how to turbo your honda over the weekend

UPDATE: for all those who think this method means the motor wont last, here is a video from friday april 5th 2013 of the car still running strong, its been over a year and around 10k miles of hard beating. • AWD civic running 11.1...
UPDATE: ALSO CHECK OUT MY SECOND VIDEO ON HOW TO TURBO YOUR HONDA you can see it here • how to turbo your hond...
this video shows the steps to turbo your honda in a couple days with upgraded internals and not removing the engine or doing any machine work.
also for those saying you need to do some sort of easy break in period i think you need to read this article , the old fashioned ways are long gone www.mototuneusa...

[@ryanjames1300]

You can build it over a weekend but cant get it tuned till Monday(:

[@TCreatorO]

Good one xD

[@brady644]

Ridelow James truuuuu lol

[@bertsbug]

Unless you know a guy

[@tiemze]

LOL epic

[@pacific7775]

Havent seen this in a decade..you were a pioneer on here bro.. you should be proud ... i went boost because of you

[@l3adunkadunk]

the "lip" inside the cylinders isn't from the factory...its from the wear the rings cause after thousands of miles. Since the rings don't go all the way to the top the wear doesn't reach the top of the sleeve hence the lip.

[@pacific7775]

Ridge mor commonly called

[@JuanVargas-yq1rz]

some tips for everyone watching this, always use a straight edge with a feeler gauge on top of the block to check for war-page. reason being if your block is warped your head wont seal properly and could lead to future issues such as oil and combustion leaks. if you do find war-page on your block send it to a machine shop to be re-decked and make sure to always send your head to the machine shop to be resurfaced and always use a new head gasket and head studs. make sure you always use the berry bush to re cross hatch the cylinders regardless what this video says. it will promote oil flow into the piston oil rings. other wise pretty spot on justin. i love your vids man

[@paulandrus1451]

dude awesome video .....wtf no one wanted to help hold the camera you really needed ur hands free...you sir are a master thanks again

[@esdrubaldino]

Finally someone that knows how to talk/write... I'm a car enthusiast, and yes I do own and Honda Civic, but it's mine and I like it, it's fast enough to drive on streets and I know it can handle that speeds, and I can do tons of miles/kms without the engine "blowing in my face", because that's also why Hondas are good, they can run tons of miles without creating a million problems.

[@jordanspangler7214]

You should do a video on how your clean up the head and block and prep for new headgasket

[@CartoonAnakMalaysia]

not nessesary,its too easy

[@TheMaster7891]

This guy makes it look so easy while I’m over here searching how to do it and need to know how to weld and all sorts of knowledge that needs to be learned

[@537R4HC]

did u just slap in ur rods and pistons and bearings? no measurements done to ur bearings?

[@coltenW1]

just a little info, even though you had to check the main bearings you don't have to take out the center girdle to remove the pistons, that's what the slots in the middle of the girdle are for, you can fit a socket in there easily

[@Defund_HOA.]

How much in labor cost would this be? I would love to take my engine apart like that but I don't trust myself, I know I'll have some random bolts when I'm done.

[@EliteMuppet]

At the rate mechanics charge... thousands and thousands. Better off buying a new car.

[@thegaryjay_yt]

If you have the desire, you can figure it out. Do some research and when it comes time to take it apart, take pictures and document the deconstruction.

[@jony1495]

just watch a couple of videos and read about it. Honda dohc engines are very easy to work on

[@alfredguerrero9464]

jony1495 but they take time

[@coltenW1]

Good machine shops will assemble a short block for $400-$500. I am going to pay reid at kiazanspeed to assemble my 1,000hp short block but the expensive part is when they have to take it apart and do extra crap

[@Mebob2001]

i wish people would understand this engine has bin done properly to an extent, yes this will work if the engine was never over heated or other issues, so no machine work is needed. In my knowlage with engines(im a licenced tech working in a GM dealership) i would suggest with his set up ever year mabey 2 years depending how hard you drive it and how often she see's 6-8 grand to just straight up slip and slide new rod and main bearings in. i have a few friends that do that once a year and it really does work at keeping the oil pressure up and the bottem end good

[@clintchristensen2276]

will it work if you turbo it during the week days?

