hamorhead's almost turbo'd rex
#1
hamorhead's almost turbo'd rex
Last May i found a 1991 crx si on craigslist and decided to buy it and sell my 93 hatch. I was told it needed a new clutch and a/c compressor. Since i bought it i have replaced the clutch, front and rear brake pads, front and rear brake rotors, rear brake calipers, master cylinder, ignition switch, and struts.
The rex will eventually be turbo'd on stock internals pushing 200whp converted to OBD1. It will be tuned by John Vega from phearable.net.
Current modifications (installed)
exterior-
Amber corners (old one was cracked)
02 civic factory option wheels
sunroof delete
rear wiper delete
)
antennae delete
interior-
monstershift **** (thanks trustdestruction)
pioneer HU
infiniti kappa speakers
150 RMS no name amp for speakers
2 10" rockford subs
500w RMS rockford amp for subs
suspension-
kyb agx struts
eibach sportline springs
rear strut bar
drivetrain-
exedy stage 1 clutch kit
short shifter (thanks trustdestruction)
short ram intake with K&N filter
cumtom magnaflow catback
SS brake lines
Future modifications- (owned but not installed)
Mitsubishi TD04H turbo
Greddy log manifold
HKS BOV
DSM black top injectors
oil lines
Equiss oil and boost gauges
PLX M300 wideband
Greddy downpipe
intercooler and charge piping
Well the first night i bought it, it rained and i awoke to find a large puddle behind the drivers seat. I ripped the interior apart to let it dry and also found my problem which was clogged sunroof drain tubes.
So after completely stripping and putting back in my interior i decided that i would never let this happen again. Istarted looking for a new sunroof, a used non-rusty one, or a sunroof plug. A new sunroof was $400 so that option was out, no one had a used crx sunroof so that option was out, and sunroof plugs were almost as expensive as a new sunroof. So what do i do? Ghetto-ify. My dad and I took fiberglass and made a template using the old rusty sunroof and used brackets and silicon to secure it in. This approach was functional but very ugly. We decided to bondo it flush and paint the entire roof. Its pretty now, but still needs real paint instead of spray paint.
here's the car as she sits-
i will post more pics when the roof's painted and she's actually clean
The rex will eventually be turbo'd on stock internals pushing 200whp converted to OBD1. It will be tuned by John Vega from phearable.net.
Current modifications (installed)
exterior-
Amber corners (old one was cracked)
02 civic factory option wheels
sunroof delete
rear wiper delete
)
antennae delete
interior-
monstershift **** (thanks trustdestruction)
pioneer HU
infiniti kappa speakers
150 RMS no name amp for speakers
2 10" rockford subs
500w RMS rockford amp for subs
suspension-
kyb agx struts
eibach sportline springs
rear strut bar
drivetrain-
exedy stage 1 clutch kit
short shifter (thanks trustdestruction)
short ram intake with K&N filter
cumtom magnaflow catback
SS brake lines
Future modifications- (owned but not installed)
Mitsubishi TD04H turbo
Greddy log manifold
HKS BOV
DSM black top injectors
oil lines
Equiss oil and boost gauges
PLX M300 wideband
Greddy downpipe
intercooler and charge piping
Well the first night i bought it, it rained and i awoke to find a large puddle behind the drivers seat. I ripped the interior apart to let it dry and also found my problem which was clogged sunroof drain tubes.
So after completely stripping and putting back in my interior i decided that i would never let this happen again. Istarted looking for a new sunroof, a used non-rusty one, or a sunroof plug. A new sunroof was $400 so that option was out, no one had a used crx sunroof so that option was out, and sunroof plugs were almost as expensive as a new sunroof. So what do i do? Ghetto-ify. My dad and I took fiberglass and made a template using the old rusty sunroof and used brackets and silicon to secure it in. This approach was functional but very ugly. We decided to bondo it flush and paint the entire roof. Its pretty now, but still needs real paint instead of spray paint.
here's the car as she sits-
i will post more pics when the roof's painted and she's actually clean
Last edited by hamorhead; 09-17-2009 at 12:23 PM.
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3" vinyl siding from lowes
theres actually a discussion on HD lips here-https://www.hondacivicforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77704
and thanks its actually an air dam to get more mpgs and it looks good
theres actually a discussion on HD lips here-https://www.hondacivicforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77704
and thanks its actually an air dam to get more mpgs and it looks good
#6
my dad got some white paint from a friend for free so it looks like the roof will be painted soon
Also my brakes are feeling spongy and ive bled them like 5 times im thinking about getting SS brake lines anyone have opinions on these or good brands to buy?
Also my brakes are feeling spongy and ive bled them like 5 times im thinking about getting SS brake lines anyone have opinions on these or good brands to buy?
#7
well even though no one really seems to be following this i'm gonna keep at this for my purposes to look back on when im done
i got some goodies today
as well as putting on a new pretty radiator cap (thanks trustdestruction) and new door prop(thanks trustdestruction)
also i will be buying my FMIC and piping soon
and if you guys couldn't tell i like pics and taking them
i got some goodies today
as well as putting on a new pretty radiator cap (thanks trustdestruction) and new door prop(thanks trustdestruction)
also i will be buying my FMIC and piping soon
and if you guys couldn't tell i like pics and taking them