Well it didnt take long but i ended up crashing my last project car shortly after owning it.... sigh i had such big plans for her (SC RSX type S)









But i happened to stumble accross this diamond in the rough and since i had always wanted to build an EK i figured why not now!









Shes a 96 Civic DX with a B18C5.

First couple of mods



found this at the junk yard





CTR Spoiler and EK9 tail lights







i salvaged my J's racing exhaust off my RSX and surprisingly it fit pretty dam good on my EK with only minor welding (not of the J's exhast but my factory muffler)





Before i got into mechanics i used to detail cars for a living and ive been itching to polish this car ever since i bought it, i no its going to be repainted later but the sun damage and stains killed me everytime i looked at the car.

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coilover time, cheaped out and got these for now will upgrade down the road but want to spend most of my money on my future engine build

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LOL'd so hard at this

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These things are great! no shopping cart ride that usually comes along with coilover install.

i also got some custom made spoiler risers they turned out great!

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i was also curious about how light this beast was so i weighed i was pleasantly surprised. these are the same scales which i weight my fat fat STI on (3360lbs)

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4x114 brake conversion and wheels!











99-00 front end conversion





A friend recently purchased a K swapped EG6 took me for a ride and i was throughly unimpressed lol my EK can hold its own with the Type R engine against it. So with my new found love of the B series she is coming out over the winter and being preped for a turbo. Ill be forging the internals, upgrading cams (pretty set on GSC power division), upgrading the valvetrain, and going with a GT3076 turbo. i have ordered fresh rear quater panels so once the engine is out it can go off to paint. At the shop i work at we specialize in Porsche so one day we got a 997 GT3 in for routine service and i fell in love with the color, ill be painting her GT3 Grey/black it looks amamzing!







Black recaros







CTR power mirrors



CTR side molding ordered, they are much thinner than the CDM model trim nothing crazy just look much cleaner





Front lip is ordered. I'm a big fan or Spoon and Mugen but it seems everyone and thier uncle has those lips and me being me I like being "different" (yeah I no coming from a guy who is boosting a B series). Any ways I went with a First molding lip. This is my first CF lip and I'm not really a big fan of CF lips but they don't come in urethane or fiberglass so I guess it will have to grow on me.







I'm trying my best to tie up my exterior mods before she hits the paint booth so I did some googling of how much I will need to modify my bumper to fit my IC. Some guys go to town and hack up the bumper because the opening on the lower grille isn't larger enough to accommodate a standard IC core. I don't like this.... Soooo I came up with a more interesting idea. Uras triple air duct. I see that stock EVOs and GTRs use this method and I looks pretty cool I must say so myself. Functional and good looking? Yup ill take it.



I was trying to figure out how to feed air to my turbo so I figured I'd need some kind of inlet and ducting to let air in. I really like the idea of have a head light with a duct in it, but driving around with only one illuminated head light is dangerous and probably illegal. I started looking at brake ducts and didn't like most of the fog light ducts on the market.... Just too plain. So I opted for one of these, I'm sure Ill find a way to retro fit it on.... Hopefully lol



And finally enough of the front end lets focus on the assay. When I had my RSX I purchased a shine rear diffuser from a S2000 which I was planning on retro fitting onto it but I didn't get around to it. So it will be going on the EK, from what I read it take A LOT of trimming but fits quite nicely. And I figure if Spoon put one on thier track car it must make it quicker lol





Sigh was does Japan have to be so far away....

more to come!

 

Nice I have a red 99 cx i got the same interior black/red stitch recaro and itr rears

 

nice, keep it up, check out my build thread link below, i too have a 96 ek

 

why didnt you take the k20 s/c out of the rsx and put that in the ek???

 

Lol this crossed my mind ALOT! But seriously after doing a few pulls against a K swapped EG I was not impressed at all. Sure a SC K would be awesome in an EK but I know a boosted B will be 1000 times better

Small update:
I ordered my wheels today, by far the most expensive thing I've purchased for t build so far so I wanna keep it under wraps. I will say this they are 3 piece forge wheel, 16x8 +26 and made to order... More to come

 

Something tells me I should subscribe to this one..
Nice work so far, can't wait to see more.

 

Nice build so far. I was thinking to myself when you got the wing, "Thank god... no wing tilt." Then I read further.... =\ Funny how one wants a diffuser to be functional, but converts their wing into an air brake, lol.