[@KDD8]

no, because saturdays are for the boys

[@habib1971]

No stock sleeves don't like weekday builds

[@sarahkeeton2400]

Sweet setup bro. I love underdog turbo setups. I ran a 4G63t engine in a 92 Dodge Colt (Mitsu Mirage) with a 20g turbo, 660cc injectors, Evo 8 pistons, 1G rods, ACL Teflon coated bearings, Evo 3 cams, OBX adj cam gears, 3" turbo back exhaust, Apex'i AFC, F5m33 trans with AWD 5th gear and LSD, and more, and made 308HP to the wheels at 12 psi. The car weighed in at 2175 lbs and would spin both front wheels well into 4th gear and bark them going into 5th. Fun, fun car. Lit up a 2012 Corvette GS.

[@LivinLoudful]

overnight parts from japan

[@Infamo95Infamo95]

That's pretty funny lol

[@dolphin8815]

D E A D

[@dylanknight4752]

thorough job. so many people dont realize the little things like the oil line and beefier rods have to be done in order for the car to run correctly for years and years. people always bad mouth civics, but for their class civics are the top dog. just watch rally racing and touring races. in the civics are top dog most of the time.

[@boltplaysyt7364]

500 horses in a Civic, would you like a civic to go with that horsepower lol, haha

[@JamandTheHolograms]

Don't forget that's to the wheels so the car would have to make at least 600hp

[@atissmelters2475]

JamandTheHolograms FWD cars only lose 15% so its more like about 585BHP

[@Infamo95Infamo95]

If a civic loses 15% of 600hp it would would rate around 510hp. 600x.15=90 600-90=510

[@maincourseistoocool]

Infamo95Infamo95 good math yo.

[@atissmelters2475]

Infamo95Infamo95 It doesnt loose 15% from 600hp, 500 they are only 85% of crank power so 100% is 585

[@driedic3]

2 years ago and its still goin strong. and his buddy built a lsvtec turbo, also making roughly the same and hes beat on it non stop for 2 years as well and its still golden. Im not a honda fan boy but it is possible.

[@jcaban7]

Nice job.. This video was pretty well put together.. Touched on some good points.. My only Criticism is on the filming.. Should have had someone else do the filming for you.. Oh. The lip you feel at the top of the cylinder wall. Is generally carbon build up.. It's not there when the engine is first assembled.. It Build's up over the life of the engine.. It can be found on any engine that run a full cycle.. Just ask the 4.3l v6 I'm building..

[@PROJustinSane]

look in my channel its been almost two years since this video was made. the car has made 100s of passes down the 1/4 mile. tens of thousands of street miles and its still running 10.7s in the 1/4 and runs and sounds perfect. stop touching motors? never in fact since this video i have helped more people build perfect performing motors this exact way. just street tuned a buddies tonight and it goes to the dyno wed. built exactly like in this video. and yes i meant PCV i corrected it at the end.

[@oldskoolfunk71]

What size pistons and rings? did you order standard size rings and piston and did you measure ring gap? Great video!

[@gsrturbo3786]

Stock bore 81mm

[@S1ckJ1ts]

Great video! Just thought I would bring up something about pulling the rods and pistons out to all the viewers . Make sure you don't scratch your crank when pulling the uncapped rods out, the studs can scratch your crank up if you aren't cautions. They make Connecting Rod Bolt Protectors, although not necessary, they can come in handy in certain situations.

[@henrydillard6217]

a piece of rubber fuel line works well for that...

[@allianceofsteel]

there is a guy bragging about how much something costs.. cost does not equal value. Some people just really don't understand that money doesn't always equal better.... just means you have money...

