Hi, I want to built myself a home made turbo kit but I was wondering if a HF or VX (92HB EG) manifold with a special plate would fit on a B head with little porting and drilling. Or is the manifold and head completely disalign ? I know it wont be good and restrictive and no efficient but that was not my question.

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It should fit, but it will be a LOT of grinding, not a little. You'd have to be a cheap, cheesy bastard to do that rather than pay $375 or so for a Revhard.

 

Thanks for the answer... Neone else ... And BTW... its for a beater B so that is why I am so cheap, baster and ....

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Then why do it if you know its not gonna run right? You just wanna hear your car go PSSSSST? Some people just dont get it. Cheap = headaches and slow cars.

 

The HF manifold is extremely restrictive. It'll work on a D series low boost turbo setup, but even that is pushing it.

Get a REAL turbo manifold and build it right the first time. There is no such thing as "cheap" boost.

 

Then why do you answer the post ? ? ? ? ? ? Let me do what I want to do geesshh !! Do you at least know what the plan is, do you know you much I don't give @#$@# about blowing a @#$@ B engine motor ? Can you realize why I don't want to spend money on it ? It's projects !!!! No care about blowing, damaging, losing what ever !!! I am here for answers to my questions, and I am sure anyone can ask what ever they want, so why judging when you don't even know the whol !@$!@ thing ?? NO comments, as I mentionned on the first post !!!! If your not happy, says it (and even you shouldn't says a word), but no need the comment on the person being ***, jerk, low budget and bla bla bla .... Alright ??? Got it ?? Sorry for mistake, just a bit jerked and typing fast !


Thanks anyways, needed to vent !!!

 

Thanks to all the others who replyed ''informatively'' (is that how we spell it ?) !

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Whoa whoa whoa! Put on the EBRAKES yO!!!!

Where in our post did we suggest anything negatively towards you? I merely stated that it's a restrictive manifold and suggest that you use an aftermarket manifold instead.

But if you want to go about trying to adapt the stock manifold to a B series head, then by all means go for it. No one's really attempted such a task based on the fact that it's easier to just get a manifold made for the specific head. You'll save alot of headaches and problems down the line, like cracked welds, etc. And you definitely won't be making as much power as you normally would with a better manifold though.

BTW, what are your fuel mods?

 

I agree that, up to a point, cheap and power don't go hand in hand. Some people here spend way more money than is required for the power they push. You have to strive for some perspective.

mz3bo, I think using an HF/VX manifold for a B-series is an excellent idea, because I know where you're coming from. I'd go for the slightly larger 4G Civic STD manifold, but I also wouldn't worry about it if one didn't fall to hand.

If you just want to play around with the concept and tuning of a turbocharged vehicle, you could make a pretty decent street car. You'd surprise a lot of cars with how fast you are, have your @ss handed to you by a lot of cars, and initmidate people with much faster cars just because you're whistling. You'll definitely be in a fun zone, especially for the low-buck nature of your ride. You'll learn a lot, and you'll do a great job building up a REAL car based on the experience.

I've heard of (and seen the slips for) some 12.9x ETs on B18A's running Greddy SOHC kits (those manifolds are about as pathetic as HF ones, and the turbo is waaaay too small) in regular unstripped DAs on slicks. 12 psi, IC, tuning, slicks, and a two step revlimit set to 3K worked for the one I'm thinking of. I've seen dynos of IC'd Greddy SOHC kits on B18A's making 180hp and 200 ft/lbs by 4000 rpm off of 5.5 psi - the power fell flat on it's face after that

I have to argue $250 of hard earned money for a manifold being easier to come by than 45 minutes of work with a grinder to a $20-30 HF manifold. I don't mean to pick on you, 98CTRCoupe, just stop and take a look at what he's building - a big fat POS where compromises are made without blinking.

mz3bo, email me, I have a proposed solution to your fuel/ignition problems.