I started doing research and buying stuff when I first turned 16, I turned 17 two weeks ago and everything was mounted to the car. Looks like all the dumb questions Ive asked on here paid off lol. I Finally got around to setting the cartech this morning started it up and decided to take it for a drive. It was kind of a stupid choice considering it has no exhaust except a downpipe. I took it out and was just cruzin the county roads, I wasn't planning on stepping on it but why not? Wow i new it would make quite a difference but this is insane, i just took off slowly in first gear got it spooled a little and stepped on it. It lit up the tires and took off i didn't think id have to ever shift that fast in this car. it sure did put a grin on my face lol. Hopefully ill get the exhaust on later this week and get some of the install pics put on.
I really want to thank you all for the help and information you all gave me. (skilz, spotabee, Lee, respooled, shifted, oh and that shocker dude lol). I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out. Here in a month or so ill invest in an intercooler. Maybe I should've waited so i had everything the first time but income is slow in high school. hopefully the turbo will still be pretty loud when the exhaust is on, im going 2.5 all the way back. thanks.
Emry
96 Camaro A4 383 12.5:1, E85, Full suspension, Nitrous outlet plate kit, hooker headers and catback, 3800 circle D converter.
2002 Silverado LQ4 6.0 CAI, Long tube headers, 4" exhaust
1996 s10- 97 ECU and wiring, soon to be boosted daily driver.
Once you install the intercooler, you will notice a big power gain. It's like night and day difference. And with the exhaust, you'll still hear the turbo spool, but nearly as noticable as with the open DP. Good luck with the ride, it's nice to see another boosted OHV
Failure is not failure if you learn from it
Go boost woot woot. Glad everything turned out good for ya im about to have my 2nd turbo kit in my car this winter break so keep up the good work and keep the questions coming if you got em. Also i gotta give props to spotabee ur info for all others has helped me as well seems to be that you have a good grip on boost so im always looking for your replies in my post. Keep the info coming!
*2012 mazdaspeed3*
Good post, I cant wait until I make my 'Im boosted' post lol.
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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Yeah it feels good to have it done. Its wierd to go look at it and everythings under the hood. It was pretty intense stepping on it the first time i didnt know what was going to happen probably the coolest thing was hearing all that air going into the intake, then listening to the bov after shifting to second.
I wonder how much longer this motors going to last, i have another one with 40k on it. but theres not a lot of people on here running boost on the 97 and older ohv motors mainly because of the injectors i think. I dont run megasquirt, nor use a wideband. Some of you are strongly against this, but I ran the crap outa this thing today, pulled the plugs they looked good, good compresion, and i looked at the cylinders and they look good. So hopefully everything will stay like this.
Emry
96 Camaro A4 383 12.5:1, E85, Full suspension, Nitrous outlet plate kit, hooker headers and catback, 3800 circle D converter.
2002 Silverado LQ4 6.0 CAI, Long tube headers, 4" exhaust
1996 s10- 97 ECU and wiring, soon to be boosted daily driver.
sweet
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ssssssssssssssssssssssss PSSSHHHHH
Can't beat that !!!
how did you set the Cartech rich as hell ????
Did anything smoke .... How was the everything feeling ???
Good job man
Congrats and welcome to THE CLUB
hehe
Lee
JDM Civic Hatch
Status: Parting Out Turbo Kit....
14.224 @ 102.01MPH @ 5.5psi.... 2.3 60'
Next: Civic JDM B16a2 w/GSR LSD Turbo - Goal 300whp 1400lbs...
cartechs around 8 or 9-1 only time it smoked was when i shifted a gear i think thats normal tho from any turbo cars ive seen, and the only reason i so that is because there was no exhaust. Everything seems to be good, and id like to keep it that way lol.
Emry
96 Camaro A4 383 12.5:1, E85, Full suspension, Nitrous outlet plate kit, hooker headers and catback, 3800 circle D converter.
2002 Silverado LQ4 6.0 CAI, Long tube headers, 4" exhaust
1996 s10- 97 ECU and wiring, soon to be boosted daily driver.
Wow I hear you man. I started ordering my boost stuff when I was 16 and I turned 17 and May and worked all summer and now I am hopefully down to the final week before my turbo setup is complete. Congrats and I hope to see some pics soon. Also if you looking for a good, quality, cheap intercooler go johnnyracecar.com.
~Boost. Its what's for dinner!~
Ya Austin keep us 2.2l guys going strong. Just dont go boostin over 6 or 7 psi with just a raising rate fmu. Now you can beat a 1.6l honda haha good job.
he won't beat one ..............
He'll DESTROY ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the SIR too............
and GSR....
Lee
JDM Civic Hatch
Status: Parting Out Turbo Kit....
14.224 @ 102.01MPH @ 5.5psi.... 2.3 60'
Next: Civic JDM B16a2 w/GSR LSD Turbo - Goal 300whp 1400lbs...
