i finally got the turbo running and boosted, the one advise i want to tell newbies like me is...

Do NOT use a peice of rag over the compressor inlet as a filter it will not boost...

took me a whole day to figure this out but now shes boosting at 4 psi thanks to all honda tech members and zip the smc is great! easy *** install well kinda....

 

any pics?

 

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4238205266
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4238205261


[Modified by Bongnak, 10:46 PM 2/18/2003]

 

are you going to use a hood vent for that intercooler?

 

nah too much money thats just for right now but i do have a vent hose that draws air from the front of the bumper to it.

 

Man, I love looking at ghetto setups...
You're lucky you didn't suck that rag in and toss the compressor wheel....

 

i dont like the intercooler there, unless u make a box in the front bumper to channel air udner it

 

Haha

Saab power!

 

dude i used the exact piping on my car
that saab has been violated
What year did you get everything from???

 

very nice
my first turbo setup long time ago was a junkyard whit a volvo turbo but i didint have luck whit that
good luck

 

If he's boosting 4 psi then it's probably 82-84 Saab.

The 85-8? had a 5.5 psi wastegate, which is what I have, but I only "see" 4 psi due to the elevation I am at, 2600+ ft.

FWIW, the wastegates get swapped around a bit over the years. I wouldn't rule out him having sourced the turbo and pipes from an 85+ car as they look exactly like what I'm running... I use the big "turbo intercooler" one to strap my cone filter to. :D

 

Ive seen ghettoer

 

Was that aimed at me? :D

 

Actually I was kinda thinking of the first stages of mine

 

High five.

 

hehe thanks for the replies well the turbo is a from a ford t3 some wierd kind and the intercooler piping where from a lot of different cars when i was at the junk yard. some from volvos and some from saabs and mercedes diesel.

the only problem now is that the oil line is about to go. i can see it expand when i rev the throttle body. wheres the cheapest place to buy braided hoses?

 

what kind of intercooler is that? I like it, it's perfect where it's at if you make a air scoop underneath where the airbox use to be. I want that intercooler!

 

i have also seen ghettoer (is that a word?)

 

how does it feel speedwise? butt dyno

 

Looks good ... but as others have mentioned, I'd look into getting air to that intercooler. It looks like what you have there would be more commonly refered to as an "interheater." For obvious reasons this isn't desireable.

-a

 

the intercooler's from a saab 900, they're always on ebay and you might also get the pipe that says "turbo intercooler" with it.

the intercooler does get some cold air; i have a vent hose that comes from bumper fog light opening through the resonator and into the intercooler

the overall speed is awsome being my first time driving a boosted car, let alone ride in one, but theres a lot of lag its an exhaust a/r of .48 so the spool should come earlier than its at now, but it starts to spool at 3500k but thats cuz my ghetto downpipe is.... ghetto!
it goes from 2.25 to 2.5 90 deg turn then back to 2.25 and then to a stock cat and exhaust pipe then through a 2.5 pipe for the muffer after the A pipe

 

screw exhaust...dump tube
youd be surprised at how quiet it is...

 

yea, what he said!! (because im gunna have to do it too hehe

mike

 

Do you plan on using a filter?

 

CAn you pm me with some more pics of the complete setup?