From what I've been reading, I think I'd rather be on the safe side and keep it. It's not like it's in the middle of my bay and making it look ugly, it's behind the motor so I'd rather keep it

have you done this? i've read that I DO NOT NEED a different prop valve, but my disc won't work to their full potential (better than rear drums still).. unless you have done this before, and haven't just heard rumors, I think I'll stick with mine unless I can get a hold of a 40/40 valve easily..



http://www.google.com/search?client=...0beceb888e9115

I think it's a better idea to just keep it though

 

I ran a stock disc/drum prop valve and had mushy brakes, wastn fond of that. Found and swapped a 4040 out of a 90 integra and it solved my issues.

I suggest running the correct brake parts, cuz they're brake parts and they're designed from the factory that way. i think honda engineers know more than most of us... just sayin.

 

thanks for clearing that up, i'll keep an eye open for one

 

good luck on teh build

 

Good luck w/ the build man. Definitely a noble cause. Rare story and inspiration, a simple transaction is your pure motivation.

 

Thanks man, stay tuned

I appreciate it, lots of things going on in life right now so it's hard to find motivation, but thanks again.

Picked up a spoiler today for $20, can't go wrong. Also got my 40/40 prop valve from a junkyard for free (yoink ). I think I may put this build on hold for about a month in order to fix my hatch up so I've got something to go on a well needed roadtrip over spring break. I'll get some pictures up as soon as my phone is charged.. I want a few opinions on the spoiler, it's a lot bigger than it looked




apologies for the shitty pictures

 

im not feel'n tha spoiler man, its a little on tha big side haha

 

no way, ur nuts if u put that spoiler on!! u better keep it all oem so people least expect it. gotta swap the tails too man, get some 50/50s or a jdm set

 

yeah. i was excited for it too. i was hoping it looked like this


yeah, I'm aware the tails gotta go lol. I'm keeping my eyes open for some 50/50s..

 

nothing big, but its progress i guess.
picked these seats up, and this cluster that was already wired and modded to sit SUPER flush in an eg dash

 

alrighty.. not much of an update, but thats what happens when you're poor lol

i got the drags sold, sold all 4 to a buddy of mine.. he put them on his metro lmao



got the bay stripped some more. getting ready to cover it in degreaser and wash it before i start the body work




gunna repaint this ugly *** valve cover =]



next update should be monday, and lets hope its a big one

 

Started on the VC today. Was outside doing it, but it started snowing, and I wasnt about to start spraying **** in the house. here's the progress so far

vc marinating in paint stripper. yum. and yes, the **** DOES burn, wear latex gloves





central new york weather. mid march. terrible lol




updates tomorrow

 

like promised, finished the vc..

now- i dont want to hear anything on what i should have done as far as the letters go. i thought very hard about it, asked a lot of people, and decided that i'll leave it the way it is..

anyway, these finally came in from autozone.. my new valve cover gasket kit (vc gasket and spark plug seals) and my camshaft seals.. i'm hoping this was the problem as to why i was getting oil in my #3 and #4 sparkplugs and why i had oil leaking out from near my camshafts.. i really do hope lol


first coat of primer


after i sprayed this it look ORANGE. and when i say orange, i mean ORANGE.. the pictures make it look more red, but it was really orange lol.. orange.. i was so disappointed


tape pealed- it started to look a little more red


in the over for 20 min @ 200 degrees. idc what any says, i recommend this. i also recommend using primer and clear.. if they weren't needed, they wouldn't exist. i've also read that you could paint this, then put it on your car and drive around for a little bit.. but i wouldnt mess with it until its cured, so i threw it in the over.. mmmm vtec for dinner.. it also turned a bit more red surprisingly.. usually the color will fade very slightly after being baked


out of the oven, and i started experimenting with 400 grit, then 600


finished product, leaving it like this.. for now.. it also looks a lot more red now that the paint has cured

 

got a real nice update coming up. but first- gotta go pick up the girl from work. check back in an hour!

 

Alright, so I wired up my DC cluster.. all the wiring is done, so its ready to go in.. But here's the good part, and I'm really impressed by how it turned out

I got my dash painted, and the cluster fit real nice..
check it out

right after I washed it with some purple power!



notice the second piece near the bottom of the pic. I was originally going to leave this the color it is, because they don't come black from factory, but then I found a really nice picture of an eg interior where the guy had painted it black, so I figured I might as well since it's off


steps i took in a nutshell

-removed everything from dash
-washed with hot water/soap
-scrubbed with royal purple wax & grease remover
-rinsed
-sprayed it with duplicolor adhesive promoter (2 light coats, 1 medium)
-painted with duplicolor flat black (i thought it was semi at first, but still looks amazing- 2 light coats, 2 medium coats and 1 heavy coat)
voila



looks amazing



all assemble with the dc cluster (sorry the pic looks sketchy, it was 2 pictures that i put together in ps, but you can see how it looks)

 

nice job

 

keep it up dude, consistancy is your friend right now. THIS is the kind of build that is much appreciated and worth following. just keep the exterior all oem but maybe the tails and your set

 

Alright maybe this is a stupid question but idc, how do you get the dc2 cluster to fit on the eg dash?

