Lights and gauges Archive

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Adding Turbo Then Check Your Air Fuel Ratio

By
Bart Piotrowski
– October 11, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Air Fuel Ratio (AFR) is the ratio of air to fuel in the combustion chamber during the power stroke. This ratio is very important to know when adding on any type of forced induction, whether it be a super charger or a turbo.

After installing a turbo on your Honda Civic it would be a good investment to install an Air Fuel Gauge to monitor the Air Fuel Ratio while the engine is running. I would also recommend taking your car to a shop that has a Dyno to get it tuned properly, otherwise running your engine too lean will blow it up and you’ll have to rebuild it.  Below is a link to D-Series Forums that gives a little bit more information about air fuel ratio while running a turbo.

Click Here for Link to a forum post about air fuel ratio

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, Electrical, Lights and gauges
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Started Work on My Custom Gauge Pod

By
Bart Piotrowski
– July 16, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

I bought an extra center gauge cluster cover from the wrecker last week and today I really got into doing my custom gauge pod. I used a soldering iron and cut out the center vents to make room for four 2″ gauge pods. I cut 2″ ABS piping to about 1 -1/2″ length to accommodate my gauges. I taped them together and tried to figure out how I wanted to lay them out but I ran out of time today. With all the gauges I want to have on my dash this will be a nice addition to the 3 gauge pillar pod, and my large tach. Once I get to the next stage I will post pictures.

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Lights and gauges
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Air/Fuel Monitoring Gauges

By
Bart Piotrowski
– July 15, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Adding on performance mods on your engine will only go so far without a proper Air/Fuel gauge, otherwise you could risk running your engine too lean and blow it up.

The most popular one on the market now is the AEM Wideband UEGO Controller and sells on eBay for around $200-$300. There is also the Inovative Motorspotrs LC-1 Kit with red or blue gauge which is around $289. Well I was searching around today and I found an alternate solution the JAW(Just Another Wideband) reader for $115 assembled with display. The only other major part that you will need to make JAW work is a Bosch Wideband sensor which sells for around $50-$70.  Click Here to see a video of the JAW reader in action.

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, air/fuel monitoring, Honda Resource, Lights and gauges
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Gauge Research

By
Bart Piotrowski
– July 5, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

I’ve been doing some research today on gauges and GlowShift gauges are the ones I want to add to my Honda Civic. The ones listed below are the ones that I want to add to my dash and drivers side pillar.

Boost / Vacuum Gauge
Air / Fuel Gauge
Fuel Pressure Gauge
Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge
Oil Pressure Gauge
Oil Temperature Gauge
Water Temperature Guage
Voltage Guage

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Lights and gauges
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Do I wanna Go or Show?

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 30, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

After friday night’s Mission Raceway drag racing event, I put a 360 spin on my idea of doing the bodywork first and instead will invest the time into a turbo setup. Before I actually go through with it, I will do some research and post what I come up with. My Goal is around 200HP with my stock D16 engine. So far this is what i believe will I need, but this may change.

- Hondata S300 Engine Management
- AEM UEGO WideBand A/F Controller with Gauge
- RC 330 Fuel Injectors (if going over 190HP)
- Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
- eBay Turbo Kit

Now your thinking why buy my turbo kit from eBay? Well I figure if there are any mistakes that I might encounter it’s cheaper to do them on a cheaper turbo, I can always upgrade the turbo later.
 

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, fuel injectors, Lights and gauges
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OEM Style Fog Light Installation

By
Bart Piotrowski
– May 30, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

I was looking thru some posts at D-Series.org and found a great writeup on the installation of OEM style fog lights. You can purchase these on the ebay for around $60 and they make your bumper look a little bit better if your not going to go with a body kit.

I found a place on the internet that sells both the Clear and Yellow  versions of this kit. Here is the Link to the Do it Yourself Installation.

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, Do it Yourself, Fog Lights, Lights and gauges
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Tail Light Repair

By
Bart Piotrowski
– May 18, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Yesterday I finally got around to swapping out my water filled non working tail light with a spare one I picked up a few months back. I had to remove some clips and a few screws to move the inner molding out of the way to get to the light mounting nuts. I used a 8mm combination wrench to undo the 4 nuts that held the light to the car, unplugged the harness and pulled the light out.

Part of my problem with water in the tail light, is a crack in the body seam and a bad hatch seal. I swapped the tail light wiring harness from my other Civic since I am not driving it right now.  I plugged the wiring harness back into the car and placed the tail light into place. Then used the 8mm wrench and tightned up the 4 mounting nuts. Once that was in place I smeared some silicone on the cracked hatch seam and pushed the hatch seal back in place.

I screwed all the inner body panels into place and tested the lights and they all work. When I start doing the body work on the car for painting I will change the hatch seal so it’s new again and for sure won’t have leakage problems.

 

I pulled off the rear driver’s side tail light and noticed this crack in the seam.

I swapped the wiring harness from my other civic as this one was all rusted and corroded.

There are 4 screws that hold the light on the inside of your car.

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, hatch, Lights and gauges
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Talk About a Nice Surprise From an old Buddy

By
Bart Piotrowski
– December 10, 2007Posted in: Automotive & Garage

A buddy of mine surprised me today with a great addition to my Civic project, an Auto Meter Boost Gauge, I just broke the seal on the packaging today so it’s brand new mint condition. I love when things like this pop up because it motivates you to get your car done faster.

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Lights and gauges
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Intake, Lights and Exhaust

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 12, 2007Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Well 2 weeks have passed and I managed to get some more mods on the car. I got Mufflertech to install a 2.5″ exhaust from the Catalytic Converter all the way back to a Magnaflow muffler with a chrome tip. This should be sufficient to spool up a turbo pretty quick on the up coming 1.6 Liter VTEC. I also purchased a Vibrant short ram intake that sounds really good when you slam the gas pedal to the floor. It sounds stock while driving normally around town but when you slam the pedal it has a really deep throaty sound to it. A few weeks back I picked up a carbon fiber hood and some used projector headlights so I put the headlights on and now it looks like it has attitude. The hood will have to wait for a paint job because I think I will paint it too.


no intake intake
Stock Intake vs. Vibrant Intake
old front lights new front lights
Stock Headlights vs. Projector Headlights
2nd Muffler front passenger
Magnaflow Muffler + Chrome Tip  and Another front angle picture

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Headers and Exhaust, Intake, Lights, Lights and gauges
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New Parts Are Here!

By
Bart Piotrowski
– April 10, 2007Posted in: Automotive & Garage

I got a good deal on some Z1 fiberglass fenders, 4 brand new struts and oem bumper foglights with wire harness and switch a few days ago. I also picked up some White 1 1/2″ gauges that i’m gonna mount into the dash, i got a voltage gauge, water temperature gauge and also a oil pressure gauge. Gotta see where i’m gonna mount these babies cuz i’m also gonna get a pillar pod for the drivers side for my tach, boost gauge and fuel mixture.

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Body and Paint, Do it Yourself, Lights and gauges, Transmission