Hello people, first post here. I'll try to make this as coherent as possible.
I like cars but I'm not a very informed person when it comes to complex mechanics of the workings and so on.

I received a 2000 Prelude as a graduation gift, formerly my Uncle's. Around 10K miles on it currently.

Stock Header, Stock Block, Etc. - However, it has a Revhard Bolt On Turbo Kit attached. When they installed this, they removed the windshield wiper reservoir. I'm looking to replace the windshield wiper reservoir but I'm at a loss for which one would fit inside the engine bay with the turbo kit in there. I'm assuming the stock one won't fit, else they would have put it back in there. Any suggestions on this?

Also - Turbo Timer - Completely necessary or no? I drive it as an everyday car, I don't race, I don't boost often, maybe on occasion on the highway but I definitely do not push the car very hard. It's on the dashboard, I'm short, it gets in my way - was thinking of just replacing it with an autostart.

Thanks for your help!

 

Move the turbo timer. It's not absolutely necessary, but it's worth keeping.

Look in your engine bay where the reservior was. Get an idea for how much room you have and how it clipped in. Then go to a junkyard and pop the hoods until u find a honda that will clip in the same way and take up little space.

This subject is not the kind of swap that everyone has on their mind, so I doubt you are gonna get an answer online. Not a alot of people chat about reservior swaps...You will need to actually open your hood and drive to a junkyard and pick one...I got faith in you

But WOW!! A 2000 prelude with full turbo kit, etc etc, ONLY 10k miles, and they gave it to a nephew?? Congrats, I guess.

 

btw, Make sure it wasn't used in a bank robbery or a hit-and-run...lol

 

Sounds like it's worth a try ^^ Thank you.

Yeah well, my Uncle bought it as a toy to tinker with, has a body kit, custom exhaust, wheels, etc. But he lives in the city so he never used it, pretty much sat in our garage for the longest time.

I was sporting a 95 Maxima for a while and my mother bought it off of him. It was at 8900 miles but..I've been driving it for like 2 months now.

Pretty sure it wasn't used in anything, it sat in our garage XD

 

You can turn the timer off so the engine turns off right when you turn the key. Just setup the timer when you want to show off or legitimately need to cool your engine after a drive.

 

It currently is off, I just don't know where I could move it to, there's a compartment on the left but I don't think it's big enough.

 

If it is wired like I think it probably is.....it is simply plugged into the ignition switch wiring using an adapter under the steering wheel. On my nissan, it is an "inline pigtail" (that's what I am gonna call it for lack of a better name). I mean that I disconnect a factory plug under the steering wheel. Then I plug one of my "inline pigtail" plugs into one side of the factory plug...and the other inline pigtail plug will plug into the other factory harness plug.


Factory ignition harness:

Factory >>>>>||<<<<<Factory




With turbo timer's "inline plug":

Factory >>>>>||<<<<<inline plug>>>>>||<<<<<<Factory


the only true "wiring" work required on mine is to run a ground wire for the timer.

If you want to remount it somewhere under the dash, you may have to unplug it and run the wires to the steering column through a different path. You aren't limited to having it up there.

If you want to just get rid of it, I will give you my address...lol I would love to put it on my honda.. :D

 

Since the car was not factory boosted- I would honestly reconsider and continue to use the turbo timer.

You can always extend the wires on the turbo timer and move it anywhere else in the car - glovebox or center consul for example.

10k? Sounds like the car was an old show car when the 5th gens first came out (judging by the bolt on turbo kit and body kit you mentioned) Hope all the seals etc are good, you may want to check over the suspension bushings etc just to make sure everything is in good shape since it sounds like the car was sitting for awhile.

Post pictures of the bay - you would need a pump for the original washer resi and then extend the wires and hose for it, but you can pretty much get any kinda of oil catch can (750ml or larger if you can find one) drill into it, epoxy the pump onto the bottom and mount it anywhere you want. -it's small enough that you would be able to mount it in the bay vs out of reach down behind the bumper. Sounds like your intercooler is going through the washer hole, so any other factory resi would be a too big to fit anywhere else in the bay (unless you are willing to custom make one into the fenders just as ford did on the Focus, but there's little to no room for error if attempted).

