Well after pulling the old motor, tearing it apart for the rear main seal bolts, assembling the new motor....clutch...tranny...oil lines...everying in 2 days we were tired but the car sounds great.



my wastegate setup is a bit funky...a internal wastegate (which was removed) that uses the port on the turbine housing to run a pipe to the deltagate.



the turbo spooled great last night but it wont spool at all today, would a downpipe to turbo housing leak cause this?? even with the 7 psi wastegate spring in the flapper vavle opens up immediately and removes all exhaust

got her running
http://www.we-todd-did-racing....DE%3D

Turbo slowing down
http://www.we-todd-did-racing....DE%3D

 

tighen your dp bolts and wg bolts. then see how it runs. if it was running fine last night either the bolts got loose(yes that would affect your psi, because the way your set up is) or the wg is malfunctioning. prob some bolots though. good lucl

 

thanks a bunch

this project would have never happened without helpful honda-tech peeps!

 

Lord'O Massy! You've got 3 things coming off one poor little vacuum hose!
Might be just for test purposes, but I would suggest putting the WG on it's own vacuum source. It's "ok" if for some reason your BOV doesn't see vacuum, but if you've got your foot in it and suddenly the vacuum cuts off to the WG... It's 20 psi time. (kaboom..)

As for the lack of boost, I'd recheck the WG. Any leak between the head and the turbo that's substantial enough to prevent spooling would be shooting an incredible jet of exhaust into the engine bay. Looks like a deltagate in the pic. They're known for being a little funky...

 

you get it running good?

and i see that you connected the hose coming from your valve cover to your intake. take that off imeadiatly. you dont want to pressurize your valve cover. noooooo good.

 

no it looks connected but it isnt. That hard line is attached to a coolant line

we plugged up the hole there, it just looks like they are connected

 

btw where can i get a tee that is big enought to fit in the brake booster line but still attach to the wastegate line??

 

glad to see you guys finally got that thing running. Now get your wastegate problems fixed and that uberdata chip in there so you can boost

 

Go D!
I'll have one of those.... someday.