Ok so I've been looking to, as inexpensively as possible, turbo my car. I'm not trying to go for anything crazy, mostly stock motor, small turbo/boost kind of thing. I'm trying to kick my car over or as close to 200whp as possible. I've been doing my research, talking to some DSM friends. They suggest to buy a 14b. Theyre not expensive and fairly easy to find. But since it is a dsm turbo, what do I do for a turbo manifold? Or down pipe? Then there's the program I tune it on. Well we all know what "Crome" is. It's free. But how do I get it onto my ecu? I never could find that out. TIA for the help

 

2000 civic dx btw.
D16y7 right now but I'm about to do mini me swap to the y8 head.

 

crome is for obd1 ecu's, so you'd have to use a conversion harness. there's no real tuning software for obd2.

 

Hmm ok I didn't know that. It's good you told me before I bought the ecu. Thanks. Any input on what I need to do to get the program actually on my ecu? Do I need to buy a chip? Or can I do it with some special connector from my laptop to ecu?

 

http://www.phearable.net/

 

Very good website, thanks.

I actually did some googling, because google is wonderful, and came across this website and found it to be very useful. Im going to post it here incase anyone ever comes across this post in a search, looking to answer similar questions.

http://www.xenocron.com/install/CromeGuide.htm

Now that helps with the programming part of my dillema,
but for those who have a 14b installed on their cars, what did you do for a manifold, or the downpipe?

 

I would also like to know what you guys did about the downpipe. any pics? also whats the most hp made with a 14b on a b18a? I wounder how much boost you can push the 14b to on a b18a

 

I have a small t3 45trim for sale if you want it. seals are alright(if you sit at idle for 20min it will smoke) but no shaft play and I had it on 10lbs on my single cam set up for 2 years it was alot of fun. let me know