A lot of you probably know by now, but the red civic is now gone. I came to the point where I decided I wanted to do something different and instead of redoing everything I already did on that car, I wanted to start from the ground up again.
So, I took a trip to Chicago to pick up a hatch.
First things first, get it cleaned up a little
Love the paint
Started tearing her down to respray the bay/core support
Radiator Refurbished
Bay is currently completely empty and working on sanding down for repaint.
Going to be a long build, I'll update things when I remember to. But this one's going to be some fun.
Yes yes yes f**k yes!
So what are your plans with this one?
me gusta
I hope you didnt sell the red one to some guy who just has his license. cause if you did, it will probably be turned into some gay ass rice mobile
I like the color too
that's some nice starting progress to see, now I won't sleep until I see another update
DAMN jred lol you pretty much make it a brand me car Nicely done
So jelly of you and your skills to rip apart your cars then put them back together like they were legos, good luck on this one
lol no i admit hes good at what he does and when i get mine i will try aswell
Just plugging away at the bay for a little while every night after work
you have a skill
De loom it please
Weld up any un-necessary holes plebus
Pl
E
Bus
It's a track car, not a show car. Any patching like that can crack under the stresses and torsion I'm going to put this chassis under. I also don't like the completely shaved look.
yes dare to be diff
what engine are you going to put in there?
>pssst put a turbo d16
K20A type R
aww yiss. <3 plebus keep it that metallic brown tho, color is gergeous
N/a. It's a track car, not a drag car. Should be able to sit right around 220 whp by the time I get it tuned with just a good header, intake and exhaust. With a car this light, there's no real need for 450+ whp that is see with a turbo.
man i would turbo it, extra horsepower is always welcome
but good luck on this build man
For what I'm doing, I'd rather have the oem reliability. And more time is going to be made up in the corners than the straights.
It's easy to say do this and do that when its not your money you're talking about. The motor and trans alone are going to be $4000-5000 just to get it to my door step. I've still got lots more to spend on top of that just to get it in the car, wired and running. The k20a is one of the best n/a four cylinder motors of all time, so I'm going to make the best of that fact.
thats why I said d16,
bretty cheapp engines and bretty cheap to turbo
besdies I am no telling you what to do just having a conversation
I was wondering you told me you do it your self does that include paint?
Yes. Everything is done in our own garage.
What's the point of having 450+ HP when you can't even put half of it down to the ground without spinning your tires constantly.
N/A seems to be better for the track where you will cornering most of the time.
Good luck J! can't wait for the next update
What's up with everyone changing their names?
I don't want a turbo. Hondas have always been some of the most well balanced n/a engines out there. And with a k20a, the power will be just about perfect for what I want to do with it. having a 400 hp turbo car would just make it more prone to understear and make it less driveable.
In other news, first primer is sprayed.
Changed my name because I didn't want to steal Rywire's name.
I was just stating the obvious to Androo and what not
Lookin good so far J
i still reckon a v8 will solve everything
NA ftmfw.
Anyways, going to be interesting watchin this one progress.
Turbo honda....
I wonder how much lag that would have....
Primer #2 last night. High Build Primer. Color should be some time tomorrow or Sunday
Also had some goodies show up this week. Once the bay is painted, suspension rebuild will commence. Still trying to source some coilovers though...having a bit of a time with that.
Few more parts in this weekend. And color on the bay.
KW coilovers are nice
good for lowering and stuff
I'm getting AMR Engineering coilovers. Shock body adjustable, 8-way adjustable damping, hypercoil springs, custom build rates and valving for my application. Race proven design. My goal for the coilovers isn't for lowering. These are 110% performance-based engineered coilovers.
if i had a car i would send it to you in a heart beat
but still
anyways you shouldnt really take my comments seriously unless its somthing like what engine you gioing with or somthing
please say v8
Take off all the things.
how is it floating like that
axel stands.
just f**king lold
omg the hue's in this thread
Magnets.
it looks so damn cool, I wish I had money to care about my car like that :C
Doesn't take money to care about a car As it is sitting right now, I don't even have $100 extra into it past what I bought it for. I do have several hundred worth of parts in my bedroom waiting for their time to be installed though.
f**k....
this would look good slammed tbh
No Mitch. No.
Really awesome man. This thing is going to be mean when done. Any wheel plans yet? I think this color would look great with white wheels, but that might be a little to show-y. Bronze TE37v's would look pretty awesome too, i think, since the color would almost match.
please tell me, is that spoiler going to stay? If it does you need some mean ass fnf graphics
I'm using the same wheels I had on my red car for now.
And yes, the spoiler is staying. This is being built to be a track car. The end result will be similar to this.
It's not being built to please the internet or to earn all teh cool points. I'm building it with my own purpose and I already have a solid plan for it.
semi slicks on te37vs
but anywho, are you gonna stay vtec
you can get vtec killer cams
bro
i plan to do same but you said OUR shop lol you and dad'?
yeah, that would look cool on te37v's
is it going to be street legal?
thts awesome dude
Both headlights are wired up again and started working on putting the suspension back together.
thanks man
Got new wheel bearings and ball joints into the knuckles today and pretty much rebuilt what was left of the front suspension. All that's needed is the coilovers.
