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Picked up another toy, this time for the wife. Turbo H22 EG Coupe inside ;)

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Old 01-29-2013, 05:58 PM
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Default Picked up another toy, this time for the wife. Turbo H22 EG Coupe inside ;)

The car:
1995 Honda Civic EX

Engine:
H22a4
87.5mm Bore
Darton Sleeves with a KMS Block Gaurd welded in for extra strength
8.5:1 Wiesco Pistons
Eagle Rods (big bolt)
Balanced Rotating Assembly
Blue Printed Bottom End
Stock Head
Modified H22 Intake Manifold (Butterflys Removed)

Drive Train:
H23 Transmission
8lb Fidanza Flywheel
Exedy Stage 1 Clutch

Interior:
Prelude Front Seats
Skunk2 Weighted ****

Wheels/Tires/Suspension:
Tein Super Street Coilovers
Skunk2 Front Upper Strut Bar
Skunk2 Front/Rear Camber Kits
16" Rota GT3's (Gold w/Silver lip)
Falken Azenis RT-615 Rubber

Oh yeah, came with complete GT35 turbo kit I'll post all the specs on that stuff once I get done going through it all.

The story!!
My buddy has owned the car the last 9 years and originally started building it in hopes of a 700hp monster. Somewhere along the line he got back into racing go-karts, became a trucker and had a child. So basically life has taken over and his time is limited, thus the car was put on the back burner. Three years ago he got ahold of me asking if I would be interested in trading our pick up truck for this car. We said no thanks at the time, over the next 2+ years we kept talking about possibly trading, when I was wanting to he wasn't and vice versa. Earlier this week he contacted me saying, lets trade. I sent him a text back and said ok, lets do it. So after 3 years of talks, we have finally pulled the trigger.

The car was sprayed 2006 Dodge Blue, back in 06 by my Dad. The car has basically sat inside of a pull barn since that time. The motor was built by Dave Flemmings in Utica around the same time. Since then it has had 600 miles put on it. The wheels and tires have even less than that on em.


For now the main focus/goals for the car is to get it cleaned up as its dusty and dirty as hell. After that I plan on putting my ecu out of my Integra in it and loading up a H22 map to get it running properly til we can get it to the tuner. Just going to get a good all motor tune on it for the time being and get the wife used to driving it and get her some seat time at the race track just so she can learn to lights and how to launch. From there it will get the turbo kit put on and retuned, boost will be turned down and gradually turned up as she gets more comfortable handling power.

I will update with more pics as work/mods progress. For now here is a few shots I took today of it





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I wish my old man could paint cars
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What the **** Nerk? You disappear for a while then come back with a turbo h22 for the wife? She a little jealous of the DB? Good pick up btw
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Haha I have been busy with school and working on my buddy/teammates 96 4dr Civic. I guess she wants to join in on the fun. Since the truck was my daily, I will be driving this or our EP3 as a daily until I pick up a cheap beater.
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Originally Posted by redm3turbo
I wish my old man could paint cars
It is nice since it taught me how to do them myself. There are times I hate being surrounded by so many car people, then there is other times I am so thankful because it cuts out the cost of labor.
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^ i have a buddy who is the exact same way...his whole circle is tech's, painters etc...he hates it and loves it. lol. i just wish he was around me, so i never had to worry about labor. want a paint job, buy some paint and some beer, lol.
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Haha yup, its def nice being able to do things yourself.
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Sweetttttttttttt
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That's nice your wife's into that kinda stuff
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nioce set up.. Nothing like a honda "big block" under the hood
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Very nice. Must be a blast to drive.
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Your project car is nice but I am more interested in your go-kart
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yea im digging the kart more than the car.
reminds me of my shifter kart days!
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It's cool that your wife is into modified Hondas too.
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The karts are actually my buddies. I dont know a whole lot about them outside of one has a 17hp motor and weighs 400lbs with him in it and his over 90mph on straight aways. It is nice having a wife that is into cars, then again it can be a curse cause now I have two racecars to worry about lol. Idk if you guys have ever seen my integra or not, theres a build thread on here, but its pretty stupid its self lol.
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ive seen your integra, and its sweet but i love the civic alittle bit more idk why
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Sick car!!
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Well today we started buying/doing stuff to the car. First things first was to get it a new windshield. Richardson's in Newark was the cheapest around, safelite was cheaper til they added another $60 in bullshit fee's at the very end of their online quote lol. Anyways its amazing what a new windshield can do to a cars image. It looks a lot nicer already just by getting rid of the old busted one and that Civic banner everyone loved.

The car was missing the side trim pieces on the windshield due to them being removed for pain and lost. So we ordered some new ones with clips from Honda today. Also, since it was nice out I decided to give it a quick rinsing to get the 2inches of dirt/dust off of it. I plan on wetsanding, buffing and full detailing it this weekend.



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This will be the first of two updates today. The front windshield was missing the side trim panels, so where better to find them in mint condition than the dealership. Thank god for Majestic Honda, thats all I gotta say haha. Going to install there here in a little bit, should make the car look even better than it currently does.


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2nd update as promised! We finally got the car done being wet sanded, buffed and cleaned. Its amazing what some sand paper and rubbing compound can do to a cars appearance.

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looks pretty good, are you keepimg that hood
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The hood gets hated on a lot lol, so for that fact alone I want to keep it. She however is not a fan of it at all, so I don't look for it to stick around a whole lot longer.
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Beautiful car!!
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Thank you! Idk if I mentioned this before or not, but my dad painted the car 6-7 years ago and hasn't seen it since. I am anxious to see how he reacts to seeing it wet sanded and buffed. My buddy was supposed to have him do it, but istead just put it away and didnt really touch it.
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Really good paint job to hold up that long


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