project de-rice

[FasTech]

Damn, that sucks about the ring. Happens to everyone though.

[hicks3448]

it looks so much better. i almost threw up when i seen first pic.

[89preludesi]

nice man im glad you brought it back lol

[Mad Mike]

Been at it since 10am this morning and the motors in and all connections are done except the vtec wiring. All thats left in the engine compartment is. Vtec wiring harness, axles, turbo, intercooler pipes, valve cover and oil in motor and transmission.

At 10 this morning
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A hour later.
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Installing a motor by yourself is hard. I bent the shift linkage.:doh:
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My battery relocation.
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The interior is another story. I still have the cluster wiring to do and I also have to tie the engine harness into this mess of a wire tuck I did. I really need to clean this up.:no:
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Not to bad so far.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/cordiaturboowner/DSCF2217.jpg
Only injury so far is I cut my hand.
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[Mad Mike]

I'm still working on her as I type. Been at it for over 12 hours today. Probably have a few more hours of work before I can try to start her up. I feel myself getting slower and slower as I work but I'm going to push on and try to start her up tonight so I can be driving her tomorrow.

[Mad Mike]

:bump:ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!:bump:

She started on the first try and is running good. Its idling low once the temps come up but its running. With no speedo the computer keeps activating the launch control then the CEL come on for the speedo and it drive good. Its running rich on boost but thats normal for a fresh motor that was tuned on the verge of dieing I guess.

Here's the video for the 1st start up.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/cordiaturboowner/crx%20videos/th_c0381582.jpg (http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/cordiaturboowner/crx%20videos/?action=view&current=c0381582.pbr)

[tdurr]

NICE!!! cant wait to see this thing on the road!
More reps when i can!!

[Mad Mike]

thanks.
I put about 5 miles on it today and its running good but idleing like crap. bouncing from 1000 to about 200. But I'll get if fixed and running 100% soon. I can't wait to throw some more boost at it.

[91eflx]

sweet man good luck i really wanna build and paint mine lol

[Mad Mike]

I'm thinking about calling in to work tomorrow and just driving around taking pictures of it all day. I got a full tank of 93 and I want to drive it so bad.

I did find a problem with my car a few min ago. The waste gate line where it conects to the intercooler pipe is cracked. Got to fix it tomorrow.

[£G2♣]

that shit is nice, came a LONGGGGGGGG WAY, good job with it

[Mad Mike]

thanks

[Mad Mike]

This Integra cluster is pissing me off so bad right now. I can't get the damn speedo to work and I have no ideal why. Going to get another VSS tomorrow and see if that fixes it. If it doesn't I'm going to go over all the wires wire by wire and if I still cant get it to work I'm putting the CRX one back in.

Also got the water line fixed so hopefully I'll be able to put some miles on her this weekend. It will be hard to drive with out the speedo because if I go over 1/2 throttle the launch control kicks on. After about 10min of driving the CEL comes on and the car acts normal.

[dabuilding]

its come along way and is coming along very nicely i love it keep it coming

[Mad Mike]

Well I found out why the speedo wasn't working. I shorted it out and fried the VSS.:doh:
I went threw all the wires and couldn't find the short so I rewired the cluster and reran all the wires to the VSS and still couldn't get it to work.
I did get it to work using a old crx speedo. I wired the new clusters speed input to the output of the crx on and they both spin at the same speed.
My drill doing 66MPH.
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My work station.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/cordiaturboowner/DSCF2240.jpg

Also to clear my head I went on a 2 hour bike ride after work. Found out its still cold on the top of a mountain. But still had a blast.
Top of Scenic route.
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[Goinfasterthanu]

I have put 500 miles on my new bike in 4 days .... we need to go ride!! I know the forest service roads like you would not belive!!

[Mad Mike]

yea you can rack up the miles on a bike fast. 450miles on mine and I've had it for 3 weeks. I don't have a lot of time to ride it but when it gets and stays warm i'll really start putting some miles on it.

[eg mike]

how much are those bikes? used?

[Mad Mike]

I have no idea.

