HEY CLAUDIO! zing! whats good young brappy?

 

Yay! Me so happy.

 

For what car?

 

My integra. My civic is going to get full race bushing replacement sometime down the road so Im just going to use gsr lcas on it.

 

dem f7's are made to order?

 

soooooo you get some uper raw one's? jhp has them for with free shipping.

 

Price I paid from Weak Sauce is the same shipped as jhpusa. Ive bought from Weak Sauce so I just buy from them usually. Them and Evasive is where Ive bought most of my ****.

 

i paid low 200 for mine.

 

Straight. Same here.

In other news, found a z6 long block for 100 that I may pick up to build. We will see. Have so much other stuff going on...

 

talked to my fab guy (lenger racing) my manifold should be done sometime friday if not first thing next week....finally can get this motor buttoned up

 

Good stuff! I am actually waiting for my Oil squirter plugs and engine bearings so I can start assembling my shortblock.

I picked up a Cr-v last night fellas. I hella dig it. Its a 2001 Ex 5speed in Electron Blue! It only has 106k on it and the body is in pretty good shape minus a few minor dings, and no rust (yet) crossing my fingers that nothing pops up.

The interior looks like its brand new. I dont understand how someone kept it so clean.

I drove it from Effingham,IL and it was getting about 34mpgs on the highway. Pretty nice car really. Alot more fun to drive that I had expected being a 5speed suv.

Ive got a few things planned for it btw....

 

Looks clean! Good luck with it

 

nice pick up....wish my pilot got those kind of mpg's

 

speaking of which i gotta pick up a clay bar and some wax....see how much i can make its 9 year old paint job shine...any recomendations guys? for the clay bar and a hand wax

 

Yep. Make sure you strip off any waxes by handwashing it with dish soap. Dry it off, then use the clay bar with the lubricant that is supplied. You could use some kind of quick detailer spray as lube too. Make sure you do small sections at a time and try not to let the paint go dry when you are claying it. Then after you are done with the clay, wipe off all the spray detailer that is left, then use a cleaner wax to wax the car. After the cleaner wax is all removed use a Carnuba based wax.

Its a long process if you want to do it right but its well worth it. It makes it go a **** load faster if you use a random orbit buffing wheel for the waxing. I have always used Mothers clay bar kit.

Good luck

 

thanks man....exacty what i needed to know

 

Whats everyones opinion on header wrap? I was reading that it deteriorates the header, or the finishing? My header is looking a little old and nasty and I figured I would do something to spruce up the engine bay...

I know Gabe has wrap on his b20 headers, maybe he can chime in.

 

Welcome to the "5spd Crv" Crew

 

Header wrap isnt bad really. If its a header made with cheap quality materials, I guess I could see it maybe damaging the metal, MAYBE, but Im not sure. If you do decide to wrap it, soak it in water when you install it and let the car run so it shrinks into the header for a tight seal.

Instead of heat wrap you could also get it ceramic coated. Thats what I'm doing with all my turbo stuff. Kinda like new age heat wrap
Haha thanks man. I really like it. Its about to get some new shoes and a (4) pack of rubbers.

 

If it's an old beat-up header like my DC is....wrapping it with heat wrap is fine. I did a bit of research when I was looking for wrap and it was 50/50 so I just did it...I got the header for $30 so I wasn't really concerned about it. I do need to re-wrap the header before I put it on this season...just haven't gotten the new wrap. Make sure you get atleast 50ft. I didn't have enough $$$ when I did mine so I got the 25ft roll and it was only enough to go down to the bottom of the block right where the header curves under the oil pan. This is why I need to re-do it...the metal ties I used to keep it tight around the four pipe collector near the bottom came loose and the wrap slowly gave way. It's still tight up top...but I wanted to re-do it so that the entire thing is covered before I re-install it this time, (I took it off before winter and put my stock manifold on) 50ft should be plenty to do a 4-1 or 4-2-1 header.

Make sure you get the DEI header wrap and follow the directions on how to wrap a header
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRcvjmGoaA

 

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

 

No problem

 

Haha...you help nothing.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXDNxkUiUws

 

^LIKE!!!!