Topic: 92 Integra, lsvtec, holset, take 3 (Read 32287 times)

Tim · « **on:** April 14, 2012, 11:52:00 PM »

I had a build thread on hmt, then started one here but it got deleted with the hosting fuckup.
So here's number 3.

I bought this pos as someone's failed b16 swap.

I fixed the ls that was in it and slowly got rid of the altezzas, projectors, z3 fiberglass fender shit.
Sold all of that and eventually the b16 to fund the project.
Added an HX-35 kit and blew a few pistons.

Sold a local a chipped ecu, 3 bar, 450's and tuned his ls/vtec. He hit a pole a couple weeks later so I bought the swap (with all the extras) for stupid cheap. Sold off the extras, had the mount welded on the block, and sold that too.

Cleaned up the head

Rebuilt the bottom end (first one, hope she lasts)
Picked up a set of arps for $40

Then I was in the right spot at the right time and picked up a b20z for $30 It even had a moroso oil pan still on it.

Threw it in late one night.

I ran a ghetto oil line for the vtec, still have to test if it will have enough volume. I haven't reved it into vtec yet since its not tuned. Hell I havent even wired it up yet.

Welded a vband onto the turbo outlet, got tired of drilling and tapping broken bolts anytime I had to pull the exhaust.
Of course this killed the tiny bit of clearance I had between the rad so I threw another manifold on. It wasn't any better so I had to 'fix' it.

I warped the shit out of the manifold. had to sand about an 1/8" out of the center to get it flat.

That was last year sometime. Today I finally got around to pulling out the half rad that fit like shit.
Threw in a vw scirocco rad, fits like it was made for it.
This was ripped straight from a thread http://www.realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/index.php/topic,2391.0.html
Thanks, ratcityrex

Ive been wanting to connect a boost solenoid to the top of the wastegate, and install my new hood. But every manifold I've had needs the webbing of the hood hammered to shit. So once again I had to 'fix' the manifold.
I cut the flange off, and the tubing undernieth was much bigger than the elbow I was using. I had to cut a bunch of slits and hammer it smaller.

Then I welded the flange onto the other end of the elbow (random chunk of a stock h22 manifold)

Few more wires to connect and then get it tuned by Tom

92CXyD · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2012, 12:14:14 AM »

That looks pure sex, love fabbing in this.

Dirty_Mech_Style · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2012, 01:20:57 AM »

This is fucking rad, looking forward to rippers/dyno numbers

Tim · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2012, 08:00:49 AM »

Haha thanks guys. I just hope the wastegate tubing isn't too small and fucked up of an angle. Also hope the.engine stays together. I still have the.b20 on.standby, and a semi built badass engine sitting on the shelf, so I'm not real worried about it. Roller Vids will follow soon.

Teg2boo · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2012, 09:28:13 AM »

Quote from: Tim on April 15, 2012, 08:00:49 AM

Haha thanks guys. I just hope the wastegate tubing isn't too small and fucked up of an angle. Also hope the.engine stays together. I still have the.b20 on.standby, and a semi built badass engine sitting on the shelf, so I'm not real worried about it. Roller Vids will follow soon.

Tubing size looks ok, but it looks really far from the manifold. I don't know how the gas will like to go that far.

I like the build. Probably because it looks like my first attempt (success attempt

) to boost my red integra!

Turbo in the fucking sand LOL

Tim · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2012, 01:46:40 PM »

Forgot to post pics of the intercooler mounts I made.
I couldn't get the zip ties off so I had to cut them. I've been reusing the same ones I put on probably 5 years ago, I think you can see them in the pics with the orange duct tape.

Anyway I had a cutoff wheel, drill, and hammer.

I could probably stand on this bastard now.

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2012, 09:35:18 PM »

Do work!

Tim · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2012, 06:46:24 AM »

Pulled the pan to plastigage my bearings cause tom had me worried.
They were all wearing fucked up, glad I checked.
He thinks they were too tight so now I need to swap in a looser set and recheck.

I'll post some shitty pics later.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:07:16 AM »

Good thing u caught the bearing fuck up b4 2 much damage happened.

Tim · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2012, 04:33:06 PM »

Ok check these pics out and see if they tell you anything.

I'll try and get it back on the lift and plastigage them to see what that tells me, but maybe these marks will tell someone something.

92CXyD · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2012, 04:49:15 PM »

Looks normal, maybe use a bit more assembly lube next time, but looks OK to me.

JaredKaragen · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2012, 03:20:19 AM »

Looks ok... But; if u have a bore mic, check the rod end for roundness... And crank journal. If all is ok; should be fine.

Tim · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2012, 03:24:10 AM »

Ordered a set of acl race x bearings.
Say they are +.001 on the oil clearance.

Pulled #2 and #4 mains and they gaged between .0015 and .002
Threw the new bearings in and they were the same.

Idk about this shit anymore.
I get so dirty working on it, its going to be a miracle if I don't Fuck it up somehow.
I knicked the #1 rod journal so I sanded it with 1500 lightly and all looked good.
Oh well I have a couple other bottom ends and learned a lot if this one goes.

Need to button up some wiring and I'll be done.

dvst8r · « **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2012, 09:53:09 AM »

Quote from: Tim on May 01, 2012, 03:24:10 AM

...Pulled #2 and #4 mains and they gaged between .0015 and .002...

Sounds fine to me.

Tim · « **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:34:54 AM »

Yeah, I'm going to guess that was my problem, I was a bit tired at 3:30 am and explained weird.
I ended up with those clearances after adding the set of +.001 bearings on the rods, I took out a set of standard Kings.
Mains I just opened up and put right back cause all was well

So in theory if king and acl std are the same my clearances would have been .0005-.001. Seems a little tight.