[@PURP1EPYTHON]

Well you see with cars you get what you pay for, so you can buy your ebay turbo kit and get a piece of shit.

[@pacific7775]

What do you mean $550 for kswap motor mounts arent awesome cuz theyr really a rip of iver priced pieces of metal ? Lol greed

[@jibsonator7]

saw this video a few years when I first got into hondas. still watch it today, and one day hope to do the same when I get a project civic. thanks again for making this video

[@stephenkid12345]

what about the ecu

[@cap10moman]

The title should read: "How to Obtain a 1:1 Car-Value Depreciation Ratio (Floor-Limited)...." Meaning: For ever thousand $$ you put into that car, you'll decrease the value by the same amount....until it decreases to a certain value (i.e. floor). Then you might see some return... But, I have to say, this was one interesting - and very informative video!! I enjoyed it, dude!!

[@Joe11Blue]

Mass produced cars make horrible investments. If you are doing this you are not looking to make money, you are looking to have fun.

[@gone84328]

Joe11Blue only reason to turbo, fast acceleration=fun. :p

[@Slaveofthepavement]

A turbo? Who needs that when you've got VTEC YO!!!!

[@ran97396]

why not put 3 cherries on top of a sundae instead of just 1? sometimes it's better to have more kW output even if it's not by that much

[@Slaveofthepavement]

Randall Laureano Clearly your sarcasm sense is a little low. It was a joooookkkeeee.

[@bertsbug]

Have both yo yo

[@PROJustinSane]

still going strong, bearings dont wear from power they never actually touch anything there job is to keep a thin film of oil between the moving parts, when bearings wear its from lack of oil and they was allowed to touch and wear. but yeah the car is still going like a champ and is ran hard every day. also a little trick to monitor your bearing health is to cut apart the oil filter at every oil change , when bearings start to go you will find large flakes of them in the filter.

[@monikaamperez4883]

If you said it won't last you clearly don't know Hondas lol

[@B18bVtec]

HE CLEARLY SAID THIS WAS FOR MORE ADVANCED USERS.. I THINK HE JUST WANTED TO SHOW IT COULD BE DONE IF YOU STOP LOOKING AT YOUR CAR AND GET IT DONE!!! GOOD JOB

[@SIRICKO]

These comments lol facepalm.

[@robertcarter1608]

This was good enough that I watched it a second time, but sat on my couch with a beer instead of mousing over another vid. Nice job!

[@tannersword1]

This video should be renamed and made into a series... "How to throw a rod in your Honda over the weekend" and then the following video will be "How to rebuild your motor after turbocharging it" the next weekend...

[@11fifteen]

you're a dumbass, he has ran this setup for over a year now with consistent abuse.

[@tannersword1]

Let's all resort to name calling.

[@WatUpOck]

Lol

[@crazyloco121]

Which is why he tuned the car. And didn't drive in boost until the tune....wait why did you watch this video again???

[@jasonkrause323]

Considering this video is 2 years old, and the car is STILL going strong, your post is irrelevant.

[@PROJustinSane]

car is still alive and running fine, just had it back on the dyno with meth injection 2 weeks ago and there is a new video in my channel showing it. its now at 516 hp to the wheels and running like a champ.

[@iamdatdude1619]

you forgot to mention to the ones learning that when removing and installing take care not to scratch the walls with the rod bolts.Good vid man!

[@rrocero]

Weekend projects are always fun cause you work on the, yourselves knowing you're car on a personal level, rather than others who don't take time to learn

[@PROJustinSane]

dude this motor was built almost 2 years ago when i shot this video, its still running strong and has over 100 1/4 mile passes and tens of thousands of street use. just recently it ran 10.7 at 133 , runs great look in my channel for newer videos of this car still at the track.

[@MrKdr500]

love your work! don't worry about the haters, i own a clubsport R8 and the only reason V8 drivers hate these cars is because they can't beat them...

