After almost a year the Prelude is finally back up & running but I have a question.
What weight oil should I run? I was told 20/50 but I would like some other opinions.

Anyway here are some pics.

Needs cleaning but not doing that til a dump tube is put on the wg.


Here is the crooked fmic.




Here's Nik loving on the car.

 

looking good mike, the ems i bought from is working good, just have to get a decent for it. im glad to see you got it going again

 

nice, what setup are you runnin?

 

magnificent

 

not to be a bastard but whats the deal with the crooked intercoola

 

oh most of its the shade

 

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lol i was gonna say the same thing, not to hate though bro, it's lookin' hot, congrats on getting it up and running

 

Shadow doesn't help at all on the crooked FMIC but the car look nice never the less.

As for the setup here goes.
Drag 2 kit
Garrett turbo T3/T04E 57 trim .63a/r stage 3
Tial wg
Custom 2.5 DP (tried to go bigger but it wont fit)
2.5 GReddy catback (soon to be 3" custom)
GE Sleeved & O-ringed Block
Endyn 9:1 Pistons
Eagle H-Beam rods
Prodrive Oil Pump Gear
Ferrea Springs, Retainers & Seats
Stock Cams
Stock Valves
Skunk2 Cam Gears
ARP Head Studs
AEM FR & FPR
RC 550cc injectors
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Greddy Profec B Spec 2 boost controller
Apexi Turbo Timer
Autometer Boost, Oil pressure & Fuel Pressure gauges
P72J ECU with Hondata S200B
Tein SS Coilovers
Spoon Rear Strut Bar
Neuspeed Front Strut Bar

Probably a couple things I missed but this is pretty much it. All that's left is the 1200 mile break in & tuning. It has 800 miles on it now and hasn't had a hickup yet (knock on wood). Vaportrail is doing the tuning and he is optimistic that we'll hit between 325 & 350whp. We'll probably tune it for 300whp & leave it at that for a while but we'll see.

 

To answer your question, which no one has so far, 20W50 is the oil to use. Because of its thickness, it won't burn off as easily.

 

i ran 5w30, 10w30 and 10w40. i like the 10w30

depends on milage and your driving style

 

i was gonan use mobil 1 supersyn 15w50 in mine..but who knwos

 

i had the same prob wtih my fmic you have to cut out that bar behind the bumper that doesnt do anything and it will fit up in there better
ps. i used to be blackssvtex anyone know how i can get into my account my secret phrase thing doesnt work ? sorry to jack thread its the only place they will let me post

 

I think all FMAX kits have crooked FMIC like that. I have in in mine.

 

LOOKS SWEET!

 

mine is also crooked....

think of it as a .........................trademark

 

how many psi do you think it will take to reach your whp goal w/ your new setup???

 

Nice

 

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Hahaha, Nikki looks so happy.

 

i think is 20-50 is a little thick, might stave the top end a little bit at start up, i would run a thinner oil and just change it more often

 

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20W50 works well for me. I would have to put oil in my engine every few days while running 10W30 or 10W40. What do you use?

 

I'm giving it a try, then when i change my oil @ a 1000 miles i'll try 10w40.

 

The fun's over... The timing belt jumped the intake gear yesterday and it was towed back to the shop. Here's a couple pics taken while we waited.



One with the Z in the background


Here's one with Nik and her finger in the background parallel with the right tree


Towed

 

Any idea why what would happen?

 

what kind of timing belt tensioner where you running... the H22 auto tensioner, or the H23 manual tensioner???

 

h22 auto. everything was replaced when the rebuild was done but it did have a strange intermittent noise coming from that area. I should find out the extent of the damage today. My guess is that I'll have to have a valve job and get new valves. We'll see later.