[speedfoos]

Its painted black with high-temp silicone. Not a big fan of chrome exhaust so I painted it.

[speedfoos]

Day 3

Figured out what to do on the TB to IC pipe. The pipe that mates to the IC zigs at the TB pipe end, when it should zag. So I'm just going to cut the end off and use an extra coupler to change the orientation. Good fun. I may get to it today, I may not. Have to cook some desserts for a BBQ this evening and mow the lawn too. We'll see if I have time to get back in the garage.

[Alpha 5]

What, a BBQ and you did not invite your good buddies over at CIVICFORUMS. You should be ashamed...
Wait a minute, you said you had to cook desert, what kinda Macho Man cooks desert? You should be wearing the BBQ apron and holding a beer not a spatula and the vanilla. LOL.

MAN BBQ =

[01EXGUY]

great thread man. very helpful. im piecing together my own turbo kit right now. but its gonna be a long slow process for me cause i just bought my first house . anyway i bought an intercooler that the charge piping enters and exits on each side of the ic. so when i bought it i also got the custom bent ic piping for it also. whereas dezods stuff enters and exits on the same side of the ic. i hope to have the rest of my stuff bought and be boosted by next spring/summer. like i said i just bought my first house so it will take a while. but so far ive got the ic and ic piping, greddy type s bov, tial 38mm wastegate with dumptube, all necessary clamps and fittings. but i still got to buy the expensive stuff ( aem ems, turbo, turbo manifold, etc.)
anyways everything is picking up and looking good for u man. nice job

[speedfoos]

I hope you can run that piping on the driver's side of the car. Its pretty cramped around the ABS stuff, AC compressor and alternator. I know folks have done i, but it looks like a real bitch to run it through there. My advice is to go custom on the downpipe to make sure you have enough room to clear everything.

I hear you about slowly accumulating parts, it took me almost a year to get everything together as well.

Alpha, you guys live on the wrong side of the pond! Besides I also did the grillin'.

Now wait a minute..... You said I should be holding a beer, not a spatula and vanilla. Spatula and vanilla. Uhuh. That sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. I smell another amateur chef, Alpha.

My mom drowned all the stupid kids, you can't slip like that and not have crafty old 'foos catch you at it!

[01EXGUY]

Yeah i bought the ic kit from a guy on here. he had it on his car which is the same as mine and he said he had the piping custom bent and he didnt have any fitment issues so i hope it all goes well when it comes crunch time

[FoSho]

Well my camera is down at the moment, should be up tomorrow so I can get some pics. The Pipe that goes to the throttle body down is wierd. Like you said it zigs & zags. I had to cut about 1/4 inch off of the end, bend it slightly. Then I cut the elbow to the intetcooler about 1/4 inch off, then I drove with a boost leak to a local muffler shop. Took the pipe of, he cut the other side of the elbow slightly then but a kink in the the middle of the elbow. Now the pipe is a tade shorter on the intercooler side. So I skooted the silicone coupler out more & it holds under 8 psi of boost all day. So today I got a longer silicone coupler & it fits great. When I try to get the bumper on the only thing that hits is the part where the splash shield clips on.

Sounds like alot because it is!!! The intercooler piping gave me such headaches. Then the top intercooler elbow rubs, so I put rubber around the pipe & zip tied em down. No more rattle!!


To all the boosted dezod cars, were you able to keep your splash shields???

[sql_civic]

Well, I finally made it to the end of this thread.

Geez, foos - Good Luck.

I've been through some nasty frustrating jobs but I've never regreted them as long as the job gets done right. Usually, it makes the beer taste so much better when you're done. For me it's the journey not the destination that is worth celebrating.

[speedfoos]

Thanks FoSho, I'm going to go cut on the piping in about 10 minutes. Post up later when I'm done.

Yeah Carl, the thread doesn't do any justice to amount of 'foos hours put into this job so far. And you know, even with as many issues as I've had up to this early stage of the install - I'm still having a blast!

[xRiCeBoYx]

Originally Posted by speedfoos

Thanks FoSho, I'm going to go cut on the piping in about 10 minutes. Post up later when I'm done.

Yeah Carl, the thread doesn't do any justice to amount of 'foos hours put into this job so far. And you know, even with as many issues as I've had up to this early stage of the install - I'm still having a blast!

you should take a flight to seattle and do mine when you're done.. I'll supply the beer

[TransformedBG]

So what day are we on now?

[dezod]

The problem with this chassis is ROOM! There is no room to do ANYTHING in it. Let alone cram 20ft of piping, a manifold, WG, BOV, Turbo, downpipe etc....

This is not like the boodles of room from the D15-6 and B18 etc...

[speedfoos]

Day 4

You're absolutely right Paul! I remember looking down at my engine bay with the header (no heat shield), CAI, and the battery in the trunk, thinking "Wow! Look at all that space!" Talk about an optical illusion! I can't fit shit in this bay, let alone a big honkin' GT30!

xRiceboyx, if you think I'm doing this again on purpose, you're crazy! Or, well, maybe you've figured out that I'm Honda a nut and love working on these cars! Or maybe I really like beer......

So here we are at Day 4, and speaking of space, got out "The Persuader" again today and started makin' a little more room. Right in front of the passenger tire, where the IC pipes run, you can get about an extra 3/4" of space by bending back the extra material. Just slash it with your die grinder, and bang the shit out of it with a hammer. See pic for reference!



This gave me a little extra wiggle room to run the IC pipes. But that TB to IC pipe was still bent the wrong way at the end. It went down instead of up and was also about 8 inches too long. See?







Its the top one that was giving me trouble. Have a gander at this.






Time to whip out "The Persuader" again and get to work! I need a new wheel after this job is over. I've just about ground through the whole disc!

[speedfoos]

Day 4 cont'd

Things should fit a lot better now. At least that's what I thought. It still isn't lining up perfectly. That may be because I've mounted the IC behind the bumper, but I don't know. I have no idea if folks usually mount them to the front or the back. By putting it behind the bumper, it should lend to a more sleepy appearance until I whomp on the gas!

I was also able to do a little weight reduction! Check this out. I bet I saved at least 8 ounces of unsprung weight! This is the little bracket that clutch cable bolts on to when it transitions from hose to pipe.

First we takea it off.





Then we cutta offa the extra bits. I bet I can eat two quadruple Whoppers the next time I'm at BK now and still not lose anything on my quarter mile time! Plus it lets the charge pipe fit a little better.






It looks like I'm going to have to buy a 45 degree coupler in order to make that last connection between the two pipes. I'm about to hit Ebay to find it. Should be pretty easy to find. I hope.

Here it is after I cut it.





But the IC is mounted now in the proper place, and its got a fresh coat of black paint to keep it nice and subtle.

Today was a good day. Exhaust still isn't done at the welder's place (he's busy too getting his sand rail ready for the next race), but I won't be done with this till the weekend anyway. Stay tuned for the next update!

[LT2004ever]

wow man... thats all i can say is wow.

and this: paint it purple!

edit: i need a persuader for the entire underside of my car now that i think about it