[@K20TypeR]

Great video man. This is something I have been looking for for a long time. Really well put together. My B16A2 in my EK has now done 170,000 miles and I'm a little concerned it's probably not a good idea to boost it, although I have looked after the motor well and it doesn't use any oil or water. I wish more people in the UK knew series like this

[@stoopidfastasian6229]

Tks for the great instructional video. Got mine installed and dynoed 401whp 18lbs b18c hmo stock cams

[@Gbodyshuffle]

Where's this dude been ?? Loved his videos I didnt realize this was 10yrs ago lol

[@TeeVy]

I love seeing people who share their knowledge..

[@PROJustinSane]

oh and yes it can handle 500 hp, my turbo topped out at 450 whp , dyno is in my channel, but as u saw me say that was my goal. 500 is only a turbo upgrade away. but 10.7s at 130+ mph is plenty for me. again proof is in the pudding and the pudding is on my side and in my videos :)

[@tanker118]

Exactly my point. All of those things you mentioned are results of having a poorly balanced and tuned engine that doesn't make a lot of torque.

[@Joelit121]

The piping from the intake manifold is the Cold side. It goes down to the left into the intercooler and the right side of the intercooler piping is the hotside going to the turbo compressor. In the picture he didn't have a filter on his intake side yet (on the turbo).

[@TheBrownGarage]

im doin a d16y8 vitara eagle setup and i was explainin to my dad that well probably want to get a oil catch can for it (he knows old american cars, not hondas lol) he was tellin me that if we only vent the valve cover but pressurize the crankcase it would be easier on the engine under boost since the psi in the intake and combustion chambers would be the same psi as the crankcase, hes idea was less blow by from the pistons cause i also told him how the vitaras fit a little loose. i told him all the turbo builds ive seen ran oil catch cans or like what you did, capped of the output on the IM and put a filter on the black box.

[@robertdickens6620]

oil catch because the system still needs that vacuum and the ECU has counted that air so it must go back in

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

Lol I've never heard a person call it, or one advertised as a "glaze breaker". Ive always heard cylinder hone. That's a new one on me!

[@SLO666AU]

yeah, easy as hell to use. i was just pointing out the fact of in the video he pretty much said the lip is standard from factory.

[@carlm9301]

just started using both videos. I have everything out. going to measure top of block for warping and the cylinder walls before I buy anything

[@tigerklink]

Love to see people build there own stuff. The vtec b18 rods are already 25% stronger than the non vtec rods which are good for basic build ups.

[@98SkunkRT]

Watching this made me respect you honda boys alot more. Let there be no doubt I am still a hardcore muscle freak. Great job

[@ChillX2-1000]

Good video man! Gotta love the simplicity of working on Hondas and the gobs of power they can potentially make!

[@boxofweedmw2haxed]

this is the only honda owner i actually like he knows his shit and just does not think that throwing on a catback is the only thing you need to do to make it fast

[@MechRider89]

I hope not to many people do this, with out making sure your bores are "true" your motor might not last long. Not only that the fact that you decide to run stock injectors with your turbo setup is crazy and the install a 255 on a stock FPR.......should really have installed a fuellab or aeromotive FPR. Plus picking up a set of 450cc dsm injectors would have been another good idea even if it was just a temp thing. Other then that cool stuff.

[@PROJustinSane]

MechRider89 all these years later and its still running perfect and like a champ

[@PROJustinSane]

eagle rods have ARP 2000 7/16th bolts and are good to around 800 whp. i have never personally had them that high but i have had several set ups that made around 650 whp or 700+ crank with these same eagles and never a issue even shifting at over 9 grand all day lonh

[@EJ1OverSpool]

The default boost will be whatever lbs your wastegate spring is. If you have a 10psi spring, your boost will be 10psi until you increase it. The turbo itself can produce more boost than you need, so the better question would be ho much can you hold on that size turbo.

