Not to put anyone down on this website,(one of my favorites), but there is tons of additional Turbo specific info available on the City Turbo website, Colza, can you add them a link?

By Pete Molnar (64.83.64.43) on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 05:45 pm:

Here's a Mitsubishi TE04H TURBO:

More Mitsubishi TE04H Turbo Close ups

By Jarcaf (Jarcaf) (207.55.238.216) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 12:48 pm:

Is "dodgey" a good or bad thing. I think it could go either way here in the states

By lawsonc@adam.com.au (202.6.138.43) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 10:46 pm:

that is some dodgey •••• biscan

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 04:06 pm:

id like to see a picture. i have to make a box for my carb. but i need to know a good way to make it. anyway i have an idea. but i want to make sure i know whereto make the holes etc etc.

By shnitzel (24.66.81.139) on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 06:47 am:

no pinging at all. i am running a 15psi pump with a boost dependent fuel pressure reg. it keeps my fuel pressure at 4psi higher than whatever my boost is. just welded a pipe in my carb box for fuel line. fuel line plugs onto box, then a short piece on the inside to the carb.

no boost retard at this time. i disconnected the vaccuum advance on the distributor and retarded the timing slightly. seems to be fine so far. only running mechanical advance.

jets are bigger than the carb came with. without pulling them i couldnt say what they are though.

it is a fan on the intercooler. its off a 1.6L turbo fuego. but i removed the fan after i installed it in my civic. now the intercooler sits next to the rad with no fan. ive ran without the intercooler and had no problems. of course ive only cranked it up to 4psi boost so far. SO FAR! ha ha ha

so much powder here this morning. i think it's goona be a sick day for me ;) might not get the beast inspected till next week now. ah well, powder is priority!

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 04:04 am:

www.members.optusnet.com.au/biscan

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 04:01 am:

can see pics @ my site

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 03:58 am:

mmm there are all sorts of turbo civics coming out of the wood work. I still like the setup i have. 36mm solex in a draw through setup using the rayjay 302b turbo with 0.25 hot section. I must get around to plugging in the fuel lines and running the ignition wires some day

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 09:40 pm:

yeah im trying to get as little piping as poss. i like things to be simple...but yeah man im using a 699 cfm carb. im going to disconnect the secondarys. and maybe i can adjust the flow so it will work. i cant aford to get a new carb and the old one is really crappy. but yeah. i found a carb- hat and that way i could just hook up that to the top of the carb. and run the vacume lines maybe to the waste gate or somthing.. im still reading on that stuff. any suggestions

By Greg (203.40.114.98) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 09:07 pm:

Suck through worked OK at full throttle but had idle problems. Was using a SU carby. Also lots of pinging, hope to be able to solve this with intercooling. Also got same carby as Shnitzel

By Greg (203.40.114.98) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 09:02 pm:

Just saw your MSD so answers ignition question. Any boost retard?

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 09:01 pm:

how did your draw through system work? were you happy with it?

By Greg (203.40.114.98) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 08:59 pm:

Hey Shnitzel,
Are you using stock ignition with that setup?
What size jets and carby mods did you use?
Any pinging?
Thinkin of making a similar setup to replace my suck through system.
Any idle problems?
Nice looking setup
Is that a fan on your intercooler? Whats it off?
Cheers

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 08:07 pm:

ah thats fine man. thanks alot. im gettting an intercooler from a saab. and a friend of mine works at a muffler shop and he is going to help me run all my piping. for $50! but yeah . thanks again

one question. how did you run the fuel line and whatnot into the box and keep it presurized?
im trying to maybe get it on there this week

By shnitzel (24.66.81.139) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 06:14 pm:

turbo pics

http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_1354.jpg
http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_1356.jpg
http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_1359.jpg
http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_1360.jpg
http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_1404.jpg
http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_1406.jpg
http://www.nuac.ca/accord/aut_8069.jpg

i know thats not very convenient... dont know whats up with my server right now.

that motor is in my civic now, ready to be inspected this week! i better get out to the shop and play some more....

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 03:57 pm:

does anybody have those pics of that accord with the encased carb set up?
how did he set up the fuel lines and stuff to go into the case?

