96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
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96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
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DAY 1:
So heres our 96 civic ex 4dr that we picked up for $300 he said the engine was seized.
as you can see in the third pic the rocker is pushed in a lil but the pinch wall didnt get harmed.
heres the 98 acura el sport got it for $700 the factory alarm is cutting the power for everything so im going to swap the engine to the civic to see if it runs and then sell it minus the valve cover. if your wondering why we aren't using the y8 from the el thats because we dont want to run into the common y8 problem.
i took off the front end and getting ready for the 98 acura el sport 4dr front end
heres a messy engine hopefully the head is still good cause were swapping a d15b7 in with the y8 head
el front end off
el front end mocked up on the ex everything bolted right up to the ex i just had to cut off 2 tabs that held the ex bumper on the el doesnt use them
wired in the different corner light sockets and bumper lights.
engine removed from the ex.
engine removed from the el. someone needed the front bar so he drilled out the spot welds.
DAY 2:
gutting out the interior of the el.
heres what the el looked like at the end of the day.
we put the d16y8 in the ex from the el and it ran so now its time to sell it.
d16y8 out of the ex.
cleaning the d16y8 head and intake mani from the ex.
DAY 3:
cleaning the engine bay and new hood cable and throttle cable.
el bumper, trunk lid, and tail lights on the ex had to re wire the plugs for the license plate lights and swap over the latch from the ex trunk lid.
swapped over the el seats and most of the trim.
painted the d16y8 valve cover.
started preping the d15b7 we gotta mount the knock sensor and try to swap the oil pump.
DAY 5:
took off the d15b7 oil pump.
put on the d16y8 oil pump.
swapped over the gauge cluster from the el.
DAY 7:
put on the d16y8 oil pan and put on the oil pump pickup.
DAY 9:
dropped the gas tank and dropped the rotted rear brake lines/gas lines.
brake/gas lines from the el.
DAY w/e lol: (been busy round the shop)
el subframe swapped over cause it was clean.
tapped and heli coiled knock sensor bung.
flywheel put on.
clutch in and trans mounted to the block and now in the car.
DAY:
head on the car some wiring in.
valve cover just sitting in place and rest of the wiring in.
DAY w/e
more things going on in the shop)
d16y8 oil pan drilled and tapped for return line.
el gas tank mounted to the ex.
oil pan bolted to the engine.
me putting on the valve cover gasket.
valve cover on spark plug wires ran one step colder ngk plugs in and turbo mouted.
check out the oil feed line and that nice compression fitting.
tanabe muffler mocked up.
eclipse 02 sensor wired and mounted.
DAY:
headlights bumper support and hood mounted.
el doors swapped over.
DAY:
downpipe and 2.5" exhaust all finished.
intercooler brackets welded, intercooler installed along with the 2 1/4" boost piping.
OBD2a to OBD1 ecu conversion harness and p28 ecu alread chipped with a base map.
Walbro fuel pump.
Hallman pro boost controller.
Samco 90* elbows 1 reducing elbow.
Pics of the carnage.
Bye bye motor.
Stage 2 clutch kit.
Had to use a diff oil pan since the old one has 2 holes in it so we tapped this one.
Glowshift oil filter sandwich adapter installed along with the oil pressure sender.
Motor all done and being oiled.
Rear disc swap some bolts were seized so they got torched.
strut bars.
some 16" rims.
all done with rear disc swap.
swapped out old dsm turbo for a t3/t4 turbo.
were going to sell everything we don't use to get some money back i'm keeping the valve cover and the el rims
build plans
el front end conversion
el rear end conversion
el rear sway bar
el interior
may even swap over all the suspension cause the ex suspension is rusty
turbo/dsm 450 injectors
lots more pics coming so dont worry
DAY 1:
So heres our 96 civic ex 4dr that we picked up for $300 he said the engine was seized.
as you can see in the third pic the rocker is pushed in a lil but the pinch wall didnt get harmed.
heres the 98 acura el sport got it for $700 the factory alarm is cutting the power for everything so im going to swap the engine to the civic to see if it runs and then sell it minus the valve cover. if your wondering why we aren't using the y8 from the el thats because we dont want to run into the common y8 problem.
i took off the front end and getting ready for the 98 acura el sport 4dr front end
heres a messy engine hopefully the head is still good cause were swapping a d15b7 in with the y8 head
el front end off
el front end mocked up on the ex everything bolted right up to the ex i just had to cut off 2 tabs that held the ex bumper on the el doesnt use them
wired in the different corner light sockets and bumper lights.
engine removed from the ex.
engine removed from the el. someone needed the front bar so he drilled out the spot welds.
DAY 2:
gutting out the interior of the el.
heres what the el looked like at the end of the day.
we put the d16y8 in the ex from the el and it ran so now its time to sell it.
d16y8 out of the ex.
cleaning the d16y8 head and intake mani from the ex.
