pullin my self out of debt, sold my ****** 96 prelude and just bought a 91 hatch from my friend for $450. its pretty mint beside from when the hood ripped off on the highway and made some dents .

anyways, i was putting together a junkyard turbo from my f22 prelude and i want some input as to if these parts will be any good for this thing.

i got a 1g 14b turbo in good condition, dsm 450cc injectors, and a drag fmic.

its a 91 civic hb dx. will this 14b work good on the d15 or whatever this has? should i use the injectors or are they to big?

can i get a cluster from another civic/crx with a tach that will go right in my dash with no rigging? if so from what year/models?

i got a constant knocking clunking sound when i make left turns, what is that?

thanks for any help

 

by the way, if anyone close to minneapolis/MN has 88-91 civic front fenders, a hood, and black seats hit me up. thanks

 

pretty good deal for $450. i think that the turbo parts should be fine for a d15 but i wouldnt boost too much. just need an exhaust manifold from either a crx hf or civic std. about the cluster, try a search, i'm not too sure which ones would be a direct fit but i believe they should all fit. (88-91). that clunking sound you hear is the axle going bad. i have that too. hope this helps some.

 

****. thats the axel? i was told its a cv or somthin cheap. how long can you drive on it like that?

 

the injectors will work just fine. I would do a MPFI swap using a 90-91 Si intake manifold w/ ecu. Turbo is good too. the clunking is a cv joint (which is at the end of the axle).

A cluster from a 90-91 civic Si should bolt right up and even have the wires for a tach already. (mind you i havent had experience with it but i heard thats the case).


good luck and welcome to cheap performance!


Modified by crx_88_si at 11:55 AM 5/13/2004


Modified by crx_88_si at 11:55 AM 5/13/2004

 

thanks - do i gota rewire anything when i swap out the intake?

 

yes.. which wires.. im not sure. there are plenty of writeups.

 

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The CV joints are in the axle. 2 of them in each.

 

If you need good manifold to go turbo I one one off my 88 hf and complete MPFI swap even got a pm6 ecu.hit me up when you get ready to start turbo project

 

http://www.geocities.com/c_rexboy/mpfi.html
perfect writeup for you
and as far as the cluster
you can get one that will work from any car that is a 90-91 crx/civic
i actually have one that i will let go for 60 shipped

 

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ifs its clicking especially when turning then its the CV joint. Most people just slap on some reman. axles

 

the cv is part of the axle.. just go to schucks, napa, or whatever parts store you got there and get some reman cv axles. They cost about $60 and have a core charge of around $80 for each one, just bring back your old axles and get the money back.

If its a single pop it could be worn out ball joints, but if its a lot of popping around turns its the cv axles.

 

ya its constant poping when im turning, sound comes from the passenger side wheel. so should i replace the whole front axel?

will that cluster fit right in my dash?

 

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will that cluster fit right in my dash?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, I'd replace the whole axle if I were you..

and yes, the cluster will fit fine into your hatch, should bolt right in.

like someone already mentioned, before you go turbo, I'd recommend doing a mpfi swap, the injectors wont really make much of a difference in a dpfi anyways, since its throttle body injected(meaning the 2 fuel injectors spray into the throttle body, instead of into each intake runner(mpfi)
search for mpfi and you should be able to come up with quite a few topics, I did one about 3 weeks ago so if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
I also have a writeup on my page in my signature

 

do you gain any power from doing a mpfi swap?

is it hard to replace a axel?

 

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hp wise I think it'll add about 10hp.. but it feels like night and day difference if you ask me.. after I got my car up and running strong again after my mpfi swap, I couldnt believe the difference in power..

 

okay now people when you do the MPFI swap, you can actually compare it to a Si engine, 100cc in displacement is not enough to make a marked performance difference, when you go from 70 HP to about maybe 100-105 at the flywheel, so that is between 23-27HP that you gain, the power difference from a DPFI engine and a MPFI engine, are made from the fuel induction system, not displacement

 

good info... what cars do i want to get the intake out of?

and is it really hard to change the front axel?(in a 91 civic dx hb)

 

I'd get an Si cluster.

*Also

You can use the dsm 450's but your going to haft to have fuel management to turn them down. I suggest going with an apexi safc and getting it dyno tuned. If you just run the dsm 450's without controlling your fuel, your car is going to run like complete ****.

 

ITS NOT WORTH JUST CHANGING THE CV BOOTS JUST CHANGE THE WHOLE AXLE. I WOULDN'T DRIVE ON IT TO LONG IF IT BREAKS THE AXLE THEN YOU CANNOT GET THE CORE.

 

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Incorrect.

 

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and is it really hard to change the front axel?(in a 91 civic dx hb)</TD></TR></TABLE>

If its a DX you have I would also recommend a tranny swap, that 4 speed licks!!
You will need a Si tranny (88-91 Civic/CRX Si) I think the linkage (not sure, might be able to use old linkage) axles and hub/knuckle assembly. Those DX axles are the size of a toothpick!!

But ya definately DPFI-MPFI and then a Si tranny swap...

I know (from experience with a DX) That to rewire DPFI-MPFI you need to get an injector resistor box some extra ECU pins and a good write up... you have to run two extra wires from the ECU for the extra two injectors and you also have to run two more wires to the dist. for TDC and CPS sensors (something like that my memory is bad.. years ago!!)

 

i dontbeleive DX's came with 4 speeds, or atleast ive never seen a dx with a 4 speed. I know that they def. came in STD's. Yure definetly goign to have to do a MPFI conversion. run a pg7 ECu with that. You can use any 90-91 cluster for your dash(some DX's came with them, some didnt) you can get the cluster form an Si or from a civic 4 door LX, or some CRX DX's or CRX Si's. The clicking noise is your axle. If you have enough pocket change you can get a new axle or just slap a CV boot onto it and call it a day, grease it up good. Hope this was some help. good luck

 

100% with out a question do the MPFI swap before you boost it...there is no way that only two injectors will provide enough fuel. There are tons of write-ups and how-to's in the FAQ of this forum...

The DSM 450's will work great for boost once you get the MPFI swap done, However you will definately need something to control them...I reccomend either the Apexi AFC or something similar...or if your up for converting to OBDI then you may want to look in to Uberdata. Do a search on any of the topics that I have covered and you will find lots of info.

 

its a 5spd