Originally Posted by slo_crx1

Mega old-school. ----, back then I had to make my own hf to 14b adapter plate since at the time no one offered one for sale. This is going back to the late 90's when fmu's and retarded dizzys ruled the honda boost world, even ghettodyne was still in it's infancy.

Originally Posted by Braineack

less pre-load, less boost

Originally Posted by turboedhonda1990

when i had my 14b hf setup on my d16 crx i didnt really have any problems fitting the wastegate. i had to put a minor dent in crossmemeber, but nothing that was that big of a deal. those internal wastegates are pretty small

Originally Posted by slo_crx1

Lol surprised you guys never heard of the carb spring trick, that one's an oldy that works well. Basically you take off your stock wg actuator (stock 14b one is usually around 10-12psi anyway, and you'd have to bend the bracket that mounts to the compressor in order to crack the wg flapper open to lower your boost psi but at a loss of spool time) and replace it with those cheapo dual carburetor springs you can find at most any auto parts store. Take the smaller hook ends and stick them on the wg flapper arm and figure a way to secure them so they don't pop off (I usually just take safety wire and wrap it through the cotter pin hole and around the spring hook ends to hold them) and stretch the springs to a spot (I think I hooked mine around one of the water lines the first time and went to the oil inlet line after that) that puts a little bit of tension on them. Start out slowly with the springs looser to see what pressure it hits, and slowly stretch it a little bit more or less for more or less boost pressure. Once you find the psi you want to run, just leave it there. Opens up a lot of space that used to be taken up by the wastegate since the way we usually mount 14b's with hf mani's means the wg is on the backside and you don't have to deal with overboosting or hard spikes from stock wastegates. It uses the exhaust pressure to push the flapper open on it's own, and if a spring pops off you never have to worry about an overboost situation since the flapper will just fully open once the exhaust hits it.

Originally Posted by LittleHag

Sounds like a pretty good method. Just curious, would this cause boost creep? Like when you're in second or third and mash on the gas and all that exhaust hits the flapper. Maybe not, just wondering what you think. I got the snap ring off by the way. I had to use some 2ft pliers but they worked like a charm.

Originally Posted by slo_crx1

No boost creep at all. Once the exhaust pressure pushes the flapper open it pretty much regulates itself against whatever the spring tension is. I'll admit it sounds pretty ghetto, but in my experience it worked extremely well...a lot better than most of the actuated setups I've ran.