carver84’s 1997 Acura Integra

Here is the process from start to finish on the most recent setup that is on page 1. I tried to take as many pictures as I could, but eventually I forgot to take them at times. They are in no particular order because I didn't feel like ordering them :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ******The following may NOT be something you want to see. If you have a weak stomach and can not handle seeing an injury then do NOT scroll down. I just needed a quick place to host the pictures.****** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Happened: - I was welding and I needed a piece of 1/2" steel with a angle on the side. Well I took two 1/4" pieces, tacked them together, and was griding the side down to a 70 degree angle. Well the steel would get way too hot way too fast for my hands. Soooo I had my welding gloves on to try and withstand the heat. Before you flame away on me: 1.) YES, I know you are not supposed to grind metal with gloves on...but I had no choice. 2.) YES, I know I had on TIG welding gloves when I was MIG welding. I prefer to have thinner gloves whether I'm TIG or MIG welding because I like to feel what I'm working with.

Here is the process from start to finish on the most recent setup that is on page 1. I tried to take as many pictures as I could, but eventually I forgot to take them at times. They are in no particular order because I didn't feel like ordering them :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ******The following may NOT be something you want to see. If you have a weak stomach and can not handle seeing an injury then do NOT scroll down. I just needed a quick place to host the pictures.****** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Happened: - I was welding and I needed a piece of 1/2" steel with a angle on the side. Well I took two 1/4" pieces, tacked them together, and was griding the side down to a 70 degree angle. Well the steel would get way too hot way too fast for my hands. Soooo I had my welding gloves on to try and withstand the heat. Before you flame away on me: 1.) YES, I know you are not supposed to grind metal with gloves on...but I had no choice. 2.) YES, I know I had on TIG welding gloves when I was MIG welding. I prefer to have thinner gloves whether I'm TIG or MIG welding because I like to feel what I'm working with.

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident Look at those contacts!!! HAHAHA You think I need a new distributor cap hahahaha???

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident Accident as of Monday September 26, 2005. What happened: I was following 4 maybe 6 other cars after going to BW3's. We decided to meet for the night and just hang out for awhile. I was taking it nice and easy since the motor was just built and I was still running on a previous tune. The front of the pack decided to take an off ramp at the last second and the last two cars lagged behind. The part of the exit ramp where there should be white stripped lines and pavement was unpaved for part of it. The unpaved part dropped down to just dirt/rocks. So after the drop down I hit the step back up to the other side and that is what caused the damage. I was just following the car in front of me (an MKIV Supra which also hit the same thing but was undamaged) so I had no idea what was going on until after everything was over. I was the only one in the pack that had any damaged at all. So far 3 tires are ruined and/or flat. Also, 3 rims are destroyed and the fourth is just slightly bent. I think the front of the car was airborn just from the sheer force of the impact. I also think my ass came up off the seat even with my seat belt on. Once I realized what exactly was going on I was able to get the car back under control and get it over on to the grass. All the fine details like that are just kind of blurry since it happened so damn fast. You can see where the tire hit the top of the fender well and rubbed.... Again, you can see where the tire hit the top of the fender well and rubbed.... Front drivers side...this rim took the hardest hit. Another angle of the front drivers side rim Front passenger side rim. Notice just by the brake caliper there is a white line on the interior side of the rim. For those you who don't know where to look....look just left of the valve stem where you would put air in your tires. There you will see the little white line. That is a crack that is about 3" long on the interior of the rim. This is the interior view of the picture above, it's the front passenger side rim from This is the rear drivers side rim. You can see where the rim also sheered part of the tires sidewall. If you notice the camber of the rear tire here...its tilted just a little. Here is the crash site: The Tahoe is further behind from where my car came to rest. My car came to rest about five feet from the gaurd that is ahead of the second yellow sign on the right hand sign. If you look close enough you can make it out. This is where my front drivers side rim impacted with the pavement. You can see the black from rubber and a chunk missing in the pavement now. This is a good 5"-6" step up in the pavement. This is where my front passenger side rim impacted with the pavement. Again you can see the chunk missing in the pavement Hmmm interesting...no white stripped lines warning motorists. Again, no white stripped lines warning motorists. Looks are deceiving from across the highway. It looks like there is only a small bump. Here is the rim that will be going on the car:

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident Hey what do you know, yet more crap to happen to me haha. I actually wasn't mad, I just kind of chuckled because anything that can go wrong has/will go wrong with me and my car. So now I just have to laugh things off. Oh well, plus it'll get fixed so no big deal. 12/11/2005 What happened: The big bad Tahoe was backing up out of our driveway. My crying niece (1.5 yrs old) was in the Tahoe...it was dark out...my car was parked where it always is (refer to page 1 for driveway pictures)....and the Tahoe was going around the BMW who was also in the driveway. It's just one of those mishaps that happens. 8000lbs. of steel backing up into 2700lbs of plastic....hmmm I wonder what will happen hahaha. There was absolutely no damge to the Tahoe. Ouch The drivers side taillight is slightly pushed in, but its not broken so that might be salvagable. The one vertical chip in the paint that is right on the corner of the bumper was from when I got hit by a lady....the day I got my license plates on the car. I was at a stop light just in front of the B.M.V. and she rammed me from behind. I wasn't concerned with it then because it wasn't bad enough to fix....now it is :) Everything else is new damage. Those are perrrrfect gaps between the body panels don't you think? hahahaha Fixed.

