update from today!!!

so i had some good progress today.
got the motor out and into the hatch.


but pulling the motor seemed to be a struggle.
i had to break the welds of the frame to break the front metal off to fit it through.




then i put the si mounts in and got them torqed down


dropped and bolted the motor in





advice, have a dedicated assistant or friend.

im a fan of these pics i duno why


and my dedicated assistant


tomorrow im putting fresh royal purple and coolant in and new radiator hoses.

 

looks good. you found a great donor car in that Si. a ton of goodies for the CX on that thing. when are you planning on painting the bay of the hatch?

 

thanks man, yeah i really got lucky with the si, it was a offer i couldnt pass up. but im planning on painting it sometime in the next few months, after the undercoat didnt work it kinda got be down about it, but i'm painting the car black in january, so then might be a good time to knock it out too.

 

the heart of the Si lives on in another body! :D

 

yeah, from my experience i would do everything 100% the first time. painting the bay/car really doesnt come down to money issues, its more time/effort issues. itll pay off in the end too. goodluck, i'll def be watching the build.

 

very true. I would just do everything all at once.

 

Nice project you have there

 

nice.... PLZ dont put that SI front on that beautiful 96-98

 

are you suggesting that he leave the dented/wrecked 96-98 front end rather than put the mint 99-00 Si front end on the car?!? i hope youre joking...

 

haha, well maybe if it were in nice condition, or like a ctr front i would, but i have a si front for free so why not?

but my progress has slowed as ive hit the wiring portion of it, im stuck with how you wire it into the rest of the stock wire, like the fat part of the harness that runs across the underside of the dash, its killin me.

pm me if you can be of any assistance

and i have the flu :[

 

good luck man

 

no im just saying keep it a 96-98 hatch..... but anywhooo good luck on ur car man

 

hmmm...yeah. im a fan of the EM1 front, but i own one so im biased.

 

you got a good deal coming up on that si!
the project is coming along nice! keep it up!

 

KEEP THAT COLOR!!!! dont change it but really good start and nice find on that si keep us updated

 

Looking good man! Keep up the good work!

 

any updates

 

i havent been able to work on it lately because for the past 3 weeks in seattle its been freezing temperatures, and theres been about 10 inches of snow where i live :p

and i need to buy a jumper harness for OBD2A harness to a OBD2B ecu

i did just buy a new set of those autozone axles though

 

soo, its been awhile since ive gotten to work on it, reason being we had a few feet of snow here in seattle and the snow didnt leave for a few weeks, then it poured and my car was outside under a damn tarp. fortunately nothing was harmed.

had car moved to my own garage.

but i got some new parts i needed, and a chipped p28's in the mail



had to get one, i have a thing for kevlar


royal purple for the win



lol i know its stupid, i love these on si grills



but ill have more posts with pictures from progress now that the cars in my own garage haha.

 

Wow good build homie! If you need paint PM me! Love to help you out nigy

 

in to follow this thread for a while!

 

thanks mayn, im def gona need paint down the line here, not that cheap sheet that orange peels either, had a few friends paint there cars and it turned out like that haha. but yaa man ill pm you when its time

 

weekend to come so ill prolly spend so quantity time with the hatch haha

 

Looks good but seriously, who sags anymore? Pull up your pants patna, puhhhleassse.

 

lol, really its not the look i go for, my waist is very tiny and i drill holes in my belt to keep it tight, they just fall