Full-Race k24a4 setup pics.......

hydrokracker · May 20, 2008

I have been building this turbo kit for about 9 months now and I am getting anxious about putting it on for real. this was just a mock up so I could get the charge piping made up. Notice that I had to remove the EGR valve and I replaced it with the TSX water passage. Also if you take notice the downpipe is 3 inched too short to the driver's side. meaning that it runs smack into my hasport rear mount.

this is a 1st Gen Full-Race pro-street manifold with a GT-3082 (aka. GT3040) on a k24a4 in an Eg hatch

hydrokracker · May 20, 2008

I just took the downpipe off tonight to send it back to full-race. But I am thinking that I will have to put the car back to N/A tomorrow that way I can have a car to go to work and what not......until full-race comes through for me then it's game on.

ImportRacer2123 · May 20, 2008

Shit man that sucks.... It was fun raping fools in Team Swat earlier on...lol Hopefully Full Race comes thru real Quick.

JDM Mugen Type-r (Malta) · May 20, 2008

Is that a full-race manifold?? that weld isn't that perfect as seen in on the web-site. they say that full-face mani are computer welded. isn't it? and welding is not grinded to be smooth

hydrokracker · May 21, 2008

Yea it's definitely a Full-Race manifold. I bought it from a guy who never installed it on his rsx and was just trying to get rid of it. I bought it without the HPC coating that is on it now though for $850 shipped. I sent it to Full-Race for them to examine it to make sure it was one of theirs and they ran the serial number that they engrave on the flanges. It turns out that it's a 1st gen manifold though so they don't make the charge piping anymore so I had to make them myself, which is pretty difficult when you're trying to keep things tidy under the hood.
And the intercooler is actually a VECCO. I called Treadstone about it and they were pissed because Vecco uses Treadstone's cores to make their assemblies, well they aren't "to Treadstone's standards" according to the guy I talked to. but it's still 790hp efficient so I'm happy. I had to add the 2 90 degree bends off the top inlet of it though which was my second real attemp to welding aluminum and it came out "ok" but I'm happy with it because it will be hidden by the bumper when its mounted.

Beautiful.......

This is the hot pipe assembly that I finished yesterday (the whole reason for the mock up of the turbo and manifold.

This is the hot pipe mounted to the turbo and the intercooler from the engine bay

And from the driver side behind the bumper

And these are my last welds of the night. I was getting really tired and ready to quit but at the same time anxious to finish the hot pipe

Oh and the charge pipes will be painted black so that nasty stainless color won't be making the setup look too stupid.

kaotiknrg760 · May 20, 2008

what kind of intercooler is that?

hksupersi · May 21, 2008

its hard to see but i think it says treadstone.

dc2K20A2 · May 21, 2008

yeh its treadstone very good intercooler gettin one myselff

kb58 · May 21, 2008

No back-purge...

hydrokracker · May 23, 2008

On my welds or on Full-Race's?

MorePonyPWRthanU · May 22, 2008

for only welding for like a week bro the shit is getting better. lol. I still think you are wasting your time and moving to fast. I think you should just save your money and get a good running motor, but I'll give you a ride when you start spitting ring and valve fragments out through that .83 housing. LOL

hydrokracker · May 22, 2008

I'm going to build a motor. As soon as I can get one shipped from nikos and then Im going to build it to make something fierce. And that's an .82 housing

94ex-vtec · May 22, 2008

Nice setup man ...........Keep it coming:up:

archull · May 23, 2008

Nice to see it coming together. I am trying to finish up my build too before I have to leave for 8 weeks :down:

You should bring it to IFO in baton rouge on Oct. 26th if she is ready. I will be there with my new setup for sure. I hope to fire her up tomorrow.

It was a rough week, went from a recently back to stock 06' RSX to a beast in a week, lol. Long days

hydrokracker · May 23, 2008

I was hoping to have mine done this week but the downpipe has to be sent back to get re-welded (gotta keep that warranty

). And I was actually considering making a "temporary" downpipe while the real one was at Full-Race. buuuuuut I have to send the mani back to make sure it fits when I get it back....So I'm def planning for it to be done by then and maybe I'll bring it out there:wink:

K-serious · May 24, 2008

Nice!!!

blkhtch98 · May 26, 2008

im in the process of doing this k24 swap and turbo in my car right now. im waiting for a shop to open tomorrow to install my lsd and tap my oil pan.

Riake · May 26, 2008

Nice fab on the IC piping. Looks pretty good. Much better than when I did my own b-series setup. I had to cut through 3" with a circular saw with a cut off wheel. Wasnt the prettiest but it go the job done. Keep it up :up:

hydrokracker · May 28, 2008

Thanks. I'm using a chop saw with a metal blade and a grinding wheel. Not the "best" tools to be using but patience goes a long way in fabrication.

TypeOne · Jun 3, 2008

Keep it up Randy..

:up:

hydrokracker · Jun 19, 2008

Ok I just got the email from Full-race this morning (when I got back from Florida and Mexico) that they have shipped my new downpipe along with my mani. They said that they actually started making the downpipe before I even shipped it to them and they just had to verify that it would fit on my setup. So on tuesday I'll probably pull the car apart when I get the setup in from them. I'll post pics when I can.

sctuned.com LLC · Jun 24, 2008

Shit, Ive used my tig and mig a million times and my welds dont look a quarter as good as that. Not a big fan of the stainless charge pipes, i like aluminum but mad props for doing it yourself and they are coming out good.

