There's enough room with these bars that a 5" downpipe could fit with no problems. In the video you will see the engine flex a little bit because we did not have the front mount hooked up at the time of the dyno. Anthony had to make a few changes to the front mounting bracket.

The car made 439whp/345tq at 16psi on the first day of base tuning. A few days later we brought the car back to fine tune some things and due to outside conditions the power dropped a little bit. Anyways, it ended up making 570whp/429ftlbs of torque with only 25psi. This was in 98 degree temperatures with 52% humidity. This is a H23a1 NON-VTEC motor by the way. I don't want to list everything done to my car but below is a quick overview of the parts used:


Engine [*]AV Engineering Stage 4 Shortblock Package[*]AV Engienering Stage 4 Head[*]Crower Ti Retainers, Dual Valve Springs, SI Stainless Steel Valves[*]Crower Stage 3 Turbo Cams [*]AEM Adjustable Cam Gears[*]Golden Eagle Intake Manifold


Fueling/Ignition[*]Precision 1000cc Injectors[*]AEM Adjustable FPR[*]Walbro HP 255 Fuel Pump[*]Hondata s300 with boost control[*]MSD Digital 6 plus Ignition[*]MSD HVC Coil[*]NGK 3330 Plugs (low boost)[*]NGK 2669 Iridium -9 plugs (High Boost)[*]Pump Gas 440whp, 112 VP 570whp[*]NGK Blue Plug Wires


Transmission/Drivetrain/Suspension[*]Quaife LSD[*]Drive Shaft Shop Stage 5.9 Axles[*]ACT 6 Puck Sprung Clutch[*]AV Engineering Stage 4 TraAction Bars[*]Tokico Illumina Adjustable Struts [*]Ground Control Coil overs with custom spring rates


Turbo[*]Love-Fab EQ Mini-Me Manifold (PS Compatible but Non-AC)[*]Precision GT35R T4 Turbo (Custom AV Spec)[*]Precision 750hp Intercooler[*]AV Engineering 2.5" Aluminum Intercooler Piping Kit [*]AV Engineering 3.5" V-Band Stainless Steel Downpipe[*]AV Engineering 3.5" V-Band Stainless Steel Exhaust[*]AV Engineering Oil Feed/Return Kit[*]AV Engineering Coolant Kit [*]Koyo 1/2 size Civic Radiator[*]Tial 44mm Wastegate[*]Tial 50mm Blow off valve



































Video:
http://www.av-engineered.com/c...o.avi



Sorry guys. I'm a posting n00bie.

 

are you being deliberately mysterious or something?

 

do3s 1t g0t vt4K?

 

Is that boost in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

 

Heres his graph... hes just too much of a noob to post it.

 

pictures, video's and everything else added.

 

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That's more like it. I seriously thought this was a bunk thread in the beginning. The traction bar shall be interesting...

 

Wow! Some aftermarket engine mounts wouldnt hurt

More pics of the av traction bar!

Edit: read 2nd paragraph.

 

How much did you spend on this awesome set-up?

 

lol

nice setup

good post anthony

 

Nice work. Nice Vid too.

But what I want to know is what the Boat dynoed.

Pirate

 

 

very nice, I wish I had the extra money for a build like that

 

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http://www.av-engineered.com/c...o.avi </TD></TR></TABLE>

Gotta watch the Video!
LOL@the Engine trying to Fly out of the car!! That's crazy..

Nice Build! Only thing I'd be curious about is the CR?

Oh, and what's the "I look like a Front Upper Strut Tower Bar, but without the Bar" Pieces all about?? lol

 

Kind of makes me want to keep my Prelude... but I wonder how much money was spent to build this beast? Ditch the power steering too! No VTAK!

 

so what was the total bill for a build like this after everything is all said and done?

 

I'm sure he's not going to bring up the costs... I mean, for one, that's just sicking to think of. lol

Two, ask PrecisionH23a to quote you, AV Engineering built it.

 

Very nice yet again. I saw this in the FI section. HOw did you find out about them anyways. They are in SC, your MD.

