Marcos Barrios

the crx front end ?
yea ive never done it myself
i know id have to cut up my sedan fenders and use only the back use the front 3-4ths of the crx ones
i think it will look great thou because ive had a crx si

heres my crx si


and my wall with my finished projects

smilindave

Marcos,
Do you ever slow down? I like what you are doing, simply modifying a car to suit your needs. Looks good to me! Oh btw, I had a cd player in my car in 1985, I understand about things running in circles. My first car was a 1970 mustang, I redesigned the front and rear suspension, removed the frame rails and stored the originals, built coilover and a frame front suspension and a coilover 3 link with watts link rear suspension. Now this stuff is sold in kits. Go figure.

"Man plans, God laughs" old Hebrew saying
Regards
Dave

sastanley

Man, I think I like the EX wheel covers from a 2003-4? on the EF sedan. I'd been thinking about this, but had never seen on IRL or pictures. I need 15" wheels first.

Thanks for the inspiration..my EF sedan has been sitting, about ready to get her going again!

Marcos Barrios

haha i blame the work life but thats no excuse
i just love tinkering you could say ^_-
and yes the whole circle thing it makes it hard for me to get excited about the new stuff coming out nowadays

Marcos Barrios

its also a cheap option because steelies are easy to find
on my car two of them are from the 7th gen civic
but the other two are off a saturn ion i think
the 7th gen civic was made 2001-2005

Marcos Barrios

alright guys on the 22nd its my last day of work down at kawasaki
we have a whole week off for christmas and new years

so on that down time theres something big coming for the rolls
and thats the start of something that in my eyes will be a game changer for most ef guys with b series motors
almost with all those swaps you have the stiff engine mount and the vibration problem
some dont mind it because it goes away when your moving

for me its there when im sitting and when im engine braking
the fix for this is a stock engine mount
but its really hard to get one for a b series swapped ef the main engine mount thats makes all the fuss is of course the rear mount
sits on the rear crossmember and shakes the car around making it vibrate like crazy at times

i can only think of two ways to fix this
one is replaceing the mount with a stock da one
now for that to happen i would have to drop the rear crossmember and thats not too easy
you have to drop the exhuast remove the steering rack, the lower control arms the tie rods, the shift leakage so you can remove it from the car
with your b series swap mount still bolted in !!

and then youd start measuring exactly where that mount it located
write down your mesurments from all 4 corners
then remove the b series swap mount and put in your da mount see if any holes line up at all at the location you measured
and then id fill in the holes for the bolts clean everything and then line up my stock da mount tack weld it in place
and drill new bolt hole locations then cut out my tack welds making the mount a bolt on
this way youd have a nice stock soft rear mount and the vibration problem would be fixed or at least lessened a crap ton

and then theres option 2 and this came to mind just last night
and its modifying the bracket that bolts the motor to the rear mount
for this option id use a stock ef civic mount that would bolt in to the stock location
and id cut up and make the rear bracket bolt in
and then id make the bracket as heavy duty as i feel would be nessesary

both options would work
but i think option 2 would be less work
and then i also wonder why i havent seen this done yet?
i cant be the first to have this idea or am I?

the work wont start till about the 24th so i have alot of time to think about witch option id go with
if you guys have any other ideas post them in here id love to here what you guys think

whats important about this modification is just that we switch from stiff mounts to normal mounts thats all that matters

Marcos Barrios

so much for my plans during this little break of mine haha
ive just been driving the sedan to other jobs and back in the snow we have been having down here in Nebraska
a few days ago
heres my honda element and 8th gen coupe



my little sister crashed the coupe yesterday into a stack of cement blocks haha so now i have to fix that
but i cant work in these conditions
my team has a two car garage i can use but the spaces are being used for other projects

updates coming soon

browngrasscat

Marcos Barrios

haha yea the city does a good job with the plows thats funny about kent, i have family in seattle but ive never been up there during the winter, it must be nice

i think the crx si bumper is the best that the 4th gen civics have to offer
mainly because it goes straight down
the sedan one goes down about 5 inches and then in about 4 and then down about 5 thats what i dont like
but that was the style back then right
i havent seen any crxs at the junk lately so no parts have been bought i mainly just want the fenders because im going to cut them up at the junk so i dont have to pay full price
or at least thats the plan anyway haha

Marcos Barrios

been too cold to do anything

snow is less but its still -25 out most days
but today there was a break in the weather and we got up to 30
haha i felt like putting on some shorts and going on a bike ride
but instead i gave the rolls a much needed car wash

its still too cold to do anything
ive even been thinking of making a temp garage on the driveway
one that you can put up do your work with a heater in there
and then take the garage down everyday you know,make one out of tarps or something

Marcos Barrios

last week i was out with a honda friend of mine, and he was amazed at how smooth the rolls works just cruising down the road
and how low my rpms are in 5th gear
at 40 mph the rolls is just idling. a normal honda would be at about 2250 rpm at 40 mph
and i told him its for the gas saving when on the interstates and highways

my 5th gear i cant tell non team members what it is
all i can say is that its a team secret and it came out of a old toyota ^_-

i gave the car a service last night
an oil change
air filter
front brakes serviced and tires rotated

then went out for a drive in 8 degree icy and snowy lincoln ^_^

i love this car

but on the drive back home i started feeling a little vibration im guessing one of the two old back wheels now front wheels might not be perfectly straight
well see as time goes on if the vibration stays then ima have to get one or two new 15 inch steelies

i have a few parts to install but im just playing the waiting game till this cold starts to go away
or untill i get more garage time with my team mates

stay tuned

Marcos Barrios

oh and the temp garage i said i was going to make
haha so far i have the roof and one wall almost done
still have three more walls to make and then see if i can get it warm
but that project isnt looking to good at the moment

Marcos Barrios

its updates time
today we had a break in the weather
and also the teams garage had a open stall
so lets get this update going
enjoy ^_^










my team mates have alot going on but this is the build thread for the rolls
so no talk about the starlet or the briklin

today was the install of my adjustable upper control arms
back in 2016 my stock upper control arms had cracked boots at the ball joints
and about 2 weeks ago they started to rattle meaning they were done
so first steps first i got the rolls up on the alignment rack and checked the camber


that reading is -3 camber my sweet spot is at -2 so its not far off
so out came the strut and the upper control arm




my new ones ^_^

these are great because in the future you can replace the ball joint by just unbolting the old one and bolting in a new one


and set to -2 camber


sadly at this point it was 4pm and we headed out for lunch and when we came back we just sat around and talked and told stories for the rest of the day
so i only got the passenger side done
the drivers side would be the same thing so im not going to even post anything about it
i left the teams garage at 2am
when ever we get together we always have a good time

more updates soon

~sp33~

There was a white Bricklin at a car show i went to recently, can't be many around.

Marcos Barrios

i dont think there is
the bricklin in my pics belongs to a customer that wanted a motor rebuild and also switch from carb to fuel injected
thats all i know since im not the one rebuilding it
but im pretty sure thats the only one in my town
the suicide doors are cool thou and there stock ^_-

Marcos Barrios

todays update is just two small ones put together

first of all i got me a new exhuast tip off a 8th gen civic to finish off my exhaust build
enjoy








and since the weather was nice on this day
it was also carwash time
so i got the rolls nice and clean


and update 2 was just a rutine service
oil change air filter change checked all fluids




one thing that i think ive mentioned on here before but im not sure
is that my radiator has a small leak
and when i say small i mean theres a few drops missing from it being topped off every two weeks
but it will steam out the hood every now and again but its drops only
when this first started happening i ordered a new radiator
and said that when the crack in the old one gets worse then ill replace it but it seems like that repair might not happen for another year at this rate
i go thew a coffee cup of anti freeze every 2 months so its not a big deal at all
more updates soon

Marcos Barrios

todays update was me messing with my roof rack
its my custom peace i made myself

ive had it for about a year now i have not posted anything about it
i made it useing 1/8th thick by 3/4th round steel tubing that i got at the junkyard for "10 bucks"
its been great for my uses and ive had no problems
but back when i made it i welded everything useing my 110 flux core welder and there was some splatter here and there
and i never cleaned it
and so today i added my bicycle hookups to it "also custom made"
and i finally cleaned up the weld splatter and all the edges
its probebly just something that ill notice but im happy with my end product

I have a heavy duty roofrack with two bike attactments and it only cost my 20 bucks total







more updates coming asu

Marcos Barrios

oh and this is for tecksterex so you can see the cluster man
got it from the parts car i bought when i started this build

ssmrico

looking good. I went to yard and found 2 91s so finally got my a good front bumper and fender for the car

TECKSTEREX

Thanks for the pictures Marcos! Itīs much, much cleaner than mines! :D

& Clean EF Sedan by the way I just found one down here in Mexico been looking for one as I need a daily , Iīll be checking it out this week! Hopefully I can get it at a good Price.

Marcos Barrios

your lucky bro
here where im from i get about one ef a year at the junk

Marcos Barrios

and tec heres the wiring for the cluster
the 88-89


and the 90-91



and you know to be honest ive always had clusters with the rpm guage
in all my efs threw out the years
ive never had one without
and i want one ive been looking for a tackless cluster for years but no luck

cars in mexico are almost always in great shape man
they dont age down there
the only problem is the crappy gas the government sells its only good for a week or so and then it turns to mud haha

ssmrico

damn crazy. u looking for anything u need?

TECKSTEREX

Thanks Marcos for the Diagram! Canīt wait to wire it up!

And yes I found my Crx Si down here and itīs the cleanest Iīve had (NO RUST) as for when I lived in Omaha the two that I had before where full of rust on the Quater panels both the DX and HF.

But Gas down here sucks ! haha thatīs why I go with the Premium as itīs a little cleaner than the commerical gas down here but still kinda sucks haha

but As for the Sedan I will go check it out tomorrow!! Excited!

Marcos Barrios

thats just it
i feel like im not really missing anything, but im sure that once a ef pops up at the junk ill see something i want

this summer for example i plan on installing a bench seat up front, so you can fit 3 people in front making the sedan a 6 seater ^_-
but havent found a good bench seat at the junk to snag
i have to relocate my parking brake first before i do the seat so thats all to come in a few months