accordepicenter

We were playing with the car having fun and stuff, BIG BURNOUTS (second gear, 2 stripes 125ft long, no one legged burnouts) but the car just wasnt pulling as hard as she normally does... pulls very hard but it usually rips the tires loose like a bastard especially going into 2nd but it just wasnt feeling quite right... This is after we overboosted to 16psi due to the wastegate line got chewed up by a belt... So needless to say we were concerned that we had finally blown the headgasket or melted a piston running 13psi for 2-3 seasons and then overboosting... So immediatley we brought the car back and were like WTF? So we stopped and let it cool down for 45 min, pulled the plugs and checked them, they looked ok, so we got out the compression tester and started checking... Honestly i expected there to be low compression problem or somthing to be very wrong... but the results were 175psi on 1,2,4 and 174 psi on 3. Thats excellent for a 135k mile stock short block thats been boosted for the past 2.5 years or so, and that we were testing the compression through the charge piping, intercooler and turbo with the throttle at WOT. We were like mmmkay wtf is going on with the car? So i immediatley suspected somthing was amiss with the turbo, as Jake noticed that my boost in 3rd gear would go from 13 down to 9-10 psi (WTF?) so i started to look it over and noticed that compressor wheel was badly smashed, probably from sucking up a rock? Its got a big dent in the compressor wheel and is going to definintly have to be rebuilt/upgraded, i think the damage extends to the compressor housing and it has some slight in-out shaft play so i believe it affected the balance also. Now its time to upgrade to T4 compressor side. The Turboaccord LIVES

Also,
Jake's (Hebijake) Built Ls/VTEC's compression was measured at 210psi across the board too, but that was dead cold.
Shanes (Shanerv)271k mile stock Integra GSR 210psi on 1,3,4 and 200 on #2 cyl, and was dead cold

accordepicenter

filter.... what filter? :P It doesnt matter jon, i might upgrade to a T04 compressor section, even if i dont i have a spare 60 trim t3 compressor section i can use.

buk9tp

all hail the turbo accord god.

RedCavz

whew, that was a close one

danronian

Sure the ---- was. You need to update with some new videos when it gets all running strong again. I love seeing that thing rip.

And even if the bottom end was shot...a replacement is soo easy to find in the yard. Not like looking for a b18 which takes months if you're lucky. I could probably find 8 blocks in my local junkyard, makes me feel so stupid for not boosting mine.
Good luck with getting your turbo back together.

accordepicenter

i have a spare bottom end if i need one, id rather wait until its built to put it in though, whenever i get done with that...