so as some of you know ive been wanting to turbo my car for a while now. well im getting a lot of parts together. now i have an idea for the turbo manifold. what i have thought about is using my pacesetter header, then where the downpipe is supposed to bolt up i would make and adapter for a pipe to make a 180* turn back up to the turbo. what do you guys think?? am i being clear about what my idea or no?? give me some thoughts on this.
My Dad and I thought about that too... The problem would Be that the Turbo itself would sit way too low and if you ever bottomed out bad things could happen to the snail. So we ruled that out and then Elijahs Manifold came up and I snagged it.. Oh and if you are talking about bringing it up vertically I dont see how that would work either becuase the Oil pan is there.
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"Ahhhhhhhhhhhg..... I'm meeeeeelllltiiiiinnnng"
- Your Pacesetter
I dunno, it might work, seems to me the header might be a bit too flimsy to handle the heat and the weight of everything, but if you rewelded all of it and supported it, it could possibly work. the problem i thought of is where do you have room to route the downpipe if you have manifold where your downpipe was supposed to go?
well im using a small turbo something like a t25. im not planning on mounting it down where the down pipe bolts up. my idea is to have something like a j bend pipe to come back up and mount the turbo. havent thought about the downpipe yet. what about doing this with a stock exhaust manifold, thats a strong bitch right there
i think in general with any of these ideas you might run into problems clearning the front of the engine bay, if you go with a 1/2 wide civic radiator that is a good start, but i think you will still run out of room.
something like this
except with an adapter plate.
also heres a very quick shitty Paint drawing i mad
Last edited by gfrg88; 10-23-2006 at 05:21 PM.
wut ever you do make a how to...cuz im going turbo after you.....plus i want to keep it on the cheap....800 bucks or less..hehe
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
well, lets see, you pay abot $200 for pacessetter header (unless you have one to start with). you have to make J bend pipe. bolt it up and make sure you have someking support for turbo. it is possible, i guess it would work like ram horn style manifold. Just make sure you get small turbo.
Alex.
well i have a pacesetter already, and i also have the stock manifold too. which do you guys think i should use??
i have an extra pacesetter...you would need to weld it up cuz its cracking at the joints....Originally Posted by gfrg88
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
I say pacessetter would flow better over stock.
Alex.
alright now another question, what size piping should it be??? 2.5 or 2.25, im thinking 2.5 but i wanna see what you guys think.
2.25 should be fine to the turbo, but from the turbo i would go 3"
Alex.
The only thing i see a problem with would be the down pipe..
If you do decide to build it use the 2.25 inch pipe to the turbo and header-wrap it, to keep the velocity of the exhaust up and temps down..
I was thinking of something like that with my header because its a 4-1. I was just going to weld the collector to the top of the header where it connects to the down pipes. Look at my car domain for pics.
you can probably make one simular to this one...
you'll need to get 4 more 90's though.
thats kinda what im trying to go for, except just modifying my header into somthing similar to that. i wish i had the money to do thatyou can probably make one simular to this one...
you'll need to get 4 more 90's though.
^ thats a handsome looking manifold. but space is a big issue on the 3gee for sure.
Keep it HONDA. Or at least Asian.™
*Weber 32/36*Pacesetter Header*2.25 in. Cat Back exhaust*SE-i rear disk brakes
B18C swap ditched, A20 to be revived
Looking for K20/trans for ultimate swap
i really dont think all that shit would fit. BUT you could just give it a try and prove me wrong
that mani is for a b series civic.
I think that you can fit something like that with a 1/2 size koyo and loosing the pwr steering pump & ac.
heres a few pics of it in a hatch.
the good thing about building something like this is the simple fact that you can tune the header to what ever rpm you want, and widen the power band.
I may just have to do that...i really dont think all that shit would fit. BUT you could just give it a try and prove me wrong
https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthrea...010#post686010
Last edited by 89T; 10-28-2006 at 09:21 PM.
Holly shit, that looks nice. Makes me wonder if the hood closes?
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thats what im probably gonna built in the spring. Im gonna go for better wastegate placement though, but def a topmount manifold
429whp 362wtq A20 TURBO. A20T>*
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