The time has come

[gfrg88]

Part out. sell car stock. Probably the best way to go..

[2oodoor]

True^^^
if it were me, I would put it back togEther and put some blue devil in it, or reliable block sealer. I would not conceal that move to potential buyers, they won't be able to wipe the grin off their face after a ride.

[89T]

Was the head ported? Do you think that there are any cracks in the intake or exhaust ports?

[gfrg88]

Last resort.. Give it a shot
http://youtu.be/4xfIUiEXHog

[AccordEpicenter]

the head is ortiz's old one off his 10 sec race car, its been heavily ported and has springs/valves/retainers and a bullfrog cam. At this point the only thing that would make alot of sense is the head having a big crack in it. eventually ill tear into it and find out what the issue is. As for putting the car back to stock and then selling it, forget it, too much effort to justify my time. I might part it out and then sell the car as a shell though. Too bad though, the car is virtually rust free and solid. Plus its rare black.

[89T]

just fix it....; I'd hate to not see you around any more.

[obdriver6]

I'm very sad to hear this! Hope stick to it and try to fix it. If you don't mind me asking, what were the different torque specs you were using? Cause 50 lb-ft just seems too low.

[Tdurr]

Are you sure your boost gauge is correct and your not overboosting? Happened to a friend of mine...

[Oldblueaccord]

on the 2nd heat cycle the motor started to use water yet again. Im completely stumped as to what the issue could be at this point, so at this point ive had enough. Id like to sell the car whole but i doubt there is much interest in this car...

Put it together again and lower the boost to sell it. it would be plenty fast on 10 psi I would think.

or Cometic gasket or O ring the block or both.


wp

[gfrg88]

Cometic group buy?

[87turbolude]

sooooooooo... what happened? thread kinda just dropped off

['A20A3']

Man after reading this whole thread im depressed. What an awesome build. Epicenters car has always been my inspiration. I bought his old manifold years ago and im just now about to put my car back on the road and go boost. Its amazing what the A20 is capable of. I wish I was closer to ny, I would help wrench on this thing for free. Dont give up man! I always knew I could build a fast A20 because of seeing you do it. And your determination to make the old girl outrun everybody has inspired more than just me. I would agree with some previous posts tho, either a hidden crack in the head somewhere, or possibly heavy backpressure pushing the head off. You dont have any other head hanging around to test do you?

[89T]

I wish I still had his phone number. I, d bug the shit out of him .

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['A20A3']

I would call him too but I think I pissed him off years ago about that manifold hah I hope he wont hold it against me. I wish I could buy that car from him, but not only do I not want him to sell it, if I bought another Accord everyone I know would kill me for not finishing mine hah!

After thinking about all this some more as well, it seems like maybe the miata studs are to blame. Especially if NA guys that run them have had issues with them. Would it be too far of a stretch to have arp either make a special set, or to mach the oem bolt but make it stronger? Whats the boost limit for stock head bolts? Shit if hes running 400+whp thru stock axles then why the hell cant stock head bolts hold?

[89T]

I have the Miata studs and I don't have any problems with them.

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['A20A3']

Damn. Well wtf then. I have a spare head and could probably acquire another...I wanna see this thing make some passes

[89T]

You me both

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[Tdurr]

:/

[AccordEpicenter]

Well, after an over 4 year hiatus, i got the Turboaccord out of storage and it's back in my garage! At this point I'm taking the head to the machinist and I'm gonna see what he can do with it, plus I might swap Trannys and possibly go bigger turbo. I'm thinking about going precision 6262 or 6266 etc... The 6152 was tapped out on my car by 6300 ish rpm... Yes, I'm serious about it

[Shane86]

Well, after an over 4 year hiatus, i got the Turboaccord out of storage and it's back in my garage! At this point I'm taking the head to the machinist and I'm gonna see what he can do with it, plus I might swap Trannys and possibly go bigger turbo. I'm thinking about going precision 6262 or 6266 etc... The 6152 was tapped out on my car by 6300 ish rpm... Yes, I'm serious about it

Welcome back

[gp02a0083]

Well, after an over 4 year hiatus, i got the Turboaccord out of storage and it's back in my garage! At this point I'm taking the head to the machinist and I'm gonna see what he can do with it, plus I might swap Trannys and possibly go bigger turbo. I'm thinking about going precision 6262 or 6266 etc... The 6152 was tapped out on my car by 6300 ish rpm... Yes, I'm serious about it

good to see interest in your project. Many of us vets' have left or have stopped working on our accords.

[Tdurr]

Dang. 6155 is too small eh? What kinda numbers you want again?

[AccordEpicenter]

I made 429whp and 362lb ft on the 6152S but I suspect with a bigger housing and far better turbine on the 6262 or 6266 the car should make an easy 500-525whp. I really think the stage V turbine and .48 housing choked up the car pretty bad. Even at 14-15 psi the car was well over 300whp. Iirc I was over 400whp at about 20psi but I had to jump to 26psi boost to get 429whp... Definintly hit a wall haha

[MessyHonda]

nice to see this going again

[AccordEpicenter]

Looks like I'm gonna stick with the SC6152S for now but change the turbine housing from a .48 to a .82. I saw a guy make 530whp on the 6152S with a .63 housing then he switched up and make another 70whp over that going to the .82 housing with no other changes. So I believe the car should make an easy 525-550whp easily with the BIG housing