mig92

nice build man... ive thought about doing this to my car...

b18efsedan

And so the work begins again!!! 3yrs sitting on Jack stands and an evo later Im Back to work on Bernadette but I'm not stopping until she is finished this time. Since I last posted I stitch welded the front subframe and had it powder coated and actually bolted all the suspension in. I lost the bracket that holds the pass. Side of the steering rack in so if anyone has one laying around I have cash in hand lol my current project is finishing up the rear k mount and making a new front and rear bumper support with some latches from quik-latch.com for the bumper mounting and retapping all the other bolt holes

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b18efsedan

here she is waiting for a new heart but there's lots of chassis work to be done quickly you can see the reason she was on the back burner for so long #evoproblems lol

Freemananana

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I like what I see. Good work. I'm not a K-swap fanboy...yet.

b18efsedan

Project for the day is mocking up a much lighter tubular front bumper support

b18efsedan

Thanks man, after seeing all the built parts I needed to keep my turbo Ls together and seeing stock k series with boltons and a tune demolish them I had to update lol

aholtzberger

that's an ef'n sweet build

alex1321

race efs are sick :D keep going man itll be awsomee

Freemananana

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What did you spend on your K-swap? I don't want to start a bench race thing, but I don't agree with a bolt on K-swap build out pacing a turbo LS completely. What kind of numbers are you planning on getting?

As far as time attack goes, it's all in the torque. You don't really get nice stretches to hit your top end a lot. That's where staying NA with bigger displacement will net you a lot of gains.

But I am still stuck on the sound of a BOV! haha. Loooove it.

BLU CIVIC

engine longevity dictates that the stock k-series will outlast a turbo LS on a regularly tracked car...and will more likely have less problems

Freemananana

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Uhhhh, opinions! Much like bench racing, engine longevity isn't proven. I've seen turbo motors last longer than stock blocks. I've seen swaps last much longer than turbos too. Less problems is statistically right, due to being less complex systems.

Anyways, it's his build. He or she, I honestly don't even know, can do whatever they want. I just said I wasn't sold on the K-swaps yet.

Creator

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Front end looks a little low to be w/o engine. Perhaps it won't squat much because of the stiff/race springs.
Keep her going this time, or you'll be too old to race by the time it's finished =P