| Garfi | Дата: Петък, 07.10.2011, 20:36:30 | Message # 1 |
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| The story
I’de like you all to meet “YumYum Lude” also known as “Ghost on Boost” .. my 1993 Honda Prelude Si-VTEC. I am the fourth owner of the car and I bought it in 2005 when I was 20. The car started its life in California and then migrated to the New-England area. Its original exterior color was Black and the trim was called Si-VTEC. The car was registered in four different states here in the US thus far (California, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts).
When I got my hands on it I could tell that it has been beat to death by the previous owners, but only had 93,000 original miles. Originally equipped with the H22a1 motor, I fell in love at first sight. This car was an upgrade to my previous ’99 Eclipse GS. The Prelude had this ugly body-kit, messed up body, scratched-up paint, 4x4 stance, dark black oil, and a messed up carfax. But I wanted it so bad so I looked past all of that. Bought it. I quickly swapped over to stock bumpers, skirts, oil changed, and paint was touched-up, and car was lowered. In this car was the first time I experienced VTEC, and it felt great.
Five years later under my ownership it looks like the pictures you see below. This car went through hell and back, was daily driven up until last year when I bought a beater Accord to drive in the winter. Blood, sweat, and tears made the final result you see in front of you – all worth the trouble. All labor was always done by me, solo, and I take great pride in that, except the paint (I went to a professional paint company to get some bodywork and paint done.) With no previous experience, all that I learned about cars and how to work on them was through this car, and because of this I will never forget it.
Turbo idea came to mind in 2008, I researched, read the FI forums, and bought all the parts individually, looked past the cheaper low quality parts and bought the more expensive higher quality parts the first-time around. Bought all the tools needed (including engine hoist, engine stand, welder, and welding supplies). All the work was done in my driveway, no garage was available, which meant when the sun goes down the work had to stop.
H23vtec motor hybrid was done over the winter (’09-‘10) while car was parked, first start-up was March 2010, still NA. Driven for about 800 miles for break-in and proper seating of piston rings, and then swapped to turbo and driven to tuner on basemap.
Boosted and dyno-tuned – June 2010 -- *( 292whp // 254 wtq @ 14 psi – Dynodynamics Dyno )*
Enjoy the pics. Mod list below
Exterior
New paint - (June 2010) –“Laguna Blue Pearl” – ’09 Honda s2000
Amber bumper lights
JDM Stanley amber fog lights
JDM Stanley one-piece black-housing headlights
JDM ’94-’95 Accord Type-R front lip
JDM vent nostrils (single-lined)
HID retrofit (complete TSX setup – clear projector lens – 6000K )
5th-Gen glass sunroof conversion
OEM ’94-’96 Prelude LED spoiler
Rear taillight mod – clear turn signals
’94-’95 Accord three-piece rear lip (mounted with OEM rear mudflaps)
Antenna delete
17x7.5 Rota Subzero wheels – Gold
205-40-17 Yokohama Parada Spec-2 tires
Brembo drilled and slotted VTEC rotors (front and rear)
Interior
’92 Prelude center-console conversion (storage) .. “sex blocker”
OEM ’93 foglight switch (w/ appropriate tweeter cover)
Forbidden Motorsports (FM) 4th-gen short-throw shifter
(3)-gauge A-pillar mount
Autometer Oil-pressure gauge (electric)
Autometer Vac/Boost gauge
Innovate Motorsports LC-1 02-wideband w/ XD-16 gauge
Scorpion EXO-700 helmet – solid grey (for those dragstrip days)
ICE
Sony eXplode stealth head-unit
Kicker 6”x9” subwoofer – discontinued (in OEM between rear-seat location)
Apline component speakers
Suspension
Tokico shocks
Skunk2 coilovers
Engine
H23vtec hybrid motor (h23a1 block, h22a1 cylinder head) – rebuilt - stock block, stock head - new bearings, seals, and piston rings ( March 2010 )
ARP rod bolts
Three coats of semi-gloss Black engine-bay paint
Blue aluminum metallic oil-cap
H23 manual timing-belt tensioner conversion
M2L5 longer-geared 5-speed transmission (’92-’96 Prelude S)
ACT 6-puck sprung clutch w/ ACT Extreme pressure-plate
Innovative 75A motor mounts
Turbocharger – Garrett T3/T04e “50-Trim” , A/R 0.60 Compressor housing, A/R 0.63 Turbine housing
Spoolin’ Performance “Quick-4” turbo manifold
Dynodynamics Dyno tuned .. 292whp, 254wtq @ 14 psi (conservative tune)
Obd1 p72 ECU – Crome Pro tuned
GM 3-Bar MAP sensor
-3an turbo oil feed line, SS
-10an turbo oil drain line, SS
Autometer electric oil-sending unit
3” SS downpipe and exhaust – no cat, 36” resonator, N1-style muffler
TiAL 44mm wastegate
2” wastegate SS dump-tube (recirculated into downpipe)
Manual boost-controller
Turbo air-filter, blue foam style
HKS (SSQV-II) Blow-off valve
Front-mount Intercooler
2.5” Aluminum Intercooler piping
(Intercooler and piping custom cut, bent, and welded so that foglights could still be used)
5-ply couplers (straight, 45-degree, 90-degree, reducers) // T-bolt clamps
Crankcase ventilation, (2) -10an lines to custom oil catch-can, no drain back
PTE Precision 680cc injectors
Walbro high-pressure Fuel-pump (own relay and fused wiring)
Aeromotive fuel-pressure regulator (custom feed-line from OEM fuel rail)
NGK BKR7E spark plugs
Half-sized aluminum radiator
Forbidden Motorsports (FM) cooling plate
Valve-cover painted Graphite gunmetal w/ red lettering
EGR delete
IAB diaphragm and vacuum box delete (butterflies always open, stock IM)
ABS delete
A/C delete
Cruise-control delete
EVAP delete
Kaizenspeed balance-shaft delete kit
Future plans
16x8 +15 low-offset wheels
5-lug swap
Koni/Ground-control suspension
GT3076R turbocharger – 450whp goal
ID 1000cc injectors
Hondata s300 with retune
Mahle gold-series pistons / Eagle rods
Power-steering delete (manual rack conversion)
Vibrant flat-black muffler (3” inlet, dual 3” outlet)
CDM rear window and wiper assembly
Legend twin-piston front calipers
Daily driven to the end
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