i serached but i couldnt find anything on this topic. i was wandering if i had to get a 92-95 civic radiator to get a turbo to fit in there i know theres not a alot of room and i was also wandering if there was any other way i could go with out having to do that. also im geussing i would have to get a new front crossmember unless i cut some of it out to make it fit. thanks in advance.

 

I had some issues getting everything to fit underneath the hood of my hatch. I used a PRI front crossmember, which if using their mounts you can get the 4th front torque mount. That allows you to use a newer civic half panel radiator. I also had to fabricate a new rad. support, cut out some of the metal where the bottom of the bumper supports to, and cut out a section underneath my hood all to get everything to fit. But what you would have to do all depends on what kind of setup you plan on going with. I know at least F-MAX makes a kit for a b16a in a ef with no hassles fitting up. Good luck

 

thanks anyone else have any input.

 

i also heard that if i get a slim fan and a rehard manifold everything should fit. any other suggestions or dif setups?

 

yeah i had a stock everything with a seamless body kit so the hardest thing was getting everything to fit and still enough room so the motor can move. a kit would be nice if you wan to just put a turbo on the car. but i did learn a lot doing all my own fab work.

 

i geuss that its up to what you want. anyone have a kit they put togther and didnt have to do alot of fab work?

 

My friends shop made a custom kit into a crx with b16 where the turbo was mounted underneath the intake manifold (yes the intake manifold) and made custom piping for the intake and downpipe. To the untrained eye, just glancing at the motor it appears stock. Its really a badass set up. You can keep your stock radiator and keep ac if you had that also because you use your stock exhaust manifold or aftermarket. I will try and get some pics up if I can later....

 

Neat idea, I'm sure it wasn't as efficient as traditional setups but I guess it could be done. Seems like it would turn an oil change into a PITA, and you would have a lot of problems with protecting all the wiring that is back there.

Has anyone pulled off a turbo and a full size stock radiator, I'm going to be making a new manifold in the next couple weeks and I'm going to try to squeeze it all in. Between my Tyrus IC and the cockeyed EG radiator I dont get adequate cooling at all.