HCF Project Section - Project Civic GSR RUNS!!!! New stuff pix on 8

So as you may have read I traded off the motorcycle.Well I got a Teg GSR for it.......not very good shape the interior for the most part is completely dissassembled. missing most windows, except for front windshield. The motor is good and it came with a nice set of sparco's. Here is pictures:

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So now I have to ask someone who has done the B-series swap, what doI need to buy as far as mounts go? by the way here is a picture of the sparcos in the civic

Nice motor, what happened to the rest of the car?

Everything you need is in that car as far as i am aware

well for those who can help me its a 97 GSR. I need to know if I will need to purchase any mounts?

if you dont mind me asking, how much did that car cost u? its a b18c1 i beleive so aslong as u stay b series u need no engine mounts, but it wouldnt hurt to put some upgraded ones in there. are you going to find a teg in a junkyard and get all your missing peices or is this gonna be a track car?

i'd just fix up the teg, but it makes since to utilize the parts off the car. you could do the gsr swap and you could use the gauge cluster and fit it in yours. nice find though.

So the plan is I am going to swap the GSR motor into the civic, So what all do I need I will be changing from my D16 to this B18C1. After the swap I am going to put a B18B back into the teg and turn it into an automatic and then give it to my sister for her 16th b day. So will someone tell me what I need?

dam, you're a nice brother. this might help.

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/b18cswap/swap.php
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=131949

Thanks man, hopefully I will get a few hours intowars working on it tomorrow night

Parts:

http://hondaswap.com/swap-articles/6th-gen-civic-basic-swap-overview-29118/
http://hondaswap.com/swap-articles/b-serires-into-ek-civic-54134/

So from what I am understanding I need:

Rear tranny mount from an si?
Driver side mount from an si?
And an A/C bracket from a del sol?

Is that it everything else I can pull out of the integra?

you also need a power steering pump out of a 99-00 Si.
you will use the axles and shift linkage out of the integra

man i'd just fix up the Teg....but the Civ is gonna rip:) good luck on the swap, you'll also need the ECU for the swap

I hope it was a good trade, that sure looks like a fix-er-up-er

Well I feel that it was a good trade 2- wheeled death wish for something to better the civic by alot.

So going on the fact that all the stuff out of the teg is good these are the parts I need to acquire?
Rear tranny mount from an si
Driver side mount from an si
And an A/C bracket from a del sol
Power steering pump from an si

Is that it?

depends on if you currently have powersteering or not (of course)

I have power steering yes. and I want to keep it. So are those the parts I need?

those are the main ones, there will be other small things that will come up. how many miles on the motor? might be good to go ahead and replace the timing belt, water pump, and maybe a new thermastat. i believe the gsr radiator hoses will fit.

Actually I already have timing belt and waterpump on the way, along with a new clutch.Someone should put this in the HCF project section becasue well Im for one putting a GSR motor in the civic then I am completely restoring the integra.

just contact a mod, and they will move the thread, and change the name of the thread to like civic/gsr build up

tht intergra has a lot of potential. and at least it came with some nice set of rims and seats[8D]

Well I have been working on the car all day came in for some pizza and beer, my girl will be here to take more pictures shortly. So my sister is not sure if she wants the teg so if she does not my mom said she would take it so either way I am going to fix the teg back up. Depending on how this one goes I might buy another one next year and do it again. So as of two days ago project civic GSR is underway. So is there anyone else on the forum witha EK with a GSR swap?

yea man looks like a good trade, goodl uck on the swap

ORIGINAL: sandrider123
So is there anyone else on the forum witha EK with a GSR swap?


there will be another one on here soon (i hope)

Ive got an EG with a GSR. Dont really wanna talk about it thou.

ive got an ek with a gsr :D:D

I hope to do a b series swap sometime in the future. Good luck on your swap and rebuild.

well today I got pretty much everything ready to pull the motor, I just need tp pull out the shift linkage and then unbolt the motor mounta and get that sucker ready to drop in the civic

did you need to ask someone that had a gsr'd ek a question or something or did you already figure it out?

ORIGINAL: basbal123

did you need to ask someone that had a gsr'd ek a question or something or did you already figure it out?


i think he was just asking to see if he was the first one with a gsr ek on the forum.

o lol nope sorry dude :D

okay well i will have questions in a few weeks for you

Well I just finished pulling the motor out of the teg so now its time to get it all looked over and checked out make sure its ready to go into the civic. And replace a few things. Here are some photos from tonight

starting the swap, and finishing the swap are the most satisfying

So here is a random question if I were to buy a header for this would I need to buy an SI header or GSR header?

GSR header

ya anything that deal with the actual motor has to be for that motor

b16a and gsrs have different head ports

So I know I am working rather slow, today I split the tranny and motor today, Didnt get pictures though. Though my lady did. I might have to steal some from her. Anywaise right now I am looking at clutch kits for the motor.

from what ive heard in the past should just be straight forward no knew mounts needed

Well today I start working back on the farm which means this project is going to slow down all I will be doing for a while will be working on the farm. We should see the motor in the car in about a month from now.

hey its better to take your time and do it right rather then doin it quick and having troubles in the future

Not only that but then I might be able to buy some performance parts before I out it in like a nice set of skunk2 cams maybe? Dc sports header as well.........

For those of you wanting to see more pictures I have some on my myspace which I am in the HCF.com club so you should be able to find me on there

So after a long discussion tonight it has been decided that were not going to keep the integra. As there is so much work involved in restoring it. so that means were going to part it out so everyone keep your eyes on the For sale section. I am taking the rear brakes off of it as well and fitting the civic with a set of rear discs. So pretty much though my car is a civic, underneath it will be all GSR:)

Sounds like your going to have one hell of a civic.

Good luck with the rest of the car.

sounds good, that will deffinatly be a nice civic, any other mods to the engine planned?

good call. I didn't think that could possibly be worth the effort

I do have other mods on my "want" list but my "need" list needs to be taken care of first. Alot of it depends on how much I can get for the shell of the teg and my summer wages and what college is going soak me for this year.So I have about two more weeks til I am done driving tractor so the real progress will begin.

nice project going. looks like alot of fun..

So today I was told that I need to take the throttle cable off the integra and pull the harness out of the firewall to do the swap, is this true?I mean i figured you only needed to do something like that if you were changing from like OBD1 to OBD2. Since I am taking a OBD2 motor and putting it in an OBD2 car it should just be plug and play right? can someone please shed some light on this I need to know ASAP as I have started parting out the integra.

Also I am going to go with an aftermarket flywheel and clutch. I have a clutch picked out but now I am also wanting to know who the best brand for a flywheel might be? I am thinking Fidanza, but that leads me to my next question how light should I go with? I mean I want it rev faster but I am not wanting it to fall out of the power band every time I shift.

Well I sold the integra today, so I got a few pictures of it right before it left so here you go. Enjoy.

A few pictures with it sitting by the civic waiting for its trailer to come.

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On the trailer leaving:
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with that out of the way that means I have room to start the civic:
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ORIGINAL: sandrider123

So today I was told that I need to take the throttle cable off the integra and pull the harness out of the firewall to do the swap, is this true?I mean i figured you only needed to do something like that if you were changing from like OBD1 to OBD2. Since I am taking a OBD2 motor and putting it in an OBD2 car it should just be plug and play right? can someone please shed some light on this I need to know ASAP as I have started parting out the integra.

is your Civic a 5-speed, EX?

yes 5 speed ex

You'll use your stock engine harness. The Integra harness doesn't work in 96-00 civics because it's not one piece. The Civic harness runs through the firewall. You will need to add wires for the IAB (if you're using the stock GSR intake manifold).

Read this
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=558245

also

http://technet.ff-squad.com/
Read everything under ECU & Wiring Tech / OBD-2a

Thanks mxs your are becoming a major help with this project

The gsr cme with a b18 series block, from that you can do anything, lookfor the heads, rods, pistonsfrom other B series engines whether DOHC or Sohc, the blocks are different, a dual block wont take a single head,and find one that wil give the amount of compression you want, maybe some vtec too. Remember lower compression allows more boost with turbo systems. I would rebiuld the engine completely, there are plenty of articles on the bseries, plenty of parts. Integras are so sought after because you don't have to swap engines for that extra 30 hp or 50 hp, which means more money towards other things like the brake upgrade, good idea... especially since you want more hp, gotta be able to stop right...good luck

Well I got home today and the parts I have been ordering are slowly starting to get here today my Energy shifter bushings got here, thanks to remmy's advice. Anywaise I am still waiting to be done driving tractor for the summer to get paid and start buying my other good stuff

Well today I had the day off so I went to sears and bought some new tools then came home and put them to good use, and in the end got my D16 pulled. So here are some pictures from today, now its just a matter of getting the GSR motor ready and the brake swap done anywaise as my girlfriend takes lots of pictures here are some from today:

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Got to reach down and get those phucking sensors unplugged so might as well have a smile on my face since i know what the end result will be.

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On its way out taking a few things off to make the removal easier.

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My great girlfriend is very into the project to. Its great having agirl that wants to learn more about moding cars (hence why she is registered on here)

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Its out now to get is cleaned up and all the small things taken care of so I can carry out what I have planned for it.

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Got honda parts?

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These are the whole set of tools I have been using. All craftsman, good tools lol

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And if you missed it these came with the donor car so I had to put them in mine, comfortable as hell to. These were in quite some time ago.


So those are all the photos from today. Let me know what yall think. Next is get the B18 ready to go in

so far so good

I look freaken scary as hell- but at least the motor pictures turned out good!!! Hurry up and get those parts- I wanna help finish this project... in order to start a new one!:D

Those seats are tits! Your girlfriend is very cool to be taking pics and helping out, you got yourself a keeper! Im sure youve head this a millon times but you have got to loweryourcarasap! The wheel gap is killing me. Other than that everything looks awesome. I just love civic projects!

nice progress!

good luck!:) looks good so far

Coming along nicely.... going to be a solid car when you're done.

Okay so I have not made major progress but I have made a little so here are some more pictures of it:
First look what was at my doorstep today well actually in my shop. Pretty sweet huh?
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Ceramic coated 4-2-1
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something else to dress up the interior we wont discuss what happened to my other shift boot
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Here is the motor on the stand I have been putting on the new mounts and replacing the obvious side things timing belt water pump and thermostat.
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What do yall think?

:D should rip pretty good once its done, i wanna see more progress ASAP! haha

Looks fantastic man, i hope to do a swap like that in mine later on in life if i dont just go FI..

Well My clutch came today. Remmy suggested centerforce but after a long discussion with horsepower freaks I decided to go with a spec alot of it had to do with my bad knee. But anywaise it was a long talk becasue we were discussing other stuff to;). Joe knows what it is lol. Anywaise hopefully come sunday we start seeing some major progress.

So today is my last day of my first summer job then im taking a week off from work and then going to my next so yes I am hoping to have it done by next week that is my goal.

So today I completed the brake swap on the rear, well sort of I still have to take the rotors off and get them turned and replace the pads in the calipers. But they are mounted along with th bigger MC and power booster. Anywaise here is some more pictures from today and yesterday. Also the timing belt is done along with everything but the clutch so tomorrow I am taking the flywheel in to get turned so I can put the clutch on and start dropping the motor in the car. Anyewaise here are pictures:

Some pictures of the rear disc brakes:
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The motor ready to go minus the clutch and a few other things (new plugs, wires and belts excet t-belt)

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The spec stage 1 clutch:

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Pictures of car in the air:

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Well today I got the motor put in, its just bolted in, nothing is hooked up so im going to work on hooking everything up this weekend but right now I still have to wait til my PS pump is here and some other extra fun stuff that I bought for it, hopefully be running by next weekend obvioulsy I am not going to meet my goal of this weekend.

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very nice. its a big motor compaired to the d-series huh?

lol yeah fitting it in there was a bit harder then pulling the D out

Well the suspension came today here is what I am going to be running eibach pro kit around KYB AGX struts. Pretty nifty eh? Should fix that wheel gap that someone was complaining about.

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what do yall think?

outstanding.

nice set of springs! excellent. . .

Lookin good bro. Installed pics would be nice. :)

Dang, looking wicked sick. I can't wait till its finished. And you're lucky your girlfriend is into this stuff. Mine complains about it 24/7 I can't do anything to my car with her around. lol. I made her sit through just swapping my headlights an grill and it only took like 45 minutes tops and she complained the whole way through. So props to you man!!

uh yeah the gf thing, well i kinda dont have her anymore. sucks. (yes I still have feelings for her) it was just better as us being friends. but she is still very much into it. Oh and the car hoping to have it running saturday

sorry about the gf thing, it sucks as we all know, but hey how exactly do you put new springs on, becasue i have though about getting those exact springs, i just thought i woud ask since you're doing it, and how isthe ride coming along?

The pro kit springs are the shiz-nat. I run them on the Si

Well todays prgress suspension is installed, but this evening as I was cleaning up for the night I realized I forgot to put a little rubber bumper thing in the right rear, DOH!!!![:@]Anywaise also radiator was put back in, I had a friend modify my AEM intake so it will work til I can get a permanent fix, any idea of how I might go about getting a short ram to fit properly? Also the header was put on. Here are pictures from today. only a few.

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So tomorrows plan, put in all the fluids, finish all the little odds and ends vacuum hoses last few plug ins, put the interior back together, finish the rear brake job and then bleed the brakes. And then theoretically I will be ready to give the start. So yes tomorrow is the start date. today went down the tube becasue the wrecking yard I was picking up parts from just jacked me around. Oh speedy turtle since I put new struts in to I just pulled all 4 strut assemblies out and assembled the new stuff and put them back in.

ooooh man that last picture is pretty. Cant wait to see it up and running!

So as of 9:32pmcivic gsr is officially running, now for the few bugs that I need to work out which This car needs to be on the road tomorrow night so there are some things I need help with first off when I start the car it idles high like at 2k, How the F do I fix it? second off my heater controls are now not working. Oh and I threwa CEL light, but its still running an open header becasue I have to take it to the muffler shop to have a larger cat installed.

high idle might be a vacuum leak.

mine idles at 2k till it warms up...did you let it run for a while?

Yeah it warmed up and stayed there, as of today its running and on the road just finished it a bit ago but I will get pictures up shortly, tomorrow I am taking it to get it aligned and then have a little exhaust work done.

So today as you saw the civic GSR was finished so here are some pictures of the final product:

Motor pictures:
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Rear discs:
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one of the interior changes:
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and of course the seats:
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I want to hear everyones thoughts, oh I am thinking about putting my stock seats back in, the sparcos kind of create a blind spot for me, however I am going to give it some time and see if that changes.

racing seats ftw. i like them, makes me want to go sit in mine right now

wow dude, its finally in, congrats! Hows it feel?

Well it feels like I actually accomplished something.

lol i kinda meant, if you've driven it, hows the power of the new GSR? But i can imagine it feels like quite the accomplishment as well :)

- congratulations, I say keep the seats

I say keep the seats too- but then again, just my thought. It's amazing that it's finally in.... And at least I got to help a little bit with it... enjoy the ride!!!

Wow can't wait to see it in person

Well took the car for a drive today and it is so much fun takes corners nice. Acceleration is awesome and well you can just tell all-around its a much better ride. I love it

Congrats and awesome job!

and i will also use this thread as refecence for when i get a B18C-R and swap it into my car.

Looks great man. Im sure u love that motor. U definetly should have done the intake manifold while the motor was out thou......the stock gsrmani is very restrictive.

Yes I know I wish I could I could have done the IM while the car was out but I was on a budget, once I get moved me will see what my cash flow looks like and see if I can do that and TB then. And anyone who decides to do the swap in there EK civic just ask and I will give answers.

So now that the car is done I am doing final touches, today I picked this up for 100$ there will be more minor changes on the way but for now here you go:

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Looks good man

looks great man, great job!

Now that is a MUCH better picture then the one you sent me~ Looks really Good though!!!

nice

wow amazing;)

So I went and did some shopping last week so here is what I bought like I said there are some things that are going to be finishing touches:

New deck with sirius satelite radio
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New 12" diamond d3 sub
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JBL amp this thing has been in there for a while but just hiding
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Random picture
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Remember that front end, it may be the last time you see it looking like that
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Looks great. If you don't already have a good alarm, get one asap.

lets see a video of the GSR ripping :)

lookin good man what performance mod are you gonna do next

ORIGINAL: sandrider123
Remember that front end, it may be the last time you see it looking like that



what are you changing?

once I get a hood I have a 99/00 black SI front end that will be getting put on it. But finding this hood is proving to be hard

^ just get a 99-00 carbon one

I would but I am not a far of how CF looks on black. And I am not going to pay that much for something that I dont like the looks of. Oh and next performace mod will be either IM and TB or a nice set of cams

You could always paint the cf but I see your point.

Looks pretty good! What do you think of that headunit? I ask because I'm looking at that exact same one haha.

I love the head unit.

