well i had a thread up awhile ago about my project ej1 i was told it would be ridiculous to try and fix it and ot just get a new shell and throw it all in there and that i was going to spend thousands of dollars.... guess what i spent maybe 1k and made upgrades along the way... thanks for those of you who supported me along the way

so for those of you who dont know here's the story:

front of car pic:


bought the car wrecked from my cousin for 500 pic:


i got the car all stripped down pic:


got the quarter panel and rear body panel replaced as well as new trunk lid pic:


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on the way home pic:


got the taillights in and the quarter panel primed... pic:


put in rear camber kit... those coilovers are nasty huh? pic:


put in rear strut tower bar pic:

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the list of mods:
new d16z6 (threw rod in old one)
act stage 2 clutch & pressure plate
apexi n1 exhaust
dc sports intake manifold
dc sports short ram intake
strut tower bar
front and rear coilovers
tokico shocks
aem cam gear
16" enkei rim

my goals are"
250-300whp daily driver

motor mods planned ahead:
cp 9:0:1 forged pistons
eagle rods
arp headsutds
Cometic MLS 75mm Headgasket
OEM Bearings/Main Studs/Water Pump
GReddy TDO4H turbo kit

Other mods planned:
viper 791xv alarm system
rear camber kit--DONE
rear disc conversion


Modified by 94c1v1cex at 4:00 PM 4/29/2007


Modified by 94c1v1cex at 6:38 PM 5/13/2007


Modified by 94c1v1cex at 2:42 PM 5/14/2007

 

i'm planning to put some si style taillights on it as well

 

they did a good job on that panel..stock front bumper would look cleaner tho..gl with it tho

 

That's a big accomplishment.......looking good except that front bumper

 

So you're staying SOHC? Good luck with your build man.

 

hell ya sohc power ftw haha

here we go again with the front bumper thing... lol i molded that lip on there and its not comin off i like it on there its different

puttin mugen style skirts on it

 

i was leaning towards red but i think i'm gonna spray black cleaner look

anyone got some pics of a black ej1

just gloss black look cool or what other blacks you think?

 

bump

 

leave it white, looks way cleaner!

 

dont like white... too dull

 

damn dude all ima say is please do yourself and dat civic a favor and take off that bumber !!!! Besides that i think it look good compare to what it was.

 

that bumper looks like it was really cool in 95.....
but you are in texas....so...

is it a clean title at least?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by instrument &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that bumper looks like it was really cool in 95.....
but you are in texas....so...

is it a clean title at least?</TD></TR></TABLE>

ya

 

yea looks like its comin along. i dont like the front bumper IMO.. but this is your build. im sure everything will flow together nicely when your done


Modified by H22poweredEJ8 at 3:11 PM 5/1/2007

 

the front def needs a new bumper..... but its coming back nice

 

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thank you lol

edit:

i tore down the d16y7 i had sittin in my garage today here's a pic: the crank is hangin in the garage so it's not pictured:

 

lookin good

 

thinking about sprayin jet black what you think?

 

man i cut the hell outta my hands yesterday tearin down that motor... didnt even notice it until this morning

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94c1v1cex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm planning to put some si style taillights on it as well</TD></TR></TABLE>

I hope you don't mean altezzas

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rainy City &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hope you don't mean altezzas</TD></TR></TABLE>

kinda like altezzas they dont look as gay though i actually like these

 

Diggin the build man. I feel ya on cut up hands and working on your car. I finally picked up a set of gloves. Like night and day.

Good luck with the build.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JShull &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Diggin the build man. I feel ya on cut up hands and working on your car. I finally picked up a set of gloves. Like night and day.

Good luck with the build. </TD></TR></TABLE>

ya i started cleaning all my tools (its been awhile) today and i found a brand new set of mechanics gloves in the bottom drawer... i was pissed off at that one

 

drove a friends cobalt today... the 2.0l ecotec ss it was pretty fun just supercharged not as fun as turbo hahaha it suprised me how slow the pickup was on that thing too

 

nice fix, real nice