Will be interesting to see where it goes though. And as for the wheels, from those specs, it feels kinda obvious. CCW.

 

Definetly not CCW, and the angle of my wing is hardly an air brake

 

Small update:
Finally got around to removing all the interior except for the dash.Ii am leaving in place for now because once the engine is out (hopefully this weekend), i will be relocating the fuse box to the glove box and i need the glove box in place so i know how to route my wires.







im having a hell of a time removing the sound deaden material... ive read on line that dry ice works wonders but i have no idea how to handle it or where to find it. Any input on how to better remove it is much appriciated!! :-\

How she sits now



could have been a cool pic if i had a better camera lol



Roll cage soon to be ordered and then welded in place before paint, im looking for a place to get this done. From my understanding the best or "professional" way to weld in a cage is with the vehicle on a jig... not sure if this is necessary

 

that's a dope build i love ek/ej6 but u should deff get a oem 99-00 front bumper subscribed tho

 

looks good so far


definitely use dry ice, me and my buddy have done it twice now in two of his car, just use leather gloves, its not harmful, just cold, it should come in little cubes just like ice cubes, spread them over the sound deadening, wait a couple minutes, youll start to hear it freezing an cracking, give it a good maybe 8-10 minutes, then remove the dry ice, and hit it firmly with a rubber mallet, it should break off in chucks pretty easily , get the remaining little bits with a chisel ,,, and the leftover residue left on the floor, just use some goof off or any kind of adhesive remover and it should come up fine




also with you itr rear seats, you are going to need to use jdm 4 door itr rear seat bottom section, if you want it to fit perfect, the 2 door rear bottom section will leave a gap between the top and bottom section and wont reach the sides ,,,,, you for the upper section you need use the civic inner seat frame, remove the stock civic cloth, then install the itr cloth onto the civic inner seat frame,, the upper will fit perfect after this

 

I couldn't help but notice...it appears that you have got two passenger side's of the upper seat...

Very nice build and I'm excited to see how it turns out!

 

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Your 100% right lol after I toom the picture I noticed the same thing contacted the seller and we got it straightened out I have proper right and left sections now. As for the rears I don't think ill be installing them, since ill have a cage no one will be able to use the rear seats and how my cage will be running it would interfere with them anyways. I haven't decided if I want to keep her stripped out or not I think ill hate it in about a week from all te road noise but we will see

 

I got to appreciate the work and effort, but I gotta say the parts are very typical

 

Yeah man, you should bail on this build since you're doing the things have been done before and are appreciated when looked at, even though they've been done before.

You should do something new, that people DON'T like so that you can be original...and hated.


HIPSTERS, CHIME IN!

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Nice build man, and great color choice!


Steve

 

Meh I don't care if it typical, I like it

 

Very nice build

 

Excited to see that color sprayed!

 

began stripping the sound deadening material today. I am amazed at how well dry ice works! unfortunately i under estimated how much i would need and i only had enough for the front section of the car. i showed a friend that stripped his interior on his old integera and he was not pleased at all, he said it took him 2 days to clear the section i did which took me an hour tops lol.

it pretty cool as soon as you put the ice on the surface u can hear it popping and cracking






if i can get an engine crane lined up for tomorrow im going to try my best to have the engine out, more to come!

 

looking good so far

 

Sick Ek!! Nice mods

 

Thanks for the support guys!

I didint want a lack of dry ice to stop my progress tonight so i set my focus on the engine removal. dropped the fluids, removed the rad which happen to **** the bed.



Started removing the harness. this is my first Honda rebuild so i labeled every connector and vacuum line



All thats left now is axle removal and motor/transmission mounts!



Shes calling to me

 

looking forward to seeing more of this!

 

Well i wasnt able to get my hands on a engine crane until today, big thanks to Mike and Matt B. for getting me one!

I took off the bumper so i could start trimming it for my intercooler core if i got bored



and i found this, PnP anyone?



took a brake to shave my *****



i needed to remove the axles. Yay for princess auto quality



time for an upgrade



I had a hell of a time getting the pin for the shifter to come out and not having the right tools for the job dont make things any easier, but i modified a random bolt to do the job



and with the magic of the internet





Engine bay is going to get a good scrub down. ill be starting my wire/brake like tuck soon!