Since i have had my car since day 1, i decided that when my car hit the dreaded 100,000 mile mark, I would give it a little present. Boost! Below are some pics of how things went. I will provide commentary at the end.

So i don't clog up the thread, i will post links to pics...I don't have the capability to shink my pics. A big thanks to my good friend John (the rock star in some of the pics) who spearheaded the whole install and made everything go smoothly. Also a big thanks to Cody and Crescent at c-speedracing.com for providing an awesome base map (hondata) to start from.

First thing is first.
My setup:
1995 GSR sedan (DB8)
100,000 miles (exactly)
iceman shorty intake
DC 4-2-1
stock cat
old greddy b-pipe
itr muffler
itr intake cam (no cam gears)
b&M commandflo
jrsc @ 6psi
hondata s100/b with DSM 450's (running c-speedracing.com base map)

First is the installation of the hondata (inside my p72) - C-speedracing.com handled all of that and provided an awesome base map for my setup. Then i just had to click it back in.
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Then it was time to put in the DSM 450's. Pretty easy, but i had to go to NAPA to get lower injector seal kits for all of the injectors and the regular mods to make them fit snug. The green civic seals have to be bored out a bit to fit over the DSM injectors. I tucked the resistor box along the firewall.
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My painted JR mani:
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DSM's in my stock IM:
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This was the scene:
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Now its time to dig in, before we start, one last pic to remember:
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Here is my friend John, holding the stock IM after we took it out:
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Here is the hole that is left after the stock IM is out:
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Here we are scraping away at the old intake manifold gasket with razor blades and scotch guard: http://www.we-todd-did-racing....3D%3D
Here you see the new Hondata IM gasket and the blower just resting:
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Here we are bolting up the new JR mani:
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Buttoning up the sensors:
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Plugged MAP sensor (a must with Hondata):
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With the cluster out:
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The go-getter...aka "the tracker" (fastest tracker on east coast. K&N equipped ) Check out yellow corolla in the background...its got 30,000 miles.
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Map sensor moved to JR Manifold:
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Boost gauge shot 1 &2:
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Impressions:
I need more boost! j/k The car runs great. The tuning issues have been non-issues thanks to the hondata and the great base map that was provided for me. The car behaves like stock, and even still gets 28-30mpg on the highway if you don't push it too hard. Torque is strong throughout the powerband and the car is now transformed. I don't have to beat it so hard to get up to speed. However, nail the throttle, and you are catapulted forward...particularly if you start in first gear and rev through the gears. I noticed that the powerband is so linear, that the sensation of speed is masked...but don't be fooled, i get pushed harder into my seat then my father's 330i 5spd. Also, the cars intake noise (which i particularly liked) is gone - replaced by a quieter whining from the charger. The next biggest problem i found is that the car needs better brakes, it picks up speed a lot quicker and so you need something to calm the added momentum.

All in all, I am very satisfied...the car is more enjoyable and it is something different.

 

Congratulations man! Glad to see you got everything in without too many issues. What did you use to plug the map on the TB?

Did you tune it yet? Next step is to get rid of the DC for a Kami/Carsound setup. Made a huge difference for me.

 

Thanks bro - She is running GOOD! To plug the TB we used some sealant (can't see) and some clips that we found at Pep Boys...It fit perfect.

BTW - I forgot to mention that the standard charger belt size for the 6psi is 620mm or 24.5in. That DID NOT fit at all. I even spoke with Keith at JR...he had no idea why. We thought maybe the thicker hondata IM gasket had something to do with it? Anyway, we wound up using a 25.2in belt.

 

Nice dude, congrats

 

You ended up with a 640? Wierd. I just replaced mine with a 620 last week, it slipped right on. Actually easier than usual for whatever reason. You have to kind of walk it on...sometimes when changing these belts, youll SWEAR they dont fit, but they do. Just with a little encouragement

What kind of belt did you use?

 

Congrats nice job

 

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What kind of belt did you use?
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I forget, we had to make a last minute run to autozone...it was some brand, i'll check tomorrow...i swear this belt wasn't going on....no way. we were prying and prying...the 640 was a little (smidgen) too big, and the 620 was too small. Go figure.

 

welcome to tha fun of drivin a SC GSR

BTW, u plannin on getting a gauge pod or just keepin that boost gauge in the middle like that?

 

nice job enjoy your down low torque

 

I'm sorry no one told you about the silent in intake noise once you put the blower on. Since the the blower is on the Intake side of the enigne, it silences out the intake, similar to how a turbo can lower your exhaust note since its on the exhaust side of the engine.

Brakes, haha. Should be your next logical step. Glad you like it though. And welcome to the wonderful world of boosting with a blower.

 

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BTW, u plannin on getting a gauge pod or just keepin that boost gauge in the middle like that?

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I sort of like it there...the wrx comes with it there and i kind of like it. i would get an a-pillar pod, but they don't make one for the 4dr, only the 2dr, and the a-pillars are slightly different.

 

Congrats.

 

Congrats on the install. I will be SC'ing my 80,000 mile motor as well. For brakes I recommend some quality brake pads and some SS brake lines. Works wonders. Wilwood brake setup in the works.

on the clean install.

QUESTION: How much did the s100 w/ b cost from c speed racing? I have the harness and RC 440's so the only thing I need is the chipped ECU and the s100.

 

i love the wilwood kit....

anyway, PM "cotay (egb18c)" on this board, he'll hook you up.

 

I just installed my JRSC yesterday, and man it was pain in the A$$!! It took me and a good friend (turboSol) 2 full days working from 9am to 5pm and I still had to make like 4 trips to AutoZone for like emergency parts runs... ..I have some pics, but I will post them in another thread..I just got some questions for you because I think i have to get some bugs worked out....nice pics of your install, my camera died during the process..

 

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yeah i think i've got about two day's worth now as well, and i'm still not close to done. the mani is bolted up but the blower is just laying there beneath. its crazy how there's no room to work on it (this is a B16A in a crx, so clearances are the worst). nice pics though of the install i'll have some as well in a week or so.

 

did you have fun removing the IM support bracket lol I know I didn't!

 

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actually in comparison i'd say that was easiest for me. maybe its different on the GSR motor. i also bought a nice long extension and put a pipe on the ratchet.

 

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I wanted to bend and break that summamabitch in every possibly way after I got it off...definitely a pain in the *** on GSRs.

 

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Yeah, that was one of the worst. I'll tell you the stupidest design flaw is the two bolts (total of 4) that hold the mani to the charger. The two that sit INSIDE the manifold....you have to tighten them ,AFTER you have the mani bolted to the block and the charger beneath....there is no room for error here...if the bolt slips off the allen wrench it'll go right into the motor!!!
They could have just made some tubes/channels so this couldn't happen, i know it would disrupt airflow...but it can't be that much.

 

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i'm planning on just temporarily sticking a tube in there until the bolt is threaded in, just to be safe.

 

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Did you use loctite (shaken well)?

I ask because I didn't shale up my loctite well enough, and one of those focking bolts came out during a blast up to 8000rpm. I did serious damage to my blower housing, and fins, and had to get a new one from Jackson.

It's the only part of the kit that I hate very, very much,

 

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i'm planning on just temporarily sticking a tube in there until the bolt is threaded in, just to be safe.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How would you do that? its all bolted up by that point, nothing left to do...

YES I did use loctite! we put the blue stuff all over those bolts

 

Here's how I hooked up my boost gauge for my DB8:


Here you can see my techedge WB unit in the center of the steering colum

 

Yeah, looks nice. I was going to do the bezel too, but couldn't think of what else to put there...the A/F gauge is useless.

for a fellow DB8er