that's really nice work. 2 thumbs up to you guys.

 

Today the intercooler piping was installed. We use 4 ply silicone connectors and heavey duty stainless clamps. I don't like the way T bolt clamps look . These clamps with the 4 ply connectros and bead rolling the piping will hold more boost pressure than the connectors could handle. ( About 100psi)
Just waiting for the misc vacume hoses, raidiater ,gauges and it's ready to to fire up and tune. Then it will be cleaned up and checked over before the customers drives away.



This is a small catch can/breather we made and polished as an extra touch.

 

Damn John you guys are doing some great work. Good luck with the future. Hope to see you guys at the open house.

 

just curious, but did the del Sols not come with a front transmission mount? or did you just leave it off to mock the piping up?

on the catch can...

 

This particular del sol did not have one. He has Hasport mounts so he decided to leave it off.

 

More things happened today.
Here you see we install a Fluidyne radiator with a SPAL fan. SPAL is pretty much the best fan you can lay your hands on,they are OEM for many high end Italian super cars. The fan we used is a 13" slim line fan which moves 870 CFM ( This is rated installed on a 2" thick core radiator) , the stock is around 600 CFM.
We stock These fans.
Many over look the cooling system on a Turbo vehicle, Not only is the engine now making more horsepower but the air flow is restricted by an intercooler.

These fans are designed to be either a puller or pusher, They are not a universal cheapy auto parts fan.



Just for that little extra we built the fan bracket from aluminum and polished the top of the radiator. We do alot of little TLC things when builing projects like this , It not only looks better it shows you really care about what you do.


This shows the amount of clearance we have, Everything fits back in it's place. This setup is efficient to around 450whp and has a full 3" down pipe, an intake tube , AC, OEM over flow tank and it looks like it belongs.

If you look close you can see there is a support bracket for the intake tube, Without this, the silicone connector in time would split and the intake and filter would rub and rattle inside the engine bay. Take you time and don't over look the little things that add reliablity.



A before and after pic....Enjoy.



Next the gauges, boost controller and fluids. Then it ready to start and tune.
Stay Tuned......

 

what numbers will you be estimating to run ,hp ,tq also how much psi??

 

The motor is a stock JDM B18C which is 11 to 1 compression so we'll keep ir around 8-9 psi which should be around 280whp with a safe tune.

 

OK , Car is done and ready go!

At 8.5psi the car made 298 whp and 200 TQ. We kept the timing conservative and the AF at 11.8 with no boost creep or ping.

See this car at our Open House tomorrow 10am -2shared_pm.

Stay tuned for the K20 Turbo into a 98 Civic coupe.

 

WOW!!! saw the car today in person..you guys do some killer fab work