91 HB civic SI build up !

[ProjetEF]

Hi everyone !! I've started a new project since 2 month ago and i think it could be interesting for you to know about it !!! So here is the project : a complete rebuild of my hatchback 91 si, starting with the bodyjob an than the engine after. The body will be stock , completely renewed with a lowered suspension, 15inch wheels, tinted windows and new teal paint. I have a sohc ZC non-vtec to put in it but its not important right now, i need to get the body like a new before this. EDIT : i tought it would be simple if i puted an updated mod list : - Ractive 4-2-1 header (bought 25$) - Ractive cold air intake (was in the green civic when i bought it - Rebuilded ZC sohc non vtec (Acl rod and main bearing, NPR rings and felpro gasket) - Exedy oem replacement clutch + 8lbs flywheel - Tokico HP + Unknow ajustable coil spring made in Japan - Integra 1990-1993 knuckle, caliper and 10.3 disc - Earls SS brake lines on 4 corners - 1.6 el turtles 15" rims - Mangels "spoon style" 14" rims (i have 2 set of rims, just to change when i am bore from one) - Front and rear strut bar - Hp + brake pads - DPFI to MPFI conversion DONE - Auto transmission to Manual SI transmission swap DONE Here are the picture, the car when i bought it (2month ago, about 300$): Interior : The engine bay look like this : Than i stripped of all the interior : I also get this black 91 dx civic with a destroyed body but lot of goot part for free(the zc is in it) So i started to get this one stripped too : The engine bay of the black civic with the sohc zc, only the block, its the dx intake and exhaust manifold but i have the intake, the ecu and a exhaust manifold from another d16a6 And than i finished to get all parts out of the black civic SO now im in brake because its as a lot of snow outside and i cant see my civic. I started too buy useful things : Rear quarter because my green civic have rusty one here's what my part storage garage look like after this : And a last pic of my civic to see what it look like while its under snow (whit a protector sheet on it) That it for the moment, i'll put a lot of news in the next month ! hope you like my project and sorry for my dirty english !!! Thank you !

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[siege911]

Looks like a nice project, I just recently picked up a teal si as well, can't wait to start workin on it. Good luck!

[trepteg]

yeah frank ! good luck with your project
I hope see it this summer !

[low91rex]

Looks good so far Cant wait to see the outcome.

[240driftkid]

nice dude! keep the tahitian green!! i also have a green si! just got mine in Dec with a single ZC

[ProjetEF]

thank you all for your goodd comments, i'll put news this weekend.

[MagnaniEG6]

wow I feel stupid I over paid for my shell but looks great love the color of the car

[ProjetEF]

I started to rebuild the A6's intake manifold to night ....

before :



and than after a little of work :



Stay tuned !!

[nineohnine]

i just recently picked up my second teal EF.. now i have twins sitting in my driveway.. but not identical.. the new one is running a stock LS if nothing else The swap was well worth the 1200$ i paid for it

nice car Btw

[ProjetEF]

A lot of work has been done on the car, i had no internet for long time. im back in to post picture of what happen with the build. here are picture from 2 month ago. i'l post you some more recent pictures in the next days. The car is now running.



Engine bay painted in black (homemade)^^


while we put the engine in (ghetto way) ^


DA 10.3 front brake swap, tokico HP and ajustable coil. New lower ball joints, Earl's SS brake lines ^^


No more rust(new CX shell) + acura EL turtle 15" rims^^



Freshly rebuilded Sohc ZC (ACL rod and bearing, NPR rings, Felpro all gasket)

I also putted a OEM replacement clutch from EXedy with a fidanza 8lbs flywheel. It goes pretty well. i am now looking for an exhaust line to put the car back in the street.

Say what you think ! more pic later

[East_McDuck]

Looking good so far. Wish I could find Hondas around here, that aren't completely rusted out, for $300 bucks, or free for that matter. Where did you get the replacement body panels? I need quarter panels and rocker panels for mine.

[JDM-KIDD]

Good job dont like color though every one got teal hondas... around here any way lol

no offence..

i gotta red ef wanna pant candy white or just candy red so matches engine bay :/

[bOOst tsi]

i love teal ef's! good luck on the build!!

[mother ef-er]

puurty puurty.. im about to pick up my new teal si for 350. and i live in n.o. so theres no rust down here, i hate the color though..

keep up the work man. the more you take your time, the better the outcome.

[ProjetEF]

Originally Posted by East_McDuck

Looking good so far. Wish I could find Hondas around here, that aren't completely rusted out, for $300 bucks, or free for that matter. Where did you get the replacement body panels? I need quarter panels and rocker panels for mine.

You should take a look at this :
http://cgi.ebay.ca/88-89-90-91-Honda...d=p3286.c0.m14

Originally Posted by JDM-KIDD

Good job dont like color though every one got teal hondas... around here any way lol
i gotta red ef wanna pant candy white or just candy red so matches engine bay :/

Here in Quebec, ef honda's are really rare in the street, they are all destroyed by rust. so i don't really care because its the only customized 91 civic around here. but i understand your opinion. thank you

and please paint it red !

Originally Posted by bOOst tsi

i love teal ef's! good luck on the build!!

Thank you

Originally Posted by mother ef-er

puurty puurty.. im about to pick up my new teal si for 350. and i live in n.o. so theres no rust down here, i hate the color though..

keep up the work man. the more you take your time, the better the outcome.

You are so lucky . No rust is in my dream. lol ahaha thank you

[Vegas13]

very nice! what are your mod plans?

[ProjetEF]

Here is a picture of the engine after the build, not completed.


Here is the engine bay whit the engine in, look good but the swap wasent completed


I polished the strut bar and polished the radiator cap, than i bought a new radiator

[ProjetEF]

Update : I found a bone stock exhaust line for my civic. that exactly what i need because the police around here will stop me every time i make a little of noise. !!!

Here is a picture of the back of the car, still need work

[ProjetEF]

I picked up my exhaust line 2D after school. I also installed it on the car. it sound so nice and so clean (bone stock with ractive headers). I am very proud of me now that the car is drivable on the street. its been 2 years that i have started to rebuild some of the part. I realise that my first ZC automatic civic was a real shit ride compare to what the ZC can give at the moment i am speaking to you. Thank you for looking at my thread, Thank you HT for all the mechanical information reliated at honda ef. Here is a little picture update

[D16SiHatch]

very nice gyspy. now i imagine its just the angle.. but for some reason the engine seems to sit a little higher on the left side then on the right. weird lol.

a friend of mine has the same color ef as yours. he recently rebuilt a zc for it.



i don't have pics of the rest of the car but i can assure you its in terrible condition compared to yours lol. someone tried to widen the fenders by grabbing them with vice grips and bending a little bit at a time

[East_McDuck]

Originally Posted by ProjetEF

You should take a look at this :
http://cgi.ebay.ca/88-89-90-91-Honda...d=p3286.c0.m14

Awesome, thanks man. Are they decent quality? I like what you did with your valve cover, btw. Car's looking sharp, man.

[akshn1]

NICE BUILD MAN...EFS ARE AWESOME..KEEP UP THE WORK..CHECK OUT MY BUILD

[ProjetEF]

Thanks for your supporting, I should be putting in new updated picture next week. Stay tune !!

[88redrexs]

wow.lookin good. nothing like a DOHC

[bonspeed]

nice build man! post more update pictures....

btw, is that sohc ZC is the stock engine of all the EF in Canada? or its for the dx variant only? im planning to buy an EF too, maybe a hatch or sedan..