Decided to throw a wheel on since it's the first time it's been to a point where I could. Just to do a little test fitting and getting a feel for fitment. That and I was just feeling a little excited and ahead of myself.
f**k that looks like its gonna be extremely low
maybe put a 6 inch lift kit in it so it doesnt scrape
Looking amazing dude, I love your anti-lazinesss with cars.
Great attention to every part.
That's probably not what the actual ride height is going to be. There are no coilovers on it yet, so it pretty much just let me push the wheel up however far i went. Actual ride height will probably be about 2 inches different from that, but it's hard to guess right now.
cleanest civic award goes ti Jared of pixel cars
how much did you spend on that civic? (including the car)
It looks so pretty
I'm not sure how much I have into it so far. I would guess I'm approaching about $2500 as the car is sitting in my garage right now, including the cost of the shell. And I've probably got around another $1500-1800 worth of parts that I've bought but aren't on the car yet.
Are you rich
He sells himself, of course he is rich...
No, I just work my ass off. Most of that money has come from selling my red car so far.
ok thats good to know that your a hard worker
Got my daily driver detailed. Nice break from the hatch.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95505293@N03/9907784805/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95505293@N03/9907781445/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95505293@N03/9907863844/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95505293@N03/9907960193/
get some 5Zigen GN+ for that thing, then it would be lookin fly mah nigguh
Got rid of the arguments not worth arguing about between friends to clean up the thread a little. Better to just let that be in the past.
Anyways, it's been a while...lots of things have happened.
Rear brakes and suspension were built up.
Coilovers came in! best parts day I've ever had. The pictures don't even do these works of art justice.
New OEM wheel bearings since the previous owner had not put the dust caps on. No dust caps = water/dirt in bearings = bad bearings.
Bunch of other random stuff. Suspension tweaking, working on the wing, little bit of interior
PCI P1 Spec Side skirts.
little bit of dat ass.
And then today, finally getting the car back on the ground after what seems like forever. But it's really only been like a month and a half and I've only had the car for a month and a week. Seems like I've had it for much longer than that already.
"Fuuuuu Dayum"
I'm not kidding these we my exact words..
So sick
It seems really high doesn't it?
-The front has no motor in it to compress the suspension to its actual height.
-The front looks unusually high because of the lack of lip, not even the oem lip is on it.
-None of the suspension has been adjusted. I literally guessed at the coilover setting and haven't touched them since.
-The rear is almost perfect for ride height as far as I'm concerned.
oh my god, this car always brings me to tears of happiness
gooddamn this is awesome
will you be putting a wing on the rear? is that what that brace is for? (probably an obvious question )
Yeah. It's a PCI wing setup which I've made a few tweaks of my own to stiffen up the mounting. Same makers of the side skirts and tow hooks that I'm using and possibly a few more things in the future. One of the top wing setups available for an eg hatch right there with j's racing.
It's such a gorgeous colour
No offence but this thin is a million times cooler than your old civic
<3
What kind of front aero are you looking at or have?
spoiler, splitter, canards? the whole works?
drift kit.
lmao nah im just playin. Car looks sick man! Hope to see it done rather soon! Gonna miss seeing you post the red car though.
BN =/= drift "kit"
lel
put it on bags fool
flossy
simplyclassy
hellafloosh
staticccccc
staticbags
upsidedownflush
leftleftrightxybleft
framebangin
chainswagin
bitchsmackin
dopeboooiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Sorry. Update this fool
nvm. lol
I'd send you my honda if I had one. I'd send you my truck too if I had money to send it where ever it is you are.
Put fin things on the end of the splitter on the sides
Work in progress.
are you gonna just put stuff on your standard bumper
cool
This is going to be so aggressive
I love the color too. Its grown on me a lot
+1 brown cars are rad.
more weengs and airports
show the car under the cover pls
nice char mate i hate to bova you again but can you check your pm's? like..pwretty prease
chalkboard pro racing
The Civic is coming up very well, I love the color!
This front aero reminded me of you:
Quick access bumper mounts. Holds it a little better and looks a little better in my opinion. I'd also say that it probably holds the bumper in place better than the oem single screw from the inner fender.
Radiator block-off
And a grainy picture of the dash taken from the rear hatch. But at least you can see the whole dash and kind of how it looks with the carbon pieces.
wow
much racekor
so carbon
i like dis
The middle carbon piece is too big and flat. needs at least a sticker on it or something
I always get excited when you post in this thread hahah
nice man, tried making a really light shift knob? Like I know it's pointless but you could experiment aha
I just made myself 2 shiftknobs made of wood to mach my woodgrain wheel, but yours looks so sick, I'm jelly :/
lol great work man.
Make a boso dildo one
for me pls
Not doing much till I order the motor in January. I did a few more shift knobs in the mean time. Everything except the Mugen one.
Thats so amazing. I should try one.
Sell some dude! Those are great.