[Goinfasterthanu]

ok so no ride...... just ignore the offer then.... Oh well ... good luck on the car...holla

[Mad Mike]

LOL sorry I didn't mean to ignore the offer. Next time you come up this way hit me up and I'll get my friends that have bikes to ride.

[Goinfasterthanu]

Sweet..... will do...

Back to mikes sick crx build.....

[Mad Mike]

Done and 100% functional.:bump:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/cordiaturboowner/11111.jpg
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[bpoweredhatch]

nice yo

[1SOL2NV]

i hope you broke that motor in b4 you hit boost .... did you ???

[Mad Mike]

I've had mixed advice on how to break it in so I started off slow and made sure everything was good and started driving it like I will normal just easy and not boosting much if at all.

Only problem so far is the 3 front bolts that hold the VC on are striped and leaking oil. Not much but its still a leak and the only leak.

[dabuilding]

damn i love how u put the teg cluster in there

[larossa9]

nice mang!!

[Mad Mike]

damn i love how u put the teg cluster in there

Not going to lie it was a bit challenging. None of the write ups I found were right.:doh:

[dabuilding]

Not going to lie it was a bit challenging. None of the write ups I found were right.:doh:
how did u do it? :thinking:

[Mad Mike]

Found a pin out for the 94 integra that told me witch pin on each plug did. Then found a pin out chart for the 90-91 CRX and matched them up. The hard part was the VSS(vehicle speed sensor) its electric on the 94 integra. I wires it up and it started smoking. I ended up using the speedo from a CRX cluster for the pulser and wired it up between the integra cluster and the wire drive on the transmission. I wish I had done it that way to start off with I would have saved myself $30.

[ilovemyhonda.]

Mike, it is looking great. You have put so much hard work into this and it definitely shows. What's next?

[Mad Mike]

First thing I need to do is fix the valve cover bolts and get the oil leak fixed.

Then the next is to get it retuned at 15psi. That are some wheels.

[jr4mny]

nice job homie, cant wait to see it in action

[r_Senik]

i think i seen this on honda-tech

[Mad Mike]

yep its on honda-tech also.

[egibbs123]

much better

[FasTech]

Be sure and get us a video of outside car action. Maybe a few 2nd and 3rd gear pulls. Oh, and how much boost are you planning on running with the new setup? I'm sure you've stated it in previous post but I must have over looked it.

[bpoweredhatch]

^^^ i think he said 15 psi

[Mad Mike]

15psi or what ever my 450cc injectors can handle safely.

[xdavidscenex]

come do the ls cluster swap for me. im too lazy

[Mad Mike]

I'm never doing a cluster swap again.

[Mad Mike]

Took a pic at the Gainesville meet tonight. Well I took 10 photos and this is the only one that didn't blur or wasn't to dark.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/cordiaturboowner/mmmm.jpg

[tdurr]

I love you. lol, car is sooo nice man, how long has ur build taken?

[Mad Mike]

almost 4 years now I think.

[Mad Mike]

Well sh!t... I pulled the turbo off my car and put the stock header on and guess what??? No smoke at idle. I let the temp come up and still no smoke.

The oil drain on the turbo is soaked so that leads me to believe the drain collapsed in the bend and caused the oil pressure to get to high for the turbo seals.

I still got to get it back together and drive it around to see if its the turbo for sure. But it looks like I'll be N/A for a while.

[FasTech]

Damn, and you just got it back together and running. Sucks, man. Back to the drawing boards eh?! Haha.

[Mad Mike]

Looks like I just need to rework the drain and get the turbo rebuilt. I got to put the cross member back on and drive it some but it was smoking at idle with the turbo on and with out it theirs no smoke so far.

[FasTech]

Looks like I just need to rework the drain and get the turbo rebuilt. I got to put the cross member back on and drive it some but it was smoking at idle with the turbo on and with out it theirs no smoke so far.



Goodluck with it, man.

[Mad Mike]

thanks

[DavidV]

I dont know if you posted the hp of this anywhere in the 500+ posts, so im going to ask. How much horsepower is this thing making? Sorry if it's already been posted.

[Mad Mike]

stock motor at 9psi made 191.5HP and 173.8tq

haven't had the new setup dynoed yet.

