Im not to big on the conversions either. But i am crazy about the 5 lug ITR wheels on that car!!!

 

Is the engine running good? What about the interior in the civic? Did he swap over the dash and seats too?

 

Is that what usually happens with these turbo cars burning down, oil lines? I hear about turbo cars catching fire like this, I rarely hear of an NA car burning down in a blaze of glory.

 

yeah the interior was all swaped, seats, dash, steering wheel, back seat, its like a complete ITR interior.

 

Probably because a turbo runs off of oil, and needs oil to function properly.
To answer another question, I believe that they just cleaned the motor off, no rebuild.

 

wow that sux

 

most people use the stock oil pressure sender location to run a oil feed line to their turbo. the problem here is that the thread for the sender/block is a British Standard Pipe Taper (BSPT) where most lines here in the states are National Pipe Taper (NPT). People that dont know the difference jam a NPT fitting onto the BSPT thread pitch stripping it out. Under severe conditions, these fittings can crack, pop out, etc. with 200 degree F oil shooting everywhere at 80 psi, something can easily ignite it.

another common problem is running too many tee's and other connectors off the block, which can cause these fittings to break also.

i dont see too many saab's, subaru's, mitsubishi's, or semi-trucks burning on the road, even though they are turbo as well. turbo honda's get a bad rep because of poor installation and tuning.

 

turbo + high compression ratio = up in smoke.

 

not true...hig compression + high boost = failure but in this case...i believe oil leak

 

goddamn. hideous damn conversion.. :barf: