Two quick pics of what my bay looks like at the moment:





Just got done putting a fresh 3.5 quarts of oil in it and letting her warm up now. I will be taking her out for a test run to see if I loose any oil. I'll update about the oil situation later tonight. BTW, thank you addiction for the bypass and dryflow filters, spark plug seals, bumper plugs, and the fuel pressure gauge!

 

o think it will look way cleaner once you clean up the hoses and wires, also a megan racing header would look nice in there too. Looks good tho man. Do you plan on re-painting the intake piping?

 

When I do get a header, the header and intake piping will be wrapped in exhaust heat wrap in order to attempt to reduce intake temps. That's why I didn't care about how the paint looked. However, I will not end up buying that stuff until I get new injectors first.

Found out that my oil leak is most likely coming from where the head meets the block. When my buddy and I were reinstalling the head, we noticed (after we torqued the head down) that 2 dowel pins fell out. We had two choices at that point:

1. Take the head back off, install the dowel pins, and hope the HG wasn't blown
2. Leave it as is and hope I didn't leak oil

So basically I will be removing the head again to reinstall the dowel pins and praying that fixes the leak. I just ordered another Cometic HG. Should be here mid-next week.

Anyone notice my CC is no longer there? I am thinking about removing PS next since a few lines come really close to the SC belt and I think I would like how my engine bay would look with it gone (AC will always stay).

Tonight I will be making a bracket to cover the stock MAP sensor spot on the TB, and fabbing up a bracket for the MAP sensor so it isn't just hanging by a zip tie from a hard line.

 

Driving around last night with a buddy, noticed a burning plastic smell, then a bad rubbing feel through the steering wheel. Apparently, my intake tubing popped off the TB, fell down into the hole, got jammed between my wheel and tranny, and snapped the bypass filter I have.

Not a big deal, just somewhat frustrating since I only used it for about 3 days and then had a malfunction and broke. Back to a SRI at the moment.

 

New HG comes in tomorrow. The head will be removed, dowel pins reinstalled, and head to be put back on. I should be able to have the car running 100% tomorrow evening (with no oil leaks hopefully).

I opted to keep P/S in when I originally installed the SC, mainly because I didn't have the appropriate fittings etc to do it correctly and because I needed my car for Thursday night (to pick up my son about 1/2 away at his grandfather's house), and I was extremely tired from all the "customizing" that was needed in order for the JRSC to fit.

Now, since the SC will be off in addition to the head, I have the option of buying the fittings etc tomorrow morning, and be able to remove it all while I wait for UPS to deliver the HG.

I'll be honest and say that I really enjoy being able to one hand turn the car into a parking space without moving the car or straining myself, but I would love to be able to clean the bay up even more. (So far, only CC has been removed and A/C will always be there no matter what) I am just wondering, what would everyone else's choice be? Remove it and have a nicer looking bay, or keep it and have an easier time turning the wheel in tight spots where P/S really does help.

 

I say keep the power steering. My civic doesnt have ps. When I first got the car that was my biggest complaint. Im used to it now so its not so bad. Whenever I drive my girlfriends grand am sometimes and I remember how nice it is to have power steering and I miss it though.

 

Im so jealous. I was leaning towards supercharging.

 

ive never has PS in a civic doesnt bother me at all

 

Are you still thinking about doing it, or did you change your mind? Are you planning on doing this to your D16? Or swapping the motor out first?

I appreciate the input guys. I will be removing the PS.

 

Since my compression was good, I think if I adjusted the valves, I'm good to go. But it's a slushbox.