This page is about my 1988 Honda Accord LXi 4 door TURBO. Page 2 has videos of the car and my friends cars.
Some things I have done to the car have been a 5 speed transmission swap (it was originally an automatic) and have done weight reduction mods, such as dropping a/c, stripping trunk etc. I designed and built a custom turbo kit for it also. All the piping and manifold was custom made by me. This first page is all about the first turbo setup on the stock motor. Page 2 is all about the revisions and upgrades for the new setup and built motor.
Pics 1-5 on this page are of my car and the front mount intercooler, much custom fitting took place to get it to fit. It is a Custom Coach FMIC: Aluminum Front Mount Intercooler - 31x6.5x2.75
2 1/2" inlet/outlet. Internally finned, handmade and works excellent, after a hard run you can feel the inlet side is pretty toasty but the outlet side to the engine is STONE COLD... BTW its not painted, they did such a nice job on it they left it the natural aluminum, no silver paint here folks.
I installed a 6 puck sprung hub dual diaphram pressure plate clutch by clutchnet ($380). I highly reccomend clutchnet, 2nd gear burnouts are no problem for it. The spec stage 5 was ground down to the rivets and pressure plate badly damaged. I also just fixed my wastegate so now it hits full boost at a little over 4000 rpm and stays at 13lbs until i hit the rev limiter (smiles).
Also here is my Apex'I SAFC that controlls my fuel managemant
The current engine managemant is provided by and MSD BTM for spark and Apexi Safc and mitsubishi 450cc injectors with a Walbro 255LPH intank fuel pump. Eventually this season im going to upgrade to a Honda Civic P06 ECU that is chipped, and an OBD1 Distributor to match (has to be modified to fit). Im also going to be running a EngineRunup 150PSI Methanol/Water Injection kit.
At the track its run 13.7 at 105 mph spinning like crazy on Street tires. With nice fatty slicks i will hopefully be able to pull in the 12s, considering my 2.3-2.5 60' times vs 1.8-1.9 60' times with slicks. This was done on 13psi boost.
On another note I have just upgraded from stock honda brake pads in the front discs to AEM performance brake pads, and highly reccomend them.
I just got a pair of Lenso VPD 13x7.5 forged wheels (wheels are 9lb EACH) and drag slicks. They have M&H Racemaster 22x8x13 drag slicks on them.
So far another engine is being torn down for forged internals, but the other pic is of my AASCO aluminum flywheel i got.
The engine has my custom turbo manifold, and a Garrett 60 trim (.60 compressor, .63 exaust) turbo and Stealthmode Performance Oil line kit. The charge pipes are 2.5" mild steel and the exaust will be 3".
Garrett T3 60 Trim
My Chargepipes being welded. That is a 1g dsm bov welded on with the factory flange.
Ok here are some recent gauge pics. The gauges in the pod are Tenzo R A/F ratio gauge and Boost/Vac (mechanical). I have since replaced it with an Autometer boost/vac ultralight 30psi max gauge. Nobody makes a pod for 86-89 accord so i used an autometer pod fitting a 99 style eclipse and it fits pretty close. Here are the pics:
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I custom made the turbo manifold from 1/2" flanges i had cnc machined to fit, and 1.5" primary tubing and should be much much more efficient then a standard log manifold. Fitment however was a royal pain, the front beam and front motor mount had to be modified to get everything to fit.
I got some black Tenzo R Rally seats for the LXiFLYBY installed using Tenzo R sliders on Corbeau brackets.
Pics to come of them
Page 3 has videos of the car and my friends cars.