The only reason it will suck now is if I got dirt or bearing pieces somewhere they don't belong. Very possible with as dirty as the barn was and as hard as it was to reach in there. I gave up and slapped it together anyway.

Tim · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2012, 03:34:39 AM »

Went to look at the car tonight, decide if it was close enough to tune.
Ended up soldering in my lc-1, extra inputs, vtec, boost solenoid.

I had a harness that clipped on for the wideband and ectune, serial, and my o meter all read different.
Now my serial and ectune read dead on. I'll have to check the program on the o meter.

I wired my fuel pump directly off the battery and block with 10ga, a fuse, and a relay last week.
Now the basemap that was so lean I had to add 60% fuel is so rich it reads full lean at idle from misfires.
Either that or I had something seriously wired wrong before.

Looks like this piece of shit is ready to visit tom tomorrow.
I'm still convinced somethig will keep it from running right and being tuned, but maybe because it seems like nothing is ever done on this thing.

Tim · « **Reply #16 on:** June 14, 2012, 12:35:29 AM »

Made 310 and didn't blow up.
Runs smooth like stock, best its ever ran.
Tom is the man, hooked it up.
Will have dyno sheets and ripper bids soon.

sewell94 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2012, 12:14:29 PM »

Quote from: Tim on June 14, 2012, 12:35:29 AM

Made 310 and didn't blow up.
Runs smooth like stock, best its ever ran.
Tom is the man, hooked it up.
Will have dyno sheets and ripper bids soon.

Lmk when we can blow it up.

Tim · « **Reply #18 on:** June 15, 2012, 12:46:13 PM »

Let me fix these oil leaks and make sure its not the turbo shitting.
Then as soon as I throw this b20 together I'm down.

I don't want to do it without a complete engine on the stand waiting.

Tim · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2013, 04:31:44 PM »

Bought a house with a 2 stall garage today.
Have ARP rod bolts and a turbo rebuild kit waiting to go in.

Then its FINALLY more boost and a higher rev limit to see what it can take.

Not a lot of miles on it, but the ones I do put on it are always to the floor and often off the rev limit

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2013, 08:01:53 AM »

Quote from: Tim on March 07, 2013, 04:31:44 PM

Not a lot of miles on it, but the ones I do put on it are always to the floor and often off the rev limit

Is there any other way to drive?

stealthiskey · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2013, 08:47:09 AM »

Quote from: Tim on March 07, 2013, 04:31:44 PM

Bought a house with a 2 stall garage today.

Lol no big deal, just bought a house today. Looking good.

Tim · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2013, 11:09:45 PM »

Ha I wish it was no big deal. Had to have a survey, well inspection, and some other last minute shit done. Didn't get my down payment from where I thought I could so I had to ask my sister to wire me money. The bank didn't like that so they had to review my mortgage app and whole situation on tuesday. All to go into too much debt for too little house.

But it's all fucking mine and no more landlord and shitty appt I want to burn down daily.

ill post some pics of the garage shortly.

HiProfile · « **Reply #23 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:24:53 PM »

Last-minute changes in money/assets really gets banks' panties in a knot. Mine was a HUD Home/forclosure, so it was retarded at times.

I think my garage was filled in 2 months. No matter since nobody around me cares what I do - which kicks ass! I'm sure you'll love it, but just know it will start sucking up time & money to get everything "just right".

Tim · « **Reply #24 on:** May 26, 2013, 04:45:13 AM »

Still haven't had a chance to crank the boost yet, doing some little shit that is taking way to long. Car has been down a couple weeks.

Bearings looked like they just came out of the box, cyl 3 had a huge scratch from some unknown reason. Slapped it back together fuck it.

Buddy bought a bottom end I was interested in last week while i was on vacation. Dropped it in my garage and said it was mine? Supposed to be forged rod piston with a smoked piston and bore. Turns out it was 3 smoked pistons but it was a sleeved block no one knew about, I'm pumped. Need to measure the bore and see if it is usable.

quadnie · « **Reply #25 on:** May 26, 2013, 05:44:31 AM »

Excellent build on the car. Very thorough work taking apart the engine over/and/over again. Why is the cross member factory pink? Above all else you did an excellent job restoring a simple DA. Can't wait to see the tuned numbers.

Tim · « **Reply #26 on:** June 27, 2013, 02:45:14 PM »

Thanks Quadnie, I have a love hate relationship with this car. I pile parts and plan things, then throw the nice shit on the shelf and last minute slap something together instead. I'm weird like that, Fuck it, this engine was only supposed to be last summers build anyway. Car is turning into such a hack job but its fun to beat on.

It finally runs, no pictures worth anything of course, but some of my scratched cylinder and shitty practice oring job.
Going to take it to Tom tonight and see what ~~breaks~~ er maxes out first.

Supposed to take it to IFO on Sunday and beat the fuck out of it... if it lasts til Sunday that is.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #27 on:** June 27, 2013, 03:47:12 PM »

Quote from: Tim on June 27, 2013, 02:45:14 PM

Going to take it to Tom tonight and see what ~~breaks~~ er maxes out first.

Tom is still around? Figured he died or something since he stood hiprofile up on those injectors.

92CXyD · « **Reply #28 on:** June 27, 2013, 03:57:31 PM »

Quote from: ratcityrex on June 27, 2013, 03:47:12 PM

Quote from: Tim on June 27, 2013, 02:45:14 PM

Going to take it to Tom tonight and see what ~~breaks~~ er maxes out first.

Tom is still around? Figured he died or something since he stood hiprofile up on those injectors.

He is still around, I talk to him on facebook.

Tim · « **Reply #29 on:** June 27, 2013, 04:15:05 PM »

Yeah hes around, I talk to him in between him breaking phones which is stupid often.

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