K20 with LHT400 Turbo -Step by Step

[Merv.JDMD]

looking good guys.....

[opiumdaze]

wow sick as hell

[Michael.]

what would all this price out to? ive called before about pricing for a k swap into an EG, which they said was around 9k in and out the door...

[Merv.JDMD]

Originally Posted by civickid04

what would all this price out to? ive called before about pricing for a k swap into an EG, which they said was around 9k in and out the door...

Your best bet would be to go out to the shop and talk to john.. Good guy and lots of help.

[stealth cl]

what would be a ballpark price of installation of turbo kit on a K...onto an existing swap
just curious
i would call shop, but its sunday

[smoke3]

i estimate my swap to be around 5 maybe 6k put then agian im doing it all by my self. i already have a complete type s motor i picked which included everything except axles which i cant use and hasport mounts everything else was included. all i have to do it fuel lines and mounts

[MugenR]

if I still had a honda I would be all over this. nice job!

[slowsohc]

Originally Posted by MrLHT

Yes . We used the Ekk1 mounts with the stock cross memeber.
The stock fuel rail will be used.

All the intercooler piping is finished including the intake . The piping will now be polished . The piping has support brackets so not to stress the silicone connectors and cause leaks in the future, You can see one in the picture below on the right of the intercooler..The Tial Wastegate is mounted on the intercooler piping leading back to the thottle body.
Stay tuned"

The Intake tube also has a support bracket so the Silicone connector doesn't take all the weight of the intake and filter,We Use K+N Filters on all our turbo builds.



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Wow John. You guys are doing an amazing job.

[MrLHT]

Originally Posted by MugenR

if I still had a honda I would be all over this. nice job!

You'll be back, I strayed away a couple of times but I came back every time.

We have had a lot of things going on at the shop but we'll be back on the LHT400-K20 real soon.

Stay tuned.....

[Michael.]

Originally Posted by MrLHT

You'll be back, I strayed away a couple of times but I came back every time.

yeah trust me on that one too! im trying to get back into a civic hatch, i miss my 92 Si WAYYY too much!

know anyone who wants to buy my jetta vr6? or would LHT like to do a prototype turbo build on it? lol

[MrLHT]

Bring the Jetta by, We can turbo pretty much anything.

OK, Here's another update:

We needed to run the IAT in the charge pipe after the intercooler so we can data log and tune by the real air temp. The Air temp sensor usually pushes into the rubber intake hose on the OEM peice. To prevent it blowing out under boost we came up with a Dia that would cut a thread onto the houses and tapped the thread into a pad on the piping.Problem solved. See pic.


Next, There isn't many places for a boost sorce, so we added a vacume bloack inline of the booster. There is one etra one for the future if needed.Problem sloved.
See pic.


We also build an LHT 3" exhaust with an inline resonator , Magnafolw muffler and finished off with one our 3" slash cut tips. The tip doesn't need to be bigger than the piping unless you want the "megaphone look" To add with the show quality look we polished the whole thing. The exhaust size is recomended for anything over 270whp, it will help spool up.
See pic:

[Michael.]

have you all done any VW kits? expecially with the vr6's? i dont have many funds right now, (poe college kid) haha but hopefully i can find a job somewhere flexible with my class schedule!

[MrLHT]

Well, we're still doing the small things that don't look too exciting. The wiring is undeway and we're building the catch can and breather can.
The piping is now fully polished and looks amazing, We are using Blue connector and we'll polish the stainless clamps to add to the show look.

[MrLHT]

Some shots of the piping and boost controller.


The Profec B is centered so a gauge can be install either side.

[Durdan]

very nice, john. alwaysloved your work!