I usually just read & not post on Honda-tech but just wanted to share my joy w/ the honda-tech world. After months of looking for a honda civic HB, last month I finally got my hands on a 92 civic hb w/ a blown engine through a honda-tech member. And so the project begins.
1st goal was to get the car running and to get it certified to avoid any problems w/ getting it smog checked & when getting pulled over by cops. And so I had the B18 GSR engine/transmission put in, had the wiring done clean style, RSR exhaust, Ingen intake, Fluidyne radiator, and took out most of the interior.
I took it to the referee @ the burea of automotive (Wow, these guys check everything.) They had three guys checking the car & after 30 min. of me sweating bullets, one of them said I passed & that it was one of the cleanest swaps he's ever seen. Wooohooo!!! I almost had tears when they put the certificate sticker under my hood.
Next step, suspension. I was thinking of going 5 lug & adding coilovers. After that, I'm planning to get a custom made roll cage, taking out the dents (many little dents), getting a bumper cover & painting the car it's original color (black). This should all take months & lots of $$$ that I don't have but when all said & done, it'll be worth it & I'll be out on the track.










Modified by EGB18GSR at 2:17 PM 9/22/2005

 

Congrats. When I had to get a mechanical waiver for my hatch here in Ohio, the manager of the eCheck station looked under the hood (if he wasn't a moron you can see my test pipe through my engine bay) for a minute or two and passed me. I'm good until my birthday next spring by which time Ohio is getting rid of emissions testing.

 

no emissions here .

 

Thanks.

Out here in Cali., I've noticed they're more careful about that stuff...glad to hear you didn't get screwed

 

how much did that run you??? Did it pass on the first go around???

 

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same here, i once drove around for a couple of weeks open header. And I was roaring into vtec around cops and setting off car alarms

 

next get some security if you havent already....

 

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I bought the car for $1K
$5.5K on the complete motor set, new a/c bracket, cooling system parts (water pump/t-belt/drive belts,seals,etc.), exhaust, o2 sensor, intake, radiator.
$850-1K in labor

It passed the inspection parts the first time but not the Emissions Smog test because It was high on the HC, CO, NOx & all it needed was a new O2 sensor. On the 2nd try (u get one more free test), they inspected the car again (I don't see why???) & it passed both the inspection and Emissions. It barely passed on the HC .... Max HC was 121 and mine was @ 120.

 

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Good point. What's the point of getting all this if some dumbass is gonna jack my car. I was actually looking for a good alarm system. Any recommendations? I haven't been enjoying the car as I should because I'm affraid to leave it anywhere. Sucks because I went through all this trouble to make it legal on Cali. streets but I gotta be affraid of it getting stolen. After hearing about my friends & honda-tech cars (ITRs/civics) being stolen, alarm is the next move. Thanks for the reminder.

 

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No emissions in Victoria? My wife lived in Burnaby and she had "AirCare." I thought that was a federal thing (everything else seems to be run by the feds in Canada ).

 

Congrats on the clean swap and the respect of California authority

 

Wow you got it on the first try?..thats awsome

 

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Oh & the Burea of Automotive charged me $98.25 first time & $8.25 (for certificate) the 2nd time.

 

congrats! feels good don't it? you can say its the only sticker that actually adds hp! lol! i got my swap BAR'd in june and it was the best thing i did by far.

 

hey man congrats! i just got mined bar'd finally, it took me 6 months! But its worth it. I started out in March and then just now finally passed. i got lucky i didnt have to pay the $98. I still had a free try from last months attemt. The Ref was cool to me unlike all the other refs i hear about in Cali. Good job man!

 

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Haha lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AnDThEnWuT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey man congrats! i just got mined bar'd finally, it took me 6 months! But its worth it. I started out in March and then just now finally passed. i got lucky i didnt have to pay the $98. I still had a free try from last months attemt. The Ref was cool to me unlike all the other refs i hear about in Cali. Good job man! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah I know what you mean about some of the cali. refs ... the guys that did mine were okay but I got this feeling that they were dying to make me not pass. Just glad it all worked out cause another $98 would hurt.
From my personal experience I know the swap has to be clean, so glad to hear that their are other clean swaps out there.