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 01:33 pm:

well it would have a lag in it im sure because the fuel has much longer to go.
question. running 5psi would i need to do any mods to the carb if i just build a box around the carb and hook all my piping to that.

By lazy (165.228.57.19) on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:41 am:

Now that is something I'd be interested to see... A manifold design that would place the turbo above the tranny.

I've been trying to find info on optimum turbo manifold design but have come up with nothing.. how would a turbo above the transmission perform compared to the optimum placement?

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 10:24 pm:

well i wil need to retap the water coolany hose. and its cracked so it may leak. but yeah i have that 600 cfm carb that im going to use. ill just have to shut down the secondarys. the hard part for me will be setting it all up. i will need to put it over the tranny

By cody_guldstrand@hotmail.com (Turbo74) (4.34.194.222) on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 11:23 am:

shnitzel is right you should run the water through the turbo. if you put the turbo next to the firewall you have the heater core lines right there. just tap into those and everything will be fine.

By Colza (Colza) (219.88.29.109) on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 12:55 am:

Isnt that a TD04? off a Libero or gsr?

By Chaffneue (Chaffneue) (66.183.190.188) on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 11:24 pm:

Hey Schnitzel, hot it on civic77.com too please :D I want to see it in big pictures.

-Richard

By shnitzel (24.66.81.139) on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 02:50 pm:

if the turbo is made for coolant, then i would recomend using the coolant..... turbos made only for oil use the oil for cooling. turbos made to use coolant are presumably not going to cool too well without it. my 2 cents. i bet you overheat things.

turbos are cheap, and easy to rebuild. i just got another free one today!!!! it is a draw through system with an intake for a 4bbl carb.. must be off an old mustang or something. i think i'm goona build a sandrail for it.

my turbo civic project should be revealed this weekend. last odds and ends to do, then to the inspector! wait till he sees whats under the hood... ha ha ha...

i've also been building an electric buggy with a civic starter motor, should be a wild ride! i'll post pics when its done.

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 10:36 pm:

oh man thats alot of money man. thats awesome though that its a city turbo though. well i have a friend that is really smart when it comes to turbos. and he said that it shouldnt be a problem because of its location and that its very minor. but img going to weld it and be done with it. yes...oh and Cody. thanks again for all the information. your the man

By cody_guldstrand@hotmail.com (Turbo74) (66.245.206.70) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 06:30 pm:

no. factory turbos are usually more expensive to get rebuilt. i was qouted $300us to get a sr20det turbo get rebuilt. and i also have a t3/t4 hybrid that i got rebuilt for a customer for $100us. it just depends on if its a factory turbo or not. and Malcon, i would get the turbo checked out. just take it in and see what they say. if the cracks are not to bad they will just weld them and call it a day. no big deal

By -Andrew Smit- (Cvcc_Wagon) (24.207.65.210) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 06:16 pm:

well hers was a city turbo, they don't really sell those at the local honda dealer...

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 06:15 pm:

wow thats crazy. why not buy a new one for half that price? i do need to get it checked out

By Twyla (154.20.57.1) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 02:27 pm:

you may want to have it properly checked out. we had my turbo totally rebuild for $600 cad

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 07:25 am:

i know some of you guys know alot about turbos. so whats up? should i worry about this?

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 11:27 pm:

but yeah. they arnt very deep i hope. but i dont think its going to leak oil. could this be fixed some how? anyway what do you think.

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 11:16 pm:

here are some pics.

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:49 pm:

well i dont think its a bal bearing turbo. there isnt any play in the shaft. and everything else is really really clean. its like there ws a fitting in the water inlet and it broke off cracking just around the outside of the hole. but i would rather be safe than sorry

By -Andrew Smit- (Cvcc_Wagon) (154.20.95.104) on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:19 pm:

cracks could be an indication that there is more damage. do the bearings sound okay?

By malcon pierce (Project79) (68.63.17.76) on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:11 pm:

i friend of mine has a TE04H turbo. it has two small cracks around where you would run water into the turbo. i dont plan to run water. just oil. anyway do you think this could affect the turbo if only running maybe 7 psi boost?