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Im sure you all remember the posts about the turbo disintegrating, then the motor dying, and the paint cracking and car falling apart and all the other bad stuff. Well things turned around. Out of nowhere a 2005 Honda Civic that used to be owned by my brother was given to me, scott free...long...

Drove the car to work this morning. Mega super duper homemade catchcan is doing the trick. Doesnt run that great at idle and has no power under boost (no codes popped up, all scanmaster numbers good) but drove 35 miles. Got to work n popped the hood cause I saw drops of oil under the car on the...

I needed something heavy duty that actually condenses all the vapor I can possibly get, and flows alot of air....given that I have major blowby thanks to bad rings. The car runs like crap and is getting 8 degrees of KR at half throttle at 15psi. Like mcasteel's setup, I used a propane tank, but...

I have far too little time for myself, too little money to keep a POS 20 year old clunker on the road. Its been a lemon since I got it, and honestly needed a full ground up rebuild to be worth anything. It looked great...for awhile. Ran like **** when I bought it. Put alot of sweat and blood...

In case you saw my other post about oil out the dipstick tube... Ive got the heads off, and I'm planning on getting them decked since someone decked them with a sander. I had 130-135psi in all cylinders, cold motor, except #5 which had 60psi. I pulled the heads, and see no obvious sign the HG...

My instincts told me it wasnt a head gasket, but either way, I knew the head needed to come off, even though the car was running and getting me around, sort of. I've never gotten this deep into my motor, but in 2 hours, by myself with hand tools, I had the heads off and the results arent...

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This is the problem of the week. My turbo disintegrated about a month ago and Lou Czarnota gave me a new (used) t3-t4 as a replacement, and even installed it for free. Anyway, now, it has oil pushing out of the dipstick tube and the passenger side breather....LOTS of oil and every time I'm...

They look pretty and all, but from all the posts I read, it seems that over a stock DP, a good aftermarket one doesnt really net much of anything but one or two tenths and a couple mph at most. Theres the rare freak result Ive read about where someone gains like 3/4 of a second but thats gotta...

For awhile now, Ive been seeing these "T70" as they call them, turbos on ebay, for ridiculous prices, and the feedback is generally really good with these people. I look at the turbine and see signs of balancing and the machining looks good. But, they do require a v-band downpipe and an external...

The paint all over my passenger side door and quarter panel started cracking open all over about a year after I got it. I got some donations from family this christmas to have it taken care of, so I stripped all the paint off the door and quarter. there was some body filler on both...no big...

For those of you who didnt see my thread about all my financial/personal trouble of late, and how my turbo disintegrated.... I threw up a post asking if anyone was selling a stock turbo for cheap. My car was completely down and had burned through 5 quarts of oil in a matter of minutes from the...

Hey guys....I thought I had a bad pump in the tranny or bad TC cause it sounded just like it. It was whining really bad...sounded exactly like a bad TC or pump. Wasnt blowing any smoke out of the exhaust. Turned out it was the turbo. I was going 30mph the whole way to work (35 miles) and it was...

Hey guys....I thought I had a bad pump in the tranny or bad TC cause it sounded just like it. It was whining really bad...sounded exactly like a bad TC or pump. Wasnt blowing any smoke at all. Turned out it was the turbo. I was going 30mph the whole way to work (35 miles) and it was grinding and...

I use a Fabco needle valve to control boost, and it spools quick and gives precise control, but I'm always open to new ideas, although Ive tried pressure regulators, tuner style, pressure regulators with the factory solenoid, etc. I just bought a grainger valve from mcmaster and drille dthe...

This programmer is practically new. Its only been used to program a few chips, and has all the adapters you'll ever need to program any style chip. Each of those cost extra when you buy this programmer, but they're included. I also have the driver/program to run it, and the power supply and port...

Ever since I got my new MAF, the car is running better than it ever has. I was never able to stay in the throttle for long because it would seem to fall on its face. I always thought it was bad valve springs or maybe a clogged exhaust. Now I can go WOT and stay there for the first time. But Ive...

My MAF died the other day. First thought it was the wires, so I made a new harness, which came out really clean. But the problem was still there, intermittenty. If I squeezed on the circuit board housing, the motor would cough and try to die. I tore it apart and found the problems, but the...

I put dual airbags in when I first got the car. The feed line on one side cooked from the tailpipe and the passenger side bag popped from being too close too the u bend in the exhaust...so I just yanked it all out. Never had the heat shields on. Today I threw the 1 good airbag in on the...

I dont even have 75 bucks for a new/used maf, and I barely made it to work this morning. 35 miles between 10mph and 50 takes a while. Kept having to pull over cause it was bucking so severely and wouldnt accelerate...Id jump out, pop the hood and smack the MAF with a screwdriver, and most of the...