New to site: 1997 ej8 turbo build thread ***custom gauge holder***

[SRDF Titan]

So got some more wet sanding done, all I have to do is finish the driver's door in 1500 then go back with 2000. Trying to be done by Friday. Made a couple of mistakes though, ended up burning the paint a little on the roof edge, other then that everything is coming out good.

Let me know what you think

 

[SRDF Titan]

Have another small update, my Supertech valve springs, Neptune RTP and some used JG Engine Dynamics cam gears have been acquired!! Loving the Neptune so far!!

Check back for more!!

 

[SRDF Titan]

Got a small update for ya;
Got my AMR extended top hats installed finally. Wow what a huge difference, should have done this sooner. I'm running pretty high spring rates and although the ride wasn't unbearable it wasn't the most comfortable either. Well now that I"ve installed these AMR extended top hats and have more shock travel the difference in ride quality is night and day!! Big shout out to AMR Engineering

 

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Just a little short video I made from Saturday. Was able to get my Supertech Valvetrain, Skunk1 Pro1 cams and my JG Engine Dynamics Cam Gears installed. Ran into a couple of issues though while on the dyno and had to cut my dyno session very short. My cylinder position sensor went out, so now I have to buy a new distributor and also my oil feed line started leaking like no tomorrow! It was really bad but I think I've got it fixed today (Christmas Eve) lol. Well after I fixed the oil leak today I was able to get a video of the idle. I've never tuned with Neptune before, but I've gotten the hang of it pretty quickly. Got my 1000cc injectors to idle at a solid 900 rpm's FTW!! I am pretty excited about that as anyone that has ever had 1000cc injectors knows that it's a pain in the @ss to get it to idle even half way decent. Well try to enjoy my shitty video!!

97 EJ8 Civic GSR Turbo Skunk2 Pro1 Cams Idle - YouTube

 

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Got a couple of updates. Picked up some items to help with heat management. Wanted to work on this during the winter before the summer got here. So I picked up some DEI Reflect A Gold heat tape. DEI titanium heat wrap and some new lines for my oil feed and return. Also have the following on order: 70mm throttle body, turbo blanket, NRG quick release hub. Will have some more updates hopefully tomorrow, going to be fixing some oil leaks and installing my new oil lines and applying my heat wrap. Here's a couple of photos to tie everyone over.

 

[SRDF Titan]

Alright got a couple more updates for you guys. Today's theme was "oil leak day". I had oil leaking from my oil feed and return lines, my oil pan and my valve cover. So it was kind of a good thing because I wanted to upgrade my 5/8 oil drain line to the -10an fittings anyway. Started taking everything apart, oil pan, valve cover, down pipe and turbo. I was able to swap out the oil feed flange that I had for a 1/8 npt to a -4 90 degree fitting. Then swapped out the oil drain for the -10an and welded the -10 bung on my oil pan. Ran into a problem when I got everything back together.......another oil leak, accept this time is was fresh oil that was leaking and it was still cold (engine was running). I moved the car a couple of times to make sure that it wasn't just oil that I hadn't wiped up yet and it wasn't. It ended up being my oil feed line. Apparently after you reconfigure an oil line so many times the inner parts will eventually give out. Well good thing I had plenty of spares laying around. Was able to get it fixed rather quickly. I then installed my DEI Titanium Heat Wrap, was pretty straight forward and looks pretty nice.

I'm going to be doing some testing on heat management to try and lower the overall under hood temperatures and reduce intake air temperatures using the reflect a gold, heat wrap and turbo blanket (thats still in the mail). I purchased two digital/cordless heat sensors with probes today so that I can do some before and after analysis. I'm going to start a totally different thread for this and I'll post a link in this thread. Anyway on to a couple of photos

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[SRDF Titan]

Got a couple goodies in the mail NRG quick release hub, turbo blanket and Phearable.net 70mm throttle body. Should have it all installed today, but have to do some testing for my Heat Management thread first.

 

[SRDF Titan]

Have a few updates. I was able to build my Cold Air Intake box for my turbo this past weekend. Came out pretty nice. I made a template out of card board and then went back and transferred the template to some sheet metal that I had. All I have to do now is purchase a 3" hole saw and weld some tabs for mounting. I'm also going to fab some 3" piping from the intake box to my turbo. This should lower both my charge piping temperatures and intake air temperatures for sure! The intake box and pipe will be wrapped in the reflect a gold heat tape after more data is taken.

Keep checking back for more updates.

 

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Got the cold air intake box done today, forgot to take a picture after I ran to autozone and grabbed another coupler, but its on there. Not really sure if my mind is playing tricks on me but it does feel like the car pulls a little different. I'm pulling fresh air from the frame rail right now, but I'm eventually going to run a pipe to the existing fog light housing for even colder air. On to the pics (oh yeah I ran out of the gold heat tape) and don't laugh at my crappy welding. Will have some data very soon to document any changes in my IAT's.

 

[SRDF Titan]

Got a couple of updates. I stripped the old paint off of the valve cover and repainted it wrinkle black. I like the way it turned out!!

 

[SRDF Titan]

Just a little update, upgraded my brakes once again, this time went with the Wilwood 12.2" 4 piston caliper setup. The setup does fit behind 16x7 40 offset Rota Slipstreams.

 

[Matts96HB]

This is an awesome build. Thank you for coming back and positing updates! Repped.

 

[E_SolSi]

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

Just read through the entire thread. Wow, great work.

 

[phunky.buddha]

 

[awptickes]

This thread makes me want to actually go out and install the parts on my car I have sitting around, and get rid of the orange peel.

Good job.

 

[SRDF Titan]

This is an awesome build. Thank you for coming back and positing updates! Repped.

Thanks for having me back, it's definitely good to be back lol.

 

[INJEN78]

just read through,all i can say is AWESOME!!!

 

[eg6sir]

car is coming out awesome.. glad you're back with updates

 

[GSRCRXsi]

curious about the air box. where is the air filter?