madblkscientist

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zimsplat

I am not looking forward to this part


Spent pretty much all day stripping, and sanding

3 days worth of stripping, wire wheel scotbrite and sanding later.... finally Sprayed with etching primer

zimsplat

I don't know anything about bodywork and I've only sort of painted a car in the past, But I am nearly fearless with a cutoff wheel and a mig welder. The rear right quarter panel was extremely rusted out, with several holes and thin spots. I thought about just trying to fill it, but then decided what the heck I already fit a motor in the trunk...why not try to replace it?




I love harbor freight


Semi-finished product

welfarepc

awesome bro love the DIY.

zimsplat

Updates....
Quarter panel is still going places

Getting very tired of stripping off spay-paint

So I bribed a few of my friends to help out
Jeff


made a nifty gas strut to hold the engine cover open

Need to order:
Slicks, Turbo

cantaffordaccord

dont know if anyone else said this but the rear end of that car doesn't look too strong nor does it look very attatched. I hope that angle iron isn't the only thing holding it together.

Reckone

I love it! Makes me want to do this to my RHD CRX, almost.

HiProfile

It's a CRX, not a deuce and a half. I'd surmise the rear is even stiffer now, since it's using the front frame rails. The stock rearend is basicly formed sheet metal tied together with the lower x-member (lca mounts).

One thing that is supposed to work well for paint on plastic is brake fluid. Soak a rag and let it sit on a spot for a while, clean, then do another spot. Or are you trying to leave the stock blue paint on?

grog

[QUOTE=HiProfile;42644862]One thing that is supposed to work well for paint on plastic is brake fluid. Soak a rag and let it sit on a spot for a while, clean, then do another spot. QUOTE]

Be carefull with that, brake fluid can eat away at the plastic, deforming it.

zimsplat

Well... I launched it all last drag season at 7000 rpm and nothing bent so.... Im building even some more brackets to help hold up to the (hopefully) more power the new motor will be making, and also slicks.

Not keeping the blue paint, just need to get all of the spaypant off to get a good base to primer and spay.

anybody in the sacramento area have a pass. fender, door moldings or 90-91 tail lights?

by the way, sanding quarter panels sucks. :-(

Thanks for the interest! -Caleb

Livinjdm559

cant wait to see it 95% complete because we all know were never completly done lol

welfarepc

once again... loving the DIY.

cant wait to see her rip with the new mill and slicks on the track

would be sweet to see a CRX droppin 1.2 60ft's

zimsplat

Finally got my quarter panel as straight as Im going to bother. Painted the rear quarter panels, door jams and roof.
only thing left to do is the hood and hatch! Perfect timing, engine shop called today to tell me that my bottom end is ready to be picked up :-)

wideload

thats pretty sweet man. looks like a fun time.

NA James

damn this is awesome! i need to get a welder asap.

nogo1231

looking nice

95-db6-719

absolutely badass, i want one. I was thinking of this idead for you taken from a nsx, if you were still going to run a air to air intercooler. Cutting a hole in the rear hatch glass, and running a roof scoop. or hatch scoop. lol and a exit out the back of the hatch. idk just a thought but i bet the water to air will work wonders.

mr. Dseries

check out bfr's tube chassis mid engine rear wheel drive crx makes yours look like childs play a not in a bad way there just on another level of engineering Bells Fab and Race. BFR (909) 910 1298 located in the IE
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madblkscientist

yea but it aint streetable, but it is top notch fabbig

essex

why not start your own topic? i'm sure everyone would love to see it

HiProfile

Wow that looks like it'll be a boat anchor. IMO it looks like the same level of engineering - zero FEA for that framework with all those perpendicular tubes. I see a crapload of additional tubes used for rigidity, rather than gussets and tusses. Still I'll give them a good grade for "effort".

speedzoneweb

This project is looking great...can't wait to see a finished product!

DC2-ProdUcTiOnS

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epic....in for more

manekDC2.

this looks like soo much fun man... props!

zimsplat

Update!
Picked up my block from the shop the other day, looks pretty good. Darton sleeved 85mm GSR with wiseco 8-1 pistons... eagle rods. What kind of boost do you guys think I should run?

The hatch the is only thing left that needs to be painted white, so motor assembly should start very soon!


The "parts room" is filling up! I dont see how such a little car can take up so much space when its all taken apart

Lol sunroof



Goal this weekend is to finish painting white, and build some kind of hood shocks up front