start saving for that itr man!!!!! whats 20 bones a pay check gonna hurt? you've come ways.

 

its all about that h2b son!

 

B16 or bust

 

That won't even put a dent into it lol. Theres no way it will happen anytime soon with a fund, funds are useful for certain things but not a huge purchase like that. Plus I want everything to be in top notch shape and squared away before I do a motor swap. Chassis and suspesnion needs to be up to par first
lol if breaking axles is your thing then heyyy! haha. Nah thats not a swap I would do at all lol but its fast for sure.
Torqueless wonder lol. I'm okay with my top end, its the torque that could use a bump. I like the idea of the B16, what I don't like is the price for one when it makes the same torque as my D16.

I know a guy that has a B16 for sale for dirt cheap. Maybe I should buy his before winter comes and start my swap parts fund which would be much shorter than a B18C5 fund haha. Now thats better planning.

Update live in 15 mins! Hold tight.

 

[QUOTE=HBKFanatic;46049640
Pretty much, some of you might think my car is a nice hatch and I mean it is. Though its really not that serious, its just a clean body EG with basic suspension and stock motor with basic bolt ons. Nothing that anyone here can't get if they put in some time.

Pretty dope update tonight fellas, check back for the winz! [/QUOTE]

agreed sir, and since I'm stuck at work I'll be wait'n for tha updates! Lol

 

Well wait no more

Update:

Hrmm whats this?



Looks important by the wrapping!



Spoon N1!

 

^ Me....want! lol

 

Me....have!

 

Good stuff, you will love that exhaust

And you will wonder why you ever bought a silencer for it

 

HELL YA! i caaame!




but freal thats badass my dood im jelly! is it the "V1" or "V2"?

 

I hope it sounds that good! Bought the silencer just in case I want to take a long trip or something of the sort. I hope I don't get hassled for it, I drive pretty normal so there should be no issues as far as the noise is concerned. Got an inspection coming up pretty soon and I'll do it with stock exhaust just to be safe lol.

Hope I made the right choice, I love how this looks and sounds. The only question is how loud it will be.

haha. This is a Gen 2.

Quick ref guide:

Gen 1= Dull canister, 60mm all the way across to flange.
Gen 2= Polished canister, 60mm but pinches right before the flange.
Gen 3= Polished canister, 60mm but pinches right before the flange and has badge.

The reason why they have a pinch is because Spoon wanted to use OEM flanges so that they would bolt up fine and be easy to obtain. Its a small pinch, won't do much to hurt the power.

 

The exhaust will be fine not that loud really my b16 was fine with it not any problems when I daily drove the car. I took the silencer out the second day I owned it. Drove to MD in Jim hatch with the n1 and barely noticed

 

Yeah thats what I believe it will be like but a lot of people say its loud as heck. I think as long as youre driving normal there are no issues and its just a nice sweet note.

 

Yeah the pinch at the flange wont do anything to power... I like the idea of using the oem spring flanges, Honda put them there for a reason

cant f*ckin wait to see and hear that thing!!

 

Going to do a before and after vid for sure! I still gotta put in my Honda order that includes a gasket for the N1 and pickup some sandpaper to polish it up. I forget which numbers you told me? 800, 1000, 2000?

 

i would guess 800, 1000, 1500, 2000?
it looks pretty good already though?

 

yeah by the pictures it looks like just some coarse polish would be fine but id have to see it in person to see what it needs.

 

spoon n1 rox a lot.....
parabéns chefe, abraços

 

I'm f***Ing jealous

 

so your telling me saving money is pointless? your bushing wont even take that long. come now bro i have a kid and saving is the only way i can get anything im gonna need for boost. and im gonna be dropping 2x the amount of coin to have that all said and done then you will be on a itr swap. I'm just saying what would it really hurt you to start putting money away? nothing. **** happens and its always nice to be able to bounce back cause you have money saved ya mean.

 

^ alot of truth in that right there. Having a savings saved my *** 2 winters ago when work was slow and got laid off for a few months. I could get alot of what I want for my car right now, but I keep my savings tucked away for when I really need them

 

you know trying to spread the pains us old folks have been thru to these younger guys is funny at points. i agree a 100% since he just started working again for how long cluad were you jobless? always good to have money in the bank, i out money aside for everything now.

 

Its been half polished so thats why it looks so good already. Some areas will need 800 but for the most part it looks like 1,500 and 2,000 will do the trick.

The original owner had it too close to his exhaustand some plastic melted on top of the exhaust on the tip and he used a scotch brite pad to remove it .It has a few scuffs on the piping from mounting but other than that no dents or deep scratches. A polish should be able to take care of it.


Don't be its just a good quality axleback, its nothing too rare.

Oh no thats not what I meant. It would just take an eternity at $20 a paycheck. I'm finally pretty much caught up with the majority of my bills and things I needed to get so after this wave of parts I'll go back to working on a bunch of mini projects while I save most of what I get. Once I am back at square 1 I can start saving again since I've been in the hole for so long.

Plus theres other things that need attention first, particularly the suspension. My savings fund will be for the suspension first and once its been refreshed the funds will go for the swap. The fund though will only be for those 2 things and whatever else I keep I will use for the other car stuff. A benjamin per paycheck is good progress towards a swap but a jackson at a time is too slow of progress haha.

Thats good planning though, responsible planning for that matter. Its what everyone should do, I just havent been able to since I was out of work for so long and was on the "savings" if you will.
11 months

 

20 bones a paycheak adds up, i dunnu how much your making thats basiclly a couple stops at a fast food joint ya know. a bill is even nicer, here shortly all but a 157 dollars of my target checks will be put away.

 

Update:

Renewed my registration and bought a couple of pilot pens so that I can use the metal contact for the horn. Would of gone with OEM but theres no difference and it was like 24 bucks for the whole non srs horn contact piece. Probably the wrong part from the looks too so I just skipped on it. I also have to do an inspection by next week so hopefully will pass that.



And we have yet another big box



Packing peanuts wrd!



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Got this for a nice deal too and couldn't pass up on it. This used to be Rotten Egg's and since hes from Texas it sat in the sun a lot and the clearcoat has some oxidation. Its not too bad and can be restored to life with some TLC.

Has no cracks either, just some light scratches and some glue residue on a section underneath as seen above but essentially just what I was looking for

I try to scoop things up that need a little work and that way I can get them for a good price. My car for example had some flaws on it but I saw that if I just put in some work that it would be a nice stock EG to work with. Same as this duckbill, same as the N1 and many other things. I know a few people slept on this duckbill. It will be another year before another one will come around and I bet it will cost a good bit more than this did.

I threw it on but I'll have to wait till tomorrow to take some pictures when its not dark. It will be a few weeks before I take it off to refinish it but I got something in store

Its hard to save when I keep buying all this Spoon