cjay^
01-09-2010, 06:22 PM
So since I've finally made enough progress to actually start a build thread, I figured I'd throw up some pics of the progress I have made on my S13.
I got it in the summer of 2008, so I'm coming up to my second year owning it. I ended up trading a 1998 Integra GS + $600 for the car so I figure I got a hell of a deal back in the day. Heres the original FS thread if you are interested in mods and such: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?threadid=225658
Anyway this is how it looked when I picked it up:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/josh_soarer/sil.jpg
Right away I did a few mods, including a 3" Turbo Outlet, 3" Downpipe and a resonated test pipe all from bings.ca. I also bought an old school HKS SQV bov from JDM source. These are all basic mods nobody really cares about so I wont spend too much time talking about them.
Onto the more important stuff. Last summer I bought what I was told was a fully rebuilt GTI-R T28 turbo for $450 online and had Evan (sr20s14zenki) install it for me along with a Megan manifold only to find out that the turbo I bought wasn't infact rebuilt at all, but was actually blown :thumbsdow and after hitting boost then shifting I could literally fill 3 lanes of traffic with blue smoke. Not cool. So after only driving the car for 2 months very lightely until I figured out what I wanted to do, I parked the car for winter and slowly started taking things apart.
How the car sits now:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000212.jpg
Manifold and Turbo removed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000209.jpg
The AC has been removed from the car, but I haven't finished removing all of the lines and components (the condensor, etc) and once I do that I will give the engine bay a real good degreasing to clean things up a bit, since as you can see its quite dirty.
Turbo removed and cleaned up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000141.jpg
I had a few options for what I wanted to do. Sell the T28 and take a huge hit and buy an S15 T28, get my GTI-R rebuilt by alamo for $500, or put back the stock T25 and sell the whole car.
I decided to stick to my original plan and keep the GTI-R T28. The Pulsar GTI-R T28 comes with a big exhaust turbine being 0.86 A/R, where as the S15 turbo only has a 0.64 A/R exhaust turbine. In stock form the Pulsar GTI-R flows 33lb/min compared to the S15 turbo flowing 31lb/min. Now since I plan on upgrading the compressor housing (pics below) from a T3 to a T04B, I will be adding even more flow capability, enough for what I have read as being a nice even 300rwhp. Which is the goal of my build. Anyway onto the pics:
KAMAK Dynamics T28 Rebuild Kit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000196.jpg
I didn't want to cheap out and buy a made in China rebuild kit for $40 that would blow within 1000km, so I purchased the KAMAK kit because it was apparently made in Japan, includes a beefy 360 degree thrust bearing, and was $120 shipped, so it had to be better than the Chinese $40 shipped kit right?
What was included in the kit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000197.jpg
As expected, the kit was very complete, and the c-clip retainers for the bearings (the anodized blue clips) seemed to be very strong.
Fresh bearing in the turbine side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000201.jpg
Fast forward a bit, thrust bearing removed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000203.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000202.jpg
Fresh c-clips:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000204.jpg
New bearings soaking in Royal Purple 10W30 before being installed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000205.jpg
Fresh bearing on the compressor side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000206.jpg
New 360 degree thrust bearing installed, with the old 270 degree bearing beside it for comparison. *note the awesome eBay awl
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000207.jpg
The turbo is at Alamo for now getting re-balanced and having the backing plate on the CHRA swapped for one I got off of a blown S14 T28 BB (thanks Jackc) in order to upgrade my compressor housing from T3 to the S14 T28 BB's T04B housing:
S14 T04B housing on the left - GTI-R T3 housing on the right
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000191.jpg
I am really excited to have everything almost done as far as my turbo is concerned. Its really a shit feeling to spend around $700 getting a new turbo, new manifold, labour to install it only to have your car run worse than before :banghead:.
Thats all I've got for now. I am currently waiting on a few parts to come in the mail, including a very cool intercooler kit unlike anything anybody in Calgary has on their S13 for sure, a Greddy/Trust Airinx kit for S13's with the S15 turbo (same housing as my T04B, the Airinx prevents the need for a reclock adaptor) for using a Z32 MAFS, and last but not least some stainless turbo lines.
I got it in the summer of 2008, so I'm coming up to my second year owning it. I ended up trading a 1998 Integra GS + $600 for the car so I figure I got a hell of a deal back in the day. Heres the original FS thread if you are interested in mods and such: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?threadid=225658
Anyway this is how it looked when I picked it up:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/josh_soarer/sil.jpg
Right away I did a few mods, including a 3" Turbo Outlet, 3" Downpipe and a resonated test pipe all from bings.ca. I also bought an old school HKS SQV bov from JDM source. These are all basic mods nobody really cares about so I wont spend too much time talking about them.
Onto the more important stuff. Last summer I bought what I was told was a fully rebuilt GTI-R T28 turbo for $450 online and had Evan (sr20s14zenki) install it for me along with a Megan manifold only to find out that the turbo I bought wasn't infact rebuilt at all, but was actually blown :thumbsdow and after hitting boost then shifting I could literally fill 3 lanes of traffic with blue smoke. Not cool. So after only driving the car for 2 months very lightely until I figured out what I wanted to do, I parked the car for winter and slowly started taking things apart.
How the car sits now:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000212.jpg
Manifold and Turbo removed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000209.jpg
The AC has been removed from the car, but I haven't finished removing all of the lines and components (the condensor, etc) and once I do that I will give the engine bay a real good degreasing to clean things up a bit, since as you can see its quite dirty.
Turbo removed and cleaned up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000141.jpg
I had a few options for what I wanted to do. Sell the T28 and take a huge hit and buy an S15 T28, get my GTI-R rebuilt by alamo for $500, or put back the stock T25 and sell the whole car.
I decided to stick to my original plan and keep the GTI-R T28. The Pulsar GTI-R T28 comes with a big exhaust turbine being 0.86 A/R, where as the S15 turbo only has a 0.64 A/R exhaust turbine. In stock form the Pulsar GTI-R flows 33lb/min compared to the S15 turbo flowing 31lb/min. Now since I plan on upgrading the compressor housing (pics below) from a T3 to a T04B, I will be adding even more flow capability, enough for what I have read as being a nice even 300rwhp. Which is the goal of my build. Anyway onto the pics:
KAMAK Dynamics T28 Rebuild Kit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000196.jpg
I didn't want to cheap out and buy a made in China rebuild kit for $40 that would blow within 1000km, so I purchased the KAMAK kit because it was apparently made in Japan, includes a beefy 360 degree thrust bearing, and was $120 shipped, so it had to be better than the Chinese $40 shipped kit right?
What was included in the kit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000197.jpg
As expected, the kit was very complete, and the c-clip retainers for the bearings (the anodized blue clips) seemed to be very strong.
Fresh bearing in the turbine side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000201.jpg
Fast forward a bit, thrust bearing removed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000203.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000202.jpg
Fresh c-clips:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000204.jpg
New bearings soaking in Royal Purple 10W30 before being installed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000205.jpg
Fresh bearing on the compressor side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000206.jpg
New 360 degree thrust bearing installed, with the old 270 degree bearing beside it for comparison. *note the awesome eBay awl
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000207.jpg
The turbo is at Alamo for now getting re-balanced and having the backing plate on the CHRA swapped for one I got off of a blown S14 T28 BB (thanks Jackc) in order to upgrade my compressor housing from T3 to the S14 T28 BB's T04B housing:
S14 T04B housing on the left - GTI-R T3 housing on the right
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/xtremist107/silvia/silvia%20build/P1000191.jpg
I am really excited to have everything almost done as far as my turbo is concerned. Its really a shit feeling to spend around $700 getting a new turbo, new manifold, labour to install it only to have your car run worse than before :banghead:.
Thats all I've got for now. I am currently waiting on a few parts to come in the mail, including a very cool intercooler kit unlike anything anybody in Calgary has on their S13 for sure, a Greddy/Trust Airinx kit for S13's with the S15 turbo (same housing as my T04B, the Airinx prevents the need for a reclock adaptor) for using a Z32 MAFS, and last but not least some stainless turbo lines.