D-series turbo project. have some questions

[BobbyT5408]

Hey guys, im about to assemble my turbo setup this weekend and was wondering if anyone had any helpful pointers and tips to help things go smoothly? im planning on running 8psi on the stock internals, nothing crazy enough to give me a little rush. Im kinda nervouse about the oil lines and running the vacume lines alos. Oh and also if you guys have picturs of your builds id like to see them to get some visuals in my mind. all help is appreacheated.

Thanks Bobby.

 

[xxsenceo89x]

first off, never make psi a goal. 10 psi on a small turbo is not the same as 10 psi on a big turbo. make your goal a hp number. oil and vac lines are easy. search around. most of your questions have already been aswered

 

[TiiM iiS l3eAsT]

yea you need to research.....this has been answered sooooo many times .....

 

[2slo4u]

pointers from me..
-take your time
-dont rush the installation
-you'll run into problems so dont have a set time limit
-always double check your work such; check for leaks in oil lines, vacuum lines, couplers
-make sure you have all the parts you need or you'll be running back and forth to the store and they'll think you are stealing something cause you walked in like 5 times(personal experience)

check out this thread from honda-tech..it might give you a little more of a heads up throughout the links

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread/1024174

 

[BobbyT5408]

alrighty thanks guys, yeah i know about the whole different tubo sizes, and ive been glued to this computer for proubly the past 3 days just reading and reading and im beginning to get over whelmed i think. I know that i need to get gaskets and vacumelines, im gonna go hard line for my oil lines so im gonna buy some brake lines and bend up my own. but yeah thanks alot keep it coming haha im takin all i can get

 

[2slo4u]

for oil lines i recommend steel braided ones that are meant for the set up.. www.fast-turbo.com should have what you need

 

[TiiM iiS l3eAsT]

agreed^^^

i have a rubber hose for my oil return though....seems to be working though no leaks so far

 

[BobbyT5408]

see thats what i was gonna do originally, but all my buddies here at school are running boosted hondas and there tellin me to go hard lines, i mean i bought a feed kit off ebay for the fittings, and i was just gonna use some brake line. Haha see now im starting to get nervouse about all this stuff

 

[Steven.]

go buy the book, Maximum Boost by corky bell

 

[BobbyT5408]

ok, after doin even MORE research i came accros a fourm that talked about having to use a different cam gear with my ecu? and all kinds of timing stuff, wtf are they talkin about? haha i feel like the more i look the more roadblocks i find

 

[got traction]

post a list of your set up so we can help you out

 

[patrickd_21]

to me it sounds as though your rushing it and getting overwhelmed by all this info

to give you an idea i have a 300whp turbo d16y8 and it took me 1 year of constant research to decide what i wanted to do and have a solid game plan. then i slowly started buying stuff in December and the car rolled off the dyno in April...I took my time and the setup is everything i could have wanted it to be and more...SUPER reliable and amazingly clean...i also had to only do it once and not constantly changing stuff...

my advice is to put your project off for abit and do more research...