What's up all, after owning the car for all of 4-5 months, the ol' trusty d series spun a rod bearing on me so it's time for a winter build. Paint, wire tuck, swap, fitment, the whole 9, all hopefully before spring IA '13! Here's the platform, my 92 CX hatchback!
I haven't ordered anything, but here soon I will be starting the ordering process. Planning on keeping it this color as well, just with a nice accent color. I will not be starting on it until most of the parts are ordered. I'm looking for opinions swap wise so post em up, and let me know what you think of the ride as it progresses! Hopefully it won't go that slow, but that'll depend on the weather out here on the East coast! lol Thanks for looking everyone and welcome to my slow but going build thread!

 

Nice starting point.

 

Thank you, sir! It was definitely love at first site. Now that she's down, it feels like we're seperated so I'm gonna shower her with gifts until she loves me again lol

 

Lol what goals do you have for the car. What numbers do you wanna put down? N/a or boost? What's your budget?

 

Honestly there really is no budget, I'm just planning on stopping when I say stop. Numbers wise I have no high expectations simply because if I do anything to the motor it'll probably just be head work, nothing crazy! this has been my daily since I bought it and will continue to be post build so it will be low power N/A. The only real goal I have for the hatch is to meet my expectations and portray my style as much as possible

 

Agreed, is a nice starting point. I dig that charcoal gray color. Wish my bubbleback was that color. Will be very interesting to see where this goes. What type of motor are you thinking of putting in it?

 

Ok so maintain it as a dd ok cool. Have any ideas as far as swaps?

 

i have a z6 for cheap if u wanna go that route

 

Right now motor wise I'm really looking into the b series options, its just a matter of vtec or non-vtec. As of today I just locked down a solid d series full drop-out for it to get me by until I decide on and purchase a swap. I'm open to opinions on swaps though so if you have a valid opinion on what swap I should go in it and what tasteful mods could/should be done post them up just for ***** and giggles I'll post pics of that change out probably next week/weekend lol

 

I just ordered a B18C1 for mine. The B16's lack torque in my opinion, and the 1.8's feel perfect.

 

I see where you're coming from, I'm really contemplating a b16b though and the only reason I was possibly going b16a, even though I know ny car isn't and never will be a real or replica of an eg6, would be to keep the engine as close to car correct as possible, you know what I mean? If I do end up going with a 1.6l I will be trading the trans out for a Gsr trans.. I can't stand the extremely short gears of a b16 trans lol

 

H2b!

 

Lol it'd be fun, but not practical lol I'm not a fan of the h series honestly man lol. If I was to do it though it'd be with an f20b-gsr trans setup lol

 

Oh its fun I was once not a fan of the H-series myself, but now I have a whole new prospective about it. K-series power for half the price.

 

Just to humor the idea I will look into it. Right now I'm stuck on what brand of harness I want to go with! Lol

 

Which harness?

 

Engine harness lol. I'm unsure of which company I want to go with. All are relatively the same.. just unsure of the company lol

 

I applaud you for not buying butt ugly rims like Focus owners do

 

Be a little more specific. What kind of engine harness you looking for? Replacement harness? Tucked, mil spec harness? If You want a tucked harness I have dealt with chasebays and there quality is amazing so is rywire.

 

Thank you lol rims will either a. Be sold or b. Become winter wheels. Lol

 

Tucked milspec with quick disconnect. ChaseBays is what im liking at the moment honestly. I've also dealt with their cs and had a very pleasant experience! Besides that, they're probably the closest to Louisville and I like that! Lol

 

Still. THANK YOU. One of my biggest peeves is rims with too many spokes.

 

I agree. My next choice is only 5 spoke

I really appreciate all the interest and feedback on the car as is though guys and girls, it really is motivating me to get this done and ready to be seen

 

Is that a carbon fiber hood? Forgive me: I'm slightly blind thanks to contacts drying out.

 

No its stock hood