question bout DA turbo'd whips..
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question bout DA turbo'd whips..
well i might be able to get a full rebuild of my 91 LS 127xxx orig. miles and 5spd tranny swap for about 1200-1500. u think its a go?
and im wanting a turbo something, either on my teg or a new car (wrx) but if i can get this deal, it'll be alot cheaper for me i guess and i could get my DA to be faster then a wrx (right?
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but i wanna know how hard you'r DA turbo install's have been.. what did you have to do to make everything work? what kind of problems, if any, did you have on start up and first month's of the new setup? and most of all, did you get to keep AC?
and what kind of numbers did u throw down and the brand of kit (im lookin for kits only, not peiced together kits) i.e drag, greddy, turbonetics, rev hard.. blah blah
and im wanting a turbo something, either on my teg or a new car (wrx) but if i can get this deal, it'll be alot cheaper for me i guess and i could get my DA to be faster then a wrx (right?
) but i wanna know how hard you'r DA turbo install's have been.. what did you have to do to make everything work? what kind of problems, if any, did you have on start up and first month's of the new setup? and most of all, did you get to keep AC?
and what kind of numbers did u throw down and the brand of kit (im lookin for kits only, not peiced together kits) i.e drag, greddy, turbonetics, rev hard.. blah blah
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Re: question bout DA turbo'd whips.. (..::91TEG-G2::..)
Honestly, don't go with drag with piping.. Their piping for DA's suck, and they're off. Most of my bumper support is gone now too, and the PS lines were moved cause of the Downpipe, I almost wanna say try Rev Hard, but other then that.. The Drag Kit on my DA woke it up, there is nothing like hearing that turbine spool up and then that blow off valve... I can't ever imagined how I could live without boost, although I'm only running 5psi.. So, I haven't even felt boost so to speak hehe. I'll post up pictures of the setup soon.
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Re: question bout DA turbo'd whips.. (..::91TEG-G2::..)
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but i wanna know how hard you'r DA turbo install's have been.. what did you have to do to make everything work? what kind of problems, if any, did you have on start up and first month's of the new setup? and most of all, did you get to keep AC?
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On my old 91 DA Integra, with the original 160K B18A motor (still ran strong), I got ahold of a SOHC Greddy turbo kit really cheap and modified the manifold so that it'll bolt to the B-series head and modified the wastegate and was pushing close to 9 psi
. Put it simply, the engine bay of the DA Integra SUCKS when it comes to air flow and venting. If I had the same setup in an EG/DC engine bay, there'd be more room for air to flow. Instead, when you would open up the hood, the heat would kill you. Mind you, I wasn't running an intercooler but I did keep the A/C. Had to run slim fans.
When it wasn't hot outside (less than 80 degrees), the car would run great and A/C would work great. When it was over 90 degrees, everything would overheat. This was also with a new OEM radiator. Adding an IC wouldn't have changed the coolant temp, just the charge air temp, but I think with the turbo sitting so close to the full size Integra radiator, it really heated it up. I was planning on running a dual core Civic radiator in the car to make more room for the turbo to breath (so the heat wasn't directly going into the radiator) but I took the turbo off and sold the car before I could.
With a S1 B16 tranny, and the dinky TD-04 turbo, it would spool up quick and be fun for daily driving.... loud too
. But with a turbo that small, no more power after 5000 rpms
but i wanna know how hard you'r DA turbo install's have been.. what did you have to do to make everything work? what kind of problems, if any, did you have on start up and first month's of the new setup? and most of all, did you get to keep AC?
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On my old 91 DA Integra, with the original 160K B18A motor (still ran strong), I got ahold of a SOHC Greddy turbo kit really cheap and modified the manifold so that it'll bolt to the B-series head and modified the wastegate and was pushing close to 9 psi
. Put it simply, the engine bay of the DA Integra SUCKS when it comes to air flow and venting. If I had the same setup in an EG/DC engine bay, there'd be more room for air to flow. Instead, when you would open up the hood, the heat would kill you. Mind you, I wasn't running an intercooler but I did keep the A/C. Had to run slim fans. When it wasn't hot outside (less than 80 degrees), the car would run great and A/C would work great. When it was over 90 degrees, everything would overheat. This was also with a new OEM radiator. Adding an IC wouldn't have changed the coolant temp, just the charge air temp, but I think with the turbo sitting so close to the full size Integra radiator, it really heated it up. I was planning on running a dual core Civic radiator in the car to make more room for the turbo to breath (so the heat wasn't directly going into the radiator) but I took the turbo off and sold the car before I could.
With a S1 B16 tranny, and the dinky TD-04 turbo, it would spool up quick and be fun for daily driving.... loud too
. But with a turbo that small, no more power after 5000 rpms
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