pantherballhp

Thought i might as well start one up now since i will be extensively working on the car over the winter. Just some background about me, this is the second honda i've owned. first was a 91 civic standard, puchased for $250 and was my first car purchased when i was 14. I've had a few mustangs and a 400+hp srt-4 since then (built not bought that way btw). Bought this car as a project car that i can beat on on the track pretty much. I own a 2010 mustang gt and i just dont wanna hurt it on the track. not gonna pay a car payment and have it sitting there broke.

so I bought this car to save that one. I knew i would end up boosting the stang if i didnt get something.lol Plus i have many friends around with boosted fwd's and i just couldn't stand it. So i found this car locally already with an LS swap for $900. I couldn't pass it up. Guy said it had some wiring issues but ran. Went and picked the car up and drove it home. first honda i've driven in about 3 years and wow was it different.lol but i've got the bug now and the buying has started. Car is going to need a new harness and i'm converting it to obd1 so i can tune it easier.

going to push the stock block to its max and see what times i can get out of it. since its just my street/STRIP car i dont mind if i blow it and it sits for a while.

Goal: for 2011 10's with the stock block, idk how achievable that is because i'm new in the honda engine sense but i think it might just happen. for the future i want a mid 9's car that can be driven on the street

So here it is 1991 Honda Civic DX.




Car currently has a b18b1 ls engine in it that i'm going to push to its max potential. Car is going to be an ls/vtec motor boosted on about 12-15psi or whatever the engine can handle before it blows cause then the built motor will be going in.

Car has some wiring issues that i'm addressing. here are some pics of that.





Currently purchased parts that are either in the shop or on their way:

ported and polished b16 head with gsr cams, aem adjustable cam gears, b16 intake manifold, new distributor and valve cover(gonna be powdercoated and have -an fittings tigged in for venting)
full obd1 wiring harness that we're going to swap into the car.
Custom fabricated t4 top mount turbo manifold with 44mm wastegate flange.

Parts that i need to finish: p28 chipped ecu and tuning software, t67 turbo, tial 44mm wastegate, frozenboost w/a intercooler with 3" piping, water/meth injection, 044 fuel pump, misc fuel lines and fittings, tial 50mm bov, v2 competition wheels. 6 point roll cage, probably dss axles depending on what holds.

plans to make it clean: full wire tuck(if possible), fix all the little dents and respray the oem color paint, suspension completely went through with new hardware, stainless brake lines, etc.

after those parts I'll be ready for now.

plans for the future:

built bottom end with 9:1 compression, fuel cell with dual fuel pumps, 3 piece front end, fully adjustable coilovers, fiberglass hatch, precision 6765 turbo, built transmission, dss axles.

I will update this post with pics when they come.

12/1/10: new parts

pantherballhp

no comments?

codrulz

nice start should be quick . any plans to lighten it? oh and more pics!

pantherballhp

more pics will come in the next few days. it's already a very light car but i'm going to do what i can to make it light.

estewar03

Looks good so far, well except the wiring issue's. Cant wait for more pictures.

pantherballhp

Thanks man, yeah the wiring is gonna b a pain but oh well lol

New parts came in!!

pantherballhp

engine harness is out of the car!





remains of what the culprit used when wiring this awfulness



aem fuel rail that's in the car



Bay looks so much cleaner now

ef9ridda

haha i used to have that same tach in my hatch when it was stock! lol... good start!

pantherballhp

oh that's coming out.lol going with the tunerview RD1 setup

eg Driver

thumbs up


bump

pantherballhp

new b16 manifold, gonna polish it up.



valve cover, gonna be powdercoated and vented



chipped p06, gonna b tuned on nepTune

prelude182

glad to see you started cleaning up the harness and hopefully some horrid electrical issues im sure that thing had. Keep up the good work

pantherballhp

Oh yeah the whole harness is getting pulled real soon. New harness should b coming next week along with my top mount turbo manifold.

Umbyman

I would set my target 1/4 mile time goal somewhere high 11 second range for a full body car. Certainly not saying you cannot achieve 10 second passes but if you look around you won't find many in the 10's that are not sponsored full drag cars. Please keep posting your progress and I wish you the best of luck. I would love to see you prove me wrong.

pantherballhp

yeah i do know what ya mean and it's gonna be very tough. I had a low 11 second srt-4 that i probably could've gotten to the 10's with a little bit of fine tuning with the suspension and slick setup. that was a full weight car also.

with this car being only about 1800 lbs i do think that i can get there but idk about stock block. so it will probably be the end of the race season when i put a built block in it and get things really rolling. my problem is going to come with the clutch, transmission, and axles.

InTheLBC20

1800 lbs?? my 91 STD hatch with ls/vtec weighs 2220! wtf lol

pantherballhp

Haha this car is going on a diet lol it's not gonna be a full weight full interior car. But it's also not gonna be a ratty mess of a drag car either.

pantherballhp

got the head pulled off the block yesterday. now just need some springs and retainers and ill start gettin the head ready to put on
new parts came in, christmas present from fam.





Cheez-its!!



def couldn't pass up the deal.




tada!

gonna have to rotate that compressor housing a bit.

mruneek

def in for this build... awesome bro

pantherballhp

Thanks man. Hopefully by the end of January I'll have the wiring done and the ls/vtec part all taken care of

pantherballhp

car is going under the knife saturday, gonna take some sound deadening material, extra metal and things of that nature are coming out. gonna get it prepared for the cage

pantherballhp

top mount manifold coming next week!!!!!

89LSED

Your gonna Cage the car, and still make it it hit 1800lbs?
Are you taking out the heater, interior, glass, and floor?

Im on for this build tho

Good Luck

pantherballhp

Yeah it's gonna get caged, most of the interior is stripped right now anyways. 1800 is the goal but who knows if I'll actually reach it

jdm Ef-9

nice build bro...