ok well my car has been through several stages...and this year is no different. I decided to start a new build thread as my build has gone in another direction...

new goals...maintain strait line fun while getting this beast to turn...and turn fast. Hp goals to remain the same 300low boost/ 4-450whp on high boost

so I have paid and registered for a couple hpde's and am awaiting reg to open on a couple more. its what I have always wanted to do but got side tracked chasing the topend, I forgot how much fun it was to turn. it made 300 before lifting the head a couple years ago on the dyno on low boost setting(wastegate) so that's where I plan to keep it for hpde's

current plans are to toss on a teggy brake setup, performance pads, rear sway bar, 15x8 rims with some 225/45 bfg rivals, cooling mods(ducting), aero mods....

previous threads

https://honda-tech.com/forums/appearance-build-threads-122/scottdh20s-project-turbo-d15b7-2559335/
https://honda-tech.com/forums/appearance-build-threads-122/miss-civic-95-hatch-built-turbo-d16-side-giggle-juice-2912581/

current mods:

engine:

-block
built d16y7 (eagle rods/std bore vitara)
arp head studs
dual core radiator
slim fan w/shroud

-head (z6)
skunk2 valves
crower valve springs
stock cam....delta 272-2 sucked dick
milled
port and polish w/ gasket match
Cleaned up bowls
Back cut valves
Competionion 3 angle (5 angle) valve job
deshrouded valves
aem 5bolt cam gear
gates timing belt


3" exhaust
edlebrock performer-x mani
skunk2 70mm throttle body
spoon oil cap

turbo:
8 blade hx35
forward facing twin-scroll manifold
x2 mini external ebay wastegate 16psi springs
3" v-band down pipe
2.5 ic pipes....had them all bead rolled
genuine blitz blow off valve
godspeed fmic
rc 750cc sat. injectors
walbro 255
stealthmode oil line kit
tuner toys block fitting
ngk- bkr7e @ .20 gap
nrg catch can

drivetrain:
egay short shifter (over 7years now )
3" shifter extension
comp stage 5 clutch and pressure plate
sachs flywheel
si 5-speed

rollers;
street - 16" dr-16 with toyo tires
track - enkei rs1 15" with 205/50 nitto nt-01

suspention:
k-sport coilovers
generic rlca (wire wheeled the stupid red off so raw aluminum)
gsr front strutbar
ls rear 13mm swaybar
integra brakes front and rear
hawk hp+
whiteline rta bushings
goodridge stainless lines
stoptech dot4 fluid

exterior:
spoon style front lip
ek sideskirts
amber corners
50/50 tail lights
spoon style mirrors
carbon fiber duckbill
vis vented carbon hood
rain gaurd things on the windows
diy black housing headlights
alot of stickers like a ricer

interior:

nrg frp-300 buckets
autopower 4 point cage
clock
jdm center audio consol
jdm coin pocket
aem uego wideband
carbon fiber radio block off plate w/ autometer boost and oil pressure gauges
carbon fiber gauge cluster shroud
rear strut bar
itr shift ****
armrest
full black interior swap all the way down to the cargo cover

plus lots more little things

stay tuned for updates...heres were we left off last year...autoX right before it got put up

























and taken just a couple days ago:

 

Looking good

 

nice looking hatch

 

Thanks....a lil rice....i like it. Clear fiming cover

 

 

Nice

 

thanks

these are loooong overdue...time to ditch the stock cx brakes and get a fully functional ebrake back



ls front and rear





ls rear sway bar







and just a lil jdm love....eg optional coin pocket

 

long overdo update....so much greatness has happened. fixed a cutting out issue thats been plauging the car for years...turned out to be the cam regrind.

did my first hpde, had a great time, about to do a second more on that in a few....some pics of what has happened the last few months

track setup- enkie 15" rims and 205/50 nitto nt-01





then the brakes got upgraded...teggy front and rear



added these bad boys while i was at it...not pictured was the goodridge braided lines and stop-tech 600 dot4 fluid and hawk hp+ pads





did an autocross...finished about midpack overall...not bad for a 2nd timer





made a badass towhook ...that paint though



better fix it huh











did an event called gridlife....was amazing hpde, drift event, electric music concert, time attack, car show, etc...it had it all...2 days of pure high octane car bliss



then i decided to see what would happen at the drag strip....not bad, but i sold my slicks to fund the road race setup... so i managed a 13.15 @ 115mph, good for a high 11 on slicks



found some weaknesses at gridlife...one big one being that i flopped around like a wet noodle in the gsr seats and stock belts





also ordered a greddy oil cooler kit, waiting on that to show up since oil pressure was getting lower than i'd like to see by lap 4 at the hpde.

and i need to order harnesses and install the sway bar

 

man I need to stop procrastinating

oil cooler half installed, sway bar...still sitting on the bench, harness will be here tomorrow.......but I did a burnout instead

 

D16 doing a burn out?! lol jk

nice build though

 

Hows that filter holding up? I've debating about using one like that or a traditional cone filter. I guess it's more a mesh than a filter, I forget the term for it.

Anyways, good work. I don't have the patience for a disc conversion! haha.

 

this thing burns rubber for days...lol

the mesh screen does just fine...it keeps rocks and chuncks of rubber out of the turbo...

a little last minute prep for wmhm'14 (west Michigan Honda meet = 3 day event at gingerman). seat and harness are in and good, oil cooler install, working and no leaks... and rear ls integra 13mm sway bar added. I know its small but its a CX so it currently has no sway bars....we'll see how I like the change in handling











then this happened pulling it on the trailer...doh



after trying to source a compatable oil cooler so quickly this was the only option



after my first session the oil pressure was even lower than before...I had to find a solution and luckly I found a guy who could weld aluminum and a nearby shop to use there welder....$20 later ($10 to each of them) the cooler got welded up (sorry no pics) I got the cooler install just in time to miss two sessions...double suck

so I go out for the 4th and last session of the day ... warm up lap went well... between turn 3 and 4 I was pulling hard in third and just....boom....3rd is gone

lug it back in in 2nd, run home to grand rapids (1hour) and grab my spare z6 trans. shoot back just in time to make it to the raffle, I didn't win anything...but my cousin with a chevy sonic won two quarts of Honda mtf...divine intervention

I was up to 3:30am getting the transmission in with the slight help of a few people, the company of many, a case of pbr, and most importantly the help of a man I only know as hugs nugs...aka the dude in the too tight and way to short cut off jean shorts...this man helped tons!

hit the shower and then bed to wake up to a luke over the p.a. telling me I was late with I guess the rest of Honda meet aswell....lol...

first two session were omg amazing! car drove awesome! oil temps stayed 55-60psi at redline even after 6 laps....but by the end of lap 6 the coolant had enough and started getting hot. so a quick cool down lap made the brakes and coolant happy.

3rd session I go out and lap 2 or 3 the wastegate decides to back off and fall off. the hose was keeping it off the ground, so I made my way to get off the track quickly but not racing. right as I pull off the wastegate drops yanking the oil drain with it, makes a big ole mess....yada yada yada...my connecting rod tow hook is functional...yay... waited for it to cool off enough to work on which because of myself and a couple others caused things to run behind, they grouped some sessions together and I didn't have time to toss the wastegate back on before the last session...

had so much fun though...

I only used the lap timer on one session which to be honest was the slower session. timer showed a couple 2:02's and a couple 2:01's but on those laps I did slow down a couple times to let people pass, im confident with a less crowded track im easily in sub 2sec range which is where I had set my goals. and in hind sight I need to brake later....way later...im still new to these integra brakes and im treating them like the cx brakes that have always been on the car....I guarantee im loosing a ton of time right there...I will be back out there soon enough.

looking to hit up the drag strip on some borrowed slicks aug 1st I believe and then back to the road course on the 30/31st for some more lapping!

 

I believe I saw your build thread on dso a few years back, am I wrong? If not, glad you're still with this thing! Also, was Brandon your instructor? I see a black *** hand and gotta ask, haha.

 

no...for gridlife jake kaminskis was my instructor, that shadow though....great guy and great instructor!

for Honda meet i was in intermediate, we needed an instructor for first session only, basically to make sure the people in intermediate we safe to be where they were as apposed to beginner. so jake jumped in, which was nice to have the same guy.

and yes im sure you saw this on dso! i have been at this car for going on almost 7 years and i have had a build thread most of that time

 

Looking good bro. That's an eye catching turbo you have there, must be real fun on the track

 

thanks, it does pretty damn well! spools pretty damn fast for how big it is, a lot of planning went into that aspect.

engine and power seem good....now its all into suspension work and seat time...and some day when money allows it some tranny work with lsd, luckly haven't noticed any open diff issues

 

nice car! looks like a fun track monster :2

 

so I think the 24.5's killed my gearing...a couple mph I would have chalked upto traction causing lower traps....but I lost 7mph...I was hard into 4th on street tires, I was banging rev limiter in 3rd crossing the line...so not quite what I wanted but excited for my first 12 sec pass!

reaction............ .8140
60ft................. 2.0853
330ft............... 5.5872
594ft............... 8.4504
1/8th et........... 8.4504
1/8th mph........ 86.50
1000' et........... 10.8578
1000' mph........ 101.65
1/4 et............... 12.9100
1/4mph............. 108.95

I did cut a few 1.9 60's but I over inflated the slicks(12-13ps on purpose) and was slipping the clutch hard... I drove to the track as opposed to trailering it and didn't want any dead hooks, not trying to break ****

 

snap, crackle and pop

finally got antilag set up, getting 10psi by the first pop