So I was driving home from downtown philla. this weekend and my car finally took a **** on me.

My inline fuel pump shorted out causing me to go lean. So now I am geting a good amount of oil comming out of the breather cover and the head gasket is toast. It's also running on 3 cylinders. My **** sounds like a subaru

What do you guys think, Rebuild it? Is it worth it? I'm really sick of having to fix something every day on this car. I'm thinking of selling it in its current condition so I can buy a WRX. All I'm looking for is some opinions. Thanks

BTW: My car

d16y7 stock internals
57t t3/t4@7psi
12:1 FMU

R.I.P.






Modified by TurboTagTeam at 11:12 PM 5/17/2005

 

Grab a big gun, aim at vehicle, shoot until feeling of uforia overcomes you. Then buy that subaru if thats the car you want.
Sell it as is, it's still worth money.

 

I recomend putting in some after market piston and rods, that should cause the car to be a beast

 

Rebuild it with beefed up internals to lower the compression. You'll be happier then spending a ton of money on a WRX. You had your fun with your car sounding like one... now rebuild that biatch!

EDIT: BTW clean looking Coupe

 

i'd say rebuild it bro, the D has some potential. i just turbocharged my d16y7 sedan as well late last week and im dyno tuning it tomorrow on stock internals and at 7psi on a GReddy TD04H 15g turbo. good luck, n ur car still looks good just minor stusff happened thats why ur motor shitted on u especially that high *** compression. btw how did the inline fuel pump shorted on u bro? b/c i have an inline walbro fuel pump in my car as well.

 

Make her a beast. Begin the transformation.

 

REbuilt!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek9 ferio &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how did the inline fuel pump shorted on u bro? b/c i have an inline walbro fuel pump in my car as well.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The gounding wire fell off the grounding screw. Dont know how, it was on there really good too.

I'd love to rebuild but I'm in high school and need a reliable car again The turbo D is not the most reliable car.

 

Buy another car. The Honda is a money pit, I'm about to sell all my parts that I havent even put on the car yet, and buy a bike this fall and with a stock vehicle be able to run 11-12's or faster in the quarter should I so choose.

 

get another stock engine (cheap) or if you got a little dough rebuild it(you must have some $$$ to buy wrx), keep turbo parts and ditch the FMU, get uberdata or CROME.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboTagTeam &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I'm really sick of having to fix something every day on this car. </TD></TR></TABLE>

What do you have to fix daily? I wouldn't give up on the car that fast.

 

D series are cheap... get a d16z6, for 400$
Then ---&gt; obd1 conversion with uberdata
Then ---&gt; GET IT TUNE ON A DYNO/WIDEBAND
Then its gonna be reliable and more powerfull, all with a stock engine...

 

Really it all comes down to realiability. I NEED something realiable. How realiable can this thing really be? I would love to keep it and drive another car but I dont have the $$$ for that.

Also what do you think this thing is worth(ballpark figure)3,000$??????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xtremeazian &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What do you have to fix daily? I wouldn't give up on the car that fast.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It was ALWAYS something.

 

sorry to say but thats what happens when you run an ssac setup "by looking at the mani" and not spending the money on good managment.

 

if you invest $25K into a wrx you would be wasting money..you could probably do an AWD conversion for less than that just get a used d16 with decent compression, boost it on uberdata and youll have a reliable car for &lt;$2K.

 

Sell the turbo setup or whole car & start over again , go all motor (it's reliable) ...

 

Get it tuned correctley and you should have a reliable car. You can't just slap on a turbo and go! and expect to be reliable

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by clutch878 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry to say but thats what happens when you run an ssac setup "by looking at the mani" and not spending the money on good managment.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The ONLY items used that are from ssautochrome are the manifold and the turbo. BOTH HAVE WORKED FLAWLESSLY!!! I got them both free as a gift that why I used them. And if you dont have any usefull info to contribute STFU. and I was planning on getting a tune but i'm in school so its hard to find the time. I live about 100miles from the nearest tuner

 

go all motor and be prepared to spend to go fast....

 

The problem that caused the engine failure had nothing to do with a bad/no tuning, it was caused by a lean condition caused by a loose wire. Even with the best tune, the motor was gonna get fried anyways.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jlacoy82 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The problem that caused the engine failure had nothing to do with a bad/no tuning, it was caused by a lean condition caused by a loose wire. Even with the best tune, the motor was gonna get fried anyways.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah. It seems the only thing that was unreliable was that grounding wire falling off. Not the car's fault.

 

what kinda numbers did you put down with the y7 turbo??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jlacoy82 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The problem that caused the engine failure had nothing to do with a bad/no tuning, it was caused by a lean condition caused by a loose wire. Even with the best tune, the motor was gonna get fried anyways.</TD></TR></TABLE>
true to the qoute, detonation, OUCH! that sux dude. either u get a wrx and spend 5-6 hundred on payments and up the anty on insurance, swap out the d for a b/h/k, or put another d in it.

 

it would be reliable if you used quailty parts. you know you cant drive a WRX like a honda because it will brake down and the parts arent cheap eather