Seeing as upgrading an accord never ends, i wanted to do something new and original with my turbo setup. After much thinking i decided to make a new downpipe, seeing as the old one from turbo specialties was hitting the support beam (i think thats the name for it but i always forget). So my idea was to make a downpipe with an external dump for the internal wastegate. The wastegate and the turbine fins are not in two separate chambers and the old downpipe created a lot of turbulence as the two streams of exhaust gases were forced together though a 2" pipe. The new setup has a 1.5" pipe for the wastegate and a 2.25" for the turbine fins. I also separated the two chambers of the turbo by welding a 1/8" thick piece of steel onto the 5-bolt flange to make the two exhaust flows go their separate but equal ways.
I first showed this upgrade at the menlo park meet but everyone thought it was an exhaust leak and when i explained it people still looked confused. So hopefully it makes sense now. I was also hoping for some attention....but everyone was paying attention to the other boosted accord (*cough cough* shahid). JK. I didn't get any pics of it completely done because i got it back saturday afternoon from the welder (i tacked it together with my MIG he did the whole thing with a TIG) and rushed to put it in and head down to Jersey. Anyways here are some pics.
After thoughts:
After driving it around for a while you can definitely feel the power difference. The turbo is much more responsive and it is loud as hell (i'll get a vid up soon so guys can hear how it sounds). The only downside is that 1/8" steel divider i put in doesn't seal 100% and it kinda does sounds like an exhaust leak on idle. Overall i'm happy with my upgrade and even happier that i did it all by my self. Let me know what you guys think.
I first showed this upgrade at the menlo park meet but everyone thought it was an exhaust leak and when i explained it people still looked confused. So hopefully it makes sense now. I was also hoping for some attention....but everyone was paying attention to the other boosted accord (*cough cough* shahid). JK. I didn't get any pics of it completely done because i got it back saturday afternoon from the welder (i tacked it together with my MIG he did the whole thing with a TIG) and rushed to put it in and head down to Jersey. Anyways here are some pics.
After thoughts:
After driving it around for a while you can definitely feel the power difference. The turbo is much more responsive and it is loud as hell (i'll get a vid up soon so guys can hear how it sounds). The only downside is that 1/8" steel divider i put in doesn't seal 100% and it kinda does sounds like an exhaust leak on idle. Overall i'm happy with my upgrade and even happier that i did it all by my self. Let me know what you guys think.
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