Well in my case and others who lives in a state that has ****ed up smog laws,you want to have things done the right way. I also have something what other people that do there own work don't have,warranty. Now lowering my car,i did that,and the custom lip and side skirts and DVD screen,i did that to. The red rims wore painted by me,and the other mods i did as well. But if i want to do like a turbo setup,ill take it in,let them know how i want it,and have something that will last unlike the other people that rush though things and blow there **** up in a month or 2. Just my 2

 

I did the whole setup on my car minus the dyno tune of course and that includes making intercooler piping and the exhaust system. So by your post above that means it's not going to last? Kinda of a messed up theory IMO. I'd put my setup up against anything a shop was paid to do.

 

i said most of the guys that rush things,not talking about everyone.

 

100% correct. There are certain things a person cant do on their own car, which is reasonable. I dont mind having member in here that take their cars to the shop to get something fixed but if you havent shed blood or even got down and dirty once then i honestly believe the car is more bought than built. Yes your the one paying for it to get built but paying for the work doesnt allow you to say that it was YOUR work.

My turbo was done be me and my cousin and also by RNR. Anything that we could get done we did. RNR did what we couldnt do. IE welding the dumptube, downpipe, tapping the oil pan, ETC.

I take my car to the shop for things i CANT do, everything else was done by me and my cousins and friends.

with that being said, gr8integ, Your brother friend would be considered BOUGHT in my EYES. IF you cant even change your own oil then you shouldnt be driving a machine like that, my 2cent.

On another note.. Im looking into painting my car. Not shop paint but either rustoluem or rattle can for the time being. I plan on wet sanding with 400 grit and then buffing out the paint. IF it looks good i'll leave it at that. IF it doesnt than im planning on repaint it white.

Well see how it goes since weather is crappy ATM.

 

probably have to wait until later when its warmer

 

Thats why i am glad i am doing at least half the work on my car, i mean i could do my swap and turbo it would just take wayyyy longer but considering i did all my suspension and interior work. I consider mine built. Starting out at 500 bucks to building a monster

 

hey What's up everyone? I have a quick question.... Since I an running a B20B in my 90 LS would these headers fit without any issues? let me know what y'all think.

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotor...Q5fAccessories

 

Dang I don't think that link worked ...let me try this way..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BLACK...Q5fAccessories

 

I don't have a honda but this is how my car looked when I first got it:



build pics:











building the megasquirt ecu:



current:



GT2860 turbo w/ vbands, 12psi around 250whp hand built and tuned.

 

First off, HOLY CRAP THATS EXPENSIVE! Lol.

But, are you running the same head and block?

I am asking this cause if you're running a B20B head, and trying to buy a B16 head, I believe it wouldn't work. I'm no expert on motors aside from the D series motor in my CRX when I got it and the b16a2 motor I put in my crx now.

Also, to tie into the recent turn of discussion:

I believe that this thread is more so for people who bought their car in a typical stock condition and then did 80% or 85% of the work themselves on the car. For example, my 88 crx si now has a roll cage (with interior still in it), fiberglass fenders, b16a2 motor and integra tranny, rear disc brake conversion, stainless steel headers, custom stainless steel exhaust with y pipe and straight pipe, stage 3 racing clutch, etc. which has all been done by myself and assistance from my father. The only two thing I had someone else do was my mounting and balancing of my tires to my wheels, and then someone else to do the alignment. For anyone who doesn't know how to change their oil but had a crap ton of changes done by a shop, to me, is a ****. That's right, I said **** to generalize something just like Top Gear.

 

Any B header should bolt on. You might need to weld the pipes under the car tho.

 

Holy cow dude. I gotta give you props for soldering the ecu. I have the tools to do something like that, but not the knowledge to do so. I used to race in the OVKA (Ohio Karting Association) with a friend of mine who eventually bought a Miata and started to professionally race it.

I would love to have one, but I am way too tall for one. Last one I sat in, my head pushed through the convertible roof.

 

Thats one clean miata!

 

Funny but true LMAO. I do all my tune ups and all my mods. The only thing i didn't do is the swap but did all the mods to it. So am i still legit?? lol

 

Lol, as long as you're not constantly running to the autshop and paying them to do everything, then you're fine, hahaha.

 

Yeah that's not me. I like doing my own work on the car..lol

 

Whoever said that header is expensive......That's even a knock off of a name brand header which I believe is around 900-1000

 

If I remember right, I got mine for roughly 200-300 dollars brand new stainless steel. I got it for so cheap because I found one that no one was bidding on. Gotta love bid sniping.

 

Been Working on this:

My Rims and Seats from the start...


























My seats, Shift ****, shift boot i made, cluster, full stereo, tails, Hids, rims, rims, rims, upgraded some suspension, rear visor, lip, and a bunch more little stuff... you can see the change... lol I pilled out a bunch of painted interior parts and replaced a bunch that it needed and stuff that it was missing.

Still a Work in Progress...

Im gonna throw my B20z in it soon, im bored w/ the power from the B18b... lol

 

Checking in, My car got totaled last night. I'm not at fault.

 

damn that sucks

 

dualcamdan: very nice! keep us updated with that b20 swap!

brayzie: you alright? what happened bro?

 

yeah, just most of body is strained.

So I was at a dead stop taking a left at a busy intersection, where you have to yield for oncoming traffic. Light turns green. The truck across, was a pretty good distance away. As I'm entering the intersection, not knowing the truck changed it's pace. My friends yell out stop, I stopped completely. one second away from impact from the truck. The truck literally runs over the driver side part of my front end and the driver of the truck looked like she was about to make a break for it. Because she gave it gas and her whole undercarriage slams on my front end and gets stuck.

There's two reason why, I stopped completely. Instead of attempting to make the turn completely.

1. The safety of my passengers (two). If I was to attempt to complete the turn. My vehicle would've been side impacted on the passenger side where my two passengers were.

2. Innocent Bystanders, if I was to be side impacted. My vehicle would ricochet onto innocent bystanders.

 

Damn! really bro? That's BS! well are you actually driving the cars, nto that 2 pts. on your license should have anything to do with you being able to perform your work duties.

 

[QUOTE=BarcodeCRXSI;44232192]First off, HOLY CRAP THATS EXPENSIVE! Lol.

But, are you running the same head and block?

I am asking this cause if you're running a B20B head, and trying to buy a B16 head, I believe it wouldn't work. I'm no expert on motors aside from the D series motor in my CRX when I got it and the b16a2 motor I put in my crx now.

well see here's the thing I do have a b16 head in my shed waiting to build that up to put onto my b20b so that I can have vtec I just want to be able to get a good/decent header with minimal to no issues when trying to put them on...I tried to save money before and ordered some ebay 4-1 headers for my 90 integra ls and just my luck they did not fit at all..so I a s s e d out $275 and sent it to my bro in Florida see if he could use it, but he told me that it looked like it may be faulty from manufacturer. Buzz kill i was excited when i got it to install and it didn't fit.