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Well,
So it all began when I saw her on the side of the road with a for sale sign and the great OBO symbol of someone screaming for me to take them. So I call the kid up and ask what's wrong with it. he says "It needs a new motor" ok easy enough. so I run over and meet him and ask him to take me for a spin in it. he agrees. well about 30 sec into the test drive I'm smelling coolant so I tell him to pull over and pop the hood. Coolant everywhere. But luckily it's just a broken hose. So I ask him how bad he wanted to get rid of this thing TODAY. His reply was "well I gotta make rent by five" BAAAADDDDD IDEA for him to mention this to me. So I run to the bank and pull out 5 bills his asking price was double that.
So I call this kid back and tell him I wanna take another look at it. so we drive back out to meet him. I start telling him about HOW MUCH MONEY it will take for me to get this thing running. BLAH BLAH just filling his ears with **** so I had a reason to lowball him. So I pull five bills out and his eyes light up like christmas morning. Woo hoo I'm thinking to myself. SO and hour and a half later we get to this.












So After a trip to Phoenix and some haggling with some of my friends I came away with this for 2 bills



her new heart waiting to be ripped out




REX's engine bay all cleaned up ready for the operation



Cliffs : Bought a slightly damaged rex for 500, bought a Really messed up teg rs for 200, Ready for the transplant.

So to add some tech to this. I need to know how much to shorten the shift linkage by to make it fit. Also I have a book by aron Bonk about honda engine swaps. It says that I can use all of the original teg mounts with the exception of the back tranny mount. is there any truth to this.

Any comments welcomed
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Modified by hellshock2182 at 7:50 AM 8/5/2005


Modified by hellshock2182 at 7:51 AM 8/5/2005


Modified by hellshock2182 at 7:57 AM 8/9/2005

 

Clean looking dx. That was bargain right there

 

the crx is def an SI, not a dx. Very nice deal you got there!!!

 

yeah taht would be a SI... and yes i belive its true you can use all the mounts except the back one nice find

 

wow.. great find for that $$.

good luck with it

 

hahahahaha I'm the ultimate lowballer

 

whoops sorry i missed that one it is an si. thats even a better deal

 

Bump

I need to know how much to cut my linkage by
I know someone knows.
Tia

 

so here's some updates.

The engine wiring harness before



The wiring harness after



The harness test fit

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The Engine all cleand up ready to go in



Hopefully in the next day or so I'll get her all wrapped up

 

you are going to need mounts the integra ones wont work

 

what did you use to get the block so clean? powerwashed? or some kind of degreaser?

 

The amount you have to shorten the linkage will vary slightly depending on what mounts you're using. I'm using Arizona Race & Machine billet mounts, and I cut my shift linkage something like 2 1/4" shorter.

 

just for the record I'm using Hasport mounts and shortened it 2 5/8 inches fits like a glove.

 

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The engine wiring harness before



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wow my mom would kill me if i did that hahaha.

 

you won't get a straight answer about the shift linkage, different mount kits sit the engine differently, and very few people use oem mounts.

just attach the linkage to the engine/tranny when it's all in the bay, and measure from the center of the bushing to the venter of the peg that goes into it. that's how much you cut.


if i remember right, it's not the back mount that's different, its the one on the passenger side frame rail. and i think it's in the right place, but it's wider than the space for it to fit into. i dunno, try putting it in and seeing how they line up.

 

Hey thanks for the help,
I got the mounts to make it fit, Luckily while I was down I phx I got a set of hasports just to be sure. The linkage was cut by 2 5/8 inches and fit's perfect.

The only thing now is when I start her up she runs rough and is throwing a CEL for number 5 and 14 so hopefully tomorrow I'll get it all ironed out.

To get the engine that bright I used a wire brush first to get the really big stuff off then a wire wheel on an electric drill. Then Gunk Foamy engine bright. And to top it all off I used a toothbrush and simple green.

Total about four hours of cleaning and didn't even get it all

 

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Good thing I have my own house then. Believe me my mom would strangle me if she saw that. I'll get some more pics up as soon as possible

 

lucky bastard. why cant i ever find anything like that? anyways good luck with the project

 

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Good things come to those that wait, Believe me it took me a couple of months to find this so I could come up.