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Old 01-02-2014, 01:49 PM
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New to Honda-Tech. Want to share a little something that's been happening in NE Ohio in a tiny 10x20 garage unit.This build is still in progress after over 2 years and most likely going to be lasting into 3 years, but the results have been and will be well worth it.
If you guys want a full mods/parts list or ask anything, let me know and I will edit a list and answer anything.

Tucked in a 10x20 unit. Work has to start somewhere.

Dash removed to take out some heavy items hidden within


Bare block on the way to IMW for some Benson's sleeves and full rebuild. Cylinders were damaged at some point during stock piston removal, didn't notice until I flipped the block over. Squirters were plugged, and damage was not into the cast aluminum so block was saved, sleeved, and then notched out for the rods

Block built at IMW by D-Rob

Block before/after paint. Ended up going with satin black to finish off the look

Golden Eagle MFG manifold before/after satin black powder coat

Custom manifold by Diamond Fab. Fabbed up on a K-swapped teg. Made to fit a PTE 6766 and Tial 60mm.

Getting bolted in for the first time in 2 years. A lot of changes thus far

Car heading out to Bures Kustom Motorsports for a whole lot of fab work...

While the car is at BKM bureskustommotorsports.com I chose bring some life back to an old suede Sparco wheel. Wheel was owned by a good friend of mine he used in his old Prelude. He gave this to me for this car. Unfortunately he passed in a car accident as a passenger. Chose to memorialize him on his old wheel to help keep the car on track.

Shots of the progress that went down at BKM...
First bend.


Nothing beats a Father/Son shop set on perfection.



Fabbing up a new subframe bracket and mount.


Misc shots to finished product..

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Welcome to the site. I would love to see more picture and details of the fabrication of the exhaust manifold.
Old 01-02-2014, 03:27 PM
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Tow hook location

On the way back to the tiny unit for more work.

Local dealer had this on display in the parts room, managed to talk them into selling!
Getting ready to start the new engine harness. Tefzel wire via Race Spec



Keep an eye out for more updates as time goes on. Thanks for checking out my hefty project!
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Welcome to the site. I would love to see more picture and details of the fabrication of the exhaust manifold.
Don't have any more pics of this being made. Diamond Fab on Facebook. He's made 2 or 3 of these. Hand made and welded. This one was his first of this style (he specializes more in B series manifolds.) Each runner has 2.5 bends before the collector. In a couple pics, you can see it was made to sit flush with the valve cover, rather than come up and above like Full-Race and similar styles.
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Nice build!
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Thanks. I'll keep updating as more happens. Car will be moving locations this month, so not much going on with it at the moment.
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Like I said before; this build rocks.
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Hoping to be able to get this out to you late this year. It's almost ready to at least fire up.
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Picked up an 8 gal dual sump fuel cell. Came out of the BKM Camaro after he upgraded to a larger cell.
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I was browsing through my old lap top and found this. This is my old friend's wheel he used years ago. I'm using in it this car as a memorial to him, so I wanted to keep the original suede. Spent a little time to bring it back to life.
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UPDATE:

Thought maybe I would compile a list of parts that have been put into the the engine so far. Won't post the parts to come or what I plan to buy since I don't have them yet.

Block
K24a2 with stock crank
K24 steel oil pan with -10 oil return fitting
ERL performance modded S2000 oil pump
Benson's Sleeves at 87mm
Manley Turbo Tuff rod's
CP 10.8:1 pistons
Clevite main/rod/thrust bearings
OEM TSX head gasket
OEM TSX crank pulley
K-tuned swivel thermostat housing (thermostat removed)
Additional work: Cylinders notched for rod clearance. Oil squirters plugged.

