Not happy with my setup **FIXED the problem**
 

i got my car back UNTUNED a week ago, and it has been in storage since them(as always). Yesterday i then took it out and got it tuned for 7 PSI, and the guy gave it back to me and said the turbo is WAYYYY too big for the motor, and it has a VERY BIG LAG, but it still pulls at higher RPM. it starts to spool at about 4000-4700, at about 5000-5200 it hits full boost. and it pulls all the way to redline, you can tell the turbo is hardly doing any work.


i am actually thinking about getting rid of this turbo and getting a smaller turbo, so i can have the low end pull.

it is not dynoed yet, but i am sure it is UP there, i raced a RSX type S, with exhaust and intake and i beat him, but he had me GOOD in first and second gear, then in third i was hitting full boost, and smoked him.

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jesus what turbo is that? it looks huge..

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T3/T4
AR: .60 comp, .63 exh

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What engine and have u worked the head?I think its waaay to big.

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thats not really that great, thats like a 14 sec car...i cant see a 63 exh housing being too big on a b18

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on a b16, that is kind of big.........

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it's a B16A motor :-\

it's good that i can take long trips without hitting boost, but for racing, it sucks off the line, sometimes it feels like the car wants to stall off the line.

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dont get me wrong, it pulls mad hard when boost kicks in, BUT i just wish it was pulling hard on the lowend, rather than the high midrange/ top end.

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yeah expect more of that with that big ass turbo :-\

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I have a nice 52/48 ill trade you and give you 100 bucks.

it was just rebuilt, doesnt even have 5 miles on it yet.

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ive got a t3 .48/.48 i think 4 sale and im about 20 minutes from you.

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but my turbo has just been rebuilt, and i'm offering CASH!

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well what do u want it for? drag or daily driving? thats good for drag ;D

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i am going to do more mods to the car and see if that improves the bottom end,

remember i still have a STOCK cat-back exhaust, and i just found out that the gasket between the HEAD and the Manifold is blown. so maybe after fixing it the bottom end with improve.

right now the car is in storage, so not i'm goin anything for now.

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DROP THAT EXHAUST!!!!!!!! it will solve all your problems im sure...

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For sure. If your exhaust gasket is blown, that will kill your boost/spool time. Stock exhaust will do the same thing. WTF were you thinking? :-\
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if you got a .48 a/r turbine housing instead of a .63, it would certainly keep boost for your powerband and spool a hell of a lot quicker, especially with the .60 a/r compressor.

what trim wheels are you running?

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well i am at the mechanic shop now, and i am about to put the new copper gasket exhaust gasket in, and then in about a week or two i will do a catback 3' exhaust system. (custom)

i have no idea what wheel trim, only info i have on it is comp .60, exh .63 T3/T4

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drop the exhaust from the cat back and try it out.

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YESSS, i fixed the problem guys, it was the exhaust manifold gasket all alone why my car wasn't running good.

after reading on this topic that the blown gasket delays spool time, i went to the storage and took it to my friends shop and installed a copper gasket. the old GASKET WAS COMPLETE BLOWN, A PART OF IT WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF (BIG ASS GAP IN THE #4 RUNNER HOLE).

now the car starts to spool at 3500rpm and pulls all the wat to redline


anyways i got to go now, i am still working on it...(changing the wastegate's gasket)

later

*WILL POST PICTURES IN MY OLD THREAD IN THE Forced Iunduction FOURM today or tomor

Re:Not happy with my setup **FIXED the problem**
 

awesome man!!! that shits going to pull like a ----------er!!!

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i was pulling out of the shop and i gave it 70% throttle (VAFC) and AS SOON AS the turbo starts to spool the wheels lost tracking....i was so ------- happy, shyt never ran this good since i got back the car.

Re:Not happy with my setup **FIXED the problem**
 

umm how about you post a link to your "other" thread?

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they retarded the timing 10 degrees, drove it mad times to ensure there wasn't any pinging, and did the fuel adjustments for me using the VAFC.

i have a FMU hooked up to it now, but that is only because i still have the stock injectors, so untill i get some 450's then i will ditch the FMU and re-tune it.

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=16998

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Yeah, the one where you were supposed to ship that stuff. And didn't I say you were disowned?

"To me, now you are dead" ;)

Re:Not happy with my setup **FIXED the problem**
 

disowned :P :P :P :P, by alot people cuz of shyt i used to do....all i say is ---- em', and that goes for the LAW too..

only thing i like to really do is fix cars, and it funny that i have never stole a car in my life(mad people find that hard to believe), and everything on MY car was through MY hard work (parts and labour).


back to topic..

did i mention i don't have an intercooler on it....???
:-\

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Why is Internet thug life still here? Chingro proved he was a worthless piece of ---- a long time ago

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couldnt agree more

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as i said before, ----'EM
just in case you never read it before

back to the topic please

Re:Not happy with my setup **FIXED the problem**
 

ok, back on topic, you suck. did that guy ever get his ----? and put that picture of you standing by your car for your avatar, I'll take the same pose and do it too.

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whatever yall did to the pic doesn't bother me at all,
maybe five years ago, but shyt like that i just look over.

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=19000


does this answer your question?????????
rather you see it for yourself than i tell you...
lol...who is goin to believe a piece of shyt.

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back to topic..
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this is what was making my car run like crap.....
https://www.angelfire.com/ok3/skifla..._civic_001.jpg

never actually blown an exhaust manifold gasket before, so this is a first in my book.

if you look closely you can see the copper gasket i installed today.
https://www.angelfire.com/ok3/skifla..._civic_008.jpg

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oh yea, my car is forsale, it will hit autotrader soon, for $7500 with everything in it, and a new paint job too.

i plan to get a TSX