retroshark
Well-Known Member
thanks again!
as far as the swap, im gonna be honest and not recomend doing it without an engine lift. the pedals were hard, VERY hard. probably the hardest part so far. the clutch pedal needs a big hole drilled )about 1 3/8") so that the master cyl can slip in there, and you have a very tight space to drill in, and thats through metal as well. the brake pedal is just a pain in general, what with teh steering shaft in the way.
as far as the tranny goes, you have to remove both the tranny, and the drivers side motor mounts, then tilt the entire motor over in order to slide the lump off of the motor. and yes, teh auto probably ways a hell of a lot more, and i dont have an engine lift.
lastly, sinc eim running a turbo with a lot of completely custom stuff, i am running a chipped p28 vtec ecu. that means i have to convert the car to obd1, plus convert the inector system to work with that system. also, another more complicated part is im not running honda injectors, or even aftermarket ones. im using 450cc injectrs from a DSM vehicle. that way there is less modification to seals and stuff like that. another part is the new fuel pump. that also needs to be setup sepcially thorugh the ECU. its all a lot of tuning here, but luckily my friend has a similar setup on his 5th gen, so hes given me his basemap that i can just burn onto a chip and run til i get my car to the tuners.
all in all, the setup is expensive. for the 5spd alone, i spent just about 1000 in parts. for the turbo stuff, and i mean EVERYTHING i possibly needed, ive speant about 3500, and i guarantee i have twice as many parts as any kit would contain. the setup will hopefully make about 230hp from start, but when i get to swapping the head and really getting down to the internals, it shoudl support, maybe with a slightly bigger turbo, about 300-350hp. all id need is more boost and a bigger turbo and the internals to support the added pressure, and id be making some good power.
i still have a long way to go before this is all wrapped up, but once the tranny is on, and i know the clutch engages and disengages, ill be able to really concentrate on the wiring etc
as far as the swap, im gonna be honest and not recomend doing it without an engine lift. the pedals were hard, VERY hard. probably the hardest part so far. the clutch pedal needs a big hole drilled )about 1 3/8") so that the master cyl can slip in there, and you have a very tight space to drill in, and thats through metal as well. the brake pedal is just a pain in general, what with teh steering shaft in the way.
as far as the tranny goes, you have to remove both the tranny, and the drivers side motor mounts, then tilt the entire motor over in order to slide the lump off of the motor. and yes, teh auto probably ways a hell of a lot more, and i dont have an engine lift.
lastly, sinc eim running a turbo with a lot of completely custom stuff, i am running a chipped p28 vtec ecu. that means i have to convert the car to obd1, plus convert the inector system to work with that system. also, another more complicated part is im not running honda injectors, or even aftermarket ones. im using 450cc injectrs from a DSM vehicle. that way there is less modification to seals and stuff like that. another part is the new fuel pump. that also needs to be setup sepcially thorugh the ECU. its all a lot of tuning here, but luckily my friend has a similar setup on his 5th gen, so hes given me his basemap that i can just burn onto a chip and run til i get my car to the tuners.
all in all, the setup is expensive. for the 5spd alone, i spent just about 1000 in parts. for the turbo stuff, and i mean EVERYTHING i possibly needed, ive speant about 3500, and i guarantee i have twice as many parts as any kit would contain. the setup will hopefully make about 230hp from start, but when i get to swapping the head and really getting down to the internals, it shoudl support, maybe with a slightly bigger turbo, about 300-350hp. all id need is more boost and a bigger turbo and the internals to support the added pressure, and id be making some good power.
i still have a long way to go before this is all wrapped up, but once the tranny is on, and i know the clutch engages and disengages, ill be able to really concentrate on the wiring etc
