Just have to finish up with the hubs and knuckles, mount the brakes, mount the shifter linkages up, fill all the fluids, and wait for Hasport to send my harnesses back. Its a jdm b16a with the vtec shaved off the cover to help disguise it from the smog ***** here in CA. Anything i should check the first time I start it up?


Had to rice it up a little bit


-Todd

 

very nice, get one of your friends to go over the whole thing, more often than not you always miss some minor detail...damn i want my motor very nice though

 

here is how i took mine around the block when i first got the thing in

 

Dude its a beater in every sense of the word (at the moment of course). I think im going to drive around and bask in its stockness for awhile, hoping people think the dohc vtec badge is a weak attempt at trying to be a typical CA Ricer- and then beating them into submission


My 2 boys playing nicely:

Another engine shot - Pre steam cleaning (i cant wait to do this, i LOVE clean engine bays!!)

Valve cover shot: (notice not a single trace of DOHC or VTEC


-Todd

 

That engine bay is awesome! I can't believe how clean you got it!

 

Awsome sleeper....is no more......... thanks for sharing

 

I would really like to know how you shaved the DOHC VTEC? and made it look so good after...

 

That looks really nice...A couple Q's if you dont mind. Did you repaint the valve cover? if so with what. Also, the steam cleaning... Do you rent something or do you have your own cleaner? The car looks really nice though...

 

Hey! Very Nice!! What type of Mounts did you use?

 

Very nice swap, congrats

 

very nice mang, love the shaved vtec, as for the steam cleaner i believe its just a spray, i used it on my ls longblock 2 weeks ago to get the grime off, u just buy it hose your engine bay, stay clear of all electricals, then just spary the steam cleaner on the block and any other place, once again staying away from the electricals, then just hose it off. works wonders.

 

valve cover is well done!

it'd be a great sleeper if you removed the sticker off the back...

about disguising it from the smog police... doesn't the sticker give it away and also the fact that they could look at the engine code?

I like how you kept it stock height and the stock alloys... I know i'd be thinking "WTF" if i lost to it.

 

haha yeah i know, that was taken when there was no motor in it, the car was like 3ft off the ground.

-Todd

 

yea but what if the ****'s see the back of your car?, and how is the cover painted is is powdered or painted? loks good....nice front upper bar too

 

ohh yea, and i like the standard center peice in the lights thats gonna throw some people off tooo and keep the air box that looks good too. :]

 

Awesome, that is sweet I would be pissed if I tried to race you and got beat by something that stock looking. BTW where in cali do you live so I can stay clear of you

 

how did you paint the valve cover

 

I followed this procedure:

1) Remove valve cover from car, take off all gaskets
2) With coarse sanding disc, sanded off dohcvtecuteil it was completely smooth
3) With fine sanding disc, sanded out any imperfections, such as corrosion from the boat that it came over on, and any scratches.
4) Using a product called aircraft paint remover, completely stripped off all wrinkle-finish coating that was from the factory (you can also use 'jasco' but aircraft stuff works better)
5) Hot tanked valve cover to get everything off.
6) Applied paint evenly with about 5 coats of high temp semi gloss black.
7) With fine sanding disc polish the remaining letters out.

 

now your car looks like mine. but I can't seem to post them since I do not have a picture hosting account. Your engine bay turned out nicer than mine though, good job and the valve cover looks nice.

Also how did the valve cover look after taking all the paint off with the aircraft paint remover. thanks

 

Very Nice..

 

Engine bay is clean. Where did you get the spark plug cover? It looks nice, no logos or emblems

 

newest engine shot:



Had to throw the blingin JDM cover for the http://www.weaksauce.org meet this saturday AM (anyone else from norcal going?!?!)

Ill have some pics of the car up tomorrow, i tried to snap some in the dark but they came out really bad...installed skunks tonight and black Si wheels with Kumho 712s, i think it looks badass personally but ill let u all decide tomorrow

-Todd