 

Why? I thought the point of the turbo timer was to let the engine stay on at idle for a few minutes to cool down the oil...? Because hot oil ruins oil seals in the turbo...?

If the OP has a turbo timer hooked up already, it would be beneficial to leave it running all the time, including regular daily driving.

But hey, I'm no expert.

 

Some pics are older than others, all taken within the past 2 months though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSC_0038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSC_0039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSC_0041.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/Eisei/photo1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSC_0043.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/Eisei/photo3.jpg

Some engine pics too, to show what's kind of going on in there.

- It wasn't an old show car, it was my Uncle's toy, which then sat in our garage for a long time - Got everything checked out, one of the pillowball mounts is no good, so i'm waiting for a shipment from Tein, that should get here within a month or two and then I can replace it.

Here's the thing with the TurboTimer - I can't lock or alarm the car while it's on, meaning I might as well sit there and wait the 30 seconds to 2-3 minutes waiting for the car to idle.

I honestly don't believe that daily driving, on suburban streets would run the oil hot enough for it to sludge in without using the turbotimer.

Regardless of the benefits of that, wouldn't it be just as good or better to get an autostarter and use that instead of the turbotimer to let it run idle?

Wouldn't that be like...2 squirts?

 

750 ML was just an example beings it's one of the larger sized catch cans i've seen. But to answer that question - It's more than 2 squirts, and enough for an around town car. You can always look for a larger bottle to use, just something to get ideas flowing.

Honestly, I've not had a washer resi in over 2 years, with tons of trips up and down the east coast, and haven't had a time where I would have needed one. (although i don't drive it much over winter)


Yeah, depending on the "auto start"/alarm you get - it will have an option like a turbo timer that you could use to lock the car and keep it running until its set to shut off. Short distances or not, I would still advise of it - but it's entirely your call. This is a question that would be better answered if asked in the turbo section of the site.


Hmm you are pretty strapped for space. If you relocated the battery to the trunk - it would open up that spot for any kind of washer resi that you would want to install there. You could get another stock one if you really wanted to and just bolt it on and extend the lines/hose for it in that space. (wouldn't be the prettiest setup, but again it's whatever you want to do)


Clean car, i'm sure if you're on the Eastern part of NY - i'll be seeing you at some of the meets.


OEM lip kit, no body kit there- very tastefully done.
-and ouch, sorry to hear about the pillow mount. I just had to replace one of mine as well... expensive suckers

 

Ty for the input and the complements :D

I'm bringing it to the mechanic over on Tuesday, see if he can help me move the Turbotimer somewhere less obstructive.
Going to bring a 2L Bottle - He said he could use that and fiber glass a molding around it for a makeshift reservoir.

 

FMU (little blue thing near the brake fluid reservoir) ?

Engine bay is very clean though

I wouldn't worry about the turbo timer if it's a hassle for you. I don't think he used a $2000 turbo that would be expensive to replace...

 

Is there a problem with having an FMU?

Well think of "Hassle" this way, you drive somewhere, you have to leave the car on for 30 seconds to 1 minute, and that's fine if you can do it and walk away. But the way it's hooked up, I can't lock the car. And I want to lock this car. Always.

I think I'm better off just getting an autostart and using that as my "turbo timer." then at least the car will lock on its own.

 

You may not have specific problems with it, but it's a really archaic way of managing the fuel with a boosted car. It just goes up based on engine vacuum, whereas your ECU and/or aftermarket computerized engine management looks at many different parameters to manage fuel delivery. You could be running lean or rich and not really know it, and you could be getting worse gas mileage.

 

Do you recommend a removal? Or would I have to replace it with something else?

Also, how hard is it to remove it?

p.s. was this sarcasm? I can't really tell.

And to be honest, it's not like I know 100% what is the best, I'm just going by weighted input by collective. I had two people I know online tell me it's not necessary if I don't push the car or race it, I had one online person tell me its necessary, and 2 people IRL tell me its necessary.

 

Used an oil catch can.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...dReservoir.jpg

 

There's tons of info available on the internet, but basically the FMU is the only thing responsible for adding more fuel to your engine to balance out all the extra air being pumped in by the turbo. You would be worse off if you just removed it, but it would be advisable to replace it with some sort of computerized fuel management that can be tuned like Hondata, Neptune, Crome, etc. that isn't so primitive.