# 1993 Honda Accord LX turbo project (56k, grab a snickers)

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**Category:** Builds\
**Created:** [March 26, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252 "2006-03-26T10:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/1 "2006-03-26T10:39:04Z")

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First thing’s first, don’t blame me :eek4dance haha, I don’t agree with everything Chris chose for his turbo setup, but it is indeed HIS setup and so I had no say in the parts list :hitit: I actually wanted him to turbo this with a 14b and then build an h22… here goes

This is my cousin Chris’s 1993 Honda Accord LX that we’re turboing… I’ll post up more pics later and such and update it regularly.

Specs:

F22A1 (internally stock) 145k  
SSAutoChrome DSM turbo manifold  
SSAutoChrome Big 16g Turbo  
TCC Work BOV  
450CC DSM Injectors  
2.5" I/O high flow cat  
2.5" cat-back exhaust  
2.5" I/ 4.5" O Vibrant performance muffler  
2.5" “Chrome” Charge Piping

Here’s the car as it sits (looks wise) and how it was NA

![http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/4130/pict00247sb.jpg](http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/4130/pict00247sb.jpg)

![http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/7747/pict00521qj.jpg](http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/7747/pict00521qj.jpg)

![http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9159/pict00394vn.jpg](http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9159/pict00394vn.jpg)

![http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/8849/pict00121xo.jpg](http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/8849/pict00121xo.jpg)

![http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/844/pict00061ye.jpg](http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/844/pict00061ye.jpg)

![http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4173/pict00015eq.jpg](http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4173/pict00015eq.jpg)

![http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2682/pict00023jm.jpg](http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2682/pict00023jm.jpg)

![http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3564/pict00048hl.jpg](http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3564/pict00048hl.jpg)

![http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7126/pict00086nb.jpg](http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7126/pict00086nb.jpg)

![http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1930/pict00141au.jpg](http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1930/pict00141au.jpg)

First off, some good ole’ fashion fun with a junk RX7

![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3752/pict00018wu.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3752/pict00018wu.jpg)  
 ![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7194/pict00025mk.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7194/pict00025mk.jpg)  
 ![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1667/pict00036ov.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1667/pict00036ov.jpg)  
Owned.

![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/879/pict00046ji.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/879/pict00046ji.jpg)  
 ![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7449/pict00054gd.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7449/pict00054gd.jpg)

Chris’s Header removed (also the bumper and bumper support were removed at this point as well)

![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9914/pict00062zz.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9914/pict00062zz.jpg)

Who needs a toolbox… phh… :greddy:

![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/947/pict00089lw.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/947/pict00089lw.jpg)

_Mmm metal tastes sooo good_

![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4022/pict00091in.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4022/pict00091in.jpg)  
 ![http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9494/pict00101iv.jpg](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9494/pict00101iv.jpg)

Bill grindin some oil off (it was on there thick)

![http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3374/pict00112au.jpg](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3374/pict00112au.jpg)

Grinding through the head flange to make the DSM work for the Accord

![http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6226/pict00120ar.jpg](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6226/pict00120ar.jpg)

Bumper before I had my way with it \>:D

![http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1084/pict00131ml.jpg](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1084/pict00131ml.jpg)  
 ![http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6761/pict00140lb.jpg](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6761/pict00140lb.jpg)  
 ![http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1866/pict00152ln.jpg](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1866/pict00152ln.jpg)

Manifold kinda-sorta on 😛

![http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8769/pict00033vh.jpg](http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8769/pict00033vh.jpg)

![http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5168/pict00042qk.jpg](http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5168/pict00042qk.jpg)

![http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7351/pict00055mk.jpg](http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7351/pict00055mk.jpg)

![http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3222/pict00084vm.jpg](http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3222/pict00084vm.jpg)

![http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4986/pict00104he.jpg](http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4986/pict00104he.jpg)  
Turbo/Manifold/“downpipe” on

![http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5338/oilpan6ry.jpg](http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5338/oilpan6ry.jpg)

![http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6977/manifold3tw.jpg](http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6977/manifold3tw.jpg)

Got the 2.5" piping Jan 31st

![http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8577/pict00108si.jpg](http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8577/pict00108si.jpg)

![http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6804/pict00124ba.jpg](http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6804/pict00124ba.jpg)

Here’s Chris and I getting an idea of how we’re gonna run charge piping/his boost gauge…  
 ![http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/6967/pict00117cf.jpg](http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/6967/pict00117cf.jpg)  
 ![http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/7364/boostgauge3ve.jpg](http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/7364/boostgauge3ve.jpg) \<-- $23 😃

Got the intercooler Feb 11th 😃 Retarded cat had to make a stupid face of course 😛

![http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8987/pict00017hw.jpg](http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8987/pict00017hw.jpg)

Some crappy cell phone pics of the intercooler on

![http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1643/02120619081lg.jpg](http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1643/02120619081lg.jpg)  
 ![http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7281/02120619101wc.jpg](http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7281/02120619101wc.jpg)  
 ![http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3490/02120619120jy.jpg](http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3490/02120619120jy.jpg)  
 ![http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/857/02120619205bm.jpg](http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/857/02120619205bm.jpg)

TCC Work BOV:  
 ![http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1185/pict00035ph.jpg](http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1185/pict00035ph.jpg)

![http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9555/pict00017lf.jpg](http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9555/pict00017lf.jpg)

![http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5336/pict00029vc.jpg](http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5336/pict00029vc.jpg)

![http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8012/pict00030pm.jpg](http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8012/pict00030pm.jpg)

![http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9074/pict00041ro.jpg](http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9074/pict00041ro.jpg)

![http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7161/pict00050ef.jpg](http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7161/pict00050ef.jpg)

