Re: My civic finally turboed
 

i used the one wire and disabled the o2 heater with uberdata cause i am too cheap to by a new 4 wire.

WOT: that wire isnt as close as it looks, but i do plan to make a heatsheild either out of stainless or carbonfiber, not sure yet

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

Hows that ebay BOV workin out?

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

that is one small turbo, it looks smaller than a t25.

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

the BOV seems ok. kinda quiet, but i like being a sleeper. it also seems a little slow to open. i might loosen it up a little

the turbo is pretty small. the guy i got it fmo said it was the same thing as the 13b? from the 1st gen dsm.

it turns out that the miss under boost was the plugs. i had some stock style denso plugs so i got some colder NGk's and that cleared it up completely. runs great. kinda falls off at the top but im sure an intercooler would help that a lot. thats one of my next purchases

all in all for the money i have spent it is a nice power increase and an awesome learning experience. you can read all day long but you still dont know till you do it

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

good job on the setup. That's a tiny turbo... what do you get max poundage at? again sweet deal ;)

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

mint dude.. looks awesome

god damn that turbo's small lol

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

i really appretiate all of the comments. i kinda figured i would get bashed for using such a small turbo, no intercooler, and my choice of tubing.

right now i am getting 5psi. im not sure if my charge pipes are leaking or if the wastegate is only set to 5psi. i am going to make a manual boost controller and see if i can get more. im not going to go too high w/o an intercooler though. i hope to have one by feburary, then i will shoot for closer to 10psi, but try to keep my foot out of it till i can get a z6 built for a lot more boost. i would like to run 15psi daily and 20psi at the track

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

That turbo is hella small, but atleast your boosting ;)

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

Nice little set up you have there. Good stuff.

P.S. move your oil line if it touching the manifold. ;)

Re: My civic finally turboed
 

it isnt touching. its about an inch from it. thats why the orange sleeve is there. they run oil and fuel lines very close to exhaust on airplanes, that keeps it fomr having any problems