bks84

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damn, seeing the work youre doing to your brothers car makes me wish i had a brother like you.

nice work!

stevenson_18

Haha ya we actually got a lot of the metal done for it and it was worse then we thought it was rusted back into the floor and it was all paper thin so we decided to scrap it and hes going to find another shell that ill fix for him because with that one theres no way he would have it back for summer

hondaOchibi7

So Stevenson. What do you know about H swaps? LMAO

stevenson_18

haha not enough, I cant seem to get this thing running right at all, trying to find a good basemap for the s300 that will get it to idle better, then I can get it ready to go tune!

sfar785

any updates?

henry9419

digging the hood, cant wait to see it painted

stevenson_18

well not really any updates on my del sol build as of now, but I do have a few updates on what i have been up to. The del sol runs, I still have to get an alignment and save up for tuning, but all the money I had went to some other things.















Thats del sol sound 3! Gotta finish it up this winter



also put this together 03 yamaha r6 gotta paint the tank black and I converted it back to a street bike from a race bike

I also bought the car my dad sold 20 years ago, this is my exact dream car! Im going to be restoring it after awhile which is what put the del sol on major hold. My dad passed away 7 years ago, and I have been looking for this car for the last 5 years and finally found it and was able to buy it!

henry9419

is it the exact car your dad sold, or just the same model year etc? if its the exact one, thats soo awesome that you found it, actually either way it is, ohh and del sol 3 looks good...maybe i should pay a tow truck to pickup the one i found in ny for $500 with no motor or anything....

stevenson_18

haha yeah its the exact car! I got really lucky! A del sol for $500 bucks is a pretty good deal! depending on what it looks like

henry9419

thats so awesome, im gonna try to get some pics of it...maybe i should pick it up...then again i just wanna work on my sedan, check out my build---link in my sig

i would love to pick something up as a shell though that i could clean up and not put much cash into so i could sell it for more and make a few bucks...well more then that but you get the idea

stevenson_18

ya I do that a lot, buy cars and fix them up and sell them, but I always try and do something to make it stand out Motor swapping is easy but if you can build a shell that runs and drives thats really nice for someone else to swap it really saves them a lot of money in the long run too

NinJa_FLiP

you're my hero!! if i had more funds, i wouldn't mind venturing out and trying new things with my cars, but not the case just yet.. i'll just live vicariously through you for now.. haha jk! nice job the the cars.. let me know if you wanna sell some of the del sol parts.. ;P

stevenson_18

what kinda parts you looking for?

stevenson_18

Well I got the white del sol primed yesterday, I also brought my car up to MAP, in Minneapolis, they were not able to get it going due to some interference issues that Im going to have to figure out. It has 275psi on compression test all across, it had two vacuum leaks that needed fixed, also got the alignment done, they were not able to figure out the problem with getting it connected to the laptop to do a break in and dyno, they are thinking it might be something with the hondata cpr setup or the s300. I have tested the s300 in another car and it works flawless, Im going to do some digging and see if there are any ground loops or 12v intereference problems with the starter and alternator wiring being to close to the ecu

NaveLB

Dang that sucks to hear. Map is where I plan on going to get my car tuned when Im done. I hope you figure out your problem soon

ptysol

I have always liked the del sol, that's why I bought one. like the color, like the rims and carbon fiber roof.. and the carbon fiber accent in the interior.. im digging the cleanliness of the build.. epic fail with the eg front end swap. srry maybe an ek or s2k front end swap.. or how about originality an do an crz front end swap.... props on the build tho, always nice to see a clean not riced out sol build

stevenson_18

ya Im gonna pick the car up monday, then get to work, ill probably end up taking it to db next time though, and ptysol, i think your talking about the black del sol I built awhile ago, i loved the eg front on it, it fit the car very well, I saw other pictures of del sols with different front and didnt care for them, to each his own I suppose, but thanks for the comments, the two im working on now, is a white one that will have a 97 front and carbon hood(which is to sell) and my blue one which Im getting done that I will be keeping

ptysol

nice, nice.. I apologize if I offended you Stevenson 18... what exactly involves the front end swap? how hard is it? I have been a body shop worker for 6 years now, painting cars, dent removal and even frame straightening, but never swaps... any input would be cool..

stevenson_18

no not offended at all, not everyone is gonna like everything i do haha, I just do it because I like it, its not to bad to do, just remove the radiator support and cut one off a civic, weld it on the del sol, mount everything it and make sure it fits right, cut both sets of fenders in half and weld them together and fit the headlights and align the body lines, customize the hood hinges and fit everything before actually welding it all solid, I had to modify the wheel well liners a little too i think

ptysol

damn, doesn't seem to hard to do.. but my 2 cents in it would be... we have been using a lot of fiberglass in our shop lately bcz of all the fiberglassed bodied cars.... wouldn't it be easier to use fiberglass fenders instead of metal and cut and fiberglass them together??

stevenson_18

I would say no for two reasons: 1 youd have to buy two sets of fiberglass fenders and usually dont fit that well to begin with and 2. I prefer metal because it doesnt crack or spider like glass its easier to shape and i think welding then grinding it down is a lot faster and the factory fenders fit perfect

ptysol

tht makes total sense.... I hve a pair of fiberglass fenders on my del sol.. and I cant get the gaps right.. and if u look closely theres a lot of webbing in them... got a pair of factory fenders tht u want to get rid of?

stevenson_18

I dont have any fenders, Most of my honda stuff is gone, im getting out of hondas after both of my del sols are done and moving onto my 57 chevys I still love hondas but ive done so many and im sure later ill do more, my brother is just getting started on his hatch so ill be able to dabble in them

ptysol

cool... my dad and I are doing a 73 chevy truck, short box stepside... 350 sbc crate motor.... next is forced induction.... and im still in the middle of my sol build. got any d series stuff left? or maybe some seats?

stevenson_18

no between the two del sol i dont have anything left I had to source and buy a bunch of parts i threw out even haha, but you might want to check out a new site www.c10trucks.com its affiliated with the tri5 fourm for the 55-57 chevys