Noob here!

[Turbo&Auto]

Hey all,

I'm on a couple other boards and have even received a few emails saying to come over here and join up. SO, some may be familiar with my ride:
92 Accord LX-Turbo:

(^kit is for sale )

http://www.nicksturbomatrix.com/holyshit.wmv
^Vid of the beast
On 8psi I was able to run a 14.5 @96. My tires were TERRIBLE though, I could've squeeked another tenth or 2 with better tires. On 12-14psi the car is ridiculous. I never had the chance to run it again on high boost but I feel it could've broke into the 13's without a struggle. Before you flame me for assuming, I've been drag racing for almost 10 years now, I have a good idea of whats what on the track.

Here's some of my other cars I own:
95 Neon ACR, lots of NA mods with a 75 shot of NOS:




http://www.nicksturbomatrix.com/350zdown.3gp
^The Pee-on in action!

03 Matrix XR-Turbo:




http://www.nicksturbomatrix.com/vids/newmovie.wmv
^The Matrix in action


I also own a 98 Impreza with a WRX swap, 03 SpecV, 07 Yaris, 71 Roadrunner (maybe a twin turbo setup soon).

I'm also into racing Go-Karts, RC Cars, Slot Cars, Snowboarding and custom Fiberglass and Paint work. All of the painted parts you see on my Matrix were all fabricated and painted by me.

www.nicksturbomatrix.com for more vids and pics.

[Turbo&Auto]

OH, I saw a thread for H23 engines and parts, if you come in here I need the timing gear on the crank from a H23. I tried to PM you, but your box was full

[deevergote]

Holy crap you have a lot of cars! Nice collection! Are you planning on doing more with the Accord?

[Turbo&Auto]

OH YEAH!

The Build:
F22 bottom end
Block Guard
H23 Head
68mm TB
Ported Intake Manifold
MLS Head Gasket
Mini-ram Turbo Manifold
T3/T4E 50trim .63A/R
38mm Turbosmart Wastegate
2.5" Intercooler Piping
HUGE FMIC, 28X9X3
2.5" Turbo-Back exhaust, no cats or resonators
550cc Injectors
AEM High flow fuel rail and FPR
Go Fast Bits BOV

^All of this I have already

I'm considering Crower FI Cams and the Crower Spring/Retainer kit. Says it will redline at 8K

[deevergote]

Awesome!

Did you know that the F22A head probably flows better than the H23 head?


And how come you're going with a block guard, and not full sleeves? You may have issues with cylinder warpage with the guard.

Finally, turbo exhaust is better at 3" for a 2.2L



In all, it's still a decent setup! I built a turbo kit for a beater 92 DX I picked up, and it was absolutely horrible in comparison to your setup. I smashed up the car before I had a chance to install it though.

[Turbo&Auto]

I know 3" is better but I already have the 2.5 from before so I'll just leave it. My friends Turbo Colt made almost 400whp with a 2.5" exhaust

I dont want to tear the block all the way down, send it out for sleeves, then get forged internals. WAY to expensive. An F22 from a local salvage yard is 250, I'll just buy another when it dies.

I've heard the exact oppositte about the H23 head. Time will tell I guess.....

[deevergote]

Either way, you should make some nice power with that. That auto trans won't hold out for too long, though! The Accord 5 speed is pretty strong, but the automatics can't take too much abuse before they go (and since you're already boosting, I would think it's already getting pretty tired)

The great thing about these cars is that parts are so common. Hell, I sold a complete F22A for $50 when I swapped, trans and all!

What do you plan to use for fuel management?

[Turbo&Auto]

Its 5speed mang

My Matrix is an auto.

I tuned with Crome before. I'll prolly stick with that since I bought Crome Pro. I have an Ostrich, Chip burner and all that crap. I've tuned prolly 2 dozen cars now, NA and turbo cars.

[Turbo&Auto]

Here's another lil project I did, turbo go-kart!!


Here's the new E-01 holder and gauge holder for the Accord:

[deevergote]

Awesome. Very nice I guess I assumed from your name that the Accord was auto

I love the custom work. That looks really clean!

[92cb7accord]

lovin the setup, any idea how much whp your makin on that accord?

[NAiL05]

Here's another lil project I did, turbo go-kart!!


Here's the new E-01 holder and gauge holder for the Accord:

Cool center. How did you do that? Did you fiberglass it? bondo? What did you use to do that?

[Turbo&Auto]

FG and bondo. No way you can just FG something and get it to come out that smooth.

The accord made 200whp and 250wtq at 10psi. I couldnt hold boost to redline on high because of a leaking downpipe and a clutch on the way out. The next time I took it to a dyno they set it up wrong and toasted my clutch and #2 cylider

When it died, I decided to go bigger on the next setup. So selling this kit will get me some money for other parts I need still.

Edit: OH, and those gauge pods are 2" PVC pipe FG'd in place

[deevergote]

Sounds like we have another DIY master on our hands I hope you stick around! We need more people that are willing to do something different!

[N9netwoAccord]

i'm very impressed... keep up the great work