I have recently purchased a used 14b turbo and a side mount intercooler. I have a 93 civic ex with vtec and would like to mount this on my motor. I have done some to my engine but nothing internal. It has a full exhaust, cold air intake, computer chip upgrade, upgraded ignition coil, plugs and wires. I intend on purchasing a Vortech fmu, and a missing link map sensor. Stock fuel rail and injectors and stock fuel pump. What else would my engine require to run the boost. I also don't know the stock psi regulated by the stock wastegate. I hope to run about 7psi. I am also uncertain as where exactly to run the coolant inlet and outlet lines. I know how to run the oil lines but am unsure of the coolant. Not hoping for anything outrageous just a solid boost system.
Thanx for any help.

 

ugh. yet another, take this site and learn what you can from it. that is my best advice, it is SUPER informative. you will learn that an FMU is poopy and your moded computer is now useless unless you have hondata or somthing like that. now, start studying.http://www.beesandgoats.com/boostfaq/g2icturbo.html tho its is based off the b18b, it is still very informative and will start you in the right direction

 

checked out the site earlier I had seen you reference that site in another post. It did help in my understanding turbos, but was just wanted your input on if the engine would hold up to the boost because I really don't know what the wastegate on the turbo is set at for psi. any help would be appreciated. but the turbo wont come together for a little while. want to put in clutch plate, flywheel, and some other internals first.

 

wow. im pretty sure the 14b is internally set at 6-7 psi but im not to sure. i wouldnt worry to much about boosting that much power on your motor. there are alot of people running 200whp on stock internals with that motor but, most of them are tuned with uberdata, hondata and things like that. your ignition coil really wont do much for you either. the factory honda ignition set up is very respectible and i wouldnt mess with it unless your boosting fairly high. colder plugs and good ignition wires will be all i would go for at the moment. as far as your SMIC i would ditch it and go for a front mount. you can pick one up from JRC for about 240 and those are very nice FMIC. a new clutch is a very good idea, the stock one will not hold the additional torques very well. alot of people like lightened flywheels, but for a turbo motor its a toss up. it could bog down off a launch or between gears due to it losing momentum, but then again u gain a little up top, so that idea is up for debate. and if you plan on building the internals, dont skimp out. you already will have the motor torn apart. put in some nice pistons, rods etc. have your cylinder walls honed if there fubared. if you really want to go all out, you could have it sleeved by AEBs, DART, etc. or you could try blockposting. i wouldnt jump right into the project if you have the time. take your time and do it right the first time. you dont wanna be boosting at 7 and want more so you go to ten and blow it. fix it go to 15 and blow it, so on and so forth, build the motor right and be safe.

 

have now realized it would prob. cost about as much to bore and sleeve the motor as it would to buy a new performance motor, trans., and ecu from japan. would one of those performance engines have enough done to the internals to withstand boost. looking at b16a2 or a b16b type r engine

 

thanks for all the info. I believe I am well on my way to a boosted car.

 

You will still need an exhaust manifold, piping, oil lines (feed & return), fitting for the return line into the oil pan, fittings for the oil feed so you can keep your stock oil pressure sensor, BOV (if you want one), boost gauge (if you want one), couplers, clamps, downpipe, and some kind of fuel management be it an EMS like Hondata or the conventional FMU setup. I would HIGHLY recommend you upgrade your injectors to some RC 440s. If you choose to go with the FMU setup, you should consider getting a VAFC as well so you can somewhat control fuel.

good luck man.

 

Yeah. I already have everything you mentioned except the bov. Still waiting on that part. I'll look into the vafc. I was also curious if i could just use uberdata instead of a hondata. I have an eprom cutter so I figured that would be simpler. But either way if i get the hondata or uberdata would i even need the fmu or at least the injectors?

 

I also currently just purchased some dsm 450's to place with my setup. I was told this would be a better setup to go with then i can modify things differently. What is your opinion of this and how would i go about setup?

 

If you go with an EMS like Hondata then you do not need the FMU.

And I believe that with DSM injectors you have to run a resistor box...