thanks to the help of rob (integracon on the board), my car is back in boost. still waiting to be fabricated is my 2.25" aluminum ic piping & an adapter neck for my tial wg, but for now i’m running some borrowed 2" piping & a deltagate. i’m happy; the car’s pretty fast, makes 7psi of boost before 4k on a 60-1 turbo.
here’s a pic:
I’m not diggin that little radiator…it makes me want to cry :sad:
I like your turbo manifold though…what kind is it?
lovely indeed. I was wondering what kind of radiator that is and if there is any disadvantages in using it?
it’s a half-size dual core radiator for a delsol vtec. it has pretty much the same coolant capacity as my old full length single core integra radiator (albeit with slightly reduced cooling area). the majority of turbo eg’s & ek’s as well as most purpose built drag cars run the half-size radiators to save space without any cooling problems so i don’t think i will have a problem with it in my car. i used it in my setup to make space for my turbo. had i run the turbo with the compressor housing to the passenger side like 90% of the kits out there, i would have had to notch the hell out of my block, something that i was unwilling to do.
the manifold is a plain drag3 manifold. had i the chance to do it over again, i may have gone with a different manifold that positions the turbo closer to the block.
Most of the purpose built drag cars could go without a radiator. The don’t need a cooling system when they’re only run for a couple minutes at a time. I just don’t like the idea of using a OE radiator, let alone one half the size…but then again I’ve been spoiled by my Fluidyne 
Was the manifold coated with something? My drag manifold doesn’t look that nice.
Nice system btw…
Where did you get that curved bracket for the top of the radiator?
TIA
Got your car boosting again before me Don, haha. My turbo isnt even here yet.
What battery is that?
haber, the manifold isn’t really coated. it just has some high-temp paint sprayed on it.
amerikan, i made the bracket out of some scrap metal & a large rubber grommet. to mount it i used some rivet nuts (basically a rivet with threads) & a couple bolts. it’s actually the second bracket i made, i had to move the radiator from where i originally placed it more towards the passenger side. the first bracket wasn’t angled…
the battery i’m using is actually made for motorcycles. weighs 15lbs. check out www.hepi.com for more info.
Do you have anymore pics of your piping route. I notice your intake filter is on the drivers side and sends the charge towards the passenger side. Just curious where it goes from there. I’m trying to familiarize myself w/ all the different designs for our tegs.
Thanks,
Leif
Originally posted by leifintegra
[B]Do you have anymore pics of your piping route. I notice your intake filter is on the drivers side and sends the charge towards the passenger side. Just curious where it goes from there. I’m trying to familiarize myself w/ all the different designs for our tegs.
Thanks,
Leif [/B]
Don’s out of the country so I’ll tell you what I know about his setup…
he’s using a Del Sol radiator since he’s using a .60 trim turbo now. The Integra radiator wouldn’t give him clearance since it’s twice as long. He has his filter on the driver’s side and the piping ran from the turbo almost directly to his intercooler from the driver’s side endtank. He nixed his AC though, can’t remember if he still has PS. He also has a battery the size of a small library book instead of relocating it to the trunk- Pretty cool looking.
Originally posted by integracon
He also has a battery the size of a small library book instead of relocating it to the trunk- Pretty cool looking.
Is that the dynabat one?
leif, my piping is custom for my car. it requires that you take a holesaw & cut an opening for the pipe to go through the driver’s side framerail (sounds harder than it is). but the way my piping is routed keeping a/c really isn’t an option. and while i’ve seen custom jobs that have kept a/c & still had the charge pipe routed towards the drivers headlight, it is really more trouble than it’s worth. if you want to keep a/c, go with rob’s setup. if you don’t, do something like mine.
rob, yup i kept my ps, gotta keep as many creature comforts as i can 
formz, my battery is made by the same company.
how do you like your battery? I was thinking about getting one but they look so small! Do you have a volt gauge to monitor?
Originally posted by leifintegra
[B]Do you have anymore pics of your piping route. I notice your intake filter is on the drivers side and sends the charge towards the passenger side. Just curious where it goes from there. I’m trying to familiarize myself w/ all the different designs for our tegs.
Thanks,
Leif [/B]
O yea it was nice meeting you guys at the wcm sorry I didn’t stay for long.
Nice work, Don. Glad to see your back up! I am still waiting for a chassis for my motor. Talk to you soon.
Glad to see you’re back Don - hope your trip to the Orient was fruitful - bring back any JDM shiz???
Good meeting you - talk to you soon.
hey armaan what’s up? that sucks that you still haven’t found a chassis to put that miracle motor into. what happened though? i thought that you decided to repair your own DA? i’ll hit you up on aim soon…
what’s up nate? nice meeting you & the rest of the way north crew at the meet. wasn’t near any carparts stores in japan so i didn’t pick anything up unfortunately. i did come accross cheap defi gauges but they were still out of my pricerange for right now. 
next time maybe…how was the ride back from the meet? incident free i hope.
Things went well on the way back bro. I am still looking to upgrade my headlights like yours! Looking good man!
Maybe you can take me for a spin next time!
what year is your teg? I’m thinking I may have to do that to mine, check out my other post, I just asked about having to do something like that