I would like to start off by saying hi honda-tech. I'm new to the forum, but not new to the game. I have built and sold a couple of cars of over the years. The first car I built was my 04 em2. I did a complete color change to bmw m3 electric blue metallic with a silver base to brighten up the color. Next boosted it with a local guy and did a complete custom kit. Then tuned got it by je import performance. Ended up trading to to a buddy for a 2000 s2k. It had full cf front end and some minor i/h/e mods. Wasnt practical for an everyday so I sold it. Then eneded up with a eg2 b16 t70 turbo. I know right! Very practical!!! It over boosted and blew up. Thats how it ended up with k20a2 and 75 shot. Thing was fast but need money and ended up parting it out. Then ended up with b20v teg. Long story short ended up losing license for 2.5 years. That really sucked! Got my license back and picked up this little gem of a crx for dirt cheap from an auction in VA. It had been stolen and turbo and ecu taken off and then was abandoned.
I put a old set of gtc's reps I had on it! drove it and ended up rubbing because the struts were completey shot. The previous owner had bondoed the whole back quater panel and door because they shaved it. The bondo cracked and then, it was on. I decided to redo the whole car.

 

I stripped the quarter panel first. Found out there was only a penny size rust on both sides. Awesome. Then I fould out the rockers were completely rust free!!! This thing keeps getting better and better!!! And this is what it came with:
140k on body
dohc zc unknown milage
skunk2 coilovers
adjustable lower tie bar
rear disc conversion
fluidyne eg half rad
Short shifter with weighted ****
came with unknow set of racing seats

The car did not run when I brought it home so I was kind of worried about that. It ended up needing an ecu,skipped a tooth on the timing and a battaery. No problem easy fix. Then it finally started, but would keep falling on its face. So i swapped out map sensors. It ran a little better but kept shutting off. The vacuum lines where all fudged up. Fixed them, but it still wouldnt run right. I kept smelling gas, but it was not leaking from anywhere. I then noticed it had dsm blue top injectors in it. Bingo! So swapped them out for a set of rc310 that came with the car. It finally ran good but was still running rich. I drove it down to the OCMD the following weekend. It got 40 mpg.
So now im thinking damn I love this car. I made it there and back. Got back and decided to go for some sushi. So Im buzzing down the highway and its running great. Get off and click click boom!!! (Sorry for gay and curious reference.) Clutch blows a spring out of it!!! So throw in ACT stage 1 pressure plate still runs great.

 

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ended up painting it in my garage because im broke. Very pleased with results.

 

Let's see some pictures of the paint job whenever you get the chance!


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Looks like a great start.. Mines in pieces undergoing surgery to see full time track duty

 

^^^ nice mine has been apart and back together 3 times now!!! What are you building it for? I was going to buy another crx for NASA Honda challenge build maybe in early spring to build for 2014 season.

 

Hey here are some more pics of some stuff I picked up. The door panels and seats I got out of a crx shell. So I buy this shell off this guy in Harrisburg,Pa. Comes shows me the car and everything is cool. So then I purchase the car from this guy and he says "I just ran over from work. I will transfer title tomorrow." I'm thinking "ok ill trust you?!" He hands me the title which I already had checked out to make sure it wasnt stolen. It seemed a little shady to me. I have the car and the title so I mosey on home. Call this guy next day no answer???? So I blew him up. I think it was like 500 calls and over 1000 texts. Finally his girl calls me. "Oh Great!"
she says he is in jail. O god so i have a car that I paid for and no proof that I paid for it. Needless to say she got the title to him in jail and got it signed after a month. Never again!!! But hey got the title and got pretty clean interior out of it. The last pic is one of the quarter panel sanded and buffed!!

 

nice work.

 

been awhile since i posted on my build. Ive finally got it color sanded and its as smooth as glass. Now just need to finish buffing and polishing her. Front bumper is going in this weekend for black coat. Im ready to start putting it back together.

 

looks good

 

im impressed

 

Good job.

 

Thanks for comments

 

nice build

 

nice