Next week the front end is going on, becasue the carbon fiber has grown on me its getting a seibon CF OEM hood.

sweet man!! good choice on the hood too. i use to HATE cf, now look at my car! lol

how much did you pay for that front end swap? my friend has an SI front end... he just wants $350 for it.

well you see I was origionally going to pay 400 for everything (grille, hood, bumper, headlights and fenders). Well when I bought it I met the guy at a parking structure in downtown portland. Well he was in his turbo teg, I was in a big Diesel truck so he was going to have me follow him to his friends shop to get the hood and grille. So on the way there he calls his friend well it turns out it had been there so long he had already sold it and not told the kid I bought the front end swap from. So knowing this the kid just took off because he was so badly wanting to get rid of this front end. I tried to keep up with him but I couldnt. I had paid the guy 300 of the 400 he was asking for. So I ended up paying 300 for the front end but I was suppose to get a hood and grille for 400. Oh I know this becasue later on the kid text me and told me what happend then just was like "hope there are no hard feelings". I was ****ing pissed

hunt him down and get some of your money back

so civic GSR is going to be getting torn down in favor of building a GSR swapped hatch. Its a 98 hatch but its going to have a EK9 influence and be painted pheonix yellow

pics of said hatch ATM?

here it is when I picked it up. Paid next to nothing for it:
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After getting it home notice the altezzas are gone already:
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New taillights:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0954.jpg

The wheels going on it:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0964.jpg

undoing the "shaved" look"
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Yanking out the dash to replace it along with the whole dash harness to have power doors:
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RSX Type R Momo steering wheel:
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Refreshed engine bay:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0973.jpg

wire tuck?

i like where this is heading

not really planning on doing a wire tuck, this is going to be my daily driver so I want it to remain easy to work on. But it is going to take alot of work but in the end it will be worth it.

Well today even though I am pretty sick feeling I stripped the interior down to the bare floor and cleaned it then painted it with some POR 15 to give it rust protection and a nice clean look:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0983.jpg
What it started out as
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0985.jpg
finished product, well with the paint part of it. I also got the floor harness all hooked in so then I will do dash harness tomorrow then when I get a new climate control reinstall the dash and when I get it new carpet as well.

Im excited to see this

wow this is looking great!

nice hatch.... how much you pay for it?

ive wanted a hatch but hard to come by a decent one for decent price....

only one i found was 1200bucks which was a few weeks ago. no cash at the time so it sucks... o well... one day ill have a hatchback.

also did you get your 300bucks back from the guy for the front end? next time just remember NO CASH GIVEN OUT TILL YOU SEE THE PRODUCT! one moto to live by ;)


x2 also while the dash is torn out why not swap the center console/ac fan box to electronic to 99-00 as well ;)

^^^^ Why do you think I was talking about the CTR climate control? LOl well i would tell you how much I paid for it but you guys would hate me. LOL Kidding honestly I paid 200 for it, clean title mind you. And no never got my money back.

$200? Youre right, i do hate you....go play in a fire :D

^^^^ Why do you think I was talking about the CTR climate control? LOl well i would tell you how much I paid for it but you guys would hate me. LOL Kidding honestly I paid 200 for it, clean title mind you. And no never got my money back.

wtf you never got your money back! thats some BS. id file charges on his @ss!

I dont have his name or anything, and I still got my bumper, fenders and headlights just never got the hood out of him, so I ended up ordering a CF stock style hood then sportcompactonly.com screwed up and sent me 2 anyways so I sold one and basically got my money back. Im not to worried about it in the end it worked out great. and greddy last time I played with fire it didnt work out so hot lol, well actually it was pretty hot but not in a good way.

o ok.... i thought ya didnt get anything, by bad...
definatly lucky guy for getting the hatch! i am jelous! :(

im just suprised the paint was that good on the car! looks like he had already painted the engine bay black and did all the door jams to match that weak @ss baby blue exterior.LOL

how was the body lines filled? just bondo.LOL


i know when i paint my dx im gonna hate all the door jam and engine bay painting! :(

Yeah the door jams were already done and the engine bay was done to a degree, So I stripped the engine bay down and painted the engine bay and as you can see the interior then I shot it all with POR 15 Gloss black, I love that stuff I have been using it on my 79 camaro as well. I figure the black engine bay will break up the phoenix yellow nicely. Plus should be easier to keep clean then a yellow engine bay.

o ya. plus the black will look nice with a black valve cover ;) give it kinda a stealthy look.
im going to paint mine a gunmetal which I HOPE will stay decently clean. i hope the custom paint doesnt cost to much... im not sure if my wheels i have have any metalic in them or not but i would like to add alittle sparkle to the color if it doesnt. ill price and have the paint mixed this winter ready for a spring paint job.

