whats up everyone i just picked up Another ef project a 1990 civic si, i got this one from my homie for free bucks pretty good deal im my opinion body is pretty straight it just needs fenders and bumpers little interior pieces. it also came with no motor ill be getting one soon. here are some pics... note the BAD about this car is the rack and pinion is cracked and where the control arm bolts to the chassi was broken and someone welded it but i got a new rack to put in it... you can see in the last picture the crack and a piece of the wire from the wire feed welder









UPDATE 7-17-06
Got the old rack out and man these people were dumb and they cant weld worth ****..



Just got a new one from a 88 dx its pretty clean..


ill keep updateing more..




Modified by VtecE_rex at 2:21 PM 7/17/2006

 

ouch on the crack.

im digging the hand chaulked for sale logo.

really nice to see your saving it!

 

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im digging the hand chaulked for sale logo.

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lol ya its cooked on there too from the sun lol gotta find a way to get it off thx for the feedback.

 

HOLY **** BATMAN!

good luck. looks like a ton of work. cant beat a free project though!

 

i argee with SIred91. looks like a hell of alot of work but good luck to you man. Never give up. for picking up a free car.

-melloman

 

razor blade and lots of soapy water window chalk will come off plenty of elbow grease props on gettin it for free dont give up i did and i miss my 90 si thats why i got my std that is my new project

 

thanks for all the feed back guys ill be cleaning it up a little finishing the primer and gettin the for sale off ill post lot of pics up as i go.

 

it will mean more to you when its all done, because you know you busted your *** on it

 

thats a ugly weld there...the welder who did that made that weld as pretty as rosie o donnell

 

good luck bro ! hope it come s out good!!!!!

 

Is that Taz on the gas door?

 

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damnit, you beat me to it! lol

 

nice hope to see it run soon

 

Why would you even bother to weld that ****, go out and pick another one...that is what I did when mine was dented a little (but did mess with my wheel optic)

Keep it goin

CYA

 

bump anyone know how to tighten castle nuts lol i put them on but they just keep spinning i tried someone standing on the caliper and everything thx for help..

 

Which castle nuts? You mean the ones on the ends of the axles? (There are a bunch in the front suspension on different parts.)

For the axle nuts, you need to lock the wheel into place somehow. Probably the easiest thing is either have the wheel on the hub and the car on the ground. Then you can have someone stand on the brakes while you put all your weight on a breaker bar with an appropriate-length cheater pipe. (Figure out the torque spec, then figure out how much weight you can put on. A little math will tell you how long the cheater pipe needs to be. For instance, if you can put 125 lbs on it, and the torque spec is 250 lbs, you need a two-foot bar.) You may be able to wedge something through the lugs and brace it on the ground.

If you mean other castle nuts in the suspension, you gotta tell us which ones. Usually you just hold the part as still as you can or let it turn as far as it goes, then crank on it with a socket and ratchet. Torque to spec, then line up the nut with one of the holes in the stud and put the cotter pin through.

--DD

 

blue one is my new shell for guts of black one my project on a budget

 

wondering if this will ever see the road again....

looks like a lot of work for a beater.

 

sup everyone sry i havent been on i got the new rack and pinion in and some new shicks and coilovers as far as i can see right now the steering and everything is fixed so now all i need to focus on is a motor ill get more pics up of the installed rack..