[Mad Mike]

Got a new 14B put on her and shes back to running

I got bored so I put a video together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rloPtwUA704

[Mad Mike]

Well I messed up last night. I lost it on a mountain run and messed up my car a bit. So far it looks to just me cosmetic and it could have be much worse.

Took a look at the crash site this morning. Last night the black marks were much better. But you can see how far I slid and how close I came to hitting a 4x4 post and a large concrete ditch.
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I still haven't started repairing the car I just don't have the energy to mess with it right now just kind of pissed off at myself I guess. Its my first crash that I caused. I've been in 3 other crashes but I was hit from behind every time.
Heres the car.
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Other than the pounds of grave in my fenders wells and the scratched up drivers side rim thats all I've found. I have to pull the bumper off to see if it got the intercooler but it was boosting fine after the crash.

It could of been a lot worse.

[bpoweredhatch]

glad your ok bro

[Mad Mike]

yea were good. I'm just glad we didn't hit the embankment or worse go off the opposite side of the the road and down the 200foot drop off.

[bcmurphy87]

that how my a4 bit the dust. a turn just like that up close to Suches, GA. Just glad to see you ok

[green91]

small toyo proxes FTL

[Mad Mike]

small toyo proxes FTL

nope 205/50/15 Kumho Ecsta

[green91]

Ah not much better. Can't play around on hard treadwear tires

[tdurr]

sucks man! i hope everything is okay. and yea get some better tires.

[Mad Mike]

thanks

cars back together and all good. Only a few scratches.

Yea I need new front tires so I think I'm going to upgrade to some good sticky ones.

[Dville nismo]

Man good tires make a big difference. Glad your ok.

[Firefightin_tC]

Those look like the mountains out in Helen, correct?

[Mad Mike]

Those look like the mountains out in Helen, correct?

yep about 4-5 corners in. This one is the 2nd turn after the first hair-pin turn.

[Drummerboy]

Thats the tire im running on the front. bald BFG G-force sport's on the rear.

[tdurr]

^^ dont go to any mtns. lol

[Mad Mike]

I went into the mountains with my car today... and didn't crash this time.

proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vI516coROo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEVZi_bwwBM

[1SOL2NV]

nice man .... glad to see it running again ....

[Firefightin_tC]

I hit those same mountains in March...man it's such a blast to come screaming up and down those mountains.

[Mad Mike]

I loved it before I put the 15" wheels and kumho tires on my car. Its still a blast.

[Mad Mike]

Today I finally turned over 1000miles on my motor. Geting lost on the way home from the Varsity helped that a lot. :doh:

Got some good shot at the V.
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Got the trailer hitch on and the wiring harness installed. Its weird seeing a CRX pulling a trailer. LOL
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[bpoweredhatch]

first time i ve seen something like that. kee up the good work

[Mad Mike]

thanks

well everyone's jumping on the bike rack bandwagon and I don't own a bicycle. But I do own a motorcycle so maybe I'll start a new fad. LOL

[Mad Mike]

Finished the light and wiring install on my trailer. Then color matched it to my car. Then went for a test drive with the bike loaded on it. I got to get a bump stop that not cut in half to raise the front of the trail to level it out but other than getting it registered its done..
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I get some crazy looks when people drive past me. LOL

[tdurr]

lol so cool. more reps.

[WalkS]

Haha thats cool man!

[redblackfan]

does every light on that cluster work

[Mad Mike]

All that I needed work. I also used the gas light as my vtec light(vtec activates and it lights up) I didn't use the other lights.

[redblackfan]

what about ABS light and seatbelt and SRS and doors

[Mad Mike]

Didn't need the ABS or srs lights no need for them. the seat belt lights not used because the seat belt wires were all cut and removed from the car when I installed my seats. The Door light doesn't work but I have an interior light so it wasn't really needed. The trunk open lights does work.

[redblackfan]

cool thanks for the info because i want to put in a teg cluster too

[redblackfan]

how did you get the turbo and vtec to work together

[Mad Mike]

They work well together. I had the ECU tuned and it made them work smooth. They work weather its tuned or not but having it tuned makes them work together to make the most power.