I found out the paint just to do the hatch is going to cost about 300. Not sure I will probably wait til like i start school to see if I get a discount in the collision tech class at school.

So instead of scrapping the coupe (not really scrapping it but dismantling it) I am thinking about doing the hatch as a CTR show/race. So instead of of doing a DOHC VTEC perhaps a LS turbo? wont have the full CTR authenticity but will be way faster. what do yall think?

WOOT! i had been thinkin somethin similar. I wanna do a built ls swap in an EG hatch. And then time attack race that sumbitch

congrats dude and good job on doin it yourself makes it better when you kick somebodys a**

I have been working on getting the dash back in the car. and after that just got to put the front suspension back together then the car will just need some body parts.

i love this car... damn what id doo for a gsr ef.

aye btw how hard was it to take out the dash, because i need to take out the center part in the a/c and i think i have to take the dash off to do it but i swear every screw is sripped in order to take the dash out

dash was easy oh and to get the climate control out is a breeze, its only 3 screws

new valve cover for the coupe:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1036.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1035.jpg

Well its been quite a while so I just thought I would update everyone on whats going on.

The civic coupe was repainted by me while I interned at a auto body shop:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1187.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1191.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1185.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1094.jpg
To go with the pant I got new wheels from a friend:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1188.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1190.jpg

The hatch I finished then sold it came out looking like this:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/hatch014.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/hatch003.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/hatch027.jpg

And this is my current project:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0807.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF0806.jpg

Its a 79 camaro, The plan is doing a 383 stroked with a TH350 stage 2 shift kit with trans brake, the suspension will be dropped about 2 inches and it will be sporting Corvette C5 brakes

Here it is in its current state:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1215.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1172.jpg

I like your new project better!

What happened to the entire hatch project? I just read all this and expected to see a Yellow LS/Turbo Ek at the end!

nice djm control arms.
new project has potential... looks in pretty good condition actually i seen some in the yard lately that are completely rusted out half way up the doors :(

wow man nice to see you back. Where you been?

LOL where have I been? LIFE lol work school internship police cadet getting a job with the dept of corrections. This winter I was in and out of the hospital for a while had a gall bladder that as the doctors said as dead and causing massive intestinal issues. Then a month later went in for a major knee problem as a result of crashing a parts car I had bought for the camaro

this is what it looked like when I bought it:
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http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1150.jpg

78 Pontiac Trans am with a pontiac 400 running 375hp and 400 ft lb of torque. In a week it looked like this:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1158.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1159.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1160.jpg

I was out on a back road and decided nice straight stretch road that I have never seen anyone on I would see what it could do. Got up to 120 then some kids ran out of a corn field into the road I swerved and hit a 6 ft ditch coming out of the ditch everything on the car had buckled it became airborne out of the ditch hit the ground and snapped the car in half putting a metal rod into my knee. when it landed and snapped in half it was lights out for me. Never saw the kids again, was just told I ddint hit them. Anyways the crash investigator said the car probably rolled several more times after snapping in half. But who knows.

wow....sh*ts weak. Haha i know what the whole being busy thing is. Nothing that exciting though...just have mechanical engineering classes and work to keep me busy...had my own lil accident (hence the silver EJ8) and am in physical therapy...but nothin as severe as surgery n such. Hope youre doin well though

Took the civic to a car show today, took 3rd in the Import Wild category.

import wild... wtf... must have been a small show ;) j/k

LOL i was i originally signed up for the mild class but I got bumped out of it put in wild. Alot of people were in mild not so many in wild. But oh well

;) a trophies a trophy ;)

true but not sure if you could call it a trophy but the other stuff that came with 3rd place was not bad

o freebies. always good. ive only got a freebie once from a small stereo comp. free dynomat door speaker kit. still have it in my toolbox also not used.lol

nic yeah I got a 200 dollar gift certificate to a local audio shop

Brakes are almost done:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1364.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1365.jpg
Steering shaft rebuild:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/sandrider123/DSCF1367.jpg