I am new here and i've been lurking on every Honda forum that i can find lol. I couldn't find this question and i have mostly everything figured out that i wanna do. On my 89 CRX Si, the doors have seat belts on them. I was wondering if any door without seat belts will bolt on.

I'm gonna tell you all what my plans are so i can get a little more insight on my project. I wanna know if i am going the right route with all of this and if there is something that you all would do differently, i would appreciate some suggestions. This will be my first build and i'm pretty excited to do this and i wanna do it the right way so i would appreciate some more help.

This is what i'm planning on putting in my engine
-Race Bearings
-ARP Headstuds
-CP Pistons
-Eagle Rods
-Supertech Valvesprings
-Ferrea Valves
-Supertech Valve Guides
-Supertech Valve Seals
-Exospeed Stage 3 Cam Grind
-Golden Eagle Cam Gears
-Hi Flow Fuel Injectors- I'd appreciate if you all could give me an estimate of size after you read all of this
-Different intake and throttle body- I'd appreciate if you pointed me in a direction with these as well. i don't know what size of throttle body or whick intake to use
-Better head gasket- please help here too
-Kevlar timing belt since they aren't much more expensive than OEM
-Balance engine
-Undecided on sleeving or using a block gaurd
-Undecided on boring it out...

-Replace doors and front quarter panels to get rid of rust
-Carbon Fiber Hood
-Wheels from a newer Si- Like a 2000 or something
-New suspension
-Roll Bar
-Racing seats- which is why i want doors without seat belts

As for the turbo... I am lost... This will be the last thing in the build so it isn't extremely important right now but i'd appreciate it if you all gave me some ideas or a good place to start looking. I am a broke college kid so this build will probly take me 5 years to finish but i don't care how long it takes, i wanna do it right

From the outside, i want it to look like a normal CRX with a carbon fiber hood... kind of a sleeper but i love the style of the CRX so i wanna keep it that way

My goal is 400+WHP but i want this car to be able to handle being a daily driver. I'm not saying that i'm going to use it as a daily driver. I just want it to handle it so i have no problems which is why i'm building from the ground up. If you know and shortcuts or ways to save money without going cheap, please let me know, thanks

 

I posted everything you need to know before - it almost seems as if you are trying to go 3 different directions - N/A, Turbo, and reliable. Go with a LS and for less money you can have more horsepower...

 

I want it Turbo'd but i want the engine to be able to handle over 400hp so i want to build an engine with a low CR and durable enough to handle the power. My plan is to do the body work next summer and then get a different engine and build that one out of the car so i can still drive it with the original engine while i am building the other one. Then when i am done building the engine, i want to drop the new one in, and turbo it. I just don't know much about turbos yet so i don't know what i should use. which is one thing i want help with.

I want to know if i should be sleeving it if i an going to be running this much hp or if i should use a block guard or if i don't need either. I've heard of people running over 400hp on a stock engine except rods and pistons... I just want it more reliable and i want it to last so i want to build up everything that won't be able to handle the hp.

I just want everyone's opinions here on what they would do if they were building this. If you have different pistons you'd go with... or cheaper valves that can still handle it... or a turbo that you all really like. I just want some insight.

And if anyone knows of a certain door that will bolt on that doesn't have the seat belts in them. I'd appreciate you letting me know so i can look into it and see what i need to do to transfer it over

 

I don't wanna go with VTEC because i heard they are harder for a beginner to work with if you are turboing. If this isn't true, then please let me know but the LS comes with or without VTEC.

The only down side for swapping out motors is will the tranny of my D16 work? or will i need a different one? How hard is it to swap out all the wiring and computer etc... Will i need new motor mounts that bolt on or do i need to fab my own? I want whatever i do to be relatively easy to drop in. Which is why i was just going to go with the D16... I'm open to anything though cause i'm still in the planning/learning stage