ok me and my friend are planning on turbo'ing his 98 prelude SH, ive made a list of the things we'll need and if y'al could give me some good websites with cheap prices for these parts that would be great, and also let me know if i left anything out we would need. Drift your help would be great since you have done this yourself.heres the list of things so far:
1. Turbo itself (probably going to purchase a mitsubishi turbo off ebay)
2. exhaust manifold (one that will fit the four bolt mitsu pattern)
3. Greddy intercooler kit
4. BOV (blow off valve)
5. intake pipe and filter
6. all fittings and fasteners
7. new plugs and plug wires to give a better spark for the turbo
8. new fuel pump, but not sure if i need that (he already has aem fuel rail and fuel pressure regulator, could we just turn up the psi of fuel with the regulator?)
9. manual boost controller
10. vacum lines
11. boost guage
12. air/fuel ratio guage
13. intake temp guage
14. triple guage pod
15. downpipe
16. 2.5 inch catback exhaust
thats about all that is coming to my mind right now lemme know if i left anything out. thanks

i've got my whole system up for sale on ebay if you wanna make it easy :D my total price on the auction is cheaper than buying each part at retail.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1826930483&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1021488618&indexURL=0&rd=1

Originally posted by drift
i've got my whole system up for sale on ebay if you wanna make it easy :D my total price on the auction is cheaper than buying each part at retail.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1826930483&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1021488618&indexURL=0&rd=1 i showed that to him and he wanted to buy it bad, but he won't have the money for another couple of weeks.

ok folks, i just bought a turbo off ebay for 386 shipped. its an IHI or borg-western or something like that. they say it puts out more boost thena a t3. it seems to have the same 4 bolt pattern to attach to the manifold that t3 does, so now i need to know where to get an exhuast manifold from and for less than like 300$ im thinking somewhere in the range of $200-$250. can anyone give me some places that sell manifolds for preludes? i think the next purchase is gonna be an intercooler kit. probably a greddy kit.

no one sells a manifold for less than $400. Revhard has one for $400, as does Drag.

Greddy doesnt sell their manifolds separately at this time.

i can build one, but it may take a couple weeks before I have time to weld it together. it's about $300 for standard steel, $400 for stainless, depending on any extra modifications to fit a Prelude.

Originally posted by drift
no one sells a manifold for less than $400. Revhard has one for $400, as does Drag.

Greddy doesnt sell their manifolds separately at this time.

i can build one, but it may take a couple weeks before I have time to weld it together. it's about $300 for standard steel, $400 for stainless, depending on any extra modifications to fit a Prelude. well which manifold is better? do any of them flow better than the other? i might ask the guy i bought the turbo from to sell me his manifold too, it came off a 99 lude i think, the year might not be exact but he told me he had the turbo on his lude. and also, where can i find some intercooler piping?

Originally posted by brads94accord
well which manifold is better? do any of them flow better than the other? i might ask the guy i bought the turbo from to sell me his manifold too, it came off a 99 lude i think, the year might not be exact but he told me he had the turbo on his lude. and also, where can i find some intercooler piping?

Here you go dude, get your header
http://turbo-performance.com/Products/Headers/all_headers.htm

Your Down pipe
http://turbo-performance.com/Products/Downpipes/all_downpipes.htm

$545 for bolth.

Originally posted by Protek


Here you go dude, get your header
http://turbo-performance.com/Products/Headers/all_headers.htm

Your Down pipe
http://turbo-performance.com/Products/Downpipes/all_downpipes.htm

$545 for bolth. hey thanks man, i might just buy those, the turbo i bought needs a custom flage made so i may buy those and get a custom flange welded on.

just be sure to use those brackets to support the mani, or its gonna crack. Equal length is much better than the log style that maxrev uses though

Originally posted by brads94accord
16. 2.5 inch catback exhaust


turbo + 2.5" catback= weak turbo response. i say go with a full 3" catback to maximize its potential. 2.5 seems rather too small for force induction.

Originally posted by GSteg


turbo + 2.5" catback= weak turbo response. i say go with a full 3" catback to maximize its potential. 2.5 seems rather too small for force induction. well, then i might just do 3" catback, and have it crush bent since no one around here i can find mandrel bends stuff.