DAY 3:
cleaning the engine bay and new hood cable and throttle cable.
el bumper, trunk lid, and tail lights on the ex had to re wire the plugs for the license plate lights and swap over the latch from the ex trunk lid.
swapped over the el seats and most of the trim.
painted the d16y8 valve cover.
started preping the d15b7 we gotta mount the knock sensor and try to swap the oil pump.
DAY 5:
took off the d15b7 oil pump.
put on the d16y8 oil pump.
swapped over the gauge cluster from the el.
DAY 7:
put on the d16y8 oil pan and put on the oil pump pickup.
DAY 9:
dropped the gas tank and dropped the rotted rear brake lines/gas lines.
brake/gas lines from the el.
DAY w/e lol: (been busy round the shop)
el subframe swapped over cause it was clean.
tapped and heli coiled knock sensor bung.
flywheel put on.
clutch in and trans mounted to the block and now in the car.
DAY:
head on the car some wiring in.
valve cover just sitting in place and rest of the wiring in.
DAY w/e
more things going on in the shop)d16y8 oil pan drilled and tapped for return line.
el gas tank mounted to the ex.
oil pan bolted to the engine.
me putting on the valve cover gasket.
valve cover on spark plug wires ran one step colder ngk plugs in and turbo mouted.
check out the oil feed line and that nice compression fitting.
tanabe muffler mocked up.
eclipse 02 sensor wired and mounted.
DAY:
headlights bumper support and hood mounted.
el doors swapped over.
DAY:
downpipe and 2.5" exhaust all finished.
intercooler brackets welded, intercooler installed along with the 2 1/4" boost piping.
OBD2a to OBD1 ecu conversion harness and p28 ecu alread chipped with a base map.
Walbro fuel pump.
Hallman pro boost controller.
Samco 90* elbows 1 reducing elbow.
Pics of the carnage.
Bye bye motor.
Stage 2 clutch kit.
Had to use a diff oil pan since the old one has 2 holes in it so we tapped this one.
Glowshift oil filter sandwich adapter installed along with the oil pressure sender.
Motor all done and being oiled.
Rear disc swap some bolts were seized so they got torched.
strut bars.
some 16" rims.
all done with rear disc swap.
swapped out old dsm turbo for a t3/t4 turbo.
were going to sell everything we don't use to get some money back i'm keeping the valve cover and the el rims
build plans
el front end conversion
el rear end conversion
el rear sway bar
el interior
may even swap over all the suspension cause the ex suspension is rusty
turbo/dsm 450 injectors
lots more pics coming so dont worry
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
bump finally got to messing around with the car more pics added
btw. the car runs great no codes other than second 02 which isnt mounted yet
coming soon boost piping and intercooler, safc2, gauges, and the rising rate FPR.
btw. the car runs great no codes other than second 02 which isnt mounted yet
coming soon boost piping and intercooler, safc2, gauges, and the rising rate FPR.
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
thanks, 8 more pics added
still to come:
pics of the boost & oil pressure gauge installed
safc2 installed
still have to install the FPR and 02
still to come:
pics of the boost & oil pressure gauge installed
safc2 installed
still have to install the FPR and 02
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
some new parts came in
obd2a to obd1 ecu harness conversion
p28 chipped with a base map
Walbro fuel pump
Hallman pro boost controller
Samco 90* elbows 1 reducing elbow
the car will be on the road within a week
obd2a to obd1 ecu harness conversion
p28 chipped with a base map
Walbro fuel pump
Hallman pro boost controller
Samco 90* elbows 1 reducing elbow
the car will be on the road within a week
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
well last night or this morning 2 rods shot out of the block just gonna swap in a d16a6 block and a new clutch since the new oem one started to slip when boosting in 3rd
pics of carnage coming soon...
pics of carnage coming soon...
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
thanks man
pics of the carnage added
btw isnt there suppose to be a piston in cylider 3 lol(check pics at bottom of first post)
and i didnt know valves ate piston rings haha
were gonna swap out the block and head but keep it sohc for now when the next one blows then its time for the b18
pics of the carnage added
btw isnt there suppose to be a piston in cylider 3 lol(check pics at bottom of first post)
and i didnt know valves ate piston rings haha
were gonna swap out the block and head but keep it sohc for now when the next one blows then its time for the b18
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
yesterday we took the rest of the motor out plus the tranny and today the clutch came in we hope to start working on it this weekend
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
DO NOT RUN A FMU AND A SAFCII when boosting!!!! it will run like shyt and not give u its full potential. it was night and day between that setup and a chipped ecu. fastest i could run with the safc was a 16.4 with a chipped ecu i ran 14.6. do not boost the car this way. safc's are junk unless your running n/a they do not compensate ignition when boosting. no wonder it blew up.. you live u learn
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Re: 96 civic ex 4dr build and 98 el conversion
boost piping was never hooked up and the 450's werent in with the safc2 so it wasnt used it was taken out then the tuned ecu was used so the safc2 had nothing to do with it, it was only wired in no settings were messed with.
we put the clutch on the y7 block and went and got the shim for the oil pump
we put the clutch on the y7 block and went and got the shim for the oil pump