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Old 05-01-2007, 08:10 PM
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Ok so background bought a good project '95 vx hatch with a d16z6 swap--not done right...i got a new wire harness for it which brings me to my first question....
-Will hooking up the right wire harness allow me to have the Vtech work correctly?? what would the best way to do the hook up??--plus i have a correct chiped computer allows no govenor etc and cautions when i plug this thing in?
Also I am wondering where to go from where I am at now so far....
-coil-overs
-Si rims
-E-reverse glow white face guages
-sunpro tach
-Getting right now the '97 civic center councel put in
-ram air intake of course
-Y8 valve cover
-Fiber glass hood
-Neuspeed front strut bar--its attached to the upper control arms

All I can think of as of now
Looking pretty much to have a nice reliable car that is quick in the turns and would be competitive in autocrossing...Since i plan on doing it this summer for the first time .....

So I would like to hear your ideas I dont have to much money but hopfully will once i take my other car up to the junkyard and settle this court thing with this kid who isnt paying me for the car he bought so might be getting 400 soon and other $$ through odd jobs ive been doing for people working on their cars etc....

So yea would like to see what you think
thank you
John

Pics ....need to update with white face guages and center councel and fixed front end....
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/classicc...60762396313093

 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:15 PM
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are you sure that's a Y8 valve cover? did they make different types?

Mine looks like this (not my car tho).

 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:20 PM
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that's not a Y8 v/c. That's a 92-95 Z6 v/c. Not that is matters in any way but, just letting you know. (Y8 v/c say "HONDA" across them)
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:25 PM
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Right, right...sorry.

as for where to go next, look at addressing your exhaust system. DC or Megan Racing headers are good. Mebbe a Magnaflow high-flow cat and a decent cat back exhaust. Look to the WS2 and the ex mag for quiet ones, and N1 style for louder ones.

also might want to think about strut bars all around.
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:26 PM
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yea i dont have it put on yet i have a pic of the cover here it is....im figureing out hwo i wish it to look as in paint

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/classicc...04319747949/49
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:28 PM
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lol, why are you putting swapping your Z6 v/c that reads "VTEC" with a plain Y8 v/c that only reads "Honda"?
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:31 PM
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that's what I was thinking...

I wish mine read VTEC. I'm not swapping for a z6 cover though.
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:35 PM
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^lol, initially when I got into the civic world I thought that the "VTEC", "HONDA", and "[H]" v/c's were all different. Then I came to learn that they are all the same except that they have different things written on the top!
You got a nice deal for 500 bucks! Congrats on that!!


 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:50 PM
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thanks and im switching the valve cover for now at least since i like it more plus its kinda stealth lol no one unless they know what engines are vtec will know plus i just like it better not to mention easier to work with when accenting the engine aka painting it and its just something different when i get tired of it ill just swap it again ......but yea anything on where i should go next for the money i have im thinking about going down and scoring a rear disc conversion from a integra or civic from my junk yard cause i hate drum brakes or might if my buddy ever talks to this kid a GSR rear disc set up from a junked tegra......but yea suggestions for anything else?
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:58 PM
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I would recommend:

Cold Air Intake
Header
Catback Exhaust
NGK spark plug wires
Short Shifter
upper rear strut bar
c-pillar bar
rear lower tie bar
front lower H brace (better than tie bar)
lower the car

umm, body styling, too much personal preferences to give suggestions

HIDs

uhhh, I could go all day. There's so much you can do!!
 


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