I think I need a front lip to cover that thing up haha. This is just the graph showing the VTEC vs. NonVTEC dyno runs. You just have to love the extra 109whp that VTEC makes :)....I know I do haha. Oh, and the little blip in the curve around 5500RPM is VTEC engaging. I forgot to lower it to smooth out the curve today. Here is the most recent dyno. I smoothed out the vtec spike from the above picture. Stayed tuned, I'm going to make the open downpipe setup and redyno. *Hopefully* that puts me into the 400's.

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident These are are old dyno chart on the last build. The most up to date dyno charts are on page 1. The car has been tuned to 13psi at 7500rpm. On the dyno graph, ignore the VTEC jump because I was pressed for time and could not fully work out VTEC. Click the link at the bottom for dyno graphs. Then click on download above the picture for a full view. VTEC vs. Non-VTEC Gotta love that 113.3whp gain just from VTEC :) *************************************UPDATE************************************* Well the newest dyno as of April 9th, 2005....I have the 3" downpipe installed and I am now revving to 8000rpm.....got it up to 375.27whp I need to do some more fine tuning again because I lost some low end torque, but it feels so nice now! Oh and that 113.3whp VTEC gain from above is now a 138whp gain after revving to 8000:)

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident Well on my way back from Alabama (it's a 9 hour trip), my tire decided to go flat at 80mph just north of Knoxville. I had no other way home, so I tried to make it back. 20 miles south of Lexington (and still about 2 hours away from home), I felt the tire breaking apart. Even though I think the tires suck in general (for higher whp applications) they definitely put up with some severe abuse after going flat. Here is the result of driving on Falken Ziex 512's with no air pressure for 90 miles at about 60-70mph haha...... They've now been replaced with the BFG KDW-2's. Great tire, they don't spin even in 1st (where as I spun through 2nd with the Falkens). Here are some pictures of the 3" downpipe. Three things: 1.) I know the welds looks like crap, but personally after like 14 hours I really couldn't have cared less. I am going to take it back off in a few days and grind down the welds to make it look nicer and also paint it. 2.) I know the dumptube is not in the best place right now, but I was in a hurry and have not fixed it yet (also explains the welds). 3.) No that is not rust on the flex...it is where the rest of the paper that I was not able to get off burnt off. Since the car is in the shop now (05/21/2005) getting the block removed for sleeves, I have a "rental" car for the next couple days/weeks haha. It's not too bad, but I'd rather have mine ;) Here is the difference between revving to 7500RPM and 8000RPM. Shows just how crapy the wastegate is (it was creeping the high you revved so you have to turn it down more just to keep it from not hitting boost cut). This dyno chart is NOT mine. I am just using cardomain to host it for me.

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident 05/15/2005: Background info: "The car is dyno and street tuned (by me so I'm not a noob haha). I know there are alot of burning of oil questions but this is not one really. I noticed today that as I shift between gears either at 7500 or 8000 (8000 creates a bigger blue cloud behind my car). And it's a pretty large cloud. It does not burn oil at idle, or even just normal driving, and I am not low on oil. I only see the cloud under WOT at high RPM's. Also I noticed that my dip stick was blown out of the hole and oil squirted onto the hood (it was in the hole to begin with). Is this normal or should I be really concerned? What could it possibly be?" Soooo I did a compression test and leakdown 05/13/2005: 175, 175, 175, 175 (Compression) 10% 30% 10% 10% (Leakdown) It was cylinder #2 that was in question. We found/heard it leaking through cylinder #3 and #4, out the dip stick hole, and a little out the exhaust pipe. Sooo that blows! Buuut now I have reason to do sleeves and boost it to 28psi :) hahaha bad news but brings good news at the same time. Stayed tuned for some new dyno numbers hehe.....ERL here I come! ----New Parts that are being ordered now---- Some more goodies hehe. 05/21/2005: Well the car is now at the shop. The fluids are drained and the motor will be pulled on Monday :) Damn this is going to be sooo hard to wait until it gets back. I see a lot of fun coming really soon haha. 06/20/2005: THE BLOCK IS BACK!! WOO HOO! Here are some pictures:

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident THIS IS THE CAR ON THE OLD ENGINE BUILD Sorry, not too many cosmetics (yet). Personally, I don't want my car stolen while I am here going to college. They'll just have to wait until I graduate, but in the mean time that $$$ will go to "surprising the V8's ;)" Aww...I thought the tips of my shoes were not in the picture :( haha (Look at the radiator, damn) Here is a comparison of the gains from the new build vs. the old build. Green=old build, Blue=New Non-VTEC, Red=New with VTEC. Also the new build only has about 2 more pounds of boost, but the A/F is now 11.8:1 instead of 12.5:1 (safety)....plus it has 5 degree less of timing. So with those in consideration, this build is ALOT more powerful than the last even though the total whp is slightly less.

