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The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 4: Prototype Kit Components

Posted: May 24, 2016

Categories: Honda Civic Intake 2016+

Tags: venturi, turbo, team mishi, silicone, mishimoto, intake, INDUCTION, honda, featured, earth dreams, cold-air, civic, cai, boost

We finally have all our prototype 2016 Honda Civic parts together for this kit. Let's briefly examine everything we have so far, starting with the airbox.

Prototype 2016 Honda Civic parts

As we discussed in the last post, we wanted to utilize the stock air inlet as much as possible, which is why we kept an opening at the top of the airbox. The remainder of the filter enclosure is protected within the physical box, to help keep

The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 3: Dyno Results

Posted: May 02, 2016

Categories: Honda Civic Intake 2016+

Tags: turbo, intake, INDUCTION, hondata, honda, FWD, featured, dynojet, cold air intake, civic, boost, 1.5L

Here we have another update for our 2016 Civic intake project. This Civic has finally been put on our dyno to see how our intake performs - and we have some results to share with our Civic community! This car was tricky to dyno properly because of the continuously variable transmission (CVT), but no corners were cut during our testing. Let's jump right in!

2016 Honda Civic parts dyno testing

The CVT

2016 Honda Civic parts dyno testing

The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 2: Prototype Development

Posted: April 15, 2016

Categories: Honda Civic Intake 2016+

Tags: turbo, team mishi, spoon, SPOol, mishimoto, intake, INDUCTION, honda, featured, ex-t, civic, boost, 2016, 1.5L

We are moving along with the intake project! Last time, we talked about the stock system and our goals for this project. Now, we will show you our process for assembling a prototype that we can test and analyze results from. Let's jump right in!

Once our engineers finalize a design, the proposed idea gets modeled in 3D modeling software. The next step is to make the idea a physical reality. We have an awesome machine called a waterjet that can cut almost anything with pinpoint accuracy using a mixture of high pressure water and abrasive material. We upload our design to the waterjet through computer software, "telling" it exactly what we want to cut. The machine takes care of the rest! We just sit back and watch as our prototype gets crafted out of a big sheet of any metal we place inside the machine - in this case, steel.

The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 1: Stock System

Posted: April 08, 2016

Categories: Honda Civic Intake 2016+

Tags: turbo, spoon, R&D, mugen, intake, INDUCTION, honda, featured, cold air inductionc, civic, cai, boost

Some exciting news in the Mishimoto garage - we have finally been graced with a brand new 2016 Honda Civic with the 1.5L turbo engine! We have planned our R&D process for the design of a performance intake and we are starting this project by dissecting the stock system so we can learn as much as possible. Let's jump right in!

The Stock Intake

2016 Honda Civic Parts undergoing inspection

Honda has done an excellent job with their new Earth Dreams 1.5L motor. This turbocharged engine has a power output rated at an impressive 174hp, which is a nice amount of power for this new-age Civic. We are very excited about this chassis and we are eager to dig in and develop an awesome intake

Prototype Fitment - Catch Can R&D, Part 2

Posted: April 07, 2016

Categories: Honda Civic Catch Can 2016+

Tags: vtec, turbo, team mishi, spoon, oil catch can, OCC, mishimoto, honda, featured, boost, 2016, 1.5L

We are moving fast with this project! We have now talked about the differences and significance between two types of fuel injection, evaluated the stock system and began designing a bracket with our neat waterjet. We have also dived into the specifics of how our catch can works. Now, we have a working prototype that we have mounted onto our loaner Civic.

We decided to go ahead and use the open space right behind passenger side of the motor that would conveniently place our catch can around the PCV ports. This will lighten any complexities in the hose routing.

Area where we will place prototype Civic catch can

Design and Fabrication - Catch Can R&D, Part 1

Posted: March 31, 2016

Categories: Honda Civic Catch Can 2016+

Tags: vtec, turbocharge, turbo, oil catch can, oil, intake, honda, featured, civic, catch can, boost, 1.5L

We have been searching long and hard to get our hands on the new Honda Civic, and the search is now over! A brand new 2016+ Honda Civic equipped with the 1.5L Turbo engine has finally reached our R&D facility, thanks to a very generous owner. One of our first targeted projects is an oil catch can. There are many benefits to equipping a vehicle with a catch can. Modern fuel injection is accomplished by either port or direct injection, the latter used by this Civic. Let's briefly talk about the differences between the two.

Port vs. Direct Injection

With port injection, the fuel injectors are situated right inside the intake manifold, producing a fuel stream to mix with the air. That air/fuel mixture is shot straight into the combustion chamber through a valve. As the fuel passes through the valve area, much of the debris gets cleaned off - because as we all know, gasoline is an excellent solvent.

Direct injection, however, is the more common

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The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 4: Prototype Kit Components

The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 3: Dyno Results

The CVT

The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 2: Prototype Development

The Civic Has Boost! - Intake R&D, Part 1: Stock System

The Stock Intake

Prototype Fitment - Catch Can R&D, Part 2

Design and Fabrication - Catch Can R&D, Part 1

Port vs. Direct Injection

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