Finish it up!!

hydrokracker · Jun 27, 2008

Yea I realize now after seeing how heavy the hot pipe is that I should have gone aluminum. But with the cost of al, and the work involved with welding it. I'll sacrifice the weight you know.....

I got my downpipe back yesterday and I thought it looked exactly the same as it did before so I called FR....I talked to Aaron and he said that they def made changes and the it was significantly different that the one I had before.....

this is the new one

this is the old one

not much difference but some....I thought I had tightened up the downpipe to the turbo because I bolted on the bottom section of the downpipe and it fit on there. VERY close to the rear mount though

but hey I can deal with that because It'll rattle but it'll fit..........
not so much. When I went back and tightened everything up and put on the water and oil lines. I tried to bolt up the bottom section of the downpipe and guess what........it doesn't fit.......I was so frustrated that I came inside immediately and started drinking beer......

i did get some things done though. like I said I got the oil and water lines run, which means I put my oil pan on.....
check out the dents in the old one huh.....

this is my fresh one from majestic honda

I'm going to post some more pictures tomorrow when I will start grinding away at the mount and also fabbing up the cold pipe and putting on the RBC.

ImportRacer2123 · Jun 27, 2008

O shit Looking good!!!

hydrokracker · Jun 29, 2008

well last night I ground away the rear mount and the downpipe now fits very snug against it. I've decided not to use the rbc right now and to get a different throttle body before I use the rbc which probably won't be until after my new motor which will be sometime in the next couple of months. I am going to be getting at the cold pipe in the next few minutes, it'll probably take me all day and then I should have some pics tonight.

hydrokracker · Jun 30, 2008

well I got to welding at around 2pm today and got "writer's block" I came to a point where I wanted to change my whole cold pipe idea and run the hot pipe through the hole that the a/c dryer sits. it would be easier to run it this way because of the angle of my RAA manifold and the existing hot pipe to the intercooler would become the cold pipe from the intercooler. So I decided to get to work on something else to give myself some time to think.

I started to wire up my gauges since I had put the probes in place on Friday. in this one you can see on the A pillar boost and egt and on the column i have the wideband and oil pressure. (i wouldn't normally use an oil pressure but i'm running a sandwich plate and the oil feed to the turbo comes from there also and i had an extra port so i figured why not.)

this really got me wondering about how I am supposed to run my dump tube. I have 1.75" mandrels on the way but they have a 3" radius. Im just crossing my fingers on this one.

this is one of the welds I did today not too good but getting better

last one for the road

hksupersi · Jun 30, 2008

hydrokracker said:

run the dump to the left if your facing in front of your car. you'll need a 90 & 45 degree bend pipe and a few straight pipes for your dump

hydrokracker · Jul 3, 2008

I finished EVERYTHING on the car tonight....except for running the vacuum lines to the wastegate, bov, boost control solenoid and boost gauge. I can drive my car becasue of a $0.30 vacuum T. I broke 2 of them and now have to go to the auto parts store tomorrow morning to get the car runnning.
Earlier today I stopped over at DPR automotive, my buddy Warren's shop and he helped me out with mounting the bov flange on the charge pipe which I don't have a picture of tonight but I will tomorrow when I get the car off the jack stands. but here's some recent pics for now

hydrokracker · Jul 8, 2008

I got the car tuned to 6500rpm so far on 2.9psi (waiting on injectors to come). When I went to start the car with the "modified" 270cc's 2 of them would not fire at all. so I scrapped that idea and just have some 750s on order. that'll allow me to put my 7.25psi spring in my wastegate and tune it up with my hondata boost controller.

1st gear the turbo doesn't have a chance to spool because I'm in the gear for less than a second. second gear the turbo is at 2.9psi at 3250 rpm and then the tires light up......then in 4th I get traction and start moving. It honestly did not make the car any faster nor does it feel faster. it just made it lose more traction. kind of dissappointing but I'll see what more boost and tuning does. it promises to be fun in the end

hydrokracker · Jul 9, 2008

I got some more parts in today. I got my 1.75" mandrels for my wastegate dump tube. I couldn't wait to start fabbing it up so I did.

if you take notice there is a flange with a reducer on the anvil of the vise in these pictures. I also cut up my Apexi N1 and slipped that tube over the end and then bolted it up to the downpipe. My exhaust is QUIET. it feels like a nice car now because there is no sound anymore.

My welds have really improved I think.

Now I'm only waiting on injectors and my a/c compressor and lines.

btw if anyone is interested I have 2 180 bends in 1.75" (3" radius) in 304L stainless pm me if you want them and make an offer

schumacher916 · Jul 9, 2008

Nice build and props for doing everything yourself. What tranny are you running? Keep it up and keep us updated!

hydrokracker · Jul 9, 2008

stock k24a4 motor with a k20a2 tranny with a k20a lsd inside.

LetmEhiThat · Jul 9, 2008

wow... looks like a crazy set up, good luck with it

hydrokracker · Jul 10, 2008

sujinX said:
thats lookin good man. nice fabbing by the way.

Thanks for the props everyone. I was telling my dad the other night that I am proud of the setup because I have made a lot of the parts.

sujinX · Jul 9, 2008

thats lookin good man. nice fabbing by the way.

hydrokracker · Jul 11, 2008

I got my dump tube all painted and my new radiator in
here's the latest pics

Full-Race k24a4 setup pics.......

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