First off, this is guna go by a little slow because im only 17yrs and i still got school and work :/
i picked up the shell off one of my friends for 500 bucks and ive always wanted do a build .
when i picked it up, i already knew i wanted to do a RHD conversion !
bought the RHD clip for $1141 off of Steve@hmotorsonline .
so heres my progress, negative or positive comments dont matter let me know what you guys think !
remember, im only 17 and i DONT know everything so bare with me .

so far....
EK4 RHD conversion (in progress)
d16y8 complete swap
ITR front seats
36mm ITR 5 lug conversion
Ebay coilovers on somewhat still alive shocks
and more soon to come !

Since i sold my old DD to fund the project, im getting rides from people . . .
heres the old whip !









i even had this (:


heres the car !
Planning on doing RHD, 01' itr front seats, 5lug conversion, stock sohc motor for now, and some fresh paint ! :D

 

got all the wires and junk out .



now the whole firewall is clear, no dash/heatercore/etc.


too bad i still gotta take the rack and pinion out . ):

 

so now im in neeed of a RHD front clip because venus in sac has one but its automatic .

so i gotta wait till ssautopower in manteca opens up -.-

 

my eg9 rhd clip was auto......it was easy to convert......the hole for the clutch has a cover bolted over it! bam done! i used my lhd clutch pedel to work with it nothing a few hrs and some heat cant fit looks factory!

 

ohhh that makes things much easier i thought it was guna be more work than that. . . . but ssautopower's prices are outrages and they kinda lagged. so i called steve @hmotorsonline.com and im awaiting the Ek9 RHD clip to come in friday and i should be receiving it by the weekend

 

you will be happy with the clip. got one for my car from him. immaculate and even the carpet was mint.

 

oooh, im getting the carpet too ? thats good to know lol . i was thinkin i had to buy it . and thanks !

i have a choice between these 2 motors, my only concern is if the y8 would pass smog .
D16y7 - missing ecu, primary O2 and dizzy . $450 obo
D16y8 - missing nothing, complete w/ headers and intake too . $650

 

prices seem high on both swaps....

y8 came stock in ek 96-00 ex and 96-98 si the y7 came as the base engine from 96-00

should be no problem passing a stock y-series i dont know the laws regarding swaps to a different trim level engine from the same gen civic

i'd go with the y8 personally, your gonna spend 200 on the dizzy n ecu forthe y7 and the y8 is about 20hp more

 

good luck with the build ,,looks like fun.

 

im guna try to talk him down to 550 or 600.
well, i started up another thread in the 92-00 civics and i guess the y8 would pass. but i would probably have to throw a y7 header on there since the cat and header are combined and there are 2 O2 sensors on it for some reason.


oh it is, but having limited transportation everywhere and waiting for parts to come in is the suckish part

 

good luck but a word of advice from me to you is don't do the rhd conversion yourself
not to sound like an *** but if you didn't know about the whole "auto" to "standard" convo. then you have no business doing a rhd firewall swap....instead have a shop do it for you .....its only for your safety as well as others on the road if the welds on the firewall were to fail for some odd reason .....well lets just say that would be tragic ........

 

just because i didn't know about that doesn't mean much. not everyone knows how to do an auto to standard conversion . i took a welding class during school, i can arc, mig, and oxyacetylene graze just fine . on top of that, I'm on a budget so i cant really waste my time buying an automatic clip. i didn't really want a reg ek, i'd be better off with the ek4 or ek9 clip anyway :D

i admire your db8, its sexy as **** ! lol

 

Got some minor things to add to my collection

Some Ek9 power windows/doors



some 96-98 ek tail lights, temporary until i find oem 99-00 ones


and this to keep me preoccupied till my clip comes in ! SUPERMARIO

 

OG NES FTW!

 

maan, this thing brings back so many memories .

 

good choice on where to get your RHD clip from.....also got mine from steve! it was clean and complete too

 

thanks ! lol i was debating on if i should buy the carpet or not . :/

 

also picked this 36mm itr 5lug conversion set-up up today, but the guy didnt give me any brake calipers. . .
does anyone know what brake calipers i could use ? i heard i could use crv ones in the front and rsx type-s on the back . can anyone confirm ?

 

cleaned it up a lil bit, starting to shave everything .


im debating if i should throw these 01 ITR seats in or not.
look a lil dirty since they've been sitting for a coupe years.
i also have the rear seats too .

 

well i got too excited when my RHD clip came in so ill just post pics tomorrow .

 

build looks good man!!!! cant wait for the updates

 

The RHD clip already taken apart. (i got excited and took it apart before i rememberd to take pictures.) ill have a pic of the dash and everything when im putting the car back together .




But sadly took this battle scar . . .


Picked up all this for $500 & rear ITR seats

 

I have 99-00 hatch tail lights I'm looking to trade + cash for 96-98 ones. pm if interested =]

otherwise good luck on the build!

 

PM'D !
and thanks :D

 

Nice build so far. But why go with 36mm itr conversion?