# Tooslohatch's turbo civic build **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880 "2008-12-01T07:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tooslohatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tooslohatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tooslohatch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/1 "2008-12-01T07:04:42Z")
this is my build thread on my 1991 civic hatchback. sorry for the lack of progress pictures, i just dont like to stop working to take pics. i need to break that habit. story of the car: a couple years ago, my dad ([mike@ostdyno.com](mailto:mike@ostdyno.com)) bought the car from a man at our church for $125. it was bone stock and had a broken timing belt and 134xxx miles. he was going to fix it and sell it but never got around to working on it because the idea of having super fast jetta intrigued him more. so the car sat for a year. the next summer i worked for my dad and asked him that, instead of paying me, if he would give me the car. he did, and i got to work. we learned that this car is one of the lightest honda made and a common swap was the b18a. we found an integra on craigslist and drove to Philly to get it. pulled both motors and started cleaning. car when it was sitting ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic_dx.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic_dx.jpg) got it in the garage finally! ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics002.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics002.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics001-1.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics001-1.jpg) wanted to see if the head was any good. it was but just ended up scrapping the whole motor. ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics004.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics004.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics003.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics003.jpg) heres what the integra looked like ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics005.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics005.jpg) motor out! man is it crusty ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics010.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics010.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics013.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics013.jpg) all cleaned up ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics019-1.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics019-1.jpg) cleaned the civic too ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics016-1.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/swappics016-1.jpg) found the neuspeed bar brand new in trunk of a car at a junkyard for $25! with my dad and a friend helping, we put the motor and tranny in. it was a tight fit! ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic006.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic006.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic004.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic004.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic010.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic010.jpg) while the motor was out of the car my dad and i put an obx lsd in the tranny (EXTREMELY easy compared to his jetta, germans…) then installed a sprung 4 puck clutch and pressure plate, and a 8.5lb flywheel. here’s the motor all wired up. we cut the shift linkage ourselves and welded it back together. i also installed Energy shift bushings and an ebay short throw shifter (came with the integra). ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic025-1.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic025-1.jpg) then i got some coil sleeves for basicly free and put those on. it rides pretty rough though and i cant wait until i can buy some real coilovers. up until now i had been running an open header (not on the street…too much). and since i didnt have near enough money to but an exhaust system ad i didnt like th ones that i saw, i made my own 2 1/2" header-back exhaust with a stick of pipe from advanced auto. its strait through with no cat or anything except a tsoodo muffler (came on integra). i cut out the rust to repair it but didnt get around to it. by now i have put new metal in and primered the rust spots but dont have pictures of that yet. ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic013.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic013.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic011-1-1.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic011-1-1.jpg) ![http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic009-1.jpg](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/tooslojetta/civic009-1.jpg) i put a 100 shot of nitrous on it and went racing at sunset dragway in mercer. the track’s an 1/8 mile. i couldnt even get into the 8’s but my dad, who had never driven the car before, went 8.90 on his second try. also he spun all the way through first and missed third. my passes were with 100 shot but his was with just a 75 shot. if he made another pass he could have easily gone deeper in the 8’s. this is a vid from my 16th birthday party. my dad had asked jason to come and bring some of his buddies along so that i would have some people to race. that was a really fun day. the driver from the in-car footage is my dad. [ame=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmN6hw7prk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmN6hw7prk)”]YouTube - Micah’s 16th Birthday Drags[/ame] ^my brother likes making videos. hes not bad either now i wanted boost, so i started collecting parts. i got a log manifold from Omen Speed Works. he does great work but it took him over 8 weeks to do the work. i dont recommend using him. and BIG, BIG thanks to jason (gearhead) for selling me dsm injectors and a t3/t3 turbo for dirt cheap. he alslo sold me wheels, and lent me some much needed stuff. he’s really an amazing guy! i aslo used an srt-4 intercooler that came with the integra. jim C. from peetry salvage gave me an amazing deal on a dsm bov. so now i had all the stuff i needed. i pulled my car into the garage and started working. the front end came off along with the header. my dad (BIG help) helped me fab up a 3" downpipe and the charge piping. once it was all together we put everything back on the car and pulled it into the next bay and strapped it to the dyno (very nice feature to our garage!). i dont have any pics of this yet, but they’ll be up shortly along with dyno vid’s. the motor is still bone stock and id like it to stay together for more than a few passes so we kept the boost low…to 13 psi. actually that was an accident. it over boosted to 13 and i let off at 5500 rpm. the car still made 320hp/307tq, and climbing. we lowered the psi to 9.5 (highest stock MAP can read) and made 280hp. thats where the car stands now and i am so pumped for the FLD’s!!! ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/2 "2008-12-01T07:30:20Z")
