ok so heres the info to start off

Make:Honda
Year:11/1988 (so pretty much 89)
Model:CRX si
Color:Blue (stock was black)
Engine:d16a6
Tranny:stock si tranny

Story:
ok heres how it start....
im a young teenager (no need for bashing) and i got a job with a friend at a mechanic shop.
(My buddy has always been into sporty cars FYI)
and on day i saw this blue car sitting in the back of the shop and i was like o wow looks kinda cool
started checking it out and wondering what was wrong with it, i knew he owned the car but i was like why wouldnt he drive it around it used to be pretty clean. he told me it over heated and blew the gasket and had just been parked for 3+ years,
so i was just aiming to see if i could get it running in normal condition and as the tear down began we noticed more and more things we could do
and i took the lead in the project and the car was gifted to me
and it worked its way into its new home of my garage and this is it slow but sure build.

ok so now that we have that out of the way

im going to set some goals here that are completely open to your opinions so please provide them

Goals:
•strip the interior(in progress)
•drop the engine to rebuild (in progress)
•mild wire tuck (in progress)
•new sunroof(done) (want to replace with cf (not plug))
•rear disk conversion(gathering parts)
•all around bushings
•recoat under coating
•paint
•relocate battery(in progress)

wish me luck ;P and as i said im open to ideas



Day 1 pics

 

sounds like a lot of work im doing some fiberglass work in my interior too but haven't finished all the plans yet...i've already started my rear speaker pods.... best of luck to ya

 

well i have no clue how to fiberglass i wana learn so i wana see if i can get a friend that knows to show me haha

 

just got the crx on all four 17's its no longer rolling on random spares
and i fixed drivers side door popper now i need to find a 35lb door popper solenoid for the passenger door and then find if not replace the remote for the popper module

 

17s on a crx smh

 

well they dun look too bad haha ill have pics this week of how the car is going

 

you dont have to be good at fiberglassing just sanding...lol...when its purely aesthetic the same can be said for welding

 

oh ok kool i didnt know that so what you just plop it on there let it dry and sand it smooth?

 

It's a process that's for sure. Usually it's sanding the filler that's the biggest bitch. By the way this will probably get moved.

 

moved to where ? D:

 

ok so right now i have the sunroof taken out and i need to fine out how to fix the rails and i want to find a nice cheep carbon fiber replacement (not a plug) the sun roof had a short somewhere in the cables so i rewired the sun roof just to open and close im hopefully gonna get a new dashboard

 

ok so tomorrow im planning on dropping the old rear suspension and replacing the drum brakes with disk brakes but i also want to eventually get a better sway bar and bushing set and sub frame brace any recommendations

 

your door handles are missing.

 

Shaved door popper kit ;P

 

ok so i i guess the head gasket on this car is blown :/ so the heads gonna get taken off and its gonna get rebuilt or cleaned and re(faced or surfaced) one of those lmao and its gonna be put back on then it should be running perfectly then i need to go get the headers and rest of the exhaust fitted with a straight pipe cuz the cat got stolen :/ but im afraid its gonna be loud with the fart can it has on it now

 

Interior is not the only thing you need to redo

 

i know i pmed a mod to rename my post but he hasn't yet so yeah i wanted to call it "89 crx si completely rebuilding"

 

so today i pressure washed the rear suspension and sanded the trailing arms and took out the bushings put 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of black paint i used dupli-color high temp paint says 500 degrees so we'll see i plan on painting everything black and calipers blue


1st coat of primer


last coat of black


who knows what hell the other owner did to the suspension from the crx i got these from the trailing arm bushings were already ripped

 

That doesn't necessarily mean the owner abused the car. Those trailing arm bushings are always torn on just about every EF I've ever seen with a decent amount of miles.

 

oh i didnt know that lolz i just guessed haha

 

Ok so this is my wiring plan

the alternator will no longer be running to the fuse box but im not sure if that will cause the check engine light or not but it is the only way to run zero gauge does anyone else know a different way to do this (the battery will also be moved to the trunk)
and i would also like to know how should i fuse the setup

 

Why exactly are you set on running 0 gauge?
You seriously don't need that thick of wire.
Your alternator can't pump out enough current to even come close to needing that.

 

because later on i want to swap the alternator for a higher output one and because i want to get good sound system

 

what would you recommend then?

 

Even with higher output, you aren't going to need 0 gauge.
A 170amp alternator needs 4gauge - 2 gauge if you are a baller.