Project AWD-T: by red civic standard and redzcstandardhatch

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 3:34 pm

The moderators red civic standard and redzcstandardhatch decided to get together this past weekend and have some fun.

1989 Honda Civic AWD Realtime Wagon
IHI RHB5 turbo off of early Probe making 8 lbs of boost
HF manifold/BMC adapter plate/2.5" exhaust
DSM 390cc injectors tuned with wideband and TurboEdit

Here is what we started with:

Here are the pics of the buildup. Jabaay'dddd (redzcstandardhatch)

Make room for the turbo!! Didn't need that much room. Left the radiator in for the whole install.

Sawzall some room for the front mount:

Mount the turbo up:

Oil return. Drilled into the pan because we didn't want to remove the transmission to remove the oilpan.

Battery relocate via the bungy.

Intercooler piping:

Intercooler modified from 2.5" to 2" with aluminum plate (good work Adam)

The Jabaay boys doing what they do best:

Completed intercooler piping:

Downpipe and 2.5" mandrel exhaust:

Bumper back on:

BOOSTED!!!!!!

Video of boosted donuts:
http://www.eg-honda.com/pics/rip06/wago_rip.mov
www.eg-honda.com/pics/rip06/rip_mpeg4.mp4

Brought to you by red civic standard and redzcstandardhatch

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 3:49 pm

Damn, good job Thumbs Up

thats kinda scary!! mad sleeper

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 4:18 pm

getting shit done. Good job guys

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 5:01 pm

looks good..

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 5:39 pm

any idea for 1320 times?

reformed used car dealer Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 1227

love it - good work guys

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 6:26 pm

damn thats nice, whats the total cost, im thinkin of doing it to my sedan

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 6:29 pm

damn thats nice, whats the total cost, im thinkin of doing it to my sedan

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 7:52 pm

guys thats awesome, hows it it run? fast?

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 7:58 pm

That is awsome. thats whats great about these cars. if you get bored one day you and your buddies go out to the junk yard find some parts and boost the old civic sitting in you drive way. lol. congats on the build. looks very nice. keep up the good work.

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 8:48 pm

talk about a LONG day.

from 9 am friday till 2 am sat. morning. with one break to get sweet mexican food with my ladyfriend.

it was kind of a pain, but totally fun. i love hanging out and boosting rigs, and taking a day off of work. i bet the car runs mid 14's....it gets out of the hole as hard as you want, and makes full boost at like 2k rpms, but the turbo isnt a power-monster....but it is perfectly matched to the needs of the car, and the capabilities of the trans/transfer case.

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 9:06 pm

looks awesome! Jabaay, wanna turbo my hatch? Very Happy

nice to see such a cool sleeper wagon. this definitely adds a new meaning to "grocery getter".

Thumbs Up

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 9:39 pm

i'm too tired to turbo anything for a few months...gotta get married first, and get through wmhm and ITR expo...haha

Posted: Mon 04 10, 06 10:03 pm

I hear you on that. We just moved into the house we bought...and we're still in the process of organizing things and stuff. When is the big date? congrats man!

Wayne

Posted: Tue 04 11, 06 8:18 am

how does the awd handle the power?
is it poss to swap a b series in these cars while retaining awd?
car looks awesome, nice job, i'm pretty frickin green w/ envy...

Posted: Tue 04 11, 06 8:19 am

Damn

that shit looks good yo

There used to be a little leprechaun looking mofo around here that used to drive around in a blue AWD wagon like yours with a intercooler but no turbo Laugh

some of you guys might know who I'm talking about Wink

he used to own speedwise

but I love your wagon dude Very Happy

Posted: Tue 04 11, 06 8:21 am

yeah, that's TJ! I actually got some wagon parts off him!

<-------wagon owner (2wd)

Posted: Tue 04 11, 06 11:26 am

I think you made a really good choice on that turbo. Before I bought my Civic, I had a 1991 626 GT. Lemme tell ya, that little turbo is like the little engine that could. It runs out of steam on the top end, but it'll push 12-14psi below 5krpm all day long. IHI is not well known in the US, but they make a very good product.

My car had almost 170k miles on it (with the original turbo.) It should last quite a while on your car if you take care of it.

EF Super friend Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 2064

So ill....SERIOUSLY!

Posted: Tue 04 11, 06 1:10 pm

thats flippin sweet!! good work guys and looks like a lot of fun