Like Bob Villa my old Da is "Home again"

I built this car almost two years ago from a shell I bought. After completing the car and having 20,000 miles worth of fun with it, life got in the way and I had to sell it. Well I continued to be the next owners mechanic and helped him add a few things to the car (new clutch and axles, lol). He managed to rack up an additional 30,000 miles on it untill a week ago when he decided he wanted something more refined. We struck a deal with the MKIV Jetta wolfy I was driving currently and TADA Integra back in my garage. Here is the list, tried and proven that when done properly old school technology can be dead nuts reliable, and not too shabby on power. 235hp 215tq dyno'd in june of this year (by other owner) on a mustang dyno in Interlochen Michigan near my home.

1990 RS
B20Z engine 100% stock longblock
LS 5spd with phantom grip lsd
ACT clutch
LoveFab manifold and downpipe
EBAY T3/T4 .58 trim with internal wastegate @ 8psi
2.5" crush bent exhaust with thrush turbo muffler
SRT4 oem intercooler
Greddy Type S bov
DSM 440 injectors
manual fpr, begi FMU
AEM uego gauge
autometer boost and oil press gauges
Walbro pump
Skunk2 shifter
oem type R ****
E.S. full susp bushings including trailing arm ones
s.s. brake lines and NSX master and booster
Tokicko Illuma struts and springs
uber rare Tanabe front upper brace
Susp Tech sway bars
jdm one pieces
MOMO tuner wheel
rear wiper delete
4dr wiper stalk with no rear wiper switch(gotta complete the look)
Konig Network rims Michilen Pilot 205-50-15
I'm sure there is more i'm forgetting.

just picked up tonight some delsol seats, also have mugen type skirts waiting in the garage.
getting a repaint over the winter.







Some pics of it doing what I love best at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven Michigan. EF-Honda.com's West Michigan Honda Meet.

 

Nice car!

You'd be making more power with a proper fueling setup though!

It's definately a fantastic showing of what you can accomplish on a budget though.

FMU's have been working fine for a LONG time in the domestic world... I think their failure rate in the import scene has more to do with them being an analog device and most import racers/mechanics being more digitally inclined.

Carburators rock too... but I ain't turning in my Hondata S300 anytime soon.

 

LOL this must be a MidWest thing. I have almost the same exact setup with my daily driver, except I am running a B16. I have close to 60,000 miles on my E-gay turbo setup and who knows how many miles on my B16 (JDM imported plus my 60k).

Most people just do not know how to setup it up the old school way properly. Either way all my other cars are running S300 but I didn't see the rhyme or reason to purchase it for my 9 lbs. daily driver let alone convert everything to OBD-1 (yeah that’s right I am OBD-0 with a PR3). I always get the giggles when I see other people running FMU's and bigger injectors with high miles on their setup.

Then again I have 3 spare motors laying around (just for that car LMFAO) so I was never really concerned about it blowing anyways.

 

Big props on the FMU setup, homie. H-T member Chrome Pipes ran an FMU sucessfully on his stock ls/vtec turbo setup for three years!

 

I'm super happy with this set up, was told multiple times B20's are too weak for boost, and Ebay turbo's fail in the first week, and FMU's are the best way to blow a motor. Well with 50k on this setup and only a couple of minor hiccups from my work the car has been nothing but grins. I swear I cannot drive this thing without grinning, just too darn much fun.

 

love to hear this. sure everyone knows that more efficient ways exist, but this is still great to see.

 

Nobody said they dont work for your 250whp setups, the issue is your ignition timing is fixed..... and that can become bad very quickly.

 

Nice. How many km you got on it so far?

 

whatever 50,000 miles equates to in km? like 80ish ?

 

nice. do you remember who you bought the turbo from on ebay?

 

sorry I do not remember who the seller was.

 

Looks good Andy ....nice to see you got it back

 

Think of it this way- I bet you could pick up an extra 30-40 whp, more driveability, and an extra 5 mpg if it were "tuned" on a chipped ecu by a real tuner-

So lets say that costs you 300 dollars, and the FMU probably costs you 50 dollars. Having it tuned properly would have cost you 250 bucks. take in 5mpg difference over 50,000 miles and you would have been better doing it the chipped ecu route


Otherwise, pretty badass- i love b20 turbos