IAluder95

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UPDATE: The car is done. A lot people came together for me to get this car running. After the 5 years of collecting parts, and figuring out exactly what I wanted, its done. I only had the car running for 3 weeks before Army Basic Combat Training started. We had some slight problems on the dyno, the shop that assembled my head tightened the cams to the point it was smacking my valve train. after two pulls and noticing it not making the normal type writer sounds, we fixed it before it destroyed the head. it did make a few nice nicks in the rockers. had to empty the v-tec solenoid had some shavings in it causing it not to engage. the next day and a full tank of E85 later we made 478whp and 428wtq. new parts have been installed and need to retune this beast.
Got to the track a few times and ran a 9.22 @ 98mph in the 1/8 on a set of 16x6 with falken rts in 2010.

I'd like to personally thank Wrenches Automotive in Des Moines, Iowa (Wrenches has been closed) for the hard work and headache of getting this mess started. they did help me make a few hard decisions that i had no clue exactly what to do. Brian is an excellent tuner with vast knowledge. Chad is the guy who helped me after hours fix my valve train and also lent me his Hondata because phaereable.net screwed me over.

Rosko is my primary helper on here that you know. he has helped out in many ways and i would like to thank him for his hard work and time. unlike many HT people im lucky enough to have a fellow prelude guru within 15 mins of my garage.

thanks to by friend Chris C for all the late nights installing it all
thanks to Dagle for the clutch. much appreciated.
thanks to ryan Wyzer for painted parts and clean things up installing and other crap
thanks to preludestud11 for getting me some nice slicks and clean fenders
thanks to pirate for the stock calipers
thanks to wrenches for all the welding and tune
thanks to sparkles for wiring up parts, clean it up parts, and keep it maintained in my absence


Car is a 1992 Honda Prelude Si Blue pearl with minimal rust

here is the parts list:
Motor:
H23a1 block sleeved by darton and bored to 2.4L
Manhly turbo tuff rods
ACL bearings
Wiesco Pistons 8.5 compression
Cometic head gasket
ARP head studs
stock crank
kaizen speed balance shaft removal kit.

H22a head completely built stage five from Blacktrax
Crower turbo camshafts
Crower springs, retainers
Supertech flat valves +1 over
5 angle valve job Port and Polish
Blacktrax stage 4 Intake Manifold
SKunk2 70mm throttle body
Hondata Gaskets
NRG fuel pressure regulator
STR Fuel rail
STR cam gears

Turbo Kit:
Lovefab minime equal length manifold
Garret GT35/76R
Tial 38mm wastegate
HKS Super sequential BOV
Spearco Intercooler 3 1/2" thick
RC Engineering 1600cc
Hondata S300 boost installed P28
B&R fittings catch can set up

Tranny:
Blacktrax 4 puck clutch (Thanks to dagle)
stock flywheel, axles
phantom grip lsd

Interior:
NRG quick release
Zeitronics tuning Zr-t2 with LCD
Kenne Bell boost a spark
gutted no back seat, trunk or ceiling

Exterior:
NEEDS WORK paint mainly.
accord lip kit
JDM headlights black housing

Suspension:
suspension tech sway bars front and rear
koni yellow and gc coilovers
dc lower tie bar, and upper strut bars f/r
Explicit speed traction bar
Explicit speed motor mounts

any questions ask. im leaving a lot of things out. just tried to hit the basics.






Modified by IAluder95 at 1:27 AM 10/29/2008

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street_ride14

What have you done to help with the traction ? You're gonna get over 500 horses ( maybe 600 whp depending on your Boost pressure ) to the wheels with that setup, you're gonna have major traction issues. I'm sure you're well aware of this, just wanted to know what you've done to battle those issues. Nice setup , and here's a silly question .. you plan on Daily Driving this car or is this going to be Drag-Strip only ?

IAluder95

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i plan to drag strip it only.

i have done a lot of suspension work so far. just missing the explicitspeed traction bar kit. that will be purchased before i go to the strip for sure.

98vtec

its about damn time. I remember rosko talking to me about your build not too long ago. Good luck with everything and keep us posted with the progress.

IAluder95

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ok, question. is it a good idea to use the civic alternator over the prelude? im looking to reduce the weight and gain an extra inch of space for the down pipe. which of course will be 3inchs.

i think i can make it work with the stock prelude one, but i just put a new one in my salvaged title EJ, and i plan to remove it before i junk it next spring.

98vtec

both will likely be able to sustain the same voltage. I know ESP has a bracket so you can use a d series alternator and it also lower the unit.

IAluder95

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id like to leave in the stock location. i am going to retain my powersteering.

98vtec

the mount is different so unless you can make a bracket (easy since you can weld and ****) or have rosko CNC you a piece, then it wont work.

IAluder95

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i looked at explicit website the make a kit using stock location on the H block for D series. im going to research this a little more.

just trying to get more room in the engine bay. trying to uncomplicate IC piping routes.

dagle

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i have a 4puck custom-made one for a highpower (i had an h23vtec as well) no one's going to use it. pay for shipping, its yours. send me a pm

98vtec

if that doesnt call for a platonic blow job, i dont know what does.

dagle

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haha, figured it'd be easier to give it away than to explain to someone what theyre actually throwing in. there's absolutely no way anyone can DD it

IAluder95

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ill pay for the shipping. what is it to 50327?

dagle

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under 30 bucks. i gotta go pick it up cuz i forgot i left it in my prelude which is in union city atm. im gonna be picking the car up within the next few days though haha. just keep nagging me every day until i send it

teefunk01

looks good man cant wait to see the final outcome

IAluder95

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sounds good.

i have been waiting over two years for the final outcome. haha school costs cut the budget early. but here is pictures of the car im working on.

beginning of the year:


when the swap began:

92hondalude

nice build!
and you better give dalge bj's for a month haha.

i need a gt35r anyone want to give me one of those? i will pay for shipping. haha

dagle

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haha i sold an SC61 (almost equivalent to a GT35R) for 500shipped with only 3k miles on the thing. shoulda spoke up sooner

92hondalude

not the ball bearing one?

95greenlude

i have no doubts that that manifold will work, but it defiantly doesn't have waste gate priority


Good luck on making power!

IAluder95

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oaks racing used it. made good power i believe. i don t remember what they made. i wish they could chime in.

snobordboy

From what I remember they ran that manifold up to 640 or so, and its what they had on the car when they ran 10.9, then they stepped it up to the equal length mani and setup, hit 788, and couldnt keep the engine together due to balancer issues, which finally got sorted out this last month.

dagle

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PM me the address, i picked it up today and ran into some issues with my car it sounds meaner as a stock h22 then it did as a boosted 2.4L setup

IAluder95

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rosko it is still nice out. if i get this clutch in time want to drop the motor?

IAluder95

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so i decided since the car isn't going anywhere in a long time. might as well go all out and get it exactly the way i want it before next year. after all i don't get my DL back till January.

so the removal began! starting will all the interior parts i no longer need such as ac, heater core, vent box, and trim pieces.










the interior under the dash and behind the plastic gauge area:









i weighed the removed items and the total amount was close to 50 pounds. i still need to and want to remove all unnecessary wire harness and wires. i know that can add up to another 17-20 pounds according to a write up on HT.

i need to get the car running so i can hit a scale and see how much this junker weights.