Here is what has been done so far to the body. I should get the turbo kit in the mail by the end of the week.
New stuff:
Apex'i AVC-R
3" Thermal R&D SS cat-back and 3" cat
Synapse A/C ramhorn manifold
Garrett 57 trim .63 A/R
TiAL 38mm wastegate and 50mm BOV
3" stainless DP and dumptube
Mishimoto Civic radiator
FMIC and 2.5" powdercoated pipes
RC 550 injectors


Some pics...you can see I needed lots of bodywork. Door dings FTL!

The car is hopefully (fingers crossed) getting painted tonight. Jason has been doing some serious drinking...er..bodywork and it is taking a little longer than planned. Who ever had the car before me did a terrible Bondo job on my LH quarter panel and it was cracking and rusty. Jason fixed it and we shall see how pretty she looks really soon.


Here is some stuff I got in the mail today. I did an initial clocking of the turbo to get everything lined up.








More to follow....

One more test fit to make sure I don't get any surprises

You really missed your lady while you were in the sandbox, didn't you?
Beats your mountain bike, huh?
Looks like a winning set up you got there....
What color paint are you going with?

I am going with the stock color. I thought about doing a color change but I did not want the hassle or to spend the money.

digging that t-manifold..had the same one. gl on this build

Got her fully operational today...the CEL is on but that is cause I have no O2 sensor yet...the bung needs welded on. Everything is ready to be taken to Carter Race for some minor exhaust work and a good tune. I hope to drop it of Monday of this week.

nice car man...looks sick...are u still running the stock head and just the built bottom end?

When I built the bottom end I installed a Portflow built head with Supertech valvetrain and Crower 402T cams

gotcha...nice choice on parts...how much did u spend on the motor and turbo kit?

SWEET Pickle, can't wait to see the numbers on that beast....

The kit was 3100 and I cannot even imagine how much cash I have into everything else...but I have about 3000 in the engine itself I bet.

cool cool man...cant wait to see what it puts down FTW!

loooks amazing. nice turn around time!

nice work

sweet lookin teg, gives me hope for my body

nice i got a 96 se with the same color i wish i had all that stuff you put in it

Shoot...I should sell it LOL. What a PITA.

But it sure is nice to hit setting A and go from 276 WHP to 345 WHP and get some gone LOL.

the set up your running on the teg did you have to shave the block at all? i would like to run a t3 60-1 set up on my built ls. That manifold looks like it should be able to work with that set up. Lmk any info you have on that mani and how it fits. Oh im also keeping my a/c i see in your picture that you have a 1/2 size radiator how did you get your a/c to work that way. im new on this fourms so any info would help me complete my built......