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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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Yo,names robbie,18 live in paragould,ar i traded my 84 corolla(ae86) for a 91 b18swapped crx si yesterday,sadly i spun a bearing today. never heard a knock or anything till a few hours after i changed oil.will be rebuilding the bottom end and the spray bomb will be coming off i hate spray bomb with a passion.
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really really really hate the spray paint all over this car
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 05:46 PM
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will be tearing into the motor and accessing the damage tomorrow,hopefully it isn't to bad
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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Ditch the rice. Looks pretty rust free, could be nice.
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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yeah i hate the rice look it has and so far only found one or two spots
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 02:07 AM
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a lot of rice to clear through. good luck with the build man.
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 07:35 AM
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good luck with the fix up! build it and boost it!
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 07:39 AM
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good luck with the fix up! build it and boost it!
wouldn't be the first time it seen boost,it was previously turbo'd from what previous owner said but he took it off since it was a hack job.i do plan on building it sometime in the future just gonna rebuild bottom end and make it my daily for now got some other things to take care of before i can start building a motor for this.
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 07:43 AM
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wouldn't be the first time it seen boost,it was previously turbo'd from what previous owner said but he took it off since it was a hack job.i do plan on building it sometime in the future just gonna rebuild bottom end and make it my daily for now got some other things to take care of before i can start building a motor for this.
Just go LS/VTEC and call it a day, the CRX is light enough that boost is unnecessary. I got a used GSR head I can sell you real cheap.
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 04:53 PM
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Just go LS/VTEC and call it a day, the CRX is light enough that boost is unnecessary. I got a used GSR head I can sell you real cheap.
buy the gsr head and boost it. smoke some stangs and vettes all day.
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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figure out your budget and then go from there. get some stock bumpers too.
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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figure out your budget and then go from there. get some stock bumpers too.
im gonna get some stock bumpers i hate the body kit
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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while im rebuilding the bottom end i wanna clean up the wiring and stuff under the hood,any tips?tricks?advice?
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Take ur time
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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About the bay I was gonna say bring the car to me and I would shave
and tuck the bay for u for 300 but u live to far away
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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 04:02 AM
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while im rebuilding the bottom end i wanna clean up the wiring and stuff under the hood,any tips?tricks?advice?
Check out chase bays they have a really nice wiring harness.
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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damn looks like my crx when i got it with all the ****ing overspray on the windows good luck
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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damn looks like my crx when i got it with all the ****ing overspray on the windows good luck
i got the paint off the windows working on getting the paint off the lights, once i get it going again and pay off my ticket im gonna go buy a roll of 40 grit and strip the paint off this car since its rattle can.
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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sweet, what color are you going to go with?
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 07:56 AM
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sweet, what color are you going to go with?
not really sure on the paint scheme yet
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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picking up a b18b1 this week (Arp studs. New head gasket. Newer cams and seals in the head.)
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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got the motor in just gotta get new tierod, finish up some wiring that some1 couldnt of done right the first time and had to make it harder on me,(thanks a-hole),and put the header on and should be ready to roll
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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its alive again gotta adjust timing tomorrow will have a few pics of it done tomorrow also
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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well small update i gotta get a new dizzy,cam sensor is messed up but other then that it runs good till 3k

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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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figured id post a small update the main ***'y relay went bad so there went $71 and wont be here till Thursday,hate waiting 3 days for a stupid relay. anyways i was soldering some wires under my hood,and decided id go ahead and start doing a wire tuck*hiding most of the wires in engine bay*

this lil thing has a bundle of wires going to it so going to inside the car were it is hidden but still accessable.got dark quick on me so didn't get much done tonight will have another update tomorrow
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 10:29 AM
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there's tons of threads on wire tucks so if you need help then the search will be your friend.

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