I'm getting ready to finish off my turbo swap by collecting the final pieces. Actually I slapped the setup in a 88crx but the car was a little too rough so I got a better 89crx. I did breifly drive the 88 while turbo'd, it was quite the joke, didn't have a proper setup at all..
STD manifold
rbh5 turbocharger
mx6 BOV
starion intercooler
2.5" SS mandrel exhaust
STOCK fuel system
STOCK high mileage auto trans.
The car did go considerably faster than before the swap however the tranny only took a few pulls before deciding to slip. The boost held a steady 6psi unless it was between the long delayed gear shifts when it would spike up to about 10psi. We put my buddies wideband o2 sensor on and was getting readings of 17:1... under boost ha ha ha... Amazing Scotty held it together!
Ok, so now that we are gonna swap all the shit to the better car it's time to solve these issues first. I got a pressure relief valve from a 84 Nissan 300zx turbo. These valves were mounted on the intake manifold to prevent overboosting. (I guess Nissan didn't wanna warranty blown turbo engines) Anyway, this unit pops open at about 7psi. I plan to install this on the Honda engine so that if the boost spikes, it'll just blow. I only plan to run 6psi with the auto tranny anyway. Not only that, it'll sound like a BOV between auto-gear shifts.. LOL I got my hands on a obd1 dizzy and ecu, so I can program it to run my 330cc mx6 injectors. So the only thing left to worry about is keeping this auto trans from blowing up. (and no, I don't want a 5spd) From the reading I've done adding a tranny cooler helps alot. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what people have in their setups, like numbers of coolers? cooler size? and pics of how/where they are mounted would be great!
STD manifold
rbh5 turbocharger
mx6 BOV
starion intercooler
2.5" SS mandrel exhaust
STOCK fuel system
STOCK high mileage auto trans.
The car did go considerably faster than before the swap however the tranny only took a few pulls before deciding to slip. The boost held a steady 6psi unless it was between the long delayed gear shifts when it would spike up to about 10psi. We put my buddies wideband o2 sensor on and was getting readings of 17:1... under boost ha ha ha... Amazing Scotty held it together!
Ok, so now that we are gonna swap all the shit to the better car it's time to solve these issues first. I got a pressure relief valve from a 84 Nissan 300zx turbo. These valves were mounted on the intake manifold to prevent overboosting. (I guess Nissan didn't wanna warranty blown turbo engines) Anyway, this unit pops open at about 7psi. I plan to install this on the Honda engine so that if the boost spikes, it'll just blow. I only plan to run 6psi with the auto tranny anyway. Not only that, it'll sound like a BOV between auto-gear shifts.. LOL I got my hands on a obd1 dizzy and ecu, so I can program it to run my 330cc mx6 injectors. So the only thing left to worry about is keeping this auto trans from blowing up. (and no, I don't want a 5spd) From the reading I've done adding a tranny cooler helps alot. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what people have in their setups, like numbers of coolers? cooler size? and pics of how/where they are mounted would be great!