Sup all! Names Tony! and im 19..i drive a 1992 Honda civic CX hatch! I bought it as a Piece of **** and turned it into a lesser piece of **** lolz..Had a almost blown D15B8 in there with done clutch and blown headgasket..swapped in a D16Z6 with si tranny. uhhh plans right now? haha idk..i was planning on B20 swap..but im debating on buying another Z6 and building it for boost not sure yet..here is a list of mods..and pics of how it used to look and pics of the swap and just TONS of pics...Did all the work myself with help from friends! Let me know wats up NWP!

D16Z6 Motor Swap
Si/Ex trannsmission
Exedy Stg 1 Clutch
Fidanza Lightened 7.5 Flywheel
Short Ram Intake
Megan Header
Megan Cat-back(sounds sick)
Resonated Test Pipe
NGK Spark Plugs and wires
Egay Coil sleeves (free from a friend cant beat that lol bouncy tho)

CAR IS CURRENTLY GETTING PAINTED! back to stock R-81 milano red! will have body work pics up in a lil bit..the body was in terrible shape here are some beginning to current pics! ENJOY!

(TAKE NOTE THESE PICS ARE FROM LAST SUMMER(2007)






















Modified by SlowEGG at 5:41 PM 11/18/2008

 

Gonna have the rest up in a bit hold tight

EDIT:

Here is when i started taking the motor out (without a hoist lol) yea i was new to all this and this is my first motor swap! (NOTE THESE ARE ALSO FROM LAST SUMMER AS WELL! THE REST OF THE PICS ARE FROM LAST SUMMER) WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GETTING MORE CURRENT)

 

Since i was such a noob..i tried installing the motor without tranny first lol i had no idea what i was doing..but after some research AGAIN lol and reading on HT(which sucks now) i found out what i was suppose to be doing







Absolutely LOVE THESE PICS




Here some more





LOL thats my BUM looking self on the right lol





Me in my Moogen shirt on the left lol

 

My JDM hoist that i bought from ICB motorsport



Pulled out the garage under its own power..i was having TONS of issues with the engine harness lol i had plugs plugged up to the wrong things lol like for instance i had my TPS plugged up to my MAP and vice versa
so everytime i hit the gas the car would shut off lol haha fixed that..then found out that when i would turn the car on it would sound like a cammed muscle car until warmed up..lol it would rev really high then drop back down lmao sounded soo funny..figured out i had my IACV plugged up to some other plug that it wasnt supposed to be plugged up to lmao haha good times but in trial and error i got it running right!








Then earlier this year..as i was working on it...i did the DUMBEST thing ever...well i had tools in front of the car..so i backed up with the door open and next to my house there is this hill that curves up in my yard..well didnt shut the door fast enough and the hill caught my door and bent the fender and the door



My dumbass broke off 2 bolts in the process as well..im so stupid..




Here are some pics of a couple month ago..






And you can see the door

 

Did some brake work about 4 months ago to check everything plus i was hearing squealing







Found the problem with the squealing..Wear indicator was telling me TIME for new pads lol





The picked up some smoked amber corners from a buddy

Before:




After:




then was having some acceleration issues...found out i had some buildup in the TB...took good ol Carb cleaner and cleaned it out! forgot to take before pics.



Then did an oil change and went from Pennzoil Regular to Valvoline Full Synth Power 5w-30! Car runs soooo much better and idles soo much better!
Head even looks cleaner

 

Then since i broke those bolts on the door..i couldnt get in my driver side..so i had to climb in my passenger side door so i finally got that fixed and removed those 2 broken bolts and got new hinges!

my buddy corey doing the work! lol




These pics are from last month so recent!

THEN finally got around to slamming it! Only thing that sucks was that i got Egay coils..but a buddy gave them to me for free..lol dont ride too bad..but are bouncy as hell on big bumps lol

Here is with the front only down



Now the rear



The rear wont go any lower because the sleeves sit inside the rear perch witch sucks(egay coil sleeves ftl..but they were free lol) ..so i cant lower it anymore cuz half the sleeve is inside the perch but the front has another 5 thread left

 

Sooo now on to what it looks like as we speak...currently its at the body shop getting paint and body work done too it...omg..sit back and check out the terrible body work and dents and bondo filled hatch that it was before the body work took place...im having a friend of mine do all the body work for me and re-painting it R-81 milano red here are body work pics..from beginning to current! enjoy!

