Well, I installed my turbo last night. The number one complaint with the Revhard kit? Not a single instruction sheet. I'm not talking about how to put the piping in, or mount the turbo, etc. That's pretty much common sense. The problem was that the turbosmart wastegate and the Vortech fuel pressure regulator had nothing with them.

Pros:
The turbo is awesome! T3-T04e with a .60 and .63 wheel
Most piping fit very well
Kit included everything needed to install the turbo

Cons:
Nothing had instructions!
3" Pipe from the turbo to the air filter will not fit in the car, no way... no how!
Washer fluid tank has to be removed to install the turbo to intercooler pipe
Passenger side fan and shroud had to be removed for that huge turbo to fit

I took the car out last night to make sure it would build boost. (Note to self, a Prelude sounds like a pissed off crop duster with only a 12" downpipe for an exhaust.) Since there is no 02 bung in the downpipe, it was zip-tied to the frame for last night. The combination of the ECU adding fuel because it thought the car was extremely lean, and hooking the RRFPR up backwards because I had no instructions caused the car to run so rich that it fouled out the plugs, but boost is no problem.

I found a site on the internet today showing the correct way to hook up the fuel pressure regulator, so this afternoon I will fix that, fabricate a pipe from the downpipe to the cat, replace te spark plugs, and reinstall the 02 sensor.

Overall, I am pleased with the kit, but I will know more once it is running properly and I have had a chance to drive it...

PICS TO COME!!!


Modified by Nocturnal at 10:16 AM 8/11/2003

 

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You may want to reinstall your cooling fan before you go out boosting the **** out of your car. Or there is a way to make the condenser fan stay on.

 

lets see some pictures!

i got my kit too.. almost done

 

what did u have to take out your washer bottle for??? i hope ur not talkin about the radiator overflow bottle... but anyways congrats on being the proud owner of a boosted lude!

 

Congrats, pics and dyno numbers. I especially want to see pics of your intercooler and how you mounted it.

 

Congrats on the install, waiting on pics

 

ive installed my kit..

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=597109

 

wow

 

The washer bottle is on the driver's side. The turbo to intercooler pipe runs thru the hole where the fill spout for the washer bottle was...

I forgot about this thread, but I will post pics this afternoon.