I eventually had to return the hood and didn't want a TII hood (too many people asking me stupid questions or revving at me everywhere) so I started looking for an NA aluminum hood but that meant I had to go FMIC before going FMIC.
I had a few choices. Spend BANK on a pre-made kit (Greddy), spend 1/2 the bank on another kit (corkspork wouldn't sell the the pipes only!) or make my own for 1/4 of the price.
I went the ebay route:
While this was going on I got a good deal on a Border/corksport front end so I got a different front end (I really can't pass up a good deal!!).
Halfway through the FMIC install my friend's shop got broken into. My car lost the interior, damaged the front end and had to start the FMIC all over. This guy broke into my car, 2 integras, and a Galant VR4. He came back AGAIN but my friend was staking out the place and called the cops. He was caught red handed in an integra!
That was great news! Until the court day came and they only awarded the integra guy money. He wasn't caught in my car so i got screwed.
SO I finally get started the FMIC again (thank God it wasn't a GREDDY!!) and here is the nasty elbow:
Painted the front end (half-assed but as you may already know, I don't care how it looks right now, It just needs to run well first.):
I painted the FMIC and I was careful to make sure it wasn't clogged but I'm not sure if this led to the ultimate demise of the turbo.
The whole point was to maintain sleeper status and to just fly below the radar. I loved it. It ran great, handled awesome but something was wrong.