Lots of pics..



First off, I was using beaus Starion/Conquest intercooler in my Ls/Vtec turbo crx. So I needed to get my own setup.



First off I have to thank Tyrus for this sexy piece, we have used his intercoolers before, but we were a bit sure how well this intercooler was going to fit in a 4g.

Core Size: 30in (wide) x 5 1/4in (tall) x 2in (deep)
End Tanks: 2.25 (wide) x 5 3/8in (tall) x 3in (deep)
Piping: 2.5 OD x 1.25 thick / 2.75in Long


On all intercooler installs, you need to start with test fits, It took a few trys to get this thing sitting nice and flush, and aligned perfectly with the bumper. (especially on this car, since it has been wrecked badly in the front end)



Give you an idea what the 2 intercoolers look side by side


You can see that this intercooler has 2.5 inlets, opposed to the starions 2.0in pipes.


I didnt want to take a bunch of pics of the hacking, because their was alot, basically we had to cut alot of **** off the front end, including parts of the core support to bring it up high enough to fit right. We used a sawz all, 5in cutoff wheel and a air hacksaw.



As you can see I had to bend the tabs down a little bit so I could get it to mount to the core support. (rh mount)



This is the LH mount, just 2 10mm bolts holding the IC in place.



Then finally got it mounted, Next step I didnt want to show everyone, because My front bumper is really gay, and I just hacked the living **** out of it Basically need to cut alot of the plastic off the backside of the front bumper so it fits nice. I kinda cut more than I really needed to.



A few mandrel bends 2.5 from JC Whitney that we used.



This is the upper ic pipe coming off the compressor housing, it goes from 2in imediatly to 2.5in piping, I did have to remove the Washer Bottle/Pump assembly for these pipes to clear.



This is the left hand lower section of the IC piping, we used 1 180 and a 90 for this side. The couplers are from Napa, just 2.5 black silicone hose, works perfect!



This is the right hand lower side, Very similar to the other side, except I ran out of couplers, so I had to use the sexy yellow piece from a old intake we had.



And yes, the hacked up upper IC pipe, this piece has been around along time in a few of my cars, it has been modified many times for different setups, as you can see their is about 40 different welds, hahah,

Mounted to the IC pipe, is my Tial Blow off Valve.



All done



It looks very nice..

thanks again Tyrus & thanks to Beau for the sexy tig welds..

Jeff Frank

btw, the car ran shitty, 13.3 @ 108 lol lets just say its very traction limited
(2.1 60ft) with my 1984 Hoosiar slicks, haha

btw, if you guys are interested in one of these coolers check out Tyrus's webpage
http://tjn115.tripod.com

Email him for current pricing & avalibility





[Modified by AbaZ, 12:45 AM 3/1/2003]

 

what mods did u have?and how many psi?

 

stock ls/vtec

t3/t4 50 trim, .48ar running 8psi

Like I said, very traction limited, I was spinning the slicks 1st gear, and half way through second... these slicks are retired!

I hit 13.7 on street tires with a 2.3 60ft if that gives you an idea how badly they were spinning, heh.

 

HEheh, my twin. If you put our cars next to each other they would look so similar. I had to do the same thing to my front bumper to get my intercooler to fit, I hate it now. But it works, and I love boost.
I wish we had room like integras and newer civics...

 

you should land easy 12s with that trap speed.

 

Looks good Jeff, why the hell is the LS/vtec smoking so bad ?

 

btw which w/g,manifold,and injector size are u using?

 

tiiiiiite boyee!

 

LoL, well the engine never smoked, or burnt a Oz of oil before I put that turbo on, the turbo is shot, and is leaking out the exhaust seal badly..



Tough to see, but their is a nice puddle on the crossmember! Oh well its not my turbo, its Beau's I am still on the hunt for a larger T3 that is internally wastegated, we still want to try out the manifold we built for it.



Jeff

oh, and if you guys are like "How gay are those hood pins" lol, I agree totally, basically after we put this turbo setup all together, the front core support was so tweaked it was never going to shut right, we tried so many things, and it just simply looked like ***, So I went with the last resort, lol HOOD PINS BABY!




[Modified by AbaZ, 9:11 PM 2/28/2003]

 

Good job man.

 

what wheels are thoses

 

what the slicks? just some custom steelies with a set of 23x10 (13in) wrinklewall hoosairs..

they are for sale btw, 150 obo, (not shipping)

Jeff

 

i see X's i want to seee

 

do you still have the Zdyne Gold in there?

 

thats what i figured about the smoke.... good thing.

What size piping did you use to make that manifold ?

 

cool...what radiator set up are you using?

 

Still using the Zdyne Gold SECU, w/ 450's

That manifold was made with 1.5in Weld El's

and the radiator is stock.




[Modified by AbaZ, 12:24 AM 3/1/2003]

 

Good work, Shaniqua.

Where's the turbo ZC? In another car?

Sonny

 

deep deep in a coma..

lol



Got some slicks on the way for her though..

 

dope setup!! like to see what u laydown with good traction ls/vtec/boost own

 

Awww man! you couldve bought mine homie deal too!
Your car is looking more and more like a car now

 

what do you think about that intercooler, I used one like that and I thought it was good, but some one on this site that these intercooers are not very good.

 

you should be able to hit low 12s on your setup IMO

 

Jeff,

Did you kill the ZC's tranny? Or maybe it was the clutch. Your site says that the clutch is POS.

Sonny

 

How are you liking those mounts that you used in your B series? Im about to buy some...


Blaze