Can i get away without these?

[Youngill726]

I got my h23 in my var up and running but i havent driven it do to working two jobs and hibernating. My question is can i get away with not having the following things on my car?
1). Turbo Timer
2). Boost controller
3). Dump pipe ( it needs to be bent cause i have no room)

I got them all its just space and i dont know how to wire stuff up. also i dont want it to look like i did it or tried to do it.

Also i hate that i had to cut my front bumper up to get it back on my car. Do any of yall got any pics of a stock bumper with turbo on it?

[noobcake]

I got my h23 in my var up and running but i havent driven it do to working two jobs and hibernating. My question is can i get away with not having the following things on my car?
1). Turbo Timer
2). Boost controller
3). Dump pipe ( it needs to be bent cause i have no room)

I got them all its just space and i dont know how to wire stuff up. also i dont want it to look like i did it or tried to do it.

Also i hate that i had to cut my front bumper up to get it back on my car. Do any of yall got any pics of a stock bumper with turbo on it?

just guessing that your car is "turbocharged"

turbo timer is not necessary.
neither is a boost controller as long as you know what size spring you have in your wastegate. and if you want to change psi, you will have to change springs.
and you definitely need a dumptube. unless you want to shoot flames at important things in your engine bay.
by the look of this thread, it seems that you did not install the turbo parts yourself.
if i were you i would do ALOT of research before i touched anything on the car.

[Youngill726]

naw it was me and my friend. the dump pipe is just to long for the space provided
heres a pic

[noobcake]

as long as your dumptube points away from everything, preferably twords the ground you will be ok.
and its also probably not the best that thing your wastegate touches your radiator. those get pretty warm.

[Youngill726]

Yea I had to find that out the hard way. It blew a whole clean through the radiator. Now I have civic halfcut and a lotta more room? I'm lookn for piston and rods for h23a3. Is that even a jdm motor causr I can't find any parts for it.

[vietkid_2006]

Yea I had to find that out the hard way. It blew a whole clean through the radiator. Now I have civic halfcut and a lotta more room? I'm lookn for piston and rods for h23a3. Is that even a jdm motor causr I can't find any parts for it.

H23A1/3? is not a JDM motor it's USDM

[deevergote]

H23A1 is the USDM motor. Not sure what the H23A3 is. Never even heard of it. JDM motors don't have numbers after the letters though... And the only JDM H23A was VTEC. Any non-VTEC H23A that I'm familiar with is USDM.

A turbo timer keeps your engine idling for a short time to allow the turbo to cool properly. You can do this yourself by not driving the car hard and then shutting it off immediately. When you park, let it idle for a minute or so before you cut the ignition.

Boost controller... you don't need that. Just make sure your wastegate works, and you have a spring set for low enough PSI. I'm assuming that you're running on a stock block.

Dump pipe... hit up an exhaust shop and have them bend a pipe that will fit, and have them weld on the appropriate flange. Not difficult. Just be VERY careful when you take the car there!



I know it goes beyond the scope of this thread, but I have to ask after seeing these questions... what are you doing to tune the ECU?

[Youngill726]

well im playing around wit hondata. im using a friend chipped ecu until i decide what tune i wanna go with. i heard alot about crome and uberdata but im not sure. any suggestions will be helpful cause thats 600+ dollars for hondata.

[d112crzy]

eCtune. $399 right now.

[Youngill726]

i dont mean to sound dumb but what is ectune and is it good for turbo apps?

[deevergoatse.]

i dont mean to sound dumb but what is ectune and is it good for turbo apps?

honda tuning software

http://www.ectune.com/eCtune/AboutFe...7/Default.aspx

[Youngill726]

well i just been looking at them all but not sure

[deevergote]

All quality tuning software will do the same thing for you. The biggest difference is the amount of features and the ease of using the application. Crome and Uberdata can be had for free (or paid for more features). ECtune is the same thing, essentially, but many people swear by it for being easy to use and powerful.

Knowing what the programs can do is the first step. Learning how to do it is the next step... and the next 20 steps. Actually putting the turbo on your engine should be the LAST step. You REALLY don't want to be learning how to tune on a boosted motor... especially if you're already willing to take shortcuts, like leaving out the dump pipe.

[d112crzy]

Leaving off the dump pump ain't that big of deal, especially if you don't get on it very often. I know people that have run without them forever. THey have a black underhood to show for it but no damaged parts.

[Youngill726]

I just don't have room for the dump pipe so ill have to get it ben like yall said. The car hadn't been driven but once around da block