Mitsuman's "Project Come Back" build...

[mitsuman]

page 2: motor pull page 4: 1st attempt at custom CF gauge cluster + s300 chipping page 5: 2nd attempt at cluster page 6: pictures of rebuilt motor page 9: head install page 10: motor complete, turbo install, almost done, video of start up page 11: DYNO Heres a little history of the car. Bought the car a couple years ago from a h-t member. The car was allready yellow, had no back seats, b16b civic type-r motor swap, tuned with s100, volk te-37's. Motor was expletiveing MINT. Fast, reliable, no smoke at all 9200rpms? no problem. Beauty! Well i traded the swap for a gsr swap. WORST THING IVE EVER DONE. The swap smoked, was told it was the valve seals, they were replaced 500 in labor to clean up the head and install seals+ my labor to install head= still smoking. expletive. i went with the b18c for boost. should have sold the longblock and got a stock gsr longblock. stupid me. well whatever! i have learned my lesson. So after all this frustration, i have finaly decided to build build build.... Well i finally decided I needed to do it and get it over with. I have been wanting to build my car forever but havent gotten around to it. Well it has begun! Future plans include 2.0L gsr-T, wire tuck, roll cage, new paint,new crossmember(mines bent-hit a curb), LSD, too much to list! plus i dont wanna think about it Motor should be in the mail today. Its a darton sleeved block, bored to 84mm, with cp 9:1 pistons and eagle rods, arp rod bolts and arp headstuds, and clutchmaster stg 3 6 puck clutch. Will be replacing with acl bearings and will be replacing the rings. All rotating assembly to be balanced. Im going to have all machince work done at Valley Engines in Fountain Valley. They did great work on my buddies 1.8 200whp stock block build. Now this build is prob going to take me a while, but ill just start this thread now to give me more motivation to finish sooner. Heres a shot of the motor as it. Stock gsr with peiced together peakboost kit. Now the car was stolen, but by the grace of god himself all they took was an extra ecu that was lying on the floor and my rear speakers and my radio. I got really really lucky! So i owe it to this car, shes been through a lot, poor thing! Some interior before shots, messy. havent cleaned it since they stole her. I havent driving this car since july2006 besides around the block. (suspended license.) Now that we got all interior out, i have my master tech working on pulling the dash. Now a shot without her.... After tinkering for a bit, dash it out! It was getting dark on me so i snapped a last photo. this is were ill be doing the wire tuck and rewiring the sidemarkers so they acutually function! Some tools i bought today: compresser, 2 air guns, impact gun adapters, heat gun, 20ft of shrink wrap, i still need alot more tools. Were it all takes place! garage is really narrow, i hate that. Ok this dude just fly's in out of no where. at first i thought it was a little birf thats how big he was! pictures dont do justice, by far the bigest moth i have ever seen. look at the rotor, if he was standing straign across the stopping surface he would go across it! Thing was nasty. Giving me the eye.... and for ol times sake, a pic of the ol Eclipse... Well thats all for this weekend. More to come this week hopefully. Modified by mitsuman at 1:04 PM 3/14/2007 Modified by mitsuman at 1:58 PM 3/15/2007 Modified by mitsuman at 3:27 PM 3/28/2007 Modified by mitsuman at 11:34 AM 1/9/2008 Modified by mitsuman at 6:41 PM 1/23/2008 Modified by mitsuman at 12:42 AM 1/28/2008

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[SkoundrelUSA]

Damn I wish I had a master tech like her.

[mitsuman]

i bet you do

[GG99]

is that your gf?
if so your one lucky mofo

[neocrynym]

Originally Posted by SkoundrelUSA

Damn I wish I had a master tech like her.

x2

[mitsuman]

Originally Posted by GG99

is that your gf?
if so your one lucky mofo

my ex, but were still close

Originally Posted by neocrynym

x2

ill rent her out for a small fee

[MR.johnson]

i will rent her you pull my dash.

good work.

[pdiggitydogg]

more pictures of the hot girl....i dont care about the car

[95ProjectEJ1]

Originally Posted by mitsuman

ill rent her out for a small fee

Whatever it is i will be willing to pay. Good work man. Looking forward to seeing the progress

[Archidictus]

That moth is weaksauce I saw moths with 18-inch wingspans (yes, that's larger than your ENTIRE brake rotor) with frequency in south Texas where I grew up.

How much boost are you going to run on your Dart block? With all that building, I'd hope you're aiming for at least 500whp. Looks like a fun project

[mitsuman]

Originally Posted by Archidictus

That moth is weaksauce I saw moths with 18-inch wingspans (yes, that's larger than your ENTIRE brake rotor) with frequency in south Texas where I grew up.

How much boost are you going to run on your Dart block? With all that building, I'd hope you're aiming for at least 500whp. Looks like a fun project

good god. 18inch. around here they moths dont get bigger than 1 inch wing span. this thing had like a a good 3 inch wingspan. cant imagine 18inches! fawk! i plan on shooting for 400 initially then i think i might need a bigger turbo/intercooler. my first real decent build up so more research is to be done. also not to comfortable with the eagle rods in there making higher hp. thinking of going with carrillo pro-h with the CARR bolts.

should have known what i was in for when i posted her pic. Well heres 1, but no more!

