So through a partial trade/sell of my 95 GSR teg, i got a 97 coupe (which i love the body style of)...

the car had a Blown b18a1, and i so happened to have a 97 Gsr Teg parts car that is (or was) complete besides being wrecked in the rear 1/4 panel....

So you see where this is going! lol

I just got the car running and went on the first test run lastnight and thought i would share the pics i took along the way...


This is the way i got the car... notice the lower RAD support is MIA...


trunk was ziptied closed because the trunk latch was anialated


Not sure if you can tell here but still has AUTO pedals in it...


blown b18a1


Donor Car!!


i know not the best brand but they were a freebie found in the trunk of EK


LMAO another box of freebie stuf found in the trunk of the GSR


Ok this is where my plans cost me some time.. i was going to modify the GSR harness to work in the ek, which i got frustrated with and ended up making the dx harness into a vtec harness including all features of the GSR


decided that junk *** RAD supp had to go...


Just about...


New Rad supp... was lucky enough to find one the same color!!!





More updates coming SOON!

 

oh yeah, the rear t bracket they used to put the LS in there was homemade and looked like an infant welded it up, so i hit the dealership for an OEM 99-00 si bracket...

 

Nice start, my fav color.

 

thnx mine too!

 

Nice man looking forward to seeing more.

 

thanks, i will post a few current pics later today.... it still has a VERY long way to go to be as clean and nice as i want but its headed the right direction

 

Still got alot of clean up to do but it runs great! also need to wire in 02s still...


Almost looks like a car again!


gas and brake pedals from the GSR as it still had the AUTO ones in it...




took the FULL GReddy cat back from the GSR as well... i will need to lengthn it about 4 inches in the future so the tip sticks out like it should

 

niceee build ..wish i was mechanicly incline lol ......tobad dere no more updates and pix i wanna see more

 

Are you on drugs? He just updated this less than 10 minutes ago.

 

I like where this is going.

 

maybe

 

lol... ill be keeping you all up to date, the pics posted @ 5:20 i acctually took today, haha

 

Nice, I would love a gsr in my ej8! Love the build man, and keep up the good work!

 

looking good so far. car has come a long way

 

It looks good man. Since you have the parts teg just make sure you get the brakes and seats into your car!

 

Yeah Brakes for sure, and im going to retrofit the front strut tower bar, but unfortunately the drivers seat in the GSR was broke in the crash so really sucks too cuz they are cloth gsr's my favs!

 

Nice progress, looking good. What kind of shape was the GSR that you traded this for? This car was kinda rough to start with.

 

my 95 GSR was real nice had the leather interior ran great on a chiped p28 and a few other mild mods... here is a couple pic of it:




ANYWAYS... it wasnt a straight trade i got $2500 plus this EK and the freebie clutch/fly found in trunk, plus a OEM si spoiler (that im not gonna use, so its for sale) and i have already sold the LS trans from it for $350, so im happy the way it worked out.... PLUS i bought the 97 GSR parts car for $1000 so I acctually have very little into this build SO far, lol!

 

OH and PLUS the Red GSR had a SALVAGE title from a previous theft recovery, and this EK is CLEAN!!!

 

Lookin good man!! I see you got the XTD clutch!! A lot of folks will say STAY AWAY...but I had a 6puck XTD and had if for like 8k miles and never had a problem and grabbed nicely!!...I sold the car...and the guy that bought it has had no problems till this day! Don't know how much or how hard he drives its...but I just talked to him a week ago and its still rockin' and rollin!!

 

I would have cleaned that engine bay and motor before I put it in, but that's just my opinion.

 

Yeah i really wanted to, but there was like 8'' of snow out when i was swapping so i will do it in the car when it warms up a bit... Im pretty good at it and i have a bad *** HONDA pressure washer (lol, i loves me some Honda! made my wife get an Odyssey and i only have a GMC cause Honda dont make a full sized truck).... if it doesnt come clean enough then ill just pull the swap and do it better, no biggie...

 

I would also put that header off the blown B18A on the GSR, it will bolt right up no issues. For sure get the front and rear brakes off the GSR and the brake master as well, it bigger than the civic's. Also swap the Tegs sways bars.

 

the DC header is a little beat up, so a new one is down the road

 

i will have update pics up tomorrow, i plan to spend a few hours on it so ill be sharing the update