Here is the story.. I need help from you boosted CRX B18 swapped guys. What turbo brand manifold are you running? What have you had good luck with?

I have Blox turbo manifold, but it wont work with my Garrett 57 trim, .63 AR... because of space... if I run the compressor on the tranny side, it won't fit, compressor housing is too big... If I flip it the turbo sticks out too far and there is not room for the downpipe cause it will hit the radiator. What works!?

Blox has a slight offset to the left on on the manifold so I am thinking of looking for something that centers the turbo better.

HELP! LOL

 

Any ramhorn should work, I think.

 

Yeah and for the price of my first born! Any ramhorn that is "good" costs a ton

 

Really, no one out there has a turbo CRX? No suggestions???

 

get a log manifold.

 

A decent "ram style" starts around $500-600... if that is too much maybe you should reconsider the turbo? You could always build your own with a "DIY" kit and clock the turbo any way you please. You could even build your own from scratch... a lot of possibilities.

 

I have an Inline Pro Stainless Steel manifold on my turbo b16 and everything fits great with a 57 trim turbo and a block hugger type downpipe that exits from the driver side. I have enough room for a full size Griffin Aluminum radiator.

If you run a full radiator with this manifold you will need to get a wastegate elbow to move it over some because if you don't the dumptube will not fit correctly.

 

HA! I love this! Yeah, no second guess on the turbo... No skimp here... have you seen my build? A couple dollars spent I am not a huge fan of the rams to begin with so fronting the money for something I don't really like is kinda hard. I just went ahead and got a PFAB log style... It will do the trick and look good too. It was a good compromise and I don't think I can go wrong with one of their products. I actually like the log style look better... say whatever... just my pref.

Thanks for the responses and feedback.

 

I had a pfab log manifold on my sohc. There pretty nice, I liked it alot. I think you will be happy with your choice. How much hp are you wanting to make?

 

if it's hitting the radiator, is a half-rad not an option?

 

Yup your going need a half radiator. The pfab manifold has the turbo sit out pretty far off the block.

 

Check my build thread I have lots of pics.

 

Yeah, I checked it out last night... That is what sold me on the PFAB once I saw how it sat in there. The guys from PFAB emailed back a question I had so I went ahead and pulled the trigger... its on its way.

I do have an Innovative Front Crossmember with provisions for the half rad, and I do have a half rad! I knew it was going to be a must with the turbo chillin up front in the EF chassis. Its all aluminum and I will post pics up in my build thread this weekend. I do need to fab an upper bracket for the radiator but at least with this crossmember, the rad will sit right in the bay and not be hangin sideways as it would with the stock crossmember.

It should be goooooood!

 

sweet cant wait to see it.

 

Be weary, I don't know if it's just my crossmember from Innovative or not but, my lower radiator hose rubs against my clutch cable actuator on the transmission using the stock 1/2 radiator mounts on the crossmember. Only reason I know is it eventually rubbed a hole in the bottom radiator hose.