Also got some DSM 450CC injectors, and Chris is supposed to send out the p06 (from a DX Civic) to get chipped for the Uberdata Fuel Management System soon, so we might have this running by next week (If he hurries up and stops being slow)

So, there she is. Critism welcome. :embarassd

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**Author:** ![DTMVENG24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DTMVENG24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTMVENG24)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/2 "2006-03-26T13:25:22Z")

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Cool. Nice to see something diffrent. :bigok:

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**Author:** ![cleanquick306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cleanquick306](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cleanquick306)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/3 "2006-03-26T13:31:29Z")

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> [@DTMVENG24](#):
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> Cool. Nice to see something diffrent. :bigok:

i agree

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**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/4 "2006-03-26T14:05:55Z")

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> [@SinisterCRX](#):
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> F22A1 (internally stock) 145k  
> SSAutoChrome DSM turbo manifold  
> SSAutoChrome Big 16g Turbo  
> TCC Work BOV  
> 450CC DSM Injectors  
> 2.5" I/O high flow cat  
> 2.5" cat-back exhaust  
> 2.5" I/ 4.5" O Vibrant performance muffler  
> 2.5" “Chrome” Charge Piping

I love the Car and it looks like it is coming along good, but I have to say  
SSAutoChrome DSM turbo manifold = Bad Idea  
SSAutoChrome Big 16g Turbo = Even Worse  
I hate to see all that work and time go to waste because of the failures that SSAutochrome is notorious for causing.[Is This the Right Number For a EVO III 16g? | DSMtuners.com](http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214929)  
And Yes 14b H22 would be excellent.

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**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/5 "2006-03-26T14:20:56Z")

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I’d like to know how this setup runs. That turbo on that motor should be a street terror.

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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/6 "2006-03-26T21:31:25Z")

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“And Yes 14b H22 would be excellent.”

I didn’t mean a 14b on an H22… :bowrofl: That thing would be boosting 4 pounds at 1000 rpm’s I bet :scared:

and thanks guys. I hope it works out well for him.

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**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/7 "2006-03-27T06:25:20Z")

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> [@SinisterCRX](#):
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> “And Yes 14b H22 would be excellent.”
> 
> I didn’t mean a 14b on an H22… :bowrofl: That thing would be boosting 4 pounds at 1000 rpm’s I bet :scared:
> 
> and thanks guys. I hope it works out well for him.

Hate all you want its the best turbo out there.

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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/8 "2006-03-27T07:23:30Z")

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It’s tiny and wouldn’t come close to pull the power an h22 can be capable of.

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**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/9 "2006-03-27T13:41:13Z")

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> [@SinisterCRX](#):
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> It’s tiny and wouldn’t come close to pull the power an h22 can be capable of.

Wrong :down:  
[http://home.comcast.net/~tarryo/kyle/articles/compefficiency.html](http://home.comcast.net/~tarryo/kyle/articles/compefficiency.html)

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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/10 "2006-04-03T06:45:52Z")

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Ok, so what exactly are you trying to prove here?

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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/11 "2006-04-03T20:04:10Z")

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Anyways, update.

got the BOV mounted on (finally) and all the intercooler piping squared away.

![http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6030/pict00223fe.jpg](http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6030/pict00223fe.jpg)

![http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8332/pict00230iw.jpg](http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8332/pict00230iw.jpg)

![http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/164/pict00246rn.jpg](http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/164/pict00246rn.jpg)

![http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6116/pict00256jg.jpg](http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6116/pict00256jg.jpg)

And a better shot of the Intercooler mounted

ECU was sent out today from John Kerr… if he gets the 450’s in we’ll have this thing running by Thursday!

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**Author:** ![PARKBENCH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@PARKBENCH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PARKBENCH)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/12 "2006-04-04T04:28:31Z")

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hey dude that same thing i was going to try too. i like

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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/13 "2006-04-22T13:42:00Z")

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He blew the headgasket :finger:

So that’ll be fun now.

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**Author:** ![falloutpunk2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@falloutpunk2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/falloutpunk2001)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/14 "2006-04-24T08:44:54Z")

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Yeesh that thing is gonna be fast for about 3 miles. Then its guts will be EVERYWHERE.

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/15 "2006-04-24T09:06:54Z")

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that’s assuming the glued on compressor cover lasts 3 miles

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**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/16 "2006-04-24T19:25:45Z")

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> [@T70\_Tsi](#):
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> that’s assuming the glued on compressor cover lasts 3 miles

Agreed

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/17 "2006-05-22T12:56:46Z")

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> [@falloutpunk2001](#):
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> Yeesh that thing is gonna be fast for about 3 miles. Then its guts will be EVERYWHERE.

> [@T70\_Tsi](#):
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> that’s assuming the glued on compressor cover lasts 3 miles

> [@FourGee6Tee3](#):
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> Agreed

sometimes I wonder why I even come to this site :finger2:

So how do you figure it will be fun for 3 miles, hmm? Do you know shit about Honda’s?

And the “glued on turbo” was not an SSAutoChrome turbo FYI fuckface. It was a knockoff company (heh… a knockoff of a knockoff…) and it was a display turbo that they had cut purposely for a store.

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**Author:** ![chunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@chunky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chunky)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/18 "2006-05-23T18:21:42Z")

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not to be a dick or anything, but it looks pretty haggard. and the welds on the BOV are just nasty.

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**Author:** ![SinisterCRX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@SinisterCRX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinisterCRX)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/19 "2006-05-24T06:28:29Z")

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The only haggard part is coming off the turbo, and yes the welds are nasty. That’s how it came.

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1993-honda-accord-lx-turbo-project-56k-grab-a-snickers/181252/20 "2006-05-24T09:06:09Z")

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not really how i would do it or something i would even do BUT good job on getting it all together and running.