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Old 08-21-2016, 07:02 PM
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Hood will close without being cut

Like she belongs

Now time for fabricating everything else to fit perfect.

















4.5 inches ground clearance

Shes in there finally

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awesome mo j series stuff
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awesome mo j series stuff

Hells ya
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Great job, this is going to be an interesting build. Good Luck.
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would love to build an insight with a K or J series or simply do a j swap on any old civic some day or both lol nice setup!
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Great job, this is going to be an interesting build. Good Luck.
Thanks guys. We are in the process of building headers now. I will post when they are complete
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would love to build an insight with a K or J series or simply do a j swap on any old civic some day or both lol nice setup!
Heck ya. Getting the j in this chassis without having to cut the hood and having axles level and plenty of ground clearance was the biggest challenge to date.
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Great job getting it under the hood. I about puke every time I see this swap hanging out the hood and some drunken sawzall operator made room for it to close.
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Great job getting it under the hood. I about puke every time I see this swap hanging out the hood and some drunken sawzall operator made room for it to close.
It was time consuming Ill tell you that. But definetly worth the outcome and the cleanliness. Thank you
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Running thru the 6 with my woes



Flat faces, for happy faces





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Love where this is going! Keep up the good work
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Love where this is going! Keep up the good work
Thank you. I appreciate all the kind words.
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Looks good man. You should hit up Jeff Evans he was parting his v6 integra. Are those Joey's old belaks?
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Looks good man. You should hit up Jeff Evans he was parting his v6 integra. Are those Joey's old belaks?

They want top dollar for everything. (jeff evans) Also Im doing a different set up. Youll see in the up coming updates. Yes they are joeys old wheels.
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damn ballin with those pistons and rods!
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damn ballin with those pistons and rods!
Believe it or not, theres more expensive items on the list still. ��

Cams
Aem Infinity
Wiring harness
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lmk how cams go. why the prefrence for the aem?
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lmk how cams go. why the prefrence for the aem?

Well Im working with a company currently on the cams. Its going to be awesome once I can release a little more information on them. But j series will finally have another billet cam option which is awesome without having to modify the heads. And Im going with Aem Infinity for the simple fact of the updating of the software, the capabalities are endless, theres not much data out the for these j series builds so we need as much of it as possible. Also I dont want to limit the cars potential in anyway.
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are you on the j32a block or j35 block? Can't remember if one or the other, or both had FRM sleeves?

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are you on the j32a block or j35 block? Can't remember if one or the other, or both had FRM sleeves?
J32a2
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Well Im working with a company currently on the cams. Its going to be awesome once I can release a little more information on them. But j series will finally have another billet cam option which is awesome without having to modify the heads. And Im going with Aem Infinity for the simple fact of the updating of the software, the capabalities are endless, theres not much data out the for these j series builds so we need as much of it as possible. Also I dont want to limit the cars potential in anyway.
thats strange i know of 2 twin turbo j series on the haltech elite.cams will be a big deal next year for me not blowing out the bore will be a big plus. but i do know of a turbo car with more that .500 lift
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are you on the j32a block or j35 block? Can't remember if one or the other, or both had FRM sleeves?
old blocks are normal sleeve witch includes all first gen blocks
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thats strange i know of 2 twin turbo j series on the haltech elite.cams will be a big deal next year for me not blowing out the bore will be a big plus. but i do know of a turbo car with more that .500 lift
Cams will wake these motors up for sure. Honestly I never even looked into Haltech as an option until you mentioned it. But it was already to late because Im having my harness made for infinity. Still a long way away from running, the check list and parts list still a mile long.
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i never realized how much room there is in the bay... im really excited for where this is going.
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What knuckle is pictured there with the hub pressed out? Looks like it is wider at the strut mount than the civic stuff. Looks like it fits the wider insight strut very well. Is that an 07ish Odyssey hub? Parts fiche looks like it could be and the ball joint goes the correct way.


And safety **** question, does the oil pan hang below the bottom of the wheel? If you cut a slick will the oil pan hit the ground before the wheel? Are there rules in your class for things like that?

Anyway looks good! I am putting a K24 in my Insight and thought that was going to be a tight fit.



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