decay_flouride

Car: 1989 Honda Civic Si
My ef was given to me as a high school graduation present on JUNE 06 it wasnt really the car i wanted but just went for it and kept it plus it was an Si who can say no to a Si. After a couple of weeks of driving it i fell in love with it. It handled very well, saved alot of gas, compact, and had pretty good throttle response. So heres my build from day one

HERE IT IS WHEN I GOT IT LOOKS OK AND ALL BUT TOO RICY I HATED THE BODY KIT AND EVEYRONE ON THE STREET WANTED TO RACE AND COPS KEPT PULLING ME OVER THINKING I WAS A STREET RACER



Couple weeks later the stock d16a6 started to give me problems,
so the hunt began for a B16A
STOCK


THE TARE DOWN




OLD


PURCHASED THE ENGINE OFF A GUY WHO WAS PARTING OUT HIS EF
NEW


WEN I STARTED DROPPING IT IN I RAN INTO A COUPLE PROBLEMS. THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS HITTING THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL, THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET WOULD HIT THE BLOCK & THE PULLEY WOULD SCRAPE THE RADIUS BAR

SO TO FIX IT: FOR THE ALT. BELT SCRAPING I JUST GRINDED DOWN THE WHEEL WELL SIDE ENOUGH SO IT WONT SCRAPE, FOR THE MOUNT BRACKET I JUST BENT IT BACK & FOR THE PULLEY HITING THE RADIUS BAR I WENT TO THE JUNKYARD AND GOT A RADIUS BAR OFF A 90-93 ACCORD CAUSE IT HAS A BEND ON IT AND MODIFIED THE BRACKET WHERE THE WHOLES GO & VUAHLA NO MORE SCRAPING
IN


I DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF BRAKE UPGRADE SO I PUT ON SOME INTEGRA REAR TRAILING ARMS WITH DISK BRAKES AND NEW 40/40 PROP VALVE*ONLY PIC I GOT*


ENGINE IN AND RUNNING PUT A COUPLE OF GOODIES IN:
NGK SPARK PLUG WIRES, NGK SPARK PLUGS, KAMIKAZE HEADERS 4-1, EBAY INTAKE, BREATHERS, & TIMING BELT COVER


THEN THE DE-RICE-ING BEGAN
FRONT BUMPER, FENDERS, AND SIDE SKIRTS


THEN DOOR MOLDINGS AND REAR BUMPER


AFTER ALL BODY KIT WAS OFF
BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE




LATER ON I CAME UP ON SOME
JDM TAILIGHTS AND A BETTER REAR BUMPER


.......I THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN BUT......
A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER I WAS TAKING MY GF HOME AND SOME LADY CUT ME OFF FROM THE RIGHT AND I ENDED UP HITTING HER CAR
HERES HOW MY CAR WAS LEFT


WHEN I BROUGHT IT HOME I TRIED TO FIX THE HOOD AND BUMPER A LITTLE
FIXED??


THAT NIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT MY CAR REAL HARD IF I SHOULD KEEP IT AND FIX IT OR JUST SELL IT AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.... WELL I DECIDED TO KEEP IT I CONVINCED MY SELF "THIS CAR NEVER GAVE UP ON ME SO Y SHOULD I GIVE UP ON IT" PLUS ITS MY FIRST CAR, I DONT WANT TO END IT LIKE THIS

SO THE SEARCH BEGAN, I LOOKED HIGH AND LOW ON THE NET FOR A JDM FRONT, TOOK ME A FULL MONTH BUT WITH A LITTLE PATIENCE I FOUND IT FOR 1/2 THE MSRP

JDM FENDERS, SIDE MARKERS, HOOD, BUMPER, BUMPER SUPPORT, BUMPER FILLER, & HEAD LIGHTS...LATER ON I BOUGHT THE BUMPER LIGHTS, LIP, AND CRX T-BAR


PAINTED AND CHANGED THE HOOD ASAP


BEFORE I PUT THE JDM FRONT I HAD TO SEARCH FOR A RADIATOR CORE SUPPORT CAUSE THE ONE IT HAD WAS ALL BENT UP

BOUGHT A JDM EF1 RADIATOR CORE SUPPORT W/ THE VIN PLATE STILL ON


AFTER I REMOVED IT FROM THE FRAME IT CAME WITH


THEN I CLEANED UP BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR FROM ALL THE BONDO HELL IT HAD FROM THE BODY KIT BEING MOLDED ON, FYI IT TOOK ME 6 HOURS TO TAKE IT ALL OFF




NOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS THERE I JUMPED ON IT... JDM FRONT BEGINS
HOW IT LOOKED WEN I STARTED


TOOK OFF THE
BUMPER, FILLER, LIGHTS, T-BAR & FENDERS


AFTER AN HOUR OF DRILLING THE OLD RADIATOR CORE SUPPORT IT CAME OFF
THE NEW ONE ALONG WITH THE T-BAR


WEN I TEST FITTED AND ALIGNED IT I WELDED IT IN PLACE AND STARTED PUTTING ON PARTS
FENDERS L&R W/ SIDEMARKERS




BUMPER FILLER


BUMPER W/LIP


HEAD LIGHTS & BUMPER LIGHTS


I HAD A COUPLE THINGS LAYING AROUND SO I WENT AHEAD AND PUT EM ON
EF9 VIN PLATE


TYPE R VALVE COVER WITH SPOON OIL CAP


I ALSO UPGRADED MY SHOCKS AND SPRINGS, THE OEM SHOX WERE LEAKING AND THE SPRINGS IM GUESSING WERE EBAY ONES THEY WERE JUST TOO BOUNCY AND THE BEST PART THEY WERE BEING HELD IN PLACE WITH CHICKEN WIRE LOL NICE
EIBACH SPRINGS MATED WITH TOKICO ILLUMINAS


