so i traded this guy 219honda on here for my ej6 sedan for his integra ls-t and it seemed all ok only minor things were wrong with it until he left, i went to drive it around everything started falling apart, turbo smoked, piston rings were fried, suspension was garbage, etc etc. anyways this is a rebuild thread not a motor rebuild but an actual car rebuild. here's what im starting with

its my first build thread so please no rude comments

here's a pic that he sent me of the motor


this is the parts list that came with the car when i got it

blox intake manifold
blox 74mm throttle body
blox fuel pressure regulator
ramhorn cracked turbo manifold
450cc injectors
supposedly a 255 fuel pump will check when it gets warmer out
t3/t4 turbo dont remember trim
tial wastegate open downpipe
hks ssqv bov
front mount
custom piping
autometer boost gauge
black hx rims
3" downpipe
3" catback exhaust
h&r race springs
engine bay was super dirty no one ever cleaned the soot

also it was tuned on chrome 10 psi wasnt tuned when it was in my possession
has 2 step around 4500

im going to get it retuned by suja1 with ectune hopefully i can bump up the boost alittle more lol.

also here is the stuff he had on his for sale thread that he said he did to it

hot tanked block
pistons
built head
built block
crower stage 3 cams
crower valve train
new turbo
new clutch
new ls trans with no grinds

the car was so low that the exhaust scraped and made holes in most of the exhaust piping

the guy didnt even do anything to the car because he says it was an ls trans but its a gsr trans With a 3rd gear grind.


here is what i had done so far and what it cost me

new blox turbo manifold-40
new t3/t4 turbo (i know i know, im doing everything on like a 400 dollar budget)-140
new 2.5 downpipe- 1.71
new ebay catback 122.99
autometer a/f gauge- trade
mugen oil cap- trade

here is the list of stuff that still has to go in

driver side tail light- trade
skunk2 lca's- trade
rear tokico blues- came in the trunk
stock springs in back and stock cut springs in the front (only 2 coils, hope its not bouncy and super low)
tenzo r tie bar
rear strut bar


i gutted the whole rear interior to clean it today. the car will be getting worked on all this week. im saving the body work for the summer.

i have pictures of everything im doing to it but i wana get my lca's done today before i post them up. i will get those tonight tho.

decided to throw the pics that i have now up, before i get my lca's finished.
trunk and back seats before it was dirty as hell and after gutting for a good scrub










still need to do the front which i will do when its warmer out.


i have pics while i was working on it but didnt upload them yet here is some pics of it almost complete all i have left is driver side mirror, passenger side skirt, rust, and paint

 

Can't wait to see the final product.

 

So you traded him your car without even driving or properly inspecting his car?

 

1. he wouldnt let me test drive it cause it's turbo'd and i didnt want to argue it, cause he seemed legit, and 2. i inspected the car but what am i gona do tear apart the motor and make sure its built in front of him? if you have nothing nice to say then dont say anything. i didnt make the thread to bitch, i made it to show people the differences made to the car after i got it.

 

yea seems like alot but good luck man hope it all works out

 

the guy made a good point. Never trust anyone you dont know. But then again you're fine with it. GL

 

Read what you just typed and see if it doesn't seem overwhelmingly stupid to you. You are trading cars with the guy, yet he doesn't want you to test drive his (your future) car. Also you could have done a compression test and asked HIM to drive it around and seen the smoking. Who did you buy it from? I want to congratulate him.