Sweet project man. Good luck with it and keep up the good work. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/3 "2008-12-01T08:00:18Z")
🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/4 "2008-12-01T09:43:30Z")
turned out great ---
**Author:** ![PoisonousBeef](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poisonousbeef/32/6007_2.png) [@PoisonousBeef](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PoisonousBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/5 "2008-12-01T09:51:18Z")
Hey what’s up Micah, glad to see you on the site! Had a blast running you at Sunset that day. Nice build, too bad it wouldn’t be a race now that you’re boosted! I’m working on a deep secret project so I can give you some competition next season. :boink ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/6 "2008-12-01T09:52:49Z")
very nice…looks good ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/7 "2008-12-01T10:19:46Z")
nice build. will have ot let me know when you guys go to sunset. i would be interesting in running there ---
**Author:** ![tooslohatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tooslohatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tooslohatch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/8 "2008-12-01T13:07:16Z")
hey caleb, how’s it going? sweet, hope its fast! is it another car or a swap in your ek? hope you get it done quick! sure jeff we’ll let you know. are you ever going to bring the camaro back to the dyno? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/9 "2008-12-01T13:33:29Z")
nice!! What a great day that was from the vid. I know we all had an absolute blast! …spanking on the supercharged s2000… o snap! :bigok: …it totally needs a clutch 👼 ---
**Author:** ![tooslohatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tooslohatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tooslohatch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/10 "2008-12-01T13:45:12Z")
haha!! yes it does. that car is awesome! put some drag radials on it too, and you’ll be so far ahead of me ---
**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/11 "2008-12-01T16:57:51Z")
nice car! ---
**Author:** ![Lazylaser](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lazylaser/32/6033_2.png) [@Lazylaser](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lazylaser)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/12 "2008-12-01T17:46:08Z")
Looks like your having fun. And doing more with your civic than most 16yo’s, keep it up. ---
**Author:** ![slowcivic98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@slowcivic98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcivic98)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/13 "2008-12-01T20:57:15Z")
real sweet hatch dude im only 17 i got a 98 4 dr lx and just got finished piecing together a complete turbo kit for my d16y7 im gonna wait to install till probably mid january seeings that its my daily and a boosted car in the snow would suck but ill also be posting progress in member projects be sure to check it out but keep up the good work ---
**Author:** ![kilmer420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kilmer420](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kilmer420)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/14 "2008-12-02T15:39:21Z")
good stuff micah, looks like you raced mader in that video ---
**Author:** ![tooslohatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tooslohatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tooslohatch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/15 "2008-12-02T16:04:47Z")
> [@M&T bank \> ME](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-t-bank-me/38866/16): > > real sweet hatch dude im only 17 i got a 98 4 dr lx and just got finished piecing together a complete turbo kit for my d16y7 im gonna wait to install till probably mid january seeings that its my daily and a boosted car in the snow would suck but ill also be posting progress in member projects be sure to check it out but keep up the good work sweet!! thats great that your 17 and are into cars, and have one!! hope it all goes well for you. hey if you ever need some dyno time come down to OST. Gearhead a great honda tuner too, call him up if you want tuning done. > [@FS: 98 Blazer LS. $3000BO PICTURES UP](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-98-blazer-ls-3000bo-pictures-up/37648/27): > > good stuff micah, looks like you raced mader in that video haha!! thanks. i need some more seat time though ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/16 "2008-12-02T16:51:45Z")
Good to see you having a blast with your car! Cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![slowcivic98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@slowcivic98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcivic98)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/17 "2008-12-02T19:05:58Z")
wheres ost dyno located ---
**Author:** ![tooslohatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tooslohatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tooslohatch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/18 "2008-12-03T15:28:43Z")
we are located about 20 minutes north of cranberry. here’s a link to our website. come check it out! [http://ostdyno.com/](http://ostdyno.com/) ok, i just took the var car for a ride and its FAST!!! im still shaking!! im going to get my dyno graphs up later tonight. ---
**Author:** ![1badx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1badx/32/6052_2.png) [@1badx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1badx)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/19 "2008-12-10T13:31:30Z")
Here ya go. I wonder how much power it would have made at 6800rpm and 14psi… ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/micah_319.JPG](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/micah_319.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880/20 "2008-12-10T13:42:57Z")
Sweet … Congrats [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tooslohatchs-turbo-civic-build/200880.md?page=2)