 

let me see if i can find the wiring diagram but basically

i like to look at it as having 3 parts to the cluster (sorry for the size)


the plastic glass at the front, the black/grey plastic bezel in between, and then the actual cluster at the back.. what i had to do was take the dc cluster from the back (which is the same size as an eg, ek or any of them really) and put the plastic and glass on it so that it would fit in the dash/bezel. its not that actual cluster that bolts in, its the glass/plastic part. so by swapping these, i could put the dc cluster, with the eg front in without much modding. the only mods i had to do was the take a dremel and trim down the cluster so it would fit snug against the glass..

then the wiring from eg to dc is pretty straight forward. you basically match all the colors up, but you have to switch plugs since they're different. i used this



from this thread
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...ntegra+cluster

 

Thanks

Thanks man, these are the comments that keep moving on worth it :p
That's what I'm thinking with the exterior, a couple friends want me to keep the tails, but I think they needa go. Been trying to sell them..

 

lol maybe if it was 95, but its 2011, go 50/50s or oem

 

that's what I'm sayin! taillights really aren't a concern right now though, I need to get this bay done

 

got a few things done today, the girl helped me out a lot with it all

ordered some faux black suede from jo-ann fabric, got 42"x50" of it for $10.50, can't go wrong

also did some more polishing to the valve cover letters. went with 320>400>600>1000>1500.. when I get a hold of some trizac I'll cut/buff the paint... you'll see how nice it turned out in the pictures

cleaned the bay up too.. soaked it in engine degreaser, then scrubbed and rinsed it off. going to borrow a pressure washer real soon to do it right though.. I was also able to pick up some duraglass and some body supplies to get started after its clean.. on with the picta's

apologies for the small pictures

before




after, still not done though



armrest wrapped, thanks to the lady.. soaked it in purple power, then sprayed a 3M adhesive. stuck the back on with hot glue


door panels look great, i put the handle and grabber thing on for the picture.. those will be painted black within the next few days


will be ordering some dress up bolts for the engine bay pretty soon.. then on with the body work and hopefully the motor can go back in =]

 

late night update-

caved on the VC, ended up polishing 'VTEC' as well..
i went with 400>600>800>1000>1500. looks good imo




got one of the door panels done, and it looks beautiful :')

this is a before pic (i'll post another one at the end for comparison)
back door

front door


I didn't take many pictures of the process but basically it went like this

-removed everything from door panel
-washed with purple power/rinsed
-2 coats of adhesive promoter
-3 coats of flat black acrylic enamel
-plastic pieces wrapped in black suede (spray adhesive/hot glue)
-reassemble

also, I painted all the smaller plastics with the same process. this included the door handle, the winder roller-upper and the door-shutter handle

this is where I had to get creative. as I was putting the center of the door panel back in, I needed a way to set it up so it would have pressure on it while drying. this is what I came up with lol

hanging from a log, by a dog leash.. the piece the leash is tied around is being weighed down by the rest of the door, hence being pushed together and drying like that


130lb 1 year old really wanted to go out after he saw the leash, was trying to play sad

got him distracted with the laser though


little bit of added support while he glue dries


how i got it to hold together.. there were little plastic pegs that went through holes into the door. but because i cut the top of them off to get the middle of the panel out, it would no longer stick. so i filled the hole with hot glue, stuck the pegs in, and then glued a penny to the back, hoping it would give it the extra support it needs. i know it won't fall out or anything, but its nice to know it was done right


anyway, this is how they turned out





i'm happy, dog is happy, woohoo



before:

after:

 

Was replacing my cam seals, and it seems as though my cam shafts, cam caps and head are pretty beat up. IDK what happened when this motor was put together, but someone must have done something wrong, there's metal bits everywhere, and I can't afford to have this dealt with, as I've put every penny I have into this car hoping it would turn out so I could get to and from work..




this is what the head is supposed to look like


this is what mine looks like


also noticed that the head was missing a dowel pin (crucial for vtec to engage properly) and its accompanying o ring.. along with 4 missing cam cap bolts..