450hp civic wagon build thread
Turbo D. Wagoneer
New Wagonist
Names David, new to HCW, working on a 90 civic wagon ls-vtec turbo. Got some pictures of the wagon and the parts I have accumulated over the past month.
Got the old b16 motor pulled out of the wagon a couple days ago. As of right now, I'm waitin on Bisimoto spec arias pistons and rods. (Thanks Justin)They should be here friday. After I get those, I'm bringing the block and head up to the machine shop to have everything done. While I've been waiting, I think I'm going to paint the engine bay and fix the wire tuck. Whoever did the tuck didnt know what the hell he was doing, so I have to fix his mistakes. I'll keep you guys updated.
when I got it
dont have any pics of it with the motor pulled yet
parts I have thus far
B18a1 darton sleeved block
AFI ramhorn, just had it heat coated
AEBS intake
skunk2 spings and retainers
walbro 255 fp
FAST oil lines
60 trim garrett t3/t04e
type r oil pump
GE lsvtec oil line and sandwich, dowel pins, cometic hg, 880cc precisions, 3 bar gm map
blitz bov
Drag intercooler
I'm looking to make around 450 to the wheels with this setup, so we'll see how much it makes when I'm done.
Let me know of anything that I will need. I'm sure I forgot some stuff. I'm not woried about the outside right now, i want it to be a total sleeper. Prolly paint the front mount black. any advice welcome
Got the old b16 motor pulled out of the wagon a couple days ago. As of right now, I'm waitin on Bisimoto spec arias pistons and rods. (Thanks Justin)They should be here friday. After I get those, I'm bringing the block and head up to the machine shop to have everything done. While I've been waiting, I think I'm going to paint the engine bay and fix the wire tuck. Whoever did the tuck didnt know what the hell he was doing, so I have to fix his mistakes. I'll keep you guys updated.
when I got it
dont have any pics of it with the motor pulled yet
parts I have thus far
B18a1 darton sleeved block
AFI ramhorn, just had it heat coated
AEBS intake
skunk2 spings and retainers
walbro 255 fp
FAST oil lines
60 trim garrett t3/t04e
type r oil pump
GE lsvtec oil line and sandwich, dowel pins, cometic hg, 880cc precisions, 3 bar gm map
blitz bov
Drag intercooler
I'm looking to make around 450 to the wheels with this setup, so we'll see how much it makes when I'm done.
Let me know of anything that I will need. I'm sure I forgot some stuff. I'm not woried about the outside right now, i want it to be a total sleeper. Prolly paint the front mount black. any advice welcome
Comments
what radiator you planning on using? i love that manifold but it puts the wastegate in a bad place. afi makes some good stuff!
Dont know which radiater I'm gonna get, probably just an ebay half size or something. Yea, the wastegate is in a weird spot, but I'll make it fit.
I do plan on painting it eventually, but as of right now I'm just gonna leave it be till I get it tuned and everything. I am in the process of painting the engine bay as we speak. Its a matte nickel color. I'm going to start putting the motor together next week so I'm trying to get everything ready so i can just drop that mug in! Heres some pics.
Thanks for the idea for masking the engine bay. I was all prepared to tape everything off. Now I know it'll be faster to do the tin foil mask.
So I changed my mind on the bay color. I ended up painting it anodized bronze. I think it looks pretty good. Also got the engine harness almost done. Should be done with that soon. heres some more pics. Oh and got the pistons and rods from bisi today. I'll post pics up in a few!\
the engine bay doesnt look the same as it does in the pictures. It looks much better in person. Looks sort of brown in the pictures.
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wiring sucks!!!! eh, someones gotta do it, and I aint payin no one to do a tuck.
almost done!
bisi spec arias pistons and rods
too lazy to take the rods out of the wrapping for a pic.
but the poor economy has forced me to put it on hold. I am totally subscribed to your build thread. Hopefully I can learn a few things from your project that may help me later for mine. Good luck and keep those updates coming!
Wewt!
hehe
moar pix that is
Haha.