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AznBlueBoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so what was the total bill for a build like this after everything is all said and done?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Here's my guess. I don't know what Anthony charges but I think that if you have to ask what it costs then it's more than you're willing to spend.

Engine
$3000 AV Engineering Stage 4 Shortblock Package
$700? AV Engienering Stage 4 Head
$550 Crower Ti Retainers, Dual Valve Springs, SI Stainless Steel Valves
$365 Crower Stage 3 Turbo Cams
$150 AEM Adjustable Cam Gears
$350 Golden Eagle Intake Manifold


Fueling/Ignition
$300 Precision 1000cc Injectors
$125 AEM Adjustable FPR
$125 Walbro HP 255 Fuel Pump
$300 Hondata s300 with boost control
$300 MSD Digital 6 plus Ignition
$50 MSD HVC Coil
$20 NGK 3330 Plugs (low boost)
$20 NGK 2669 Iridium -9 plugs (High Boost)
$3.0/$6.0 per gallon Pump Gas 440whp, 112 VP 570whp
$80 NGK Blue Plug Wires


Transmission/Drivetrain/Suspension
$800 Quaife LSD
$500 Drive Shaft Shop Stage 5.9 Axles
$350 ACT 6 Puck Sprung Clutch
$250? AV Engineering Stage 4 TraAction Bars
Tokico Illumina Adjustable Struts
Ground Control Coil overs with custom spring rates


Turbo
$500 Love-Fab EQ Mini-Me Manifold (PS Compatible but Non-AC)
$1000 Precision GT35R T4 Turbo (Custom AV Spec)
$400 Precision 750hp Intercooler
$300 AV Engineering 2.5" Aluminum Intercooler Piping Kit
$200 AV Engineering 3.5" V-Band Stainless Steel Downpipe
$450 AV Engineering 3.5" V-Band Stainless Steel Exhaust
$50 AV Engineering Oil Feed/Return Kit
AV Engineering Coolant Kit
$300Koyo 1/2 size Civic Radiator
$350 Tial 44mm Wastegate
$225 Tial 50mm Blow off valve

That's just me prattling off numbers and it's over $12,000. How's that?

Pirate

 

Sounds like a good guess. I feel the pain.

 

Looking good

Athony contacted me to brag about this shortly after it happened.... good job party boy

 

I doubt Kevin is going to want to say how much he spent, lol. It wasn't cheap. There was a ton of custom fabrication done on the car and nothing 'used' was used on this set-up. The DSS stage 5.9 axles by the way are $1600 with ABS rings, lol.

On a nice cool day this car would have made all of 600whp. If you look at the first dyno chart there was a 20whp difference due to conditions. I'm sure another psi of boost would have hit the marker but we were running low on injector and I didn't want to run lean just to brag that the car made 600whp.

A set of Innovative mounts were ordered for this set-up but unfortunately got here extremely late and the car was up and running and we had little to no time to tear it back apart to install them. The front motor mount will keep the motor a lot more stable. On the 400whp pulls the motor does not move anywhere near the amount it did on the 500whp pull.

The one thing I absolutely love about this car is the way it handles and how it maintains every day drive-ability. It is a very very clean car and everything was installed to where it looks like it came from the factory that way. The only thing that we couldn't keep was the AC unfortunately.

Steve, hurry up and get your build together so I can break the 600 marker on a H23a. Just make sure you are running 1600cc's!


p.s. Pirate, the boat put down 3898hp! lol

 

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F*UCK Yeah! That's awsome!

Really Anthony, good work though.

Pirate

 

Finally nice to see someone build an h23 and make over 500whp like i did in 2000. I think if i didn't break a rocker arm at 22psi back then, i would probably still have the setup.

Am i mistaken that I see the setup with an open decked block setup...the sleeves sure look that way (even though the block surrounding the sleeves looks like a normal closed deck h23)?

Nice work...and stiffen those mounts.

 

Congrats on the build dude

...I hope those axles are worth that price, you ever seen one break? damn thats expensive.