customcoach

It's OK if its primer over paint(like in this case) primer over bare metal is a bad idea, lots of surface rust. I plan on taping off all the shiny trim around the windows and down the sides and primering the rest so it will have that clean contrast between bright and dull black. It should look good. It will look a lot better than the current paint job that is faded scratched and touched up all over.

lsturbo

Hey guys i finaly got my car. i want to turbocharge it its got 127k on it. seems to run good. can you give me some info on how hard it is to turbo the da like any tricky area's ya i dont know to much yet but by this summer it should be turbo. i get my licence this summer. by the way its a 93 red ls 5spd. love it black interior clean as hell. da's are tight

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customcoach

I finally finished putting everything together today. Here are some pics of the finished product. I still have a little more work to do, but I took it out for a test drive tonight, and everything is running good. I'm only boosting about 6 lbs to start with as I don't have a boost gauge or an air fuel meter. Everything went together great with no exhaust or oil leaks.

As you can see in the photos below, everything is stainless steel - oil supply and return, downpipe and all the intercooler piping. There are before and after photos of the turbo. That is NOT silver paint. I just got a new sandblasting cabinet , so I bead-blasted everything. It came out very nice. With the cleaned housings and the new center section, the turbo is as good as new.

I still have a couple of things left to do mechanically, as well as a good clean up. I still want to prime the car. Then I'll have pictures of everything when I'm done in a couple of days. I would say if anyone is interested in buying it, the car is ready to go.

lsturbo

would you sell your set up?

customcoach

No, I need to sell the whole car. But I will buld you one just like it. I want to do another install on a stock car with A/C first. I got this car with the idea of using it to make kits for the secong gen Integra. Unfortunatly I didnt think about it having a B18b and no A/C. The throttle body is in a different spot on the B18a and the B18b looks taller. I want to make sure it will clear A/C also.

ZexRex

wow those ss charge pipes are sexy, looks very professional man, nice job

customcoach

Thanks, I do this for a living. You should see the Piping I do for the 3000GT/Stealth cars .

lsturbo

well were do you live i have time also i mean you can use my car as a test dummy if you want. i get my licence in may. and tell me how much you would want i am lookin to spend 1g or a lil more if i got the money.

customcoach

We are in Richmond VA. $1000 is not a lot but I could work with you a little. let me know if you are interested. What year do you have?