[redblackfan]

every read i found on vtec and turbo says it will blow your motor

[Mad Mike]

all vtec does is open the 2nd intake valve and add more fuel at a certain RPM. As long as its tuned properly and you motor is in good shape it will work fine.

[teh_mugen18]

all vtec does is open the 2nd intake valve and add more fuel at a certain RPM. As long as its tuned properly and you motor is in good shape it will wok fine.

^^^:yes:

How do you think that the LS-Vtec turbo motors usually put out ~4 - 500hp if it were to blow it up??

[redblackfan]

If you are using a 94 and up tranny in your CRX, would you have as many problems as you did with the VSS

[Mad Mike]

The D-series VSS will fit into all of the D-series transmissions. It was the wiring that burned up the VSS something was shorting on to the ground circuit and frying them.

[redblackfan]

Sorry I mean if you used a 94 and up integra tranny?

[Mad Mike]

It cost to much to make them work in the 88-91s to make them worth it for me.

[redblackfan]

the VSS on the integra tranny should go right to the speedo right no conversions right if you had a motorswap and the motor was a 94 Gsr and so on

[Mad Mike]

I'm not sure

[redblackfan]

does your ac work

[Mad Mike]

I ripped the A/C out the day after I bought my CRX.

[redblackfan]

ok why but could you fit it in there with that full size rad and intercooler

[Mad Mike]

Yes you can run A/C with both. But mine was broke and its pointless weight. I have windows and a sunroof. Plus the A/C system weighed over 46LBS thats not including the fluids.
All you need is a a/c computable manifold and downpipe.

[redblackfan]

so the condenser will fit between the intercooler and rad(can't spell)

[Mad Mike]

yep with plenty of room

[redblackfan]

did not know it weight 46 lbs but its not like i am racing and do you have a slim fan or reg.

[Mad Mike]

2 slim fans both wired together and they run off the stock thermal switch.

[redblackfan]

cool so i might be able to fit two slim fans, a full siz rad, and a B18 with turbo

[Mad Mike]

I mounted both the fans on the front of the rad to give myself more room.

[redblackfan]

then that means you wont have room for ac right

[Mad Mike]

you can mount the fans on the a/c condenser pushing the air threw both the a/c and rad. and still have room for the intercooler.

[redblackfan]

where did you find the interior for the rear

[Mad Mike]

I bought a parts car that had been crashed. Most of the interior was in perfect shape.

[JDMbabe]

veddy nice job!

[JEY$JDM]

Hey... there was no Year One this year.... was there???!!!! I went last year all 3 days because my dad works for DSE and they were a vender (obviously LOL) I got to go around the track with my friend in his silver LS teg.

great job again bro with the car!!!!!!!!!!!!
hopefully next month. I'm wanting to have it running and retuned for more boost way before may so I can run it around road atlanta at the year one experience.

[Mad Mike]

no year one. Was the teg turboed? I remember seeing an integra there last year and it was boosted and was nice as hell.

[JEY$JDM]

No, but I remember the boosted teg too! It was shweeet!!! I think it was green? I may be wrong tho...
no year one. Was the teg turboed? I remember seeing an integra there last year and it was boosted and was nice as hell.

[Mad Mike]

you may be right on the color I can't remember.

[JEY$JDM]

It was a sweet teg fa'sho.. we kept getting spanked (when we could go fast) by a black evo with like 400hp LOL

It was soooo fun though. It would have been nice to have it again this year :cry:

[Mad Mike]

Its not my project anymore. I traded the CRX yesterday morning for a 99 GSX-R 750. :D Now its time to start a new project.

[em1si]

looks good bud

[Drummerboy]

Sold this car to a buddy of mine. Liking the bike? Steve already stripped the hood, and is taking the trailer hitch off. I think he plans to b20 swap it.

[Mad Mike]

cool. yea I'm liking he bike. I've already lowered it, striped all the stickers off it, fixed the small oil leak, ordered the undertail/finder elimination kit. Hell I've put almost 300 miles on it in 2 days.

[Drummerboy]

nice man! where was it leaking oil?

[Mad Mike]

The oil drain bolt was leaking.

Look any different?
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[FasTech]

You traded the CRX for that?

[Mad Mike]

yep