finally decided to create my own build thread.
i know mine is gonna go kinda slow, being a full time student right now.

first off, the motor is stock. no turbo, soch non-vtec. the only things previously done to the car is a gauge swap, up-graded calipers, rotors, pads, plugs, wires, dis cap and rotor.
that is basically it.

so to start with, i found dc headers that i am getting ready to swap. i am gonna take plenty of pics and document everything.

 

ok, so it is freaking cold out now, so all that was accomplished was the removal of the heat shield.





pretty sucky headers
this is what will go on once it is not so freakin cold.







it's gonna be sweet

 

Start sprayin some PB blaster on those header bolts and let em sit over night.

Then do it again.

 

yeah, that is what i planned on doin
since the heat shield bolts were pretty ptuck themselves

 

Header bolts are just a bitch, They usually love to break in the head after sitting there for almost 20 years.

Ive been hitting mine with PB blaster for the last month every time I'm under the hood just in anticipation of taking it off. Excessive yes, Waste of PB blaster yes, But maybe ill have less of a fight.

 

so i finally had a chance to do more work today. it only took me and my friends about 8 hours to finally get it all done. the only easy bolts were the bolt connecting the headers and block.

getting the manafold fully off was the hardest part.
it was really tight.






the header in pieces



finally, the result



the only thing i really was not expecting was the required extension of the o2 sensor
but since it is only a single wire, it was pretty easy.

 

should have painted them before installation but good work man.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by whiteknightef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">should have painted them before installation but good work man.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ehh it was gettin dark and cold but oh well, better lookin than rust!

it took us since like noon, but thats with eating and classes and postin on HT while **** soaks in PB, so overall not bad

next thing would be a head swap

sounds good?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbo1.5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> It is possible to put a DOHC non vtec head on a D15B2 block. Is it worth it? Not really. I have DOHC ZC head. I put a SOHC head gasket on the head and one of the head bolt holes does not line up. One could plug the hole with an aluminum shaft to fit the head bolt hole and redrill one to match the D15 block. The tough part is the timing. The DOHC ZC cam gears are about the same size as LS cam gears but the D16A1 cam gears are about the size of aF22 cam gear (times 2).
I read about a guy on the east coast that put a D16A1 head on a D15B7 block. He found a timing belt that worked and got the thing running. After all that work he had like 7 more whp. Not worth it.
I would suggest to stay SOHC and go with MPFI. Get a D16A6 throttle body, intake manifold, injectors, injector resistor, cam and ECU. Look on ebay you can get all those parts for under $300 bucks. Go to pgmfi.org and the write up to convert to MPFI is there. It's really easy to do. I have a 88 DX with a D15B2. With DPFI, I could barely burn out. I'm talking about flooring the car until it hits the rev limiter and dropping the clutch. I switched to MPFI and I can roast the tires in in first and get a good chirp in second (and my motor is completely stock). Don't give up on your EF it just needs a little help!</TD></TR></TABLE>


Modified by 361 accord at 12:09 PM 3/5/2008

 

paul, you know i am trying to finish the exhaust before i do the head swap.
something that is just a few bolts.

 

yup finish that first haha

just a suggestion if you wanted to keep the D15 then go turbo later

 

since i kinda spaced out on posting pics of the totally stock stuff i guess i do it now.





Gauge Swap



Stereo and stuff






the system is 2 kenwood 12's
2 diesel audio cap 3farad total
750W Planet Audio
Pioneer DEH-P3900MP
Polk 6 1/2" speaker in doors and rear deck
1 1/2" polk tweeters


Modified by spikehead221 at 10:02 PM 3/6/2008

 

lol you posted at 4:20

na cant forget those random *** polk audio rear speakers

be gutting the POS old cat tomorrow, err, today hopefully, curb parkin FTW

 

update people! were painting the valve cover now wrinkle red probably

pixors of the chipping *** valve cover






then some aircraft remover, oddly enough on the back of the can it seriously says "DO NOT USE ON AIRCRAFT" LOL!!!



