For those of you who don't know me, my name is Derek Robinson.

I operate a shop in Carlisle, PA called "Innovative MotorWorks", specializing in Honda/Acura engine building / EFI tuning.

This thread is to be an ongoing update on the progress of a project owned by the man I owe my passion for these cars to, my father.

Over the past couple years, he has restored this 1988 CRX Si to near-pristine condition, and has built several different engine combinations for it, the latest one being a 11.5:1 compression, 95x84mm, big-cammed B-Series in which made 248whp naturally aspirated.

Being an avid all motor fan for a while now, my father decided it was time to try something new.

The CRX's new setup is as follows:

Darton-sleeved B20 block
84.5mm bore
89mm LS crank
Wiseco pistons
Eagle H-Beam rods
ACL bearings

CC Cylinder Heads-ported PR3 cylinder head
Brian Crower Stage 3 cams
UGR springs/retainers
Victor X IM

Full-Race T3/44 ramhorn
Garrett GT3076R, .82 AR ex
Precision 46mm wastegate
Full-Race back-door intercooler
TiAL 50mm BOV

The goals for this project are to make between 425whp-450whp, and hopefully produce some high-10-second 1/4 mile passes in the light CRX chassis.

Considering the car went 12.2 @ 113mph when it made 235whp, I don't think it will be too big of a problem.

Anyway, without further chit-chat, here's some pretty pictures.

What the CRX looks like:




And the new goodies, awaiting assembly.




The shiny-new Full-Race turbo parts:






Mocked up:




How the car sits now, in our showroom:


Updates to come shortly, as parts are mocked up in the car, and the engine goes together.

As always, comments/questions are welcome!

Derek Robinson
www.innovative-motorworks.com

 

lol good to see your father switching to boost

 

nice

 

Beautiful looking crx bud, gotta post some videos of it in action.

 

sick car, big fan of rex's and yours is top shelf my friend, kudos
subscribed fa sho

 

In for this build!!

 

this is going to be a sick build!

 

kudos to another boosted EF....

 

In for this

 

Bout time this thing gets a turbo.. i havent seen any of you forever.

 

I got around to throwing the rotating assembly together this afternoon.






Windage tray and pickup:




And head studs:




- Derek

 

looking good, suscribed!

 

Hey Buuuuuuuuuuuddy. i registered for motorama. there is 7 of us. if you registered we should all try to park together in a row.

 

sniff sniff no more great allmotor power from this beast...Good luck to your father with this another build.Look good as always

 

oh wow..looks like daddy is gonna roll out..cant wait to see the results

 

Here is some more progress shots.








- Derek

 

looks good. soon time to put it in!!!!

 

Flawless, nice build.

 

lack of assy lube much?? lol

 

what compression are you boosting her on?

 

wow car looks great

 

sweet

 

That was just from lubing the journals and rotating the cam a little bit.

The cams themselves were lubed afterwards, Bootsie.

- Derek

 

wow very nice build so far man in for results

 

what kind of numbers you looking for?