jhines1211

gl on build interested in seeing how it turns out

berb_15

haha I had some issues but it's in now!!

Yea I've found it's more expensive but it's not worth the headache when other stuff doesnt fit...

Thanks will do

Thanks man

Thanks, not sure if it's going to be that clean but hopefully more fun to drive!

Yea I'll be doing OBDI. The only reason I grabbed the evap valve is because I'm going to be running my OBDII ecu for startup and getting it running properly/for inspection. I haven't bought my other ecu yet.

Thanks man, it was hard to just get rid of it cause I like Hondas and integras in general. After thinking about what I'd buy I realized I'd probably end up with another Integra since they are in my price range and I just like them. Plus I've owned that thing for about 8 years now and just wanted to have it built, hopefully I'll finally get there after all this time

Thanks man hopefully you won't have to worry about it

Thanks me too

berb_15

Well I got a little bit of work done. I ended up pulling the small piece that hooks into the tranny on the linkage off my oem linkage and putting it on the avid linkage. Oem is stronger metal and less play. I was able to press the pin in the hole with a vice to get it started and hit it with a hammer a few times to finish it off.



Much better





Of course I went to put my exhaust back on and ran into a problem... It made me finally break the welder out though, I'll get that flange cut and welded this weekend, then hopefully tie up loose ends so I can try to start it soon.

OldSkoolDa91

nice i used my welder on my exhaust for the da the other night. its so nice having a legit exhaust on again! lol

berb_15

Yea one of my biggest pet peves is smelling exhaust fumes while I drive, it kills the enjoyment for me. I'm throwing around the idea of running a high flow cat on the setup like my previous one...

PatrickGSR94

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Well I'm a latecomer to this one. Sucks about the car being stolen but it's looking like it's coming together real nice.

Man wish I had seen what happened earlier with the heater core. I did the same thing to mine when I pulled my motor out. When I drove it, coolant leaked all over the inside of the car, so I ended up getting another core and going through the pain of pulling the dash, A/C, etc. etc. Huge PITA.

Well, when replacing the heater hoses on my wife's Corolla, I ALMOST did the same thing. Actually did crush the heater core pipes slightly. But then I got the bright idea of using needle-nose pliers, sticking them in the end of the pipe, and twisting them around. That spread the pipes back out and got them round enough that they sealed up perfectly with the new hoses.

I kept my old heater core around in hopes of getting it repaired, so I tried the same trick on that one, and whalaaaa! My old heater core's pipes are nearly perfectly round again! I wish I had some way of testing it for leaks before trying to sell it, though.

Just a suggestion in case you ever run into that issue again. Those dang pipes are sooo soft, and it's nearly impossible to get old hoses off without crushing them at least somewhat.

berb_15

Thanks. I'm not going to lie, when I remove those hoses from the heater core it was freezing, I was outside, hungry and about an hour from my place. Needless to say I just took some channel locks and ripped the end of the pipe off. I should have taken a utility knife and slit the hose and unwrapped it. I was also lacking decent tools... I figured that's one thing I didn't mind replacing since it had 160000 miles on it. Plus like yourself I didn't have any way of testing the original before i installed it if I were to try to rebend it. Learn something every day

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

yeah I was praying the Corolla's brand new hoses didn't leak on that heater core, because I sure as hell didn't want to go through that whole exercise again on that car. Thanks goodness they sealed up perfectly, though. New hoses, original clamps, and original heater core with "repaired" pipes lol.

OldSkoolDa91

i'm still running the heater core in my integra that i completely crushed the pipes on years ago. i used the needle nose pliers trick along with some screwdrivers and whatever else i could find that was round and was a tight fit inside the pipe. havent had any problems since i did it.

and yeah chris i know exactly what you mean about exhaust fumes. this is why i got rid of my one crx a while back. it was rusted so bad in the back of the car that even with a full exhaust that was completely sealed up, the fumes still came back in through the rear 1/4 where it was rusted. and a high flow cat on a boosted setup never hurt anything

guy_from_nerk

Hey I have a high flow cat for sale! I used it for 844miles, pm me if you are interested we'll work something out on it. its an ebay brand but served its purpose on my teg just fine.

berb_15

I'll have to let you know about the cat, I'm kind of on the fence about it.

I got a little bit done today then got distracted the rest of the day... Basically I got the welder set up and fitted and got the cat flange half welded. A good start for tomorrow?

Before



Got the old metal blade on...





Flange mounted



Cat tacked to the flange and bolted to the rest of the exhaust



Hopefully I can get it completely welded tomorrow and get the exhaust on for good/until it's inspected

slimsdizz

I've got an Apexi muffler and eibach shocks if you need any of it your welcome too it I hate to see people's stuff get stolen word of advice when you rebuild it this time get a ravelco and spend the 500 bucks on lowjack.

I need a factory air box if you know anyone who has one.

berb_15

Thanks man, I should be good for the shocks and muffler but appreciate the offer

berb_15

Well I had to cut my cat down an inch or so which meant cutting my weld job up and doing it over again, the exhaust was a little too long. I'm guessing it has to do with the length of the civic si manifold or something. But I got that done and the exhaust is all done, also got my o2 sensor

berb_15

Yesterday I bought a new battery and was able to get the motor cranking w/o an ecu just as a start and to get some oil flowing...

I tried to start it with the ecu plugged in and no dice. My fuel pump wasn't priming. After about 3 hours of trouble shooting I found the problem and got it priming. I found a leak at the cap at the end of the fuel rail. I'll have to wait until I get a new gasket for it tomorrow before I can start adjusting the fuel pressure, but I feel like I'm making progress.

1998GsRIntegra

^^^Picture/Pictures are not working in the above post.

OldSkoolDa91

picture works for me

good deal chris. get this bish running and come to pa!!!

1998GsRIntegra

They work now. Maybe I was trying to look at them before they had a chance to register. Who knows.

YaysunXTokyo

Car is gonna look great man good luck with the build

MERC6372

good progress.
fu*k thieves.

garric

bump for your hard work ya put back in to bring back to life another teg, hopefully you get it finished soon and back on the road.

uNDERGROUND sTREET gOD

Good for you for rebuilding it man In to see it running bro

OldSkoolDa91

where's the update that you posted on fb earlier??? you're slackin!

berb_15

Thanks I'm hoping it'll look good, at least it'll be fun

Thanks man

Yea I didnt want it to rot in the junkyard, I'm hoping to finish up the final touches soon

Thanks man, have a good post coming up for ya

haha not enough time in one day man

berb_15

So I made it to Autozone to get the O-ring for the bolt at the end of my fuel rail, tried to start it, and it fired up on the first try!

The first start:







There's a weird rattling noise, I'm hoping it's just something I didn't tighten by accident. I'm hoping I didn't accidentally drop a bolt or nut in the head or something