Sorry, but I'm thrilled. Finally got my damn winter car running, so now I can consentrate on my project. In case you didn't read the title, it's a red 1990 RT4wd Civic wagon... now with a DOHC ZC

I've got a pretty busy schedule right now, but I hope to have a full write up with all of my pics and the long story of how my swap came to be within a day or two. I actually gotta get a ride out to my buddy's shop, where we did the swap, to pick the car up here shortly (had to return the car I was borrowing, so I didnt get to drive it home yesterday when we finished it).

Here's a couple teaser pics...

"two cams are better than one"


tranny/transfer case


something is definately missing


the "mad scientist" waiting for my *** to put the camera down


what I really did the whole time while watching the doctor work


Nice little pic with the webs before I throw the studs on


I really need to throw some elbow grease into cleaning up the engine bay, but this is a pretty good pic. If you look close, you can see my plug wires are sticking out. That's because the D16 ones are longer. I'm gonna stop by Schmucks and pickup some new wires for a 1st gen Integra


Tryed to do my best "I've got 4wd" pic. Then I remembered I still had my balding Potenza's on. Did great on our shitty roads even with that rubber. Gonna throw my studs on in the morning


Needless to say, I've still got a few hours of work before this thing is back to being a comfortable daily driver. I haven't driven it since mid-October, so the heating will be the first thing. As you can see I already got a custom stereo


Check back later for the full write up... I gotta go put my interior back together


Modified by GeorgeLouis1618 at 1:58 PM 12/6/2004


Modified by GeorgeLouis1618 at 9:15 AM 12/8/2004

 

I love the last picture

 

Nice project... def unique!

 

This is exactly what I want to do for a winter car. Congrats man, I hope you like it.

 

BUMP for new pics

Just made the 30min drive home from the shop where I did the swap. And I must say this thing kicks *** in this climate! Even with the bald Potenza's. I'll be unstoppable with studs. Taking it easy for a bit, though. Definately wanna let the clutch break in and make sure everything is mechanically sound.

Definately no 12-second car or anything, but a big improvement over the old single-cam. Might just have to do I/H/E after I swap the dampers and springs. Other than that, there's my daily driver. Hopefully I can show off my "project" in the spring...

 

I think it kicks *** that you did a ZC swap into a wagon. Quite possibly one of the best sleeper looks out there. Good Job!

 

4WD civic....

 

You people and your winter cars...move to the south.

BTW nice project, can't wait to the results.

 

mad props to u bro. i've been dreaming of the same things as i stare out my window at all the snow. was this swap any different that a EF hatchie?

 

Almost done

Now boost it Little homemade kit will do wonders

 

I actually used to live in Phoenix. I miss it a lot. Probation is keeping me from going back

No boost... well, on this car anyway

 

DOPE DECK MANNN [your stereo system :-)] haha.. gotta love that last pic

 

Yo, i wish i could have helped get the car finished. But after it tried to sever my leg I guess it didnt want me around anyway. When you receive fortune and fame don't forget about the little people Charb...

 

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can you put a b16 in one if you use crv tranny

 

Looking into it

I'm gonna wait until I have my new summer car up and running. But don't be suprised if I try and pull off an OBD-0 B16 w/ CRV tranny (found one for $250 a while back) in late summer '05. I can't afford (literally, I deliver pizzas) to have down time on my car.

 

how much do those things weigh in at? with 4wd u might be able to make this baby more than just a winter car

 

Welcome to a very exclusive club

 

2650lbs? If I remember right. That's less (once again, if I remember right) than my old 99 Si.

I strongly have no desire to make this anything more than a daily driver. I can't lie, I think it's ugly. I'd be driving a 4th gen Si or something (as a daily) if it wasn't for our shitty winters here. Which is why I wanted the 4wd, while staying to true to my Honda blood.

 

make a u can't stop me in the snow video, haha, that would be great...no fair i wanna play in the snow

 

GREAT WORK HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO COMPLETE?

 

That's a nice clean swap.

 

Took about 16 hours. With two-three people. It was a new experience for everyone involved, because none of us had dealt with Honda's 4wd cars, or ZC's.

Kinda of a pain in the *** because my car didnt get the maintenence it deserved with the previous owner. So under the hood had never been touched. A lot of the bolts were on really tight. Not too big of a deal because we had air tools.

We did run into some problems. A miss mounted motor mount (backwards, yes, backwards). And it actually took about 3 1/2 hours to figure out why we couldnt get it to start when we initially finished the install.

We rewired the dizzy. Swapped the dizzy (which involved rewiring again). Swapped ECU's. Then swapped injectors. The injectors ended up being the problem. So we put the stock ZC dizzy and ECU back on the car. Has been running like a champ ever since. Even delivered pizzas in it tonight!

I'm betting if I was to do it again, and didnt have to wait for the flywheel to be resurfaced, myself and my buddy in the pic could have it done in an 8-10 hour day. I highly recomend this as a winter car!

 

props nice amber corners aswell

 

I say chap, Nice work.. yesss mmm. now you can do donuts. haha. Holey ****, you could go off road with it. So what if it's ugly, it's one of a kind. If you do some engine work you can be in the 13's w/ no problems.