UPDATE..... Well theres been ALOT of downtime. I havnt touched the car in a while do to having surgery. But the engine is in and should be done VERY soon.


I've had the car now maybe 6 months. Im just down to buying the little odds and ends.
Its nothing special by any means just a stock b18a, and a little down the road im gonna go ls/v.


This is pretty much my first honda swap. Ive grown up with nothing but muscle cars. Ive only helped out on friends hondas, I didnt get into hondas until a year ago or so. This swap is basicly just so I can learn the ropes than I will do a more serious build.

Plans so far include

b18a1 w/ls tranny
innovatice billet mounts
DA front knuckes
DA rear disc conversion
DA axles
Remote battery
Shortend linkage
Mini Wire tuck
Cleaned block/tranny and painted










































Modified by mike9571 at 12:37 PM 5/31/2007

 

its going to totally wake up your little hatch.

 

Wow...i want that garage along with those tool chests's of yours....

 

Yea it should be alot of fun. This is my first honda swap all I have ever messed with is muscle cars
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lets get a rundown of what you are using: mounts, shiftlinkage, ect.....

 

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B18a
Innovative billet mounts
Shortening the linkage myself
Obd1ecu w/ jumperharness
DA hubs/ axles (along with rear disc conversion)
ACT clutch/flywheel

 

gonna be fun.


car looks pretty cool.

 

nice, looks like a fun build, i just bought a gsr lastnight, by, the looks of the gurage you should have no problem
hers my new baby....

 

boost that gsr and never look back.

 

If you look closely s10cky you can see an s-10 in one of the pics (with a 355)

 

Today I got the waterpump, oil pump, tensioner, and oil pan on.
Tomorow will be the clutch setup, bolt the tranny up and we'll see what else.

 

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hers my new baby....

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Nice buy!!!! i see its an obd2 96 and up gsr its good u just need to get rid of that intake manifold and buy a skunk2 manifold......

 

nice

 

my garage will look like this one day.. oh nice engine aswell.

 

Hatch is clean You'll like the bump in power, but you'll want more soon

 

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Yea im aware of that. Ill just have to wait and see what comes along

 

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SWEET, I had a 4.3, never touched the bay.

 

Today I installed the clutch, and mated the tranny. Starting tomorow I will be ripping out the old slop.

 

car looks great!

 

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Thanks im very excited to be able to drive this. By mid may it will be re-sprayed. For me thats just a weekend job. Pretty soon it will be nice and fresh like day 1.

 

i have a std hatch as well, you will need to do some wiring to go from dpfi to mpfi and i believe you'll need a resistor box

i'm sure you'll read all about it

enjoy your first honda swap

 

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i'm sure you'll read all about it

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dpfi-mpfi yes but depends on what injectors he uses for that resistor box.

peak & hold (low impedance) requires a resistor box, saturated (high impedance) does not require a resistor box.

But anyway, that is one clean hatch i could only wish someday mine will have no rust or hail damage.....

 

clean and simple....i like it

 

The motor is officially out. So next i gotta clean up the bay do a little tucking and through the ls in. Cant wait

 

are you deleting the A/C and PS?...if you do remember to shave the holes in the firewall