Well I recently aquired a 1989 CRX with a b16a and will be doing a bit of a build. This is my first honda and I really like the car so far. Details:

89 CRX, 215,000kms
B16a with 80,000kms
RSX magnaflow exaust
Intake
Short Shift

The plan:
Lower on new springs and shocks
Header
New catback
Integra GSR fat fives
Rear Disk Conversion
Replace Drivers Seat
Repair rust and replace drivers side fender(have replacement but its white).
Paint valve and spark plug covers
Also the PO decided it would be a swell idea to put the battery in a wood box in the hatch so that needs to go back in the engine bay so I can pass tech at auto-x events and most importantly does light on fire. haha

The one thing I'm undecided on is what I should do for paint, whomever painted it previously did an awful shop and the disgusting yellow color the car was before shows through in many areas. I not have the founds or means of giving it a proper paint job at this point in time, so I'm either thinking of going flat black for the time being or just using a lot of touchup paint.

Anyway on to the pictures.

 

Can you post pictures of that RSX exhaust?

 

Here is the only pic I have that shows the exhaust.

 

lol. someone spray-bombed it? then put the DOHC decals on it?
riiiiiiiiiice.

yeah... go with a gloss black to be honest, so it doesn't look so spray bombed.
I am gonna end up painting my engine bay before I get my car painted....

 

It has a DOHC inside, what's wrong with that?

 

And I'm almost positive its not spray bombed, just from looking at it, I don't think the paint quality is the problem, it just looks like there was shitty prep work done.

 

That's a big can.

 

didnt notice till just now... saskatchewan!
what part you from? i am in regina... can't find any meets around here...

 

I'm also in regina, the only people I know that will have some formal meets this summer are a bunch of guys from qcautomotive.com, I'm signed up on there and there are quiet a few guys with hondas.

 

nice! so i bet the guy with the EF SIR hatch is gonna be there too? cool. i will join that other site too... I wanna be part of the regina honda scene!

 

Little update, springs are in the mail and I got some new wheels on today. Bodywork and paint will start in the next couple of weeks once I get my jetta on the road.

 

 

good point.....agreed.


also, repainting the engine bay would look real good.

 

O ya, forgot one thing. I mounted a new drivers seat, it's an older bucket seat, really comfy don't know the brand or anything, only markings on it say Made in England. I'll grab a pic later tonight.

 

The seat

 

oooohhh...that looks comfy...i could go to sleep in that

 

What the hell? You've posted that everywhere.

 

hahahahaha i read this and just started cracking up!!!!

 

any update on the build?

 

Soon to start my own 89 rex b16a build. Can't wait. I gotta convert from auto to manual tranny. Not sure how difficult that will be but hoping everything goes smooth. Keep up the work man and keep posting those pics as your build continues

 

i love that hideous yellow paint
when done right...

good project for a start