Ok, a quick run down on this build.

1st, I bought this car because this car was built for my brother who beat the living crap out of it.

2nd, This build was to start in March, but because my boy needed money coming into his shop, i pulled together what i had to help him, and me.
This build was done by my boy Don from RPM Systems.

3rd, Sorry about the bad pic's, i had very little time to see my new ride.

On to the build.

Its a 97 Dap Civic Cx auto.

My brother pick it up a year or 2 ago to go back and forth to work, but because of my hatch, he wanted his own V6, but because its so hard to find a 6 speed V6 set up, he decided to go tiptronic because there is so many of them.
And it was cheaper.
So my boy Don worked with him on a budget, a very tight budget.
My brother never changed the stock suspension or did he ever change the brakes.....i mean ever, he let the pads get down so much that he had to down shift to slow the car.
Anywho, 1 day he was racing a friend of my.....he says playing around.
This friend of his made a quick turn, so my brother had to down shift to slow the car, in doing so, he riped the drive's side mount out, bent the drivers frame, snaped the axel, hit a ditch, riped off the front bumper cover, smashed the down pipe, bent the radiator support, put a hole in the radiator, blew out out springs and shocks and other little thing.

So i pick her up for a nice price for 3 reasons.
1, This was my boys 1st tiptronic and i would hate to see it go.

2, Because the V6 6 speed i have is super rare, i fig to track this car and keep the other as a show car\ sunday car, but keep this tiptronic as a beater.

3, I want to turn this into a Paddle shift, we plan on getting a Honda fit Sport wheel and pluging it together.


Enough of the talking.

Some old video's before my brother killed this car.






Some old pic's.
















How she is sitting right now.

















Things we bought for her, a full radiator tuck








BNIB intake.




And i ordered a Skunk2 ProC coilovers, they should be here in a week or so.
The plan for this car is to have a stock hood close over her giving her a clean look.
She will share just about everything with the other car, i plan on running a 4 lug on this and going a little crazy with the C\F with this 1.

 

Your friend did good work on both of those cars. It's kind of cool for you to have two J-swapped hatches now, same color even.

 

Yea, just cant wait to drive it.

 

man, these cars of yours make me want to do a jswap so bad, you have no idea. I bet the torque is a blast in such a small car...

how are you going to get the hood to close? I'd rather have oil pan clearance than a hood that closes... but the roads around here suck and I'm paranoid.

 

We have to pull the motor back a little over a inch and then drop it another inch.

The ground clearance will be bad, but we also have some ideas we want to try.

The torque is the best, once it starts pulling it wont stop, 1 guy said it was like driving in his supercharged K24 CRX.

 

The Skunk2 ProC coilovers just came in, now i have to get get them to the car.

What do you guys think of the Buddy Club body kit?

I am thinging of going with the Body kit instead of the OEM look.

 

I don't care for the buddyclub kit. I like the airwalker front bumper, however. And duraflex knockoffs aren't expensive. Even considered one for my ride...

 

Well i am still thinking about the body kit, this car was beat to a inch of its life

The Skunk2 ProC's are in.
And some new things.

IACV adapter Plate








Throttle body adapter























Drivers dide frame was pulled and repainted


Trip-tronic EK mount






tuck-away radiator

 

More awesomeness in the works! Can't wait to see how this build finishes out.

 

I have to ask.. is that a radiator from a VW Golf? It looks awfully familiar to something that we sell.

EDIT - Inlets/outlets on the wrong side I think.

What are the measurements of the radiator you have?