This is when he first got his hands on it!






I had a Bondo crack in my rear upper quarter panel..NASTY! looks like the car is infected with a bacteria or virus! and there was some rust under it..disgusting..





TONS of bondo on the hood! he thinks it was in a minor wreck..i think so too




Some small honda cancer but just surface rust

 

Got some new fenders for it!













Here are some updated pics of monday night! primer on and all that is left are the fenders and swapping my driver side door with another one off an EX almost ready for PAINT!!






I should be picking up the car on Saturday if everything goes as planned! will have pics up of the outcome! STAY TUNED!

 

woops here are some pics of when i had the front all the way dumped down 4 inches ! i drove around like that too see how it was ****ing crazy low! lol dont mind the Paint and rust spots as you can see in above posts its all taken care off! just check the slammage yO! only the fronts are done in the pics tho lol







Me checking the clearance lol



After i raised the front up more cuz i after the suspension settled on full dump i started to rub making turns

 

Im running 195/55/15 tires..i wanna go lower in the front but my tires will rub..which tire size should i switch too to prevent that? 195/45/15? and what are some good tires? i was looking at the Kumho Ecsta AST's they are pretty nice.

And the rear is as far as i can go since half the sleeve is inside the perch on the rear shock preventing me to go any lower...BUT i can remove the rear locknut on the sleeve and get a bit lower EGAY coilsleeves FTL..but they were freeee lol

 

Looks like proper work, great job so far. No after-paint pics yet?

 

Na its still in the body shop! the last body work pics i posted are what it currently looks like! Dont worry i will have after paint pics up when i get it! should be getting it this saturday if everything turns out! He doesnt wanna rush things he does dam good work!

 

Whatd you lower it with it looks really good im lookin to lower mine in the summer time

 

haha just some Egay coilovers..i wouldnt reccomend it just because they are pretty bouncy over huge bumps and when installing the rear sleeves half of the sleeve sits in the rear shock perch so your only being able to use half the sleeve..Egay FTL! but i got them for free so im not complaining too much lol but plan on doing full suspension tuning after i get new tires and it come out of the body shop.

 

Im running 195/55/15 tires..i wanna go lower in the front but my tires will rub..which tire size should i switch too to prevent that? 195/45/15? and what are some good tires? i was looking at the Kumho Ecsta AST's they are pretty nice.

And the rear is as far as i can go since half the sleeve is inside the perch on the rear shock preventing me to go any lower...BUT i can remove the rear locknut on the sleeve and get a bit lower EGAY coilsleeves FTL..but they were freeee lol

 

Very, very nice work. I definitely like the pictures and all the work you've done. Huge improvements from what I'm seeing. Good job, man.

 

Good work! Looks good so far.. looking forward to seeing it with a fresh coat of Milano Red!

 

You can run a 195/50/15 after two years in a tire shop i have never seen a 195/45/15 and from looking at discounttire.com they don't either

 

so...........whens the turbo coming on

 

good luck with the build.

 

Looks good so far, good luck with the rest.

 

Appreciate all the good words people! Yea ive got blood sweat and tears into this car..and my buddy is doing CRAZY body work on it! Im sure its gonna turn out NASTY SICK! i cant wait!

Plans next for the car:

New tires
New Valve Cover Gasket
New Rotors or turn my current ones
Find a nice CD player

As far as motor? idk..im debating on whether to buy another Z6 and fully built and boost..OR i was looking at some B20 swaps...

What do you guys think? i really like my single cams and have always worked on em so i know some stuff about them...but i also wanna do the B jump plus i like the trq the B20 puts down stock and the potential it has.

 

Should this be in the Apperance build thread? if so can someone move this for me? lol

 

boost that bitch trust me you will like it, just make sure it is tuned right. it doenst even have to be a built motor for boost just tune it right and you will be fine. shoot for 200-220whp and you will be hanging with s2000 and what not if not beating them.........its a good feeling

 

Yea im thinking about finding another D16Z6 and working on building it for boost! i want to build a motor on the side while the current Z6 is in the hatch now..questions..which Turbo would be best? i heard the 13B from the Talons are pretty neat? any suggestions?