Jesse888 Forged/stroker turbo ek9


jesse888 said:
This would do me perfect! What do you do about rad cap etc?
Go autoworks have found that swapping to a 4bolt turbine housing over my 5bolt pulls the turbo back 3/4".
It's a lot but I'm not sure it's enough with my rad tbh.
With your rad it would fit easy!
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I put an inline moroso radiator filler neck and cap into the top radiator hose and have it positioned level with the highest point of the cooling jacket so should be able to get all the air bubbles out no problem when bleeding

Contact Cody and speedfactory, he did me some discount off the radiator and the shipping and reduced the value to help with import fees.. he was 100% to deal with and they had what I wanted in stock so just tell them your car, engine and radiator outlets that you require
 
They are quite pricey aren't they, hoping the housing swap makes the difference. If not I've still got options so not all is lost.
 
Devils advocate here. so the manifold isn't at fault? Since there is so many exhaust housing options there is no way he could have for seen the issue you are having?
From my experience, its never straight forward to fit turbo's to Hondas. There will always be something to stumble on.

I do hope you get something sorted though, whatever route you take to rectify the problem.
 
Murray said:
Devils advocate here. so the manifold isn't at fault? Since there is so many exhaust housing options there is no way he could have for seen the issue you are having?
From my experience, its never straight forward to fit turbo's to Hondas. There will always be something to stumble on.

I do hope you get something sorted though, whatever route you take to rectify the problem.
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It would appear the mani isn't at fault no. Agreed plenty of housing options, hes been helpful with it so I'm not complaining.
Not many running a full width rad with tubular manifolds so although I'm not treading new ground I am somewhat in the woods with it.
After a quick tape measure the new housing still isn't likely to be enough.
So I'm looking at getting a radiator under the slam panel for that bit extra clearance I need.

Plan is looking like this...
Get new housing on my current turbo
Either have a radiator fabbed up or buy a tuck one from somewhere.
This allows me to get the exhaust system made up etc as planned.

Then when money allows I can upgrade to gtx28 and reuse the 4bolt housing.
This is as far as I can see the best option for moving forward, sending manifold back is time and money in limbo and 'll still be left with trying to get a turbo mounted in the small space I've got so....


I have seen somebody use a golf alloy rad in an ek/eg civic before now, it tucked it right under the slam panel just like I'd need. I can remember what mk golf it was but that's another option over the expensive tuck rads in the states.
 
I have seen folk use the golf radiator on CRXs for the very reason. It fits under the slam panel. Me I just used a civic half size rad and still had to make up new mountings to push it as far across as possible and further forward. Mk2 Golf springs to mind but you are better looking for the correct info.
 
Murray said:
I have seen folk use the golf radiator on CRXs for the very reason. It fits under the slam panel. Me I just used a civic half size rad and still had to make up new mountings to push it as far across as possible and further forward. Mk2 Golf springs to mind but you are better looking for the correct info.
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Yeah it was a scirocco rad in the end. Used on the mk2 golfs aswell Iirc, only problem is im not keen on an inline filler neck.
Not too hard a job for my man Beetlejuice to fab up a filler neck on the rad though so keeps it's fairly oem with expansion bottle etc.
I'll take some measurements of the space I have and the clearance I feel I need but this could be a decent work around to my problem. Not too expensive either which is nice!

Anyone want a tegiwa dc2 rad? Lol
 
jesse888 said:
Yeah it was a scirocco rad in the end. Used on the mk2 golfs aswell Iirc, only problem is im not keen on an inline filler neck.
Not too hard a job for my man Beetlejuice to fab up a filler neck on the rad though so keeps it's fairly oem with expansion bottle etc.
I'll take some measurements of the space I have and the clearance I feel I need but this could be a decent work around to my problem. Not too expensive either which is nice!

