1991civicsi

Thanks. When I flipped the turbo around to have the hot side on the passenger side the turbo wouldnt clear the radiator. I was going to use a half rad., but then the crossmember would force me to lean the radiator back to clear the hood. I didnt want to get ghetto, so I came up with this setup.

Xenocron gave it to me when he chipped my ECU.The car had it already installed when I bought it.

wanabgts

super clean install man....lets get some DR's on that thing and get some times!

zack

turbocivic6776

Very nice and clean, i just turbo'd my civic hatch and i wish i would have done a better job and taken the time to make it a good clean job.
I had a question i see you installed the dsm 450's and i was wondering if you used the stock seals and clips? i just put them in mine with a chipped ecu from xenocron and now my car wont start i cant figure out why. help will be appreciated thanx

BLAAST

No, too much oil pressure OR an improper oil return will NOT damage the turbo. So rebuilding it is a good way to trouble shoot the problem. if your turbine end piston ring was worn out, a rebuild will cure the problem. If it still leaks, your oil feed/return or engine compression are the next things to worry about.

1991civicsi

No, I bought replacement o rings and Honda seals. I installed the o rings on the top and bored the lower seals to accomodate the DSM's. My car is a 91' so, it was manufactured with a resistor box. The electrical clips are identical on the DSM's, so, the Honda fuel injector clips plugged right in to the DSM injectors. From what I understand 1992 - up use a different set up, meaning a resistor must be installed to run the DSM injectors. I was planning on sending my turbo to you until I ran into some problems with my car. I have a steady red CEL on my ECU, and Im getting tired of my car leaving me stranded. Im getting a little discouraged and I was talking to my wife about parting out the turbo kit, or selling it complete and going N/A to be reliable. My motor is completely rebuilt, with a rebuilt head, new battery, starter, rebuilt 5 speed, struts, springs, fuel pump, and much more. Im just saying that Ive invested a lot of time and money into this car to do the work properly, and to be reliable, but it seems that since I went turbo Ive gotten stuck with the car too often. Is it an unrealistic goal to use this as a daily driver. I dont know. I sure could use a little encouragement right now.

BLAAST

This site has all the ressources to resolve your problems.
A turbocharged car can be very reliable.
If you have a CEL, check the code and resolve it.
If the turbo is leaking, send it to me.
Any other problems? Just post it here and i'm sure everybody will jump in to help.

A HMT guy giving up on a project, on his wife's advice on top of that, really sounds like a big failure and disapointment for you, and all of us.

turbocivic6776

Don't give up!!
thanx for the help i got it running yesterday, by the way i have a 90 civic si hatch to so i have a resistor box also. thanx and dont give up your setup looks awesome keep working on it and fix the bugs.

1991civicsi

Well I was persistant and I got the car to run well and getting all the "bugs" out. I think this was the most challenging part for me. Anticipating problems and solving them when they occur.
Chris Xenocron had given me some good advice to cure the ECU problem I was having. So, thanks to all you noggs who helped me, and encouraged me along the way. Let me know if any of you have questions or if there is anything I can do to help with your install.

#1NISMO

i have a question your running a 42/48 ts right? i JUST turbo'd my d15b2 and i was wondering how the turbo spools on your car, does it hold 8 psi till redline? thats the only thing im worried about it seems to build boost real fast at like 2300 rpm and hit 8 psi at around 3200 rpm for me but im on a basemap and havent redlined it yet

1991civicsi

Well, I have a 4 bar spring, so we got a reading of approx. 7psi from the Mass Air Flow Sensor.
The turbo spools pretty quickly, but not @ 2300 RPM, Id say maybe betwen 3k-4k RPM, and I can hear the W/G open at about a little bit above 5K RPM. (Dont quote me on that though.)