Currently in the works

1998 Honda Civic EX

Building the car to compete in car shows throughout Northern California.

Table of Contents

Page 1:
-Engine pics
-B18C1 head removal & disassembly
-ITR Piston install
-SIR lip damage from accident
Page 2:
-Recaro SR3 Lemans Seats
-Bearing clearance problems
-Align hone to fix clearance problems
-Picked up ARC shift ****
-Pics from accident that damaged fenders
Page 3:
-Acquired CTR lip and CTR mirrors
-Picked up ARC Intake, Oil Cap 7 Radiator Cap
-Disassembled head
Page 4:
-Test fitted new front end parts
-New paint for entire front clip by Bay Auto Body
-Stripped B-Series valve cover
Page 5:
-Had Advan Kreuzers changed to bronze by Memory Fab
-Picked up a set of ITR cams
Page 6:
- Pictures from CarsxHype show
-Installed GSR head
-Picked up Toda V1 header
-Installed ITR cams timing belt
-Picked up a Skunk2 IM and Blox throttle body
Page 7:
-Reupholstered headliner
-Purchased Bolt Boys engine kit
Page 8:
-Picked up Koyo radiator, AEM fuel rail & fuel pressure regulator & Prothane shifter bushings
-Installed fuel rail & FPR
-Reupholstered headliner again
-Picked up 94-01 Integra rear disk conversion
Page 9
-Installed rear disk conversion
-Pictures from CarsxHype III car show
-Picked up Mugen Generation 1 catback exhaust
-Extracted bolt on motor.
-More Bolt Boys hardware
Page 10
-Picked up stock 60mm B-Series throttle body.
-Installed miscellaneous vacuum lines on B18c1
-Received and assembled Russel -6 Nylon hose and Earl's -6 AN fittings
-Blocked coolant ports
-Picture from Summer Bash Car Show
-Received shipment from Rywire for engine harness, brake tuck kit, charge harness & battery cables.
-Removed B18c1 from engine stand & installed clutch and flywheel
Page 11
-Removed stock D16y8 motor from car
-Removed dashboard
-Mocked up Rywire proportioning valve relocation kit
-Towed car over to Federal Auto Body for engine bay paint
-Installed transmission onto engine
-Polished letters on valve cover
-Painted brake booster
-Installed Rywire harness onto engine


July 2012

 

nice bro

 

lol

 

Picture of what the car looked like at this point and time



Pics of the longblock and tranny. The motor was converted to obd1 so I will need to convert it back to obd2.

 

Head removed.

 

Looking good, what are the mods for the motor? Built head?

 

It was completely stock when I bought it. Have a few small mods that I will do with this. Stay tuned

 

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Oil pan removed.

 

Nice car !

Good luck with your engine

 

Removed Oil pump, Rear main cap, main caps, pistons, rods and crank pulley. Will be taken to the machine shop shortly for honing or boring.

 

http://hondamarketplace.com/showthread.php?t=2957503

Just picked these up. Will be arriving in about 4-6 weeks.

 

I'm not really feeling the black wheels on black car, but it still a nice looking car

 

^^Got them for a good *** price a few years ago and had them powder coated black but I dont really like them any more either. Plan on getting a set of Volk Re30s in Bronze towards next summer

 

Block back from the machine shop after being decked and bored .25 over. A special thank you to Rob's Machine Shop in Hayward, CA. I recommend going there for your machine shop needs. He kept me informed the entire time and got it done quickly.

 

New OEM Bearings and crank reinstalled.

 

I communte to my college every morning on a freeway that has a lot of construction going on. The traffic cones were merging lanes on the far left and a cone was out of the line with others. I couldn't avoid it and hit it dead on. Cracked my front bumper and my SIR lip came off. I was able to retrieve the lip but there was too much damage.

I did have plans to replace the front bumper sometime down the road since it is an aftermarket OE style bumper and has fitment issues with the SIR lip as well as gaps under the headlights.

 

That sucks!!! Some ******* probably hit the cone on purpose with a truck just so someone would run over it.

 

damn thats looking hellaa sexy! keep up the good work!

 

oh i forgot...yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee e

 

Picked up a set of .25 oversized USDM p73 pistons from the Acura dealership. Will bump compression to about 10.89:1. Should make 165-170whp with a decent header. After Skunk2 Intake Manifold, a Tri-Y header and some good cams should make about 200whp. Still debating whether to use a Hondata or chip on Chrome.

 

Traded my VIS carbon fiber hood for an OEM hood. The VIS hood was warped or something because it did not fit correctly over the headlights so I didnt mind trading for an OE hood. The paint isn't the best on this hood and will be painted along with a new bumper in the up coming month. Plan is to finish just the block then fix the front end.

 

Best of luck with the rest of the build, good platform to start working with!

 

Pistons installed

 

Rear main seal and oil pump installed