[@DarkSifu]

I have no money and no civic but i wanna do this so bad.. I love building cars, built up my brother in laws 1.5 JZ forged internals etc. so much fun even helping out and learning about this stuff.

[@MuhammadDerkaDerka]

PVC is poly vinyl chloride which is type of pipe. PCV is positive crankcase ventilation. I'm somewhat dyslexic also, so don't worry. Just had to clear that up.

[@l3akedPotater]

You'd be quite surprised at the power that small engines can put out. all though, this isn't a run of the mill honda, sure, the block is stock, but this guy is changing all the internals to handle the power from the turbo. I've seen (in person, at a track) four bangers that are ripping out 9-11 second passes, I too was amazed when I first saw it.

[@JustinShinoda]

that was sick. that must of been a fun project and that civic must be fun building to a nicer faster car

[@PROJustinSane]

please see the video link i just added to my description. its been over a year and tons of beating and the car is till running like day one.

[@RanouttaTalent]

for those watching: DO NOT LET THE HARDENED ROD STUD TAG THE SOFT CRANK. cover the studs with a piece of fuel line. If you nick that crank surface that little bur can can damage the rod bearing and spin the bearing. worst case you can put a rod through the block - Greg At Buscher Customs

[@PROJustinSane]

its a honda, no studs it uses bolts so there are no studs to slip hose over.

[@RanouttaTalent]

Justin Sane good call I wasn't watching closely. a lot of aftermarket rods i have worked with on other makes sometimes replace the bolts with studs and nuts and i just assumed these were the same. Thanks for the catch

[@HospitalMusic]

I had no idea wtf you were talking about 90% of the time, I just watched the entire video off of curiosity. c:

[@civicpride1986]

Thank you very much, i just build my bottom end using this method.. I also use those same pistons and scat rods and acl race bearing to build mine, will be taking it to the dyno and plan on pushing about 18psi.. my motor is an LS so i am only aiming for 350whp..

[@juniorfxsilva2868]

Wow THANKS ALOT FOR This video I swear I have never seen such a fast and straight to the point tutorial more videos please .

[@MrMonkeykiller1996]

i know this is an old video but did you gap the piston rings its very important to gap or at least check the gap especially with a turbo application

[@earsneyes43]

The cylinders in the cylinder block are non removeable, so you take the cylinder head off, drop the oil pan and insert the the piston/rod assembly through the top. Truckers have been doing this with diesel engines for decades ( we call it an inframe, since the engine block stays in the frame )

[@wombatonsteroids]

Hey man, if you're tuning it yourself I'd recommend looking into "Ectune". It's for personal, home-tuners to use on the street. I would however still suggest trying to find a tuner in a different city that could use Neptune/Hondata S300 to properly tune your turbo so you get the full gains. Good luck, take your time and do it right!

[@BulliKid]

What’s the price build for turbo kid, rods pistons, injectors, tuning software and dyno tune???

[@9milli4u46]

so did you just slap the pistons, rings, and rod bearings in without verifying clearances ? I sure hope not.....

[@PROJustinSane]

yeah my current set up is around 510 at the wheels , this set up was only intended to go to around 450 thats why i used the borgwarner s256 turbo

[@jagerbomb7810]

In fairness the only specialised tools you need is a piston ring compressor for installing the pistons. and a welder for installing the oil return after that its fairly straight forward. if your know your way around a car at all.

[@Botev1912Botev]

Dude i wish i could have the time and skills to do what you do! I love it !! GOOD WORK

[@srm113k]

I wish my wife talked about head as much as this guy does. great vid btw, i learned quite a bit. thanks!

[@BUNCHofxs]

I hate to camplain about your awesome work but, the way you honed your cylinders will cause premature/uneven wear on the cylinder walls and/or pistons. The way you started is correct, but to finish it off, you do a down stroke at slow speed, then reverse the drill and pull out at the same speed. The idea is to make a screw like pattern on the cylinder walls. This allows a good even break/wear in.

