I did it with a little help from my girlfriend in about 10 hours total in my garage with jackstands and hand tools. It isn't hard at all, it is just time consuming and there is a lot to do. Surprisingly, it was the first project that went without a hitch. I would consider my first suspension job more of a pain in the ass than installing the turbo kit.

I am in Orange County and that doesn't help you much since you are in the bay area.

 

:chuckles:

At least this guy saw the light, which is more then what I can say for most people.

 

hey shmoo i am from OC as well, man we should meet up cause i am debating about turboin my GSR, but i have never been in a car that has had it, and is it worth it, cause i hear you have reliability issues after putting that shit on, fill me in

Current set up, Comptech ice box, comptech headers, skunk2 intake, skunk2 cams, skunk2 valve train, hondata gasket, AEM 5 bolt cam gears, VAFC 2, apexi n1 exhuast.

 

That wouldn't be a problem. Hit me up with a PM and we can arrange something. My buddy thought it was pretty bad ass even though he has a 12:1 compression 2.0 B18C all motor civic.

Reliability isn't an issue if it is properly tuned and the engine is maintained. As long as it is warmed to optimal operating temperature before beating on it, it shouldn't wear out any faster than a stock engine.

 

Hey schmoo, i got my type 31 intercooler today. Damn that baby looks nice. It would look beautiful on my front mount gsr 4door. Im just waiting for the order from Japan for the greddy turbo kit. Cant wait to boost. Do you have pics of your gsr shmoo. How does it pull schmoo,hows the torque and does it pull hard when it hits vtec.

 

here is pic of engine bay right now. Say goodbye to intake/icebox and header

Wont this baby look nice with a fmic


Schoo you know the black lines in the middle of bumper. Will that be removed when you swap it with type 31 intercooler. Is it bolts that remove it????

 

Sounds kool i will hit u up later on and thanks bro

 

Here are some pics of my kit installed. I painted the intercooler black to match the sleeper look, so you can't really see it but if you know it is there, it isn't that hard to tell.







I actually didn't have to modify the bumper at all to get the intercooler to fit. You will have to trim the splash guard on the drivers side to get the second charge pipe through to the intercooler but a reciprocating saw quickly took care of that.

Also, those two black panels on my bumper hide the blue couplings of the intercooler, so you cannot see at all. The only thing you will have to modify to get the intercooler to fit is to move the AC condenser line behind the PS cooler line.

Another tip is to secure the splashguard with the two bolts that hold the bottom of the intercooler on. It says in the instructions to mount the intercooler with all the bolts but then when you put the splash guard back on, it hangs really low, so take the bolts off and secure the splashguard with them.

 

Yeah, let me know.

 

Hey shmoo. How much clearance do you have from radiator to turbo manifold. As you can see i have a fluidyne radiator which is thicker core with a slim fan on the driver side. Are you using the stock driver side fan still on your radiator/?