so we get bored and impatient, and start scraping the **** off

being a life long member of TEAM LAZY, i throw the bitch in the shower haha, forget goin outside and findin a water spigot haha




right... so then i pretty much keep the valve cover overnight for shaving!!

clean JDM **** y0



still got one left as well as casting seams the whole way away, im a pretty good friend and im bored as hell so im shaving the whole sumabish

one left!







finishing touches are gunmetal valve cover washer things, gonna look clean on wrinkle red, better than before anyways

 

as soon as i get the pics of the cover being painted, i'll post them
using a little masking tape and some chapstick to cover the emblem stuff off, we finally painted this thing. it is not totally done, still want to do the wrinkle finish, but i want the first coats to dry (the whole week it needs).

in a week or so, i am fully getting the exhaust ordered.
more soon

 

SKUNK2 FTW!!!

 

alright, i finally have pics

Before Cleaning


After cleaning and preparing to paint


The paint job before unmasked



The finished product with gunmetal washers (thanx paul)


and finally, back on




alright, i am ordering the exhaust tonight, it should hopefully be in by the end of the week.

 

na thank you man, lettin me hone my mad gun blueing skillz yo , haha they do look pretty badass as gunmetal

i cant wait to se the new exhaust that Skunk2 is gonna sound pretty good man, im gonna hit up GDD and EF forum try and find some pixors of the hatchi exhaust on the sedan, it fits but just for the hell of it haha

if anything, that one wierd *** piece of pipe, on the bed of lettuce, might be some part that is not included on the hatch or something like that, (header+cat+lettuce pipe+S2 catback may mean perfect fit idk

i dont think ill be able to help for long with the cat though tomorrow i got surprise homework/test

 

OK, so we got bored and decided to paint the Intake cover and remove the stubby little piece between the snorkel and the filter box.

Really simple come to find out.

this is the old crappy cover


the small *** throttle body


the cleaned cover (bad lighting)



the random intake pipe


removed piece


and finally, the painted cover





and yes, i know that dual point sucks really bad. but i can deal with it until i get some more money(like next month)

still waiting on the exhaust

 

Right, so i am pretty pissed that my door hinge is broken (still, ever since i have had the car). i am attempting to get it re-welded this coming week.
here are some pics




it sucks major

 

Lookin good man, get on the mpfi swap, you'll be very pleased.

 

i am working on that as we speak
i am looking around to find all the parts and where the deals are to be made.

 

So i was looking at my cat and realized that the skunk2 system would not bolt up to it, so i ordered a new magnaflow cat from autopartswarehouse.com for like 97 including shipping.
hopefully i can get this done soon.
i am so damn anxious to do this.

 

right, so i am kinda pissed at this point.
i was drivin round and my brakes kinda decide when they want to work right.
sometimes stiff, sometimes to the floor.
so now i get to drop 200 to replace the damn master cylinder and the booster.
(will take many pics)
what really pisses me off is that i have to go to 2 different stores just to get the crap, on like no f***ing brakes at all.



great way to start spring break

 

finally, after like a day and a half of working on it, the booster and master cylinder are in. i got one off a da teg and had fun getting the bitch in.

this is one of the things that hinted to me


not in such a great spot


after removing some of the hoses



getting the lines off was a lot harder than i thought, but i then remembered why i love visegrips


the old filter thing


old cap (not sure if the sensor even worked)


The old booster (black) and the New one (gray)


the comp of master cyls (left old)


since i had to partly remove the intake, i went ahead an replaced the intake gasket




i was sure glad that i had a open parking lot to do this in. this left a huge mess.



they definitely work, very damn well at that

now all i need to do is either replace the valves of the entire motor, whatever i decide.

 

so, this week is not turning out too bad.
today i was surprised with my exhaust system

I was not expecting such a large box, just small ones














so now the only problem is that i need to engine swapped before i put it on
and i also need the new cat to bolt to it