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident Ok so here is the car third car I had. First was an 1986 Nova (not cool, but it was a stick hand I didn't have a choice haha) was a Jeep Cherokee (that was fun) Second was a 1992 Jeep Cherokee. That was a lot of fun in the snow. Third was this riced out Honda Civic EX. Yes I am ashamed to admit that I was once a ricer. :( The flames are not stickers...everything inside and out was painted, but nevertheless it was still a ricer. The lady who hit it was an 85 year old who did an illegal left hand turn and I couldn't see her until it was too late (no, this was not my fault). Sooooo this is what happened and I had to flat bed the car back to Ohio myself...from Alabama. The car was totalled once it got back to Ohio and the amount of damaged was $12,800. Fourth is the 1997 Acura Integra on the first page. Obviously I've come around quite a bit. I can now say I'm a ricer no more ;) Fifth....Who knows what the future will bring. However, a Lexus IS300 would be a fun car to turbo :) I know I know, this is ground for being made fun of. However, this was the first "import" car I had and I didn't know any better. I can assure you that I know better now....just take a look at the previous pages and you'll see :) Make note that the front bumper, although ruined, is still on the car....then look further down this page. I don't exactly think the door is sitting right hahaha. Also, its hard to see but look at the roof by the sunroof....the force of the impact buckled the roof. Obviously old ladies can't understand traffic signs. The old ladies bumper got ripped off and swung around in the air. It then came back for round two on my car and hit the rear passenger quarter panel. Now, from the first picture what's missing? The front bumper. I actually had to rip it off by hand....it was fun but I don't really like removing my bumper in that fashion haha. THIS WAS NOT MY CAR:

I think I need a front lip to cover that thing up haha. This is just the graph showing the VTEC vs. NonVTEC dyno runs. You just have to love the extra 109whp that VTEC makes :)....I know I do haha. Oh, and the little blip in the curve around 5500RPM is VTEC engaging. I forgot to lower it to smooth out the curve today. Here is the most recent dyno. I smoothed out the vtec spike from the above picture. Stayed tuned, I'm going to make the open downpipe setup and redyno. *Hopefully* that puts me into the 400's.

Here is the process from start to finish on the most recent setup that is on page 1. I tried to take as many pictures as I could, but eventually I forgot to take them at times. They are in no particular order because I didn't feel like ordering them :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ******The following may NOT be something you want to see. If you have a weak stomach and can not handle seeing an injury then do NOT scroll down. I just needed a quick place to host the pictures.****** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Happened: - I was welding and I needed a piece of 1/2" steel with a angle on the side. Well I took two 1/4" pieces, tacked them together, and was griding the side down to a 70 degree angle. Well the steel would get way too hot way too fast for my hands. Soooo I had my welding gloves on to try and withstand the heat. Before you flame away on me: 1.) YES, I know you are not supposed to grind metal with gloves on...but I had no choice. 2.) YES, I know I had on TIG welding gloves when I was MIG welding. I prefer to have thinner gloves whether I'm TIG or MIG welding because I like to feel what I'm working with.

Page 1: Most recent Integra pictures and build pictures Page 2: The old build's dyno charts Page 3: Flat tire at 80mph pictures/3" Downpipe pictures/2001 BMW 540i Page 4: ERL 84mm Block Picture Page 5: Old rims, old exterior pictures, old engine setup pictures Page 6: The accident that gave way to the current car. (I DID NOT CREATE THAT CAR HAHA....I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IT) Page 7: Parts for sale pictures & misc. pictures Page 8: 2003 BMW M5 Page 9: Highway Accident Page 10: Tahoe Accident Look at those contacts!!! HAHAHA You think I need a new distributor cap hahahaha???

I think I need a front lip to cover that thing up haha. This is just the graph showing the VTEC vs. NonVTEC dyno runs. You just have to love the extra 109whp that VTEC makes :)....I know I do haha. Oh, and the little blip in the curve around 5500RPM is VTEC engaging. I forgot to lower it to smooth out the curve today. Here is the most recent dyno. I smoothed out the vtec spike from the above picture. Stayed tuned, I'm going to make the open downpipe setup and redyno. *Hopefully* that puts me into the 400's.