Motor Swap, Wire Tuck, Photoshoot, JDM ITR, EG Coupe, LS Integra, No Sleep, 37 Pics, 56K Death
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Motor Swap, Wire Tuck, Photoshoot, JDM ITR, EG Coupe, LS Integra, No Sleep, 37 Pics, 56K Death
Well my roommate decided his B16 EG coupe was not enough power for him so we went to a friends shop and swapped the motor out for a GSR. 30 hours later it was all completed. Working on almost no sleep each night we were at the shop constantly for 4 days and nights. While the motor was out of the car it was decided to paint the engine bay and wire tuck some of the components of the motor and headlights to make it cleaner. You will see why we did this in the pictures below. It was badly needed. Anyways onto the pics and discriptions.
<U>Before Pictures:</U>
As you can see from the before images that the car was in pretty bad shape in the engine compartment. The engine was never really cleaned. So you can see at the end result how much better it was.
<U>Painting the Engine Bay and Starting to Tuck the Wires:</U>
Over the years this EG coupe has had many different looks. Starting out as a stock red 95 DX Civic it then went onto being painted red again. Then from there for a short while it was painted lime green. Regretting that horrible decision the car was quickly changed from green to championship white. Due to a year of bad luck the paint on the car was not in the best shape so about a month ago the car was painted Championship White again. Notice the multicoloured engine bay. Red, green, white and black (from another engine bay painting attempt) are all present and make the whole bay look like garbage. This needed to be done badly.
<U>First Layer Of Paint:</U>
At 8am saturday morning after a night of wire tucking sanding, prepping and painting the engine bay had its first coat of black paint. The engine bay instantly looked a lot better and was hard to believe that just a few hours before it looked like a Christmas elf exploded in there. The pictures were taken on a cell phone so sorry for the quality.
<U>Motor Swapped, Wires Tucked and Put Back Together:</U>
As you can see the new motor is sitting pretty in these pictures. The engine bay is completed as far as our wire tuck was going. It was not a complete tuck but a nice one to clean up from the HIDs and other wires that were in the way. You can see Corey in these pictures cleaning up the wires as he tucks them behind the fender.
Just a nice shot of the header.
Putting all the panels back on the car. The fenders, hood, headlights, bumper, corner lenses. license plate and corner markers.
The car finally off of the jack stands and on the ground for the first time in almost 4 days.
<U>JDM ITR, LS Teg and EG Coupe Photoshoot:</U>
Funny enough my roommate had to go and get his exhaust fixed due to the new header and it not lining up to his old exhaust. At the muffler shop was our friend Alex (JDM ITR) and Faraz (JDM Front LS) so they all decided to have a circle jerk and take some pictures
. All these cars are in 1/2 winter mode 1/2 summer mode. Its funny to see them all in this rare state that only lasts about a month.
<U>Emo Engine Shots:</U>
Well after a hectic weekend and monday the Civic finally got some time to sit down and rest. I must say I think that the swap went very well and definately looks a lot better than it did before. Just need to figure out a way to keep the Spoon N1 exhaust quiet. With the GSR motor and highflow cat its loud as a mafak.
Just wanted to say thanks to the following individuals:
Eric - The Motor Builder & Swapper
Corey - The Wiring Tech & Swapper
Aidan - The Gofer
Tony - The Token Domestic Owner
Mark - The Muscle
Kim - The **** Disturber
Nick - The Blurry Pic Taker / Nut Remover
Adam - The Human Vise
I hope I didnt miss anyone.
EDIT: BEFORE IMAGES ADDED
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<U>Before Pictures:</U>
As you can see from the before images that the car was in pretty bad shape in the engine compartment. The engine was never really cleaned. So you can see at the end result how much better it was.
<U>Painting the Engine Bay and Starting to Tuck the Wires:</U>
Over the years this EG coupe has had many different looks. Starting out as a stock red 95 DX Civic it then went onto being painted red again. Then from there for a short while it was painted lime green. Regretting that horrible decision the car was quickly changed from green to championship white. Due to a year of bad luck the paint on the car was not in the best shape so about a month ago the car was painted Championship White again. Notice the multicoloured engine bay. Red, green, white and black (from another engine bay painting attempt) are all present and make the whole bay look like garbage. This needed to be done badly.
<U>First Layer Of Paint:</U>
At 8am saturday morning after a night of wire tucking sanding, prepping and painting the engine bay had its first coat of black paint. The engine bay instantly looked a lot better and was hard to believe that just a few hours before it looked like a Christmas elf exploded in there. The pictures were taken on a cell phone so sorry for the quality.
<U>Motor Swapped, Wires Tucked and Put Back Together:</U>
As you can see the new motor is sitting pretty in these pictures. The engine bay is completed as far as our wire tuck was going. It was not a complete tuck but a nice one to clean up from the HIDs and other wires that were in the way. You can see Corey in these pictures cleaning up the wires as he tucks them behind the fender.
Just a nice shot of the header.
Putting all the panels back on the car. The fenders, hood, headlights, bumper, corner lenses. license plate and corner markers.
The car finally off of the jack stands and on the ground for the first time in almost 4 days.
<U>JDM ITR, LS Teg and EG Coupe Photoshoot:</U>
Funny enough my roommate had to go and get his exhaust fixed due to the new header and it not lining up to his old exhaust. At the muffler shop was our friend Alex (JDM ITR) and Faraz (JDM Front LS) so they all decided to have a circle jerk and take some pictures
. All these cars are in 1/2 winter mode 1/2 summer mode. Its funny to see them all in this rare state that only lasts about a month.<U>Emo Engine Shots:</U>
Well after a hectic weekend and monday the Civic finally got some time to sit down and rest. I must say I think that the swap went very well and definately looks a lot better than it did before. Just need to figure out a way to keep the Spoon N1 exhaust quiet. With the GSR motor and highflow cat its loud as a mafak.
Just wanted to say thanks to the following individuals:
Eric - The Motor Builder & Swapper
Corey - The Wiring Tech & Swapper
Aidan - The Gofer
Tony - The Token Domestic Owner
Mark - The Muscle
Kim - The **** Disturber
Nick - The Blurry Pic Taker / Nut Remover
Adam - The Human Vise
I hope I didnt miss anyone.
EDIT: BEFORE IMAGES ADDED
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nice job,a hell of alot of work but the finished product came out very clean 
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Looks like that hard work payed off. Clean Engine Bay, Wire Tuck and a Swap what more could you ask for.
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