INNOVATIVE MOUNTS TRACTION BAR


COMPARED TO THE STOCK ONE


RADIATOR RESERVOIR TANK LABLE


SPOON SHIFT ****


RAZO MIRROR


REPLACE THE DOOR HANDLES TO THE EF 4DOOR NO KEY HOLE HANDLE ONES, I SPOTTED SOME ONE @ MY JOB TRYING TO OPEN MY CAR WITH THEIR HONDA KEY SO JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD ADD SOME EXTRA SECURITY
BEFORE


AFTER


BOUGHT A JDM WING AND REPLACED THAT AFTERMARKET ONE I HAD, THE JDM ONE HAD RUSTED HARDWARE SO I FABBED SOME UP
BEFORE


AFTER


CAME UP ON SOME MUDFLAPS
USDM FRONT MUDFLAPS



USDM EF 4 DOOR REAR MUDFLAPS MODIFIED



AFTER THE WHOLE DE-RICE PROCESS





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Modified by decay_flouride at 8:41 AM 9/4/2008

theharlequin

Very nice and sorry to hear about the damage. So how do you open the doors? I'm assuming remote locks.

Any plans for interior?

JUN.

thanks for bringing that EF back to life!

it looks good!

robbbb

nice build man, i was wondering also, how do you open the doors?

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by theharlequin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Very nice and sorry to hear about the damage. So how do you open the doors? I'm assuming remote locks.

Any plans for interior?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah it opens with a push of a button...alarm

as for the interior i alredy have the jdm front seats but still need to get a new carpet and the rear jdm seats along with other stuff... those are just things that come in mind dats a half to

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JUN. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks for bringing that EF back to life!

it looks good!</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah once i drove it and saw wat could be done with it from other peoples ef's i knew it was worth the fix and thanx

Le13lanc

wow what a job. God bless you for rescuing this EF.

saikouEF8

way to go... u didnt give up

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Le13lanc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow what a job. God bless you for rescuing this EF.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah man it took a lot of time i mean A LOT OF TIME and patience to get it how it is now

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saikouEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">way to go... u didnt give up </TD></TR></TABLE>
lol damm man u dont know how many times i wanted to

saikouEF8

i know how it is... sometimes u just wanna push the thing off a cliff ... or set it on fire. but when it all comes together later on thats a feeling to behold.

b16chaos

wow, its more work to derice it than to rice it... dont give up...

doublethink

car really went through a lot.

nice work.

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saikouEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i know how it is... sometimes u just wanna push the thing off a cliff ... or set it on fire. but when it all comes together later on thats a feeling to behold.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah man and it doesnt help wen people are telling u hey just get a new one in the middle of working onit damm man wen i would hear dat i would just walk away smoke a cig and come back later

EF001282

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saikouEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

BEFORE PUTTING EVERYTHING IN AND TOGETHER I RAN INTO A COUPLE PROBLEMS. THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS HITTING THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL, THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET WOULD HIT THE BLOCK, & THE PULLEY WOULD SCRAPE THE RADIUS BAR
FIX: FOR THE ALT. BELT SCRAPING I JUST GRINDED IT DOWN, FOR THE MOUNT BRACKET I BENDED IT BACK, & FOR THE PULLEY HITING THE RADIUS BAR I WENT TO THE JUNKYAR AND GOT A RADIUS BAR OFF A 91 ACCORD CAUSE IT HAS A BEND ON IT


</TD></TR></TABLE> you are supposed to dent the frame rail for the alternator to clear

the second part about the accord radius rod doesn't seem safe to me, I don't see why you would need to get a different radius rod to fit a Bseries or any other motor for that matter, what makes your car different?

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b16chaos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow, its more work to derice it than to rice it... dont give up... </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah it is man especially with layers and layers of BONDO

SIred91

Its always better to keep these cars and just help them along then to get rid of them. Keep them nice. Its a cheap way to have a great car that will always be an absolute joy to drive.

Good job with the transformation from rice to nice..

Keep it up.

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EF001282 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
you are supposed to dent the frame rail for the alternator to clear

the second part about the accord radius rod doesn't seem safe to me, I don't see why you would need to get a different radius rod to fit a Bseries or any other motor for that matter, what makes your car different?</TD></TR></TABLE>

for the alt. yeah i should of done dat but ohh well its delt with

for the radius rod i put it cause the engine mounts i have sit the engine low and also the shox where blown so wen i would hit a bump or anything of that matter the car would slam to the floor making the pulley hit the stock radius bar
as for safe ive had it for a year with new bushings and a couple of 1 1/2'' washers and the innovative mount traction bar and hasnt given me any problems and aligns perfect

decay_flouride

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SIred91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its always better to keep these cars and just help them along then to get rid of them. Keep them nice. Its a cheap way to have a great car that will always be an absolute joy to drive.

Good job with the transformation from rice to nice..

Keep it up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

THANX MAN

JDeMilee

Awesome job mang.

HOODLOVER

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by decay_flouride &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
yeah man and it doesnt help wen people are telling u hey just get a new one in the middle of working onit damm man wen i would hear dat i would just walk away smoke a cig and come back later</TD></TR></TABLE>


yea, im in the middle of a swap at my shop and the other techs like to huddle up and ask eachother if its gonna start.haha

thisiskev

nice build. rice to nice. you dont see that very often.

stockbee

keep it up man.

red01teg

nice work

tunerkid7

looks great dude the exterior looks mint