moneymaker42141983

This is my 97 Acura Integra. It was my daily driver for three years. Then I lent it to one of my customers for a day, and he threw a rod threw the block. I had a new project car from there. This is the story from the ground up. The chassis is in good shape to start with. It just needed an over haul. I'm a little more then half way through now but still have more to do. This will be my street class time attack FF car. It will still be clean enough to take to a car show.



This is where im at now but, lets go back to the beginning.

moneymaker42141983

After I did the engine. I stripped the engine bay of all the old nasty parts and the stock USDM front. Then I started shaving the bay and put the JDM core support on.











Here it is after primer and almost ready for paint.

moneymaker42141983

nothing like fresh paint after all that work.



Now on to the body work. I shaved the door trim and fixed all the dents.





After the the chassis was painted its time for test fitting.

pahaf

look awsome...what kind of engine are you going to run?

moneymaker42141983

Under body coating time. Not that I will ever drive it in the rain but it's better then having to paint the bottom of the car. I got all the old stuff off that was bad and started to tap it up. It's nice having a paint shop next store. They have all the good stuff.



I start by dropping the subframe.



My girl taking the photo sitting down. She is such a hard worker. LOL.



Time to rebuild the rack and put new inner and outer tie rods.

Time to tap it up and start putting the new under body coating on.







So fresh and so clean, clean and here is the subframe and rack. It's all ready to go back in.
It is still going to have power steering but will be electric MR2 pump. I will go over that later.





Now we move on to the rest of the body paint. Here is my boy laying some fresh Lexus polar white.



setting up the rear







The body is done. Now we move on to the exhaust, brake lines and suspension.

hatmanafro

Damn. That **** is clea as ****. I love the jdm front end. **** is baller

Cheeech

great work!

leteg98

That looks really good man. I always like to see a clean car underneath. Its your car but I will say you should get some oem tails, thats just me though. Cheers

HeLLa iLL2ndGen

MmMm Fresh paint

la_makina

sick!

OH_1fstgsr

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The paint job is amazing. I wish I had that much time and money.

Jeffaj20

That is a sexy car man!

moneymaker42141983

On to the exhaust and suspension. The exhaust is a 3 inch Skunk 2 mega power exhaust that I got from my boy for 100 bucks, sweet. I went and polished it up, and put new bolts with new gaskets. Now. it's like new. It gets an exhaust wrapped to keep the heat in. I got all new bushings for it from Honda.



We now move on to the suspension. I got some omni power coilovers for a temporary fix until I have the money for a set of AP racing coilovers.The LCA and rear camber kit are Bloxs. The sway bar is just a type R that has been repainted black.
Then, I replaced all the bushings in the car for Hard Race bushings.





All new brakes and ARP studs.

All new stainless steel brake lines and Willwood brake master with adj PP valve. The PP valve is mounted in the center counsel.










The inside gets the bride low max treatment with a custom leather roof liner, A pillars and sun visors.
The carpet was changed for new black Honda carpet. I still have to shave the trunk area and have it painted blue. The Auto power cage will be painted white like the car.

mouab18c1

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Are you going to change the tail lights?

BrownDx

Time attack and show shouldn't be in the same sentence, just saying. I like the paint combo, will the new motor set up be turbo?

wannaBjdmca6

ditch the blox lca and camber kit and those ugly tail lights.
good work other than that,

moneymaker42141983

now on to the engine. I know a lot of you like the k motors but, Im old school so I stayed with the B. Here is the specs on my engine setup.

B18b block
Darton sleeves bore 85mm = 2.0L
moly pistons and rings 85mm
eagle rods
eagle crank
balanced rotating ***.
Honda type R crank pulley
spec flywheel
spec stage 5 single clutch
new stock oil pan
Honda oil pump type R
Honda oil pump GSR
Greddy timing belt
Cometic head gasket
ARP head studs
ARP main studs
ARP flywheel bolts
ARP main pulley bolt
ARP exhaust studs
ARP intake studs

B16 head
decked .007
cleaned
Ferrea valves 1 mm over
Ferrea valve springs stage 3
Ferrea Valve locks
Ferrea valve guides
Ferrea retainers
5 angle port job
Honda seats
Honda upgrade LMA
BC cams stage 3 Turbo
Skunk 2 pro cam gears
Vector X intake manifold
RC 1000cc injectors
BDL fuel rail
BDL throttle body
Polished valve cover by me
Handata S300
Custom engine harness by me
Try Y header for now but Im making a top mount for it and i have the 35r turbo.

Tong.Y

clean.. i'm doing a oem rebuild soon too.. are head studs and main studs the same or different? sorry i'm noob here

BrownDx

Geez, you work fast! Should be quick if it hits the track.

OH_1fstgsr

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The Strut tower bar? Who made it?

moneymaker42141983

If your going to do a rebuild I would do the studs. because there the same price as stock studs and there stronger.

moneymaker42141983

I made the strut tower.

moneymaker42141983

I have my own tuner shop, and I don't get much time to work on my own cars. However, I always wanted a JDM type R Integra. This was a cheap project to do, and fun for me to play around with. I have been working on it for a year now when I get the time to. I work on 700hp to 1000hp rotary's most of the time, however, I grew up with Honda's. This will be something to have fun with on the weekends. All because its show worthy, doesn't mean it's not fast around a track.
As far as the taillights go, I'm putting 99 spec tails with a full red tint on them.



This is my other ride. It makes 625hp at 18psi 2100 pounds, and I road race it.

moneymaker42141983

Yes its a turbo build but, all because it looks good doesn't mean it's not fast around a track.

jdmallstar86

This car looks awesome !!! :up: