norcarsol

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very much a noob on here but have been a follower for quite some time and finally decided to go ahead and register.i will say this site takes alot of my time just researching and alot of the cars have inspired me on things to do
keep up the good work everybody!

So I just recently picked up a new project(1993 del sol) from a buddy on carolinahondas.com and figured i'd go ahead and start me a build thread to show my progress on it as i go.when i got the car it had a f20b swapped in it.the f20b will be swapped out with a poor man type r,and the entire car will be completely redone and please do not copy my engine bay as i have a ton of time in it and was going for something unique but do enjoy and post all comments and opinions good or bad you won't hurt my feelings!!
sorry for such shitty quality pics the majority were taken with an iphone but better ones coming soon!

Future plans for vehicle:
wire/brake/fuel/clutch full bay tuck(in progress)
fresh wheels
rear disc conversion
fully build the b series swap
turbo setup
different suspension setup(is on ebay coils and camber kits good enough for now)
body work and full exterior paint a different color
possibly get shop/company sponsors
and hope for a detailed ad in honda tuning or other magazines

How it was the day i brought it home




pulled the f20 out and traded for this poor man r valve cover will be redone and such but this is how it was when i got it




Then started yanking brake lines and wiring to start prepping for engine bay paint



Dash and ac/heat setup had to come out for proportion valve relocate



Semi Gloss black base coat (rattle can)



Then laid a little splatter over the base coat and several layers of clear to protect it





this is my newest addition to it got some minty s2k leathers and did a complete delsol pan and rail swapover so they're held down by all 4 bolts if you'd like more info or pics on this i have some of the process very easy to do just time consuming





Test Fit have full interior it's just pulled so i could clean everything really good


latest update got brake lines and bulkheads and have about completed the brake tuck



pics are just to mock up lines haven't been tightened down and prop valve not mounted legit yet
Update as of 11/15/2010
tucked headlight harnesses today and reassembled front end

passenger side


driver side


under driver's fender with windshield wiper harness tucked through as well




done for the night






update 11/17/2010 fuse block relocation(shoutout to stevenson_18 for the idea)








that **** wasn't any fun
isn't mounted secure yet but it's in it's location



So still in the process of doing my brake line tuck and ran for my rear lines today drilled up through the exhaust tunnel to run 90 degree bulkheads so i can run my rear brake lines down my center console. and disregard the exhaust hangers as they came on the car like that and will be replaced when it comes down to it but just testing the fitment for now also plan on using a little heat wrap around the lines for protection since it's right near exhaust shouldn't get too hot way back there but keeping it safe also took sheet metal and self tapped it to the frame rail over where the lines cross to protect them from scraping.interior lines and front lines will be ran tomorrow so more pics then but for now...









And here are some other random pics of the car i took on my friend's camera













so that's all my progress so far will be updated regularly with progress
thanks for viewing

frankierockz

nice engine bay

norcarsol

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thank you sir

people either love it or hate it lol
no in between

Dontoh

yeah, i def love that engine bay, i understand why dont want anyone else doing it, looks legit

norcarsol

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appreciate it man
hopefully i'll get my wiring and all finished soon
and i'll post all the tuck stuff in the engine bay threads on here

Dontoh

sounds good. what did you use on your engine bay? what type of paint? any updates?

norcarsol

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it's all rattle can black and clear
and the splatter is craft paint
just cleared over for protection
and the updates are the brake lines at the bottom just did that yesterday
engine wire tuck and headlight harness tucked coming this weekend.

KEMIS

That engine bay looks sick dude....I wanna see some updates!

doluckz

Nice job!

Dontoh

creative as hell

D Griff

Haha, I kind of love it AND hate it, creative idea though. You should do a matching valve cover if you want, I think it would look cool. Looks like a good project though, congrats on the pick up.

93egSLEEPER

Are you going to "splatter" paint the valve cover too? If you do that would look SICK! Im ready to see more progress.

norcarsol

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i've already done my spark plug cover
and i'm just gonna go with black valve cover
thanks for the input bud

would like to see some of you guys build threads as well

jhendry

Subscribed i like the bay very original, cant wait for updates. how much line bending is required for line relocation?

norcarsol

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thanks man
yeah will be alot more upated this weeken

and not a whole lot
the brake tuck is really simple
worst part of mine was pulling dash and heater/ac box

but theres a place here that makes custom brake lines
and what i did was bent coat hangers the right length and bends
and they made the lines exactly how the hangers were
got 45$ in all lines fittings.

TypeRMOBBiN209

sickest engine bay i seen!

norcarsol

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i wouldn't go that far lol
but thanks alot man

this weekend tons more will be added!

THC07

Love the engine bay but why oh why did you take out the F series to replace wiht a B series?... thats has me lost.

norcarsol

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compatability really
you can get anything for a b series new or used
f series just makes things kind of a pain in the a$$
and i'm a firm believer of the b series head for boost
haha

THC07

ah! yea for boost.. ill take the Forged internals of the F series Any day.

norcarsol

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stock for stock true
but it's gonna be a built b series so forged just not stock forged lol
it's all good guess it's just preference.

da9jake

Nice engine bay dude

norcarsol

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thanks bud!

Solebrity

I think it's funny! That you think your the first person to do splatter paint engine bay. And what you did is original. Good luck with the build.

norcarsol

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i've never seen one like mine before
if you know of some i'd like to see them really
thanks for the input though

you gotta build thread?
would love to see more sols