Hello hello, just thought I'd come back to the forums and kick it off with a build thread of a project weve had here for a little over a year now. I bought this car after quickly selling (unplanned) one of my CRX's. It was rough, but had a few things that drew me to it...
1. I've never owned this particular chassis
2. It was a CX
3. It had a few key interior pieces that I would want if I were to build this chassis already in it.
Outside of that, I have no idea what made me want to build another Civic, but anyway...

How it sat as purchased:
It needed a lot of work in my eyes. It was built by a kid, following what is hot as far as trends go I presume...

It was put on stands and tear down began immediately.


The more I began to dig, the more crap I found...that kept getting deeper and deeper...




Fast foward
We began fitting the new front end pieces, wheels and suspension


Fast Forward
The chassis being hauled to paint. I'll backtrack with some in between photos when I locate them.


Rear quarter damage repaired


New color in the bay




body sealed


new color laid






I've been using the same painter since 01'. Every car has been done in this same little garage in the country :bang:

 

The motor overview

 

Nice build!

 

sick supercharger

 

wow, nice paint!!!

 

Thanks a lot.

An overhead shot of the bay assembled

 

Love this setup! I also like that you guys don't do the typical K-Swap with lots of super shiny blingy parts.

 

Hell yeah Greg! This thing is going to be a fun ride!

 

Thanks man. Yes, the "bling bling" thing really isnt for me as a whole

No doubt, thanks

Here's a few shots of the rear with the diffuser, and rear suspension all in place. We used the Skunk2 Pro SII coilovers, lower control arms and lower tie bar. The use of a sway bar setup is still up in the air.

 

Love it man, Ive been comtemplating the Kraftswerks kit for my B18C Type-R. Im curious to see how you like it, not many guys running the b series kit. Awesome build, cant wait to see more!

 

I also have been thinking of a s/c. I hate to give up my amenities. Ac, ps, etc.

 

There arent many running the kit now; but I think most people are in the same boat as you; waiting to see more of it before pulling the trigger. Thats completely understandable. We've had this kit here for quite a while, about 6 months or so, so we've had plenty of time to look it over at many angles before and during install to see the general likes/dislikes of it. Overall, as a SC, I really like it as a unit on the motor.
I hope to get the final street tuning done within the next week (whenever this weather gets back to "normal"). We'll then do a dyno session.

 

spec on the wheels? that thing looks nice.

 

Looks great!!!!

 

kinda nice your trying something different ....eg & sc lol

 

15x7 Kosei K1 +25

 

Nice build, I've been a customer of Go-Autoworks for over 4 years now and can't say enough good things about the customer service you guys have

 

Aren't you worried about the distance from the silicone pipe to the header?

 

Thank yu

Thank you, I really really appreciate hearing that. Thanks

No, not really. The coupler is close; but not as close as it may appear in the photos. Multi ply couplers in general have a fairly high tolerence to radiant heat. If it got to a point of "bothering" then we'd just wrap the header.

 

now i gotta sale my +32 for these

 

Nice!

Getting a final fluid change and check in before the tune.

 

Excited to toss this kit on my DC2. I should maybe think of doing a build thread or something.

 

Its been a month, any updates?

 

yea, sup with that greg.

 

nice build.