finally boosted civic! WITH PICS!
 

Well, after going into a lot of work I finally got my stuff together and built a turbo kit!

Car is honda civic 1997, 4 doors :6
b18b engine
running on 450's with uberdata (im still into tuning with the wideband right now!!!)
Turbo XS BoV
Garrett T3 0.48/0.60 turbo, freshly rebuilt!!!!
2.5'' piping, downpipe and exhaust, straight pipe with flexible
28" (With tanks) , 6''X2.75'' intercooler
stainless steel down pipe (had to mention that :8 )

this thing pulls real nice.... it's at 7psi right now with internal WG but when I get all the tuning done, it will be at 10psi
for now, it still runs pig rich... but hey... better rich then lean ;)

NOW the interesting part... PICS!
sorry, I have not cleaned the car yet.... but it looks like that right now! hope y'all enjoy it!:

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by the way, some of the pics were taken with the hood latch released but the hood down... just to let y'all know that my car doesn't have those major fitting problems it looks like it has! anyways! comments...?

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looks pretty sexy. I'm diggin the whiteybent downpipe, so whats eta before your turbo starts smoking having your oil return like that? I'll give you 2 1/2 months =)

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Shiny pretty under hood, ---- man, clean clean insatll, first one?

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that car would be sex without that back bumper...who did the fab work?

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you should of seen the car when I FIRST got it ;)
happily I smashed the front bumper and put a stock with TypeR lip (if anyone remembers my accident hehe)
im just waiting till a dump ass hits my rear bumper to get it back to OEM style hehe! but for now, it stays there


and Abaz... what's wrong with my oil return?

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thats whta i was gonna say. but i guess a week or two

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very clean! nice job

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The return is a little low on the pan :-\

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i dont get it whats wrong

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sweet downpipe!

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damn lovin that DP bro.... what a clean setup... PROPS MAN! O0

so does the BOV close to the turbo actually makes it louder... or is there another difference?

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I don't know if it makes it louder... but that turbo XS BoV sure sounds real LOUD.... it's nice to hear hehe!




For the oil return.... me and my friend actually argued about that before installing it... I said it had to be higher possible and he said it didn't mather (he has built many turbo setups in the past)
With the gravity, I think that logically the oil will go down the oil return hose and it won't go back to the turbo... so what's wrong with it? :-\

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the oil line IS to low no matter what your friend says ..... needs to be higher up on the pan ..

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that's a nice ass set up. the oil return does look pretty low. love the DP.

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if the pa has oil in it above the hole where you have for the return, gravity ain't gonna force more oil in, the oil is gonna go in the tube. why stay at more dense area when there is a spot for less density.

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if its to low, the oil already in the pan wont let gravity play its role. it basically sits in the return line like when u put a straw in a drink n it fills to the level the drinks at inside the straw.. same concept. put it higher so its above the line in the pan or else you get oil backed up no matter what ur friend does for a living

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Very clean in and out. Not really my style with the copper and all, but nice none the less. The bay is VERY clean/nice. Very nice set-up. There's no "horn" on the RFL? My does, and some eGay knock-offs have 2 (mine is a knock off, but still). Good job!!! ;) ;D


JP

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he never said his was an RFL he said it was a XS BoV

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so now what do I do with that oil return?

get a new oil pan and start it over? or should I just cover that hole and move it up?

or just leave it like that? ???

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looks clean and oh yeah your missing a rim ;)

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cut it off n weld or screw n glue a plate to block it, or if u want it to look pretty... get another pan. it needs to be as high as possible with no kinks. if it really "didn't matter" dont you think stock cars would come like that? most factory cars drain to mid-block then drip to the pan with "gravity"

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That is pretty low, the oil may be backing up into your turbo...Id take it off plug the hole and make a new higher one. You want it free flowing right above where the oil sits, you should be able to see an oil line in the pan when its off.

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if you wanna test the free flowing, pull off ur oil return while the car is sitting on the ground from the pan, if it pours out, its to low ::)

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my thoughts exactly ;)

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Easiest way to figure out where the oil return should go... take off the pan and put the dipstick in. Look at the level of the dipstick. While running the oil level will be about 1.5l below the full mark. For you Americans that's probably about 2 quarts. The harm is not necessarily the oil backing up but it's aereating your oil. Don't want the oil pump picking up and distributing bubbles.

-Michael

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backing up oil also causes seals to go bad n burning of oil with smoke

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Holly ----, I'm in love with your car. 4 doors kick ass period O0

Get some times of that badass setup.

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cut out a square from the oiol pan with the drain fitting being at the bottom of the square. turn the square upside down weld it back in and the fitting is now higher

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pm me if you want another oil pan i have a untapped one in my garage

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Not a bad set up. Another coppa-show-stopa :8

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if he ever gets non-winter tires meaby this car will be able to lay down decent amount of power in what 4rth gear :P
just kidding justin have fun for 3 days till you store it (------- canadian winters)

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I'm diggin' the copper, setup looks good.

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Well you could always just run like 2 quarts of oil insted of fixing your pan.. that would probably solve the problem =)

I'd definatly just fix your oil pan. Cut off the fitting you have in there, then patch it with a small flat plate and weld over it. Then go to the highest point possible on the pan for your return.

examples

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/leia/turboek15.jpg
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/turbo_...trike/rs14.jpg

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Hmm I made that manifold to mount the turbo the other way but that fits nicely. Nice setup Justin. I would just get a new pan and start over.

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how is that upper pipe attached to the compressor housing? I dont see any bolts, I'm assuming its welded eh?

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I also noticed that you used a factory Saab exhaust housing as the compressor snout.

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Is that what that is? Crazy. I woulda just bought the ford one off ebay (actually I did)

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it's actually a ford...

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Not the right one for that turbo

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actually... as a french Im not really sure what a ''snout'' is....
im assuming your talking about the 90degree pipe that I welded at the end of the turbo..... and it was a ford pipe....

was just the right size and fitted quite well actually :-\