How long did it take to make the metal ones? I've tried making wood ones, and they don't take much long at all.
The metal ones take forever, especially the stainless steel. Aluminum wasn't too bad.
In other news, my motor was the front and center focus of HMO's latest packaged shipments photo. Should be here before the end of January.
ivtec
is it owned by apple or somthing
bwapbwap
"It just braps"
-Steve Jobs
yeh just install that vtec so you can go bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa when you bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and you go VTEC KICKED IN YO
i-Vtec is kind of like a dual-acting version of vtec. It has the standard dual camshaft profile like the old b series style vtec, but also has a variable cam gear which constantly varies cam timing throughout the entire rpm range, regardless of which cam profile is active. The "i" stands for intelligent-vtec.
Nice, can.t say I know a huge amount on the Vtec system, but sounds very interesting
How much bhp/torque you looking to get out?
Sick dude!
What engine is it anyway? k20?
It's a K20A from a JDM EP3 Type R. Should be around 220hp +/- 10hp at the wheels after I get it tuned with decent exhaust, intake, header.
keeping it na?
a supercharger would be cool
Progress should start picking up again these next few coming weeks. Here's this week's arrivals:
fuaaaarrk that engine is sooooo sexy!
brapbrapbrap
that shifter is a work of art
great build keep the updates coming
The whole car is a work of art...
I am very jealous of your garage/work area as well.
i don't usually like civics, but when i do, i REALLY do, thats awesome man, really like the raw gear lever and such things, "pagani style" haha, great job
meanwhile I am getting excited about fixing my car horn and making input to use 2 horns at once :C
VTEC is actually controlled by the ECU. There's a vtec set point on the ECU, with engine management systems like Hondata, that set point can be adjusted. The set point is based on several variables. Most noticeably is engine RPM, but it also typically takes into account vehicle speed, oil pressure and throttle position. When the ECU triggers VTEC engagement, it sends a signal to a solenoid valve that's mounted on the cylinder head. This solenoid valve allows oil pressure to enter the flow path to engage the VTEC cam profile.
Speaking of Hondata.
Another update
damn thats neat.
video of it running when its running pls
f**king damn man that wiring harness is a master piece, did you put it where the A/C lines use to go?
Yep, it runs through the firewall at the A/C location. Over the valve cover by the coil packs. And then wraps back around under the intake manifold.
I wish there was a harness like that for the 86 oh man it looks great
First sunny, nice day of spring so far. So I did a little painting of the cage/roll bar and then got myself motivated enough to clean the garage to the point that I could finally push the car outside for the first time since september.
And then back inside waiting to be picked up to be taken over to LoveFab for some exhaust and intake fabrication.
Absolutely stunning work so far, I envy you and your beautiful EG
Hopefully one day I'll ask you for advice on my future Civic..
Got the car in for welding this week.
And today pretty much finished the bay.
Wow, it's really nice.
what tires are those dude
rubber
wood
The tires are Dunlop Direzza ZII's. Same ones I had on the red car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEVTitXGgJQ&feature=youtu.be
Fast forward a couple weeks. I've now gotten the car aligned and it drives like a dream compared to where it was from basically slapping the suspension together with total guesses on settings. I've driven her a few times. I was out of town for work for the past week, got back last night and went right to wrapping things up with paint and a few other random bits. Just need to finish up with the other seat and tidying up the interior a little now.
So, here she is in I guess what I'll call my street trim.
ooooooooooooft
Looks pretty dope mate, those wheels fit nicely!
this car immediatelly wins PCA car of 2014 award
how quickly can you swap from street to track trim?
Lol, doesn't take very long. splitter is the longest with 4 bolts. Just because the bolts are in awkward spots. wing is also 4 bolts but can be done in less than 2 minutes.
Here's some more pictures I've collected from the past weekend.
Saturday/Show:
Sunday/Track:
aaw man, your car is so nice, for real, but, wait, you don't use the wing for racing(neither the splitter)???
even the colour of that thing is great, nice job mate
yea I was gonna ask about the wing. Why do you have a wing? That's not supposed to be a smart ass question either I really genuinely don't know and you obviously know your s**t lol
wouldn't it be more effect to work on the down force on the front of your car rather than the rear?
It's much better to start tracking without all the extra stuff. It helps you to learn the technique and the car better. If I were to start off right away with that big splitter and the wing, I would never really learn the car and what it needs. Same reason why I went with OEM brakes instead of going straight to an aftermarket 4/6 piston big brake kit and why I'm only on 15x7 wheels with 205/50 street tires right now. Once I can't push this any further, I'll start adding the aero and changing things.
In a way, it's kind of like I'm building up my baseline. Once I get it fast like this, I'll have something to compare it to. If I add something and don't get faster, I'll know that I've still got to work on it.
Some more pictures by my good friend Matt.
LoveFab prototype K-swap upper chassis brace.
Baseline pull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAsIW3Rl6Q
Final Power Pull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Utwqro2uzw
My favorite civic with my favorite color, you like made my dream.
Thanks.
Track next weekend!
Good job, it's looking great.
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