Head
K24a2 head
Supertech K20 inconel dished exhaust valves
Supertech K20 black nitrate dished intake valves
Supertech K20 dual valve springs
Supertech valve seats
Supertech valve retainers
Supertech 7* valve locks
OEM valve guides
Brian Crower stage 2 N/A cams
RBC VTC gear
Blueprint Racing 40* VTC limiter
Replaced OEM timing chain
OEM chain guides
Hybrid Racing timing chain tensioner
ARP head studs
K-tuned K24 coolant neck
Long Block assembly by Derek at IMW

Transmission
EP3 transmission
PPG 1-2 straight cut dog gears
OEM 3-5 gears
OEM EP3 final drive
04 EP3 2nd gear set (using all but the actual gear itself)
OEM syncros
OEM bearings
OEM seals
OEM axles and intermediate shaft (yes axles will probably break, oh well, buy 2 sets of lifetime warranty axles, replace when they break, return for more)
M-Factory LSD
Hybrid Racing shift cables
Hybrid Racing shift lever spring
Competition Clutch twin disc
EM2 clutch master cylinder
OEM slave cylinder and fork

Turbo
Precision 6766 BB turbo .82 a/r V-Band. Ported H-cover
Tial 60mm Wastegate .977psi spring
Tial Q BOV 8psi spring
Treadstone Performance TRV259-S Intercooler 25x9x3.5 core
Diamond Fab custom turbo manifold
Full-Race stainless braided oil feed line
Custom oil return
Hondata boost control solenoid

Fuel/Intake
E85 setup
8 Gal fuel cell
Dual Bosch 044 fuel pumps
2 Fuelab 75 micron filters (before pumps)
1 Fuelab 10 micron filter (after pumps)
K-Tuned Pro-1000 fuel rail
FIC 2150cc Injectors
K-Tuned FPR with PSI gauge
Fragola -10an stainless braided PTFE fuel feed line
Fragola -8an PTFE stainless braided line from rail to FPR
Fragola -6an PTFE stainless braided return line
Fragola -10,-8,-6an reusable black anodized PTFE hose ends
Earl's assorted fittings

Golden Eagle MFG intake manifold
Skunk2 70mm throttle body
Hondata 4 bar MAP sensor
Hondata heat shield
Hasport intake manifold adapter
Blocked off IAC Valve

Other Engine Bay
K-tuned tensioner kit
Innovative mounts 75a kit (steel)
Innovative mounts 75a front mount (steel)
Custom Tefzel wire harness
Custom tucked fues box and chassis harness
Custom tucked battery harness and battery
Custom Bures Kustom Motorsports fabbed tube front end
K-tuned half size radiator
Blox slim fan
OEM rubber lower coolant hose
-16an Upper coolant hose

Brakes
Chase Bays brake booster delete kit
Chase Bays in bay brake line kit
Wilwood 4 piston BBK
Stock rear brakes
CNC staging brake
Re-routed hard brake lines
Stainless braided flex hoses in front

Interior
Stripped at the moment
Deleted heater core
Sparco 300mm steering wheel

Suspension/Wheels and Tires
Still sitting on Skunk2 springs
On a set of spare wheels/tires to roll around

Exterior
Still in primer
OEM Body panels
HFP front lip
Type-R rear lip
Custom front tow hook
Wiper Delete front and rear
It has doors

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Water pump housing auto tensioner bracket cut off and ground down nice and smooth. Had clearance issues with my intake manifold. Being used in conjunction with the K-tuned tensioner kit.
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Nice fab work. Love Ep's
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Thanks a lot
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Very cool!
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Test fit the modded water pump housing and GE manifold. Here's how it looks not yet painted. PCV comes close to the plenum of the manifold, but a 90 degree fitting will work in the space.

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Trans is finally finished from Shaun at QCP Gear. PPG 1-2 dogbox gear set. OEM Honda bearings and seals all replaced with fresh new parts. M-Factory diff. Stock EP3 final drive.
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Transmission update: It was done until further discussion with Shaun changed my mind a little bit. instead of leaving 3/4 stock. I decided to opt for the 3/4 set from Albins to pair with the already installed PPg dogbox 1/2.
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This is a sick *** build!!
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Thanks. The next couple months have a lot of work planned for it.
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Awesome build! Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Ok, Transmission is finished for real this time. The day before picking it up, I changed my mind on leaving 3/4 stock, and paired a 3/4 Albin's set with the PPG dogbox 1/2. Also inside is an MFactory LSD and all OEM Honda bearings and seals have been replaced.

Thanks to Shaun Quickle from QCP Gear for all the help and making this trans bullet proof.

1/2 dogs



PPG 2nd dog with the Albin's 3rd on top


4th gear clearance
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fab work is awesome you don't see that many of these cars anymore keep up the great work
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So 1 and 2 are dogs, 3 and 4 are Albins, and 5th is what, OEM, or a cuff?
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5th and final drive are stock OEM


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