1-2 years back....not the best but only thing i got


anybody in socal wanna help me pull the motor tonight? i need a hand and my friends are not to handy with tools. ill supply the beer!

[Surebang]

Wow... why ex? She looks like a good one. I would help you out but i gotta do my own project this week.

[2wheelhunter]

shes a keeper

[excivicboy96]

Any female is a keeper if she likes to work on cars.

[SkoundrelUSA]

Originally Posted by excivicboy96

Any female is a keeper if she likes to work on cars.

Not necessarily. But she's very cute.

[.Thomas]

Originally Posted by excivicboy96

Any female is a keeper if she likes to work on cars.

True that, but ehh, if you took every girl for face value, and how they looked then a lot of them would be better, so im not going to judge about the ex thing ....

[mitsuman]

Originally Posted by Surebang

Wow... why ex? She looks like a good one. I would help you out but i gotta do my own project this week.

long story. thanks anyway. guess ill be pulling the motor tonight by me self! yay!

[Archidictus]

Originally Posted by mitsuman

good god. 18inch. around here they moths dont get bigger than 1 inch wing span. this thing had like a a good 3 inch wingspan. cant imagine 18inches! fawk! i plan on shooting for 400 initially then i think i might need a bigger turbo/intercooler. my first real decent build up so more research is to be done. also not to comfortable with the eagle rods in there making higher hp. thinking of going with carrillo pro-h with the CARR bolts.

If you upgrade to the ARP rod bolts, the Eagles will hold to 650+ HP without breaking a sweat. The Carrillo rods are awesome, but the price reflects it

What turbocharger and manifold are you going to be using?

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1-2 years back....not the best but only thing i got
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She's a cutie for sure

[Syndacate]

Originally Posted by mitsuman

should have known what i was in for when i posted her pic.

Yes.

There's something seriously wrong with some of the people in this forum.

Cute yes, but these responses remind me of a gaming forum I used to hang out in when I was 10 or so .

[mitsuman]

Originally Posted by Archidictus

If you upgrade to the ARP rod bolts, the Eagles will hold to 650+ HP without breaking a sweat. The Carrillo rods are awesome, but the price reflects it

What turbocharger and manifold are you going to be using?

She's a cutie for sure

thanks! ya the eagle rods im getting actually have arp rod bolts allready. hmm

i will be using the peakboost ramhorn currently in the car and the t3/t4 that came with the peakboost kit. im a NOOB when it comes to turbo charger sizing and what not. i have a lot to learn in that aspect. So i think i might stick with this turbo, try it out, dyno, see what i can improve on and go from there. no better way to learn than from experience. IMO

i forgot to take a pic but i will use the 3in dp-back exhaust. buddy of mine did it custom for me. its nice. only thing is he didnt have flange so it is welded directly to the flex pipe will be fixed

[BLUIZE256]

good luck with the build

[Archidictus]

Originally Posted by mitsuman

thanks! ya the eagle rods im getting actually have arp rod bolts allready. hmm

i will be using the peakboost ramhorn currently in the car and the t3/t4 that came with the peakboost kit. im a NOOB when it comes to turbo charger sizing and what not. i have a lot to learn in that aspect. So i think i might stick with this turbo, try it out, dyno, see what i can improve on and go from there. no better way to learn than from experience. IMO

The T3/T4 is probably a .52AR or something like that. Can you make 400whp with that? Probably. Can you do so comfortably? Meh A 60-1 or GT35[xx] would be much more functional for your HP goal. Take a picture of the numbers on your turbocharger if you could.

And yeah, if the Eagles have the upgraded ARP rod bolts already, there's no need to get different rods. 400whp is easy peazy for them

The manifold will support 600 easy, so you're good there. Don't skimp on the tune

[mitsuman]

Originally Posted by Archidictus

The T3/T4 is probably a .52AR or something like that. Can you make 400whp with that? Probably. Can you do so comfortably? Meh A 60-1 or GT35[xx] would be much more functional for your HP goal. Take a picture of the numbers on your turbocharger if you could.

And yeah, if the Eagles have the upgraded ARP rod bolts already, there's no need to get different rods. 400whp is easy peazy for them

The manifold will support 600 easy, so you're good there. Don't skimp on the tune

i will do that tonight when i get the turbo off! ya i wont be going up that high. (yet : ) ) i see where your coming from though. But i dont want a HUGE turbo making power from 6-8k. i want it to be streetable. and hopefully when its all done i will tune it myself. taking the efi training course in april! or maybe ill leave it to a pro, well see where im at

thats another thing i have to research. i currently have s100. i am researching the advantages s200 w/boost s300, aem ems, crome. before i make my final decision. this is gunna be fun!

[Ion22]

Looks like a good build.

I think she is one of my myspace friend's lol

[MitsukillinS2K]

Originally Posted by SkoundrelUSA

Damn I wish I had a master tech like her.

yeah me too