Well after 3 months of searching for a new candidate CRX to begin my new project I found this 1989 Rio Red Crx Si. After everything was said and done I ended up picking her up for $800. Clean title, no accidents as far as I can tell majority of the interior parts intact. Cons- stock engine has a thrown rod, a/c was removed - a must in Texas, sunroof was rusted, groofy looking taillights and corners, cracked windshield and funny looking wing he put on. Now keep in mind I will be building this car as weekend toy. Below are also a couple of pics of my previous crx as well, I don't plan on going as crazy on this one. I'll keep you updated on the progess, probably won't be as quick as i'd like due to other priorities that come first, remodeling the house as well.

The imola orange Crx was one I built in 2002





Some pics of my Canteen Green coupe







Now on to the newest member of the family
How I brought her home




Rusted out sunroof

yeah those taillights are wing are coming out

New sunroof assembly I picked up

Let the work commence



Picked up a couple of red spray paints, the rust-olem matched my faded roof really well

old one was rusted completely through


old suroof's final resting place

painted and in




Thats all for now


Modified by DropSide at 11:33 PM 4/9/2007


Modified by DropSide at 12:40 AM 5/3/2007

 

Is that imola orange the same color as my car? I thought it was saffron orange...

 

it looks different, the imola orange is off the NSX and has metallic in it.

 

good luck

 

you don't need to remove the hole mécanism to change the roof cap only!

 

the motor was burned out on the old one, plus the new assembly looked alot cleaner.

 

looks good

 

alright guys, a little update...so I picked up a stock 91 si motor for dirt cheap from a local guy on Tuesday. My girlfriend's father let me borrow a hoist and engine stand to pull the old motor out so I can start swapping over the parts to the replacement motor.



Had to move the bike out to make room for surgury



My buddies, Mike and Micah came over and we cracked open an 18 pack and got to work




2 hours and a case of beer later and she's out




Well it looks like the replacement motor is going to need alot of work, need to change the gaskets, replace the header studs and switch over all the missing parts from the old motor onto this one.


so much to do and so little time....more updates next weekend

 

Canteen Green, Is that the real name for that color?

 

nice work! keep it up!! (drinkin heavier stuff might help! lol)
likin all the other previous rides too! all nice and clean... nice nice...

 

yes, its off the Nissan Titan and xterra

 

Those tail lights are horrid.

 

pretty sick rebuild.

surprising how that spray paint matched so well.

 

ehhhhhhhhhhh chris finally getting his hands dirty and hey i have a blown 91 si motor if you need any parts like bolts or sensors just call me

 

cool, i'll let you know...I've got two of them sitting in the garage now. I need all the a/c components if you got'em

 

dope

 

alright a little update on what i've done...which isn't much as its fiesta week here in good ole San Antonio, which means i've been doing more drinking and parting than anything else if your ever here the last week in April its worth checking out...the whole city gets down.

So my girlfriends father came by and we pull the tranny off the old motor and bolted it up to the new one and put on the started the check the compression before installing it. We hooked up a battery to the starter and grounded it to the block and cranked the motor while checking each cylinder. 1 is 185, 2 is 180, 3 is 165 and 4 is 175...not to bad for an old motor. Since he is a manager at a Chevy dealership he offered to help order my gaskets and parts at the local Honda dealership for their price So I got on order

Gaskets - intake, exhuast, valve cover, oil pan,
Water pump
Thermostat w/gasket
Distributor o-ring
front and rear main seal
front motor mount as mine is broken

So while i'm waiting on parts, I spent a good four hours building shelves from the local home depot so I can finally get all my crap off the floor and organized the garage. Tomorrow i'm going to start degreasing the engine bay.









Modified by DropSide at 12:22 AM 4/30/2007

 

i love new oem parts.


i should have never quit honda. i do still get employee discount, i just dont get to charge them to a paycheck anymore.

keep up the progress.

 

thanks bro, yeah oem stuff is the best

 

Alright, I had friday off of work and was able to get some work done on the car.
Got the new gaskets, motor mount and thermostat in




Got the engine on the stand and was able to get the oil pan off





Driveshaft seal



Oil pan gasket



Front motor mount


Thermostat


Got the transmisson, starter and distributor on






Well the motor's complete and ready to be put back in, should have some time this week to work on it, if not for sure on Saturday. All for now...

-Chris

Modified by DropSide at 12:32 AM 4/30/2007


Modified by DropSide at 12:32 AM 4/30/2007


Modified by DropSide at 12:33 AM 4/30/2007

 

looks good

 

what kind of numebers are you throwing down in that turbo sohc coupe?

 

I'm not to sure b/c I never ran it on the dyno or the track, the orange CRX ran a best time of 12.7 @ 117 with me driving and I was not a very good driver at the time, traction was a big issue.

 

does anyone know if the 91 crx front bumper will bolt up to an 89 or do I need to switch out the bumper support or headlights?

 

i beleive you will have to get the 90-91 bumper support etc, did you ever run the car (coupe) at the track?