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Darkn3s

Hmm very good point. I figured the VC bolts somehow would make contact with the threaded holes in the head but then realize the grommets had rubber too. you win... you win lol

Darkn3s

MOAR updates..

Powder coated the lower IC pipe to match

Silver Artery
installed and clamped
top clamped as well

IC clamped to the turbo
Mac valve added
Precision 44mm added
oil return line actually fit pretty nice
Feed line routed away from the timing belt
feed lined connected

bumper trimmed to fit end tanks
cut the other side to match
might add CF back plates to cover the opening once mounted
test fit
not bad

Darkn3s

decided to pull these fenders off because they were begining to rust towards where it meets the bumper and had a couple of cracks
Test fitted some fresh ones i already had from another civic and decided to keep and mod these before the paint work
the mock up
Used the old fenders as a template to trace them out for the donors
Not bad for my first time

Finished! I guess now i need to paint the rest of the car yellow.. jk

Darkn3s

Picked this CF spark plug cover off Amazon for THE CHEAP.. think it flows good with the purple and black theme


New black valve cover bolt kit coming soon



Another amazon pick up.. $8 for accord replica caps, figured id give it a try


fitment was ok but ended up returning them.. dont look at the shadow



Test fit and mounted the rear lip on the donor bumper

theres a bumper in there somewhere


started taking the body parts apart to drop off at the painters until the car is ready to move #soon







stripped


got no ***


ruined


good by SI badge



parts laid out and ready to drop off

Ericjergs

Nice progress!

Darkn3s

Had to replace the two straight 10AN fittings because it interfered with the IC pipe. A 45degree fitting cleared it perfectly



Both upper bushing needed to be replaced








classic *****/ downpipe pic lol

Darkn3s

Found some like new D2 coils for a good price so decided to pick these up quick and switch out the slammed Tien springs




pretty easy nothing was seized
installed



rears are just as easy


made a quick mounting bracket with rubber spacers to mount the vibrating Macvalve.. looks cleaner too


cleaned up the wiring on this side too while i was here. Yes i will be looming this



e85 prep #fuelfilter


perfect time to switch out the old red 90 fittings


Gauges installed and powered on



Boost gauge pressure sensor installed directly to the manifold



Wideband sensor installed too and easy as hell to get too since these sensors love to fail

Darkn3s

4k idle at start up




Hard to tell from this pic but i have been chasing a high 4k idle problem for a long time and found out what the cause was once we added coolant. It just poured out from under the coolant port. Apparently somehow the intake flange was warped. No worries got my asian friend and a belt sand and went to work.




you can kind of see runner #1 and the coolant port section bowed a little




another view




putting in work





better




Since the manifold was off i thought it would be a good time to try and tuck the wire harness and remove unnecessary wires




all the old loom and sticky old tape is removed




zip tied in place




new layout of the harness before the new loom and heat shrink




removed all the connectors to clean up all the oil/ grease




soaked it in purple power for about 30 minutes



alot better




clean and simple




final product i think shes ready




Since i am no longer going through the factory engine harness for the power wires decided to use a power bulkhead through the firewall for the alternator, starter and fusebox. All this will be hidden under the catch-can any way




bay side view




in car view




power wires attached




power wire from the battery attached




done




Alot better




not bad me.. brake line tuck coming soon

Ericjergs

Man that wiring is impressive. Nice work!

B20Zer

Geezus stripping that wiring, removing the connectors and then cleaning them must have been a yuuuuge job.

Darkn3s

thanks man had to make do with what i had laying around from other harness builds

Darkn3s

it actually wasnt too bad ive done worse with my s2000. but these connectors are actually really simple to remove so that was easy

.Grimace

yea nice job on the harness! Maybe I should try being useful and doing that to this em1 harness I have.

Darkn3s

thanks man, good thing is that i used the same hole in firewall for the harness and its still somewhat tucked since catchcan is over top. I ended up shortening like 8 wires and extended about 6 using the shortened scraps lol. make sure you test fit before finalizing though

Darkn3s

sorry for lack of update but here are some from when it was in the body shop



cleaning up the wavy quarter panel




made sure to refresh the underside as well








everything gets coated

Darkn3s

So i finally got the car back after 3 months at the body shop (dont ask, the biggest headache ever) So i started to put the body panels back on and decided to clean up the accessory harness that runs to the front clip since the fenders werent fully mounted yet. The bumper will most likely be off alot i wanted it all to look clean underneath as well. Also took advantage of this and and removed unnecessary wires like the wiper reservoir tank solenoid, ac condenser, ac fan and some other emissions things going on in there.

Darkn3s

....aannnnnd the last post for today. Finally got everything put back together and put her on the road for a little photo shoot. I will post up pictures as soon as theyre done. See teasers below

.Grimace

Darkn3s

nah i kept getting the run around on when the car would be completed so 2 weeks turned into a little over 3 months.

Darkn3s

. soo yea i begin to lose interest in the build after the body shop kept the car for a little over 3 months. So after i put it back together and got my photoshoot in i posted up a feeler FS post on facebook and it sold within an hour.. .. guess i may have priced it too cheap but ahh well have another project already in the works. ill post up the photoshoot pics as soon as they finish.



this thing has seen the trailer more times than the actual road


yup this will be my 21522264 s2000 so trying something different.. LS2k coming soon

.Grimace

out of curiosity what did you sell for?

LankorDie

Sad to hear, but I'm excited to see the S2k build

Darkn3s

she sold for $6k

Darkn3s

thanks yes ill make another build thread on either honda tech or s2ki