Hi, i just come to buy a thermobloc kit for my 98' EUDM Integra type R.
I just want to know your experiences with this kit: dyno if possible on the same engine. And if some of you have some tips to fit it easier.

Thanks


Modified by sylvain at 8:56 PM 8/31/2004

 

what is this gasket for?

is it like the hondata Intake Manifold gasket?

 

Yes but in the kit you have all the gaskets, thremo bloc for IM, TB, IAC valve, all the nuts, bolts.....

 

could you give us a review after you put it on? i was looking at that setup a while back. i'd also like to know how long the install takes and how difficult it is, if at all

 

Ok, no problem, i'll make a lot of pics, so it will take a few more time.

 

I have the outlaw engineering kit on my b18C. Very easy to install. Good directions. The kit comes with a IM gasket, TB gasket and IAC gasket.

Don't know if it gained my any whp.

 

Have you bypassed all the coolant (TB and IAC) ?

Do you feal any power difference ?

 

the coolant still goes to the TB and IAC. That is why you use the outlaw gasket on the TB and IAC....to shield the heat from the coolant from the manifold.

I put the gaskets on over the winter with a bunch of other mods, so I can't tell the difference.

 

I picked one up a while back, been debating to take the mani off to install.

The 2 bolts on teh bottom are a bitch to reach.

Been working on the suspension as well, I plan to dyno tune when I get some TODA Bs and then install the gasket and dyno run again. May not be for a few months still.

 

Thats good, i finish intall it, the manual is very good, all information are detailed perfectly.

Time need for operation: 5 hours !!!

Here is the result:

 

i would replace those hoses on the catch can, they will get soft from heat, and collapse

 

I have that kit. I have had a few of the intake manifold bolts and the IACV bolts become loose. Other then that I like the kit.

 

noticed any gains? was it worth the 5 hour install?

 

Definitly no worth the install time, i don't fell any difference, but now the weather is about 14°c so i'll make some new chrono between 100 to 200kph to see the diffrence.
Before kit i was at 14s for the 100-200.

 

thank you for being honest.. its hard for people to do after spending money

 

honestly i have the Hondata IM gasket, and i did the coolant bypass, thats where i felt the difference.

 

bypass the coolant?
can someone care to explain why and how?

 

It lowers the temp in the intake thus giving you a colder intake charge temp. Given the same volume of air the colder air is more dense. More dense air has more oxygen and thus creates more HP. Or so it is said.

 

where can i get this gasket kit? is it better then the hondata one?

btw... FACOM tools are awesome! love mine

 

okay but what should be done to the coolant hose then? i asume it has to go somwhere and not just block it (pressure would build up?)

 

Holy old thread batman, it lives!

 

yepp, have to do searching sometimes before i start a new thread

 

just bypass the TB, that way it will not get heated up by the coolant.

 

loop the coolant hose to the throttle body, then you will have no need for the throttle body gasket.