Anyone want a tegiwa dc2 rad? Lol
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I'd be interested in your full length rad :nice:
 
anyone want a cast manifold and slightly worn t3/t04b turbo while we are here? Lol
 
The speedfactory radiator is more expensive than some but the price reflects the quality. I have had alloy radiators from cheap ebay china made to mid range. For something that I have invested a lot of money into, I would rather know that I have a good quality radiator and the speedfactory unit suited my needs perfectly with the added shroud and dual spal 7" fans, although I have decided to just use 1 of the fans

I seen another EP3 hillclimb car and he chose to buy a performance alloy rad from a Lotus elise and he got the company who makes them to re-locate the hose outlets to suit his setup

Something like that or the VW fitment rad could suit your needs, with a turbo charged engine you are going to want a good size of radiator to keep temps down and a dual pass design will also help

There is nothing wrong with an inline rad filler, I have seen a load of race cars use the same setup
 
SPek9 said:
The speedfactory radiator is more expensive than some but the price reflects the quality. I have had alloy radiators from cheap ebay china made to mid range. For something that I have invested a lot of money into, I would rather know that I have a good quality radiator and the speedfactory unit suited my needs perfectly with the added shroud and dual spal 7" fans, although I have decided to just use 1 of the fans

I seen another EP3 hillclimb car and he chose to buy a performance alloy rad from a Lotus elise and he got the company who makes them to re-locate the hose outlets to suit his setup

Something like that or the VW fitment rad could suit your needs, with a turbo charged engine you are going to want a good size of radiator to keep temps down and a dual pass design will also help

There is nothing wrong with an inline rad filler, I have seen a load of race cars use the same setup
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Oh I 100% get the quality over cost argument.
But time is my major issue ATM and going off the tegiwa rad I've got ATM(let's face it it's going to be same type of quality as a direnza vw rad) it cools fine.

I'm on the edge of ordering a gtx28 turbo aswell so that small saving will help heaps.
 
So after hemorrhaging money over the last two days these turned up!

Golf mk2 radiator - is a fair bit smaller than my current rad but it will defo fit under the slam panel, I'm hoping that because the coolant needs to travel the length of the rad twice to get back to the engine that it will be just as efficient as the larger tegiwa one. Not too impressed with the quality so far but if it doesn't leak and it works then I'm happy.


Also got this....





Gtx2867r - this thing may look tiny but it's actually the same size physically as my current turbo, all whilst spooling earlier and going on to make 480hp...
Needless to say I'm impressed with the quality of it so far, can't wait to get it all mounted up and start tuning it!
The main issue is finding the housing I need to use the RR manifold, it would appear that the housing I need is called a "T31" unusual to see over here and mainly found in America. So guess whose importing a turbine housing lol

So it's in the hands of the gods as to whether I get the housing delivered to me before Beetlejuice is finished with the rollcage and needs it for exhaust fabrication.
 
are you going to fit a water header tank no to supply water to the system?
 
This is epic, the plot is getting real . :busy:

Rad is a rad as long as it does its job .
 
Plan is to get a filler neck and cap welded onto the top of this(if there's enough room) or just inline filler neck.
Both will reuse the oem expansion bottle.
 
jesse888 said:
So after hemorrhaging money over the last two days these turned up!

Golf mk2 radiator - is a fair bit smaller than my current rad but it will defo fit under the slam panel, I'm hoping that because the coolant needs to travel the length of the rad twice to get back to the engine that it will be just as efficient as the larger tegiwa one. Not too impressed with the quality so far but if it doesn't leak and it works then I'm happy.


Also got this....





Gtx2867r - this thing may look tiny but it's actually the same size physically as my current turbo, all whilst spooling earlier and going on to make 480hp...
Needless to say I'm impressed with the quality of it so far, can't wait to get it all mounted up and start tuning it!
The main issue is finding the housing I need to use the RR manifold, it would appear that the housing I need is called a "T31" unusual to see over here and mainly found in America. So guess whose importing a turbine housing lol

So it's in the hands of the gods as to whether I get the housing delivered to me before Beetlejuice is finished with the rollcage and needs it for exhaust fabrication.
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MY PRECIOUS!! :yuno:
 
Radiator looks ideal for what you need

Also you can't go wrong with a genuine Garret unit.. not cheap but worth every oenny
 
SPek9 said:
Radiator looks ideal for what you need

Also you can't go wrong with a genuine Garret unit.. not cheap but worth every oenny
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I'd have preferred alittle larger but for an off the shelf item I can't really complain. Even the ports are the perfect size.
Has a cheap feel to it but let's hope it holds.
Garrett unit was the only option once I'd found out the bearings weren't great in mine. Had a gt2860rs on another car before and this is obviously next generation tech.
I doubt I'll be pushing the turbo hard for a long time to come but I can definitely grow into it. I expect over 400hp from a bar of boost out of this thing.
 
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