[@drxplayax]

that little lip at the top of the cylinder you said from the factory is actually the wear of the cylinder wall because the rings on the piston only come up so far. great job but with an oversize rebuild you would make probably 10 or 20 more horsepower by sustaining compression and it wouldnt burn oil

[@joeshmoe38]

he's very descriptive. ive never done a turbo and this is enough info for me

[@NathanielHart1988]

An awesome how-to! It's really helpful that people will take the time to do things like this!

[@anarchic9]

If you open the hood, on most honda motors there is an engraved portion of the block (or head?) on the bottom left. Look at the left side of your engine, there should be an engraved code.

[@PROJustinSane]

still running like a champ, daily driven every day .

[@ImCodyReyna]

not much of a honda guy but awesome vid man, hope everthing goes well with your car!

[@Nosloveingneko]

With lower powered cars I think a turbo is only really necessary for when you want a big power boost from a single part....that and they sound really nice. I think if your tuning a car to be more balance than full out strait line speed a turbo in a civic is not needed.

[@JDCM]

Honda-Tech forced induction forum should be your new best friend. If you knew, you would know that this guy knows what he's doing.

[@babyzachariot]

thats what i love about hondas an swaps like this, theres SO MUCH ROOM TO WORK!! lol

[@DoritoPope003]

a good selection of older muscle cars were actually fwd, and often beat rwd cars because it takes alot of skill to hook up a rwd on launch. spoiler: having weight over the part of your car that receives the power helps with traction.

[@shinyparts]

How did you know which piston size to order without checking the spec on the bores?

[@longlu5409]

i know this late to ask, but do have to balance the crankshaft with new piston and new rod ?

[@rpchevytruck65]

on that article for breaking in an engine, that's the only way to break in a diesel is to run it hard. As much weight as possible and as hot as possible.

[@beemerkid1]

and for your oil return. you could use a step drill{or xmas tree bit} w.e you want to call it and tap the hole you drill out and use a connector to mount it. no welding needed

[@PatrickAntiArrhythmicKerce]

Man I can't believe I missed out on these "B-series Vitaras" I've been out of the game for too long.

[@PROJustinSane]

the kit does not require any drilling or thread tapping i meant tap as into tie into.

[@coalminedipper]

thank you high school text school i took auto1 my junior year and this year im in machining i love understanding everything you say i wanna buil a turbo car ounce i get my truck finished ive only rebuilt dirtbike fourwheeler engines for myself but at school all i get to build are 350sbc

[@joelstephen3168]

how much boost will the stock ecu/injectors compensate for?

[@rompn4x]

We did this one time to a boat engine. 460 swapped the pistons and rings, quick hone job new head gaskets and a 6-71 blower. Ran good but If it was my engine I would of preferred boring out the block since IMO.

[@randyweller4441]

My friend Travis has an 09 VW Rabbit with only a full exhaust and intake and he dominates Corvettes. I've witnessed this. It's all about power to weight. As much as I dislike RICERS, not every Civic is a Ricer Civic. Just the ones that have fart cans on them ;)

[@austinr8501]

That's a nice looking exhaust manifold

[@sliptirka]

It looks like a badass big horn sheep.

[@The_Shadetree_Mechanic]

Great setup Justin, I'am doing the same setup on my Em1.

[@lpmorgan90]

remember you could do some work on the head while doing this like new valves and springs and maybe even port match the inlet and outlet!

[@Cotton926]

You obviously know what you're doing here, dope work & nice car man.

[@Sandman1832]

Cheaper building them yourself if you have the proper tools and the know how and can put together a well planned out motor so I don't doubt that you could. I know my friend has scored really well at swap meets for really nice AFR heads before. He built 355 that cranked out 513rwhp on his camaro. All he bought new was a Dart block, complete Eagle bottom end kit and the cam, the rest he got at a swap meet and fine tuned it. Think he said he only had around $3,000 maybe a couple bucks more.