whats up HT sharing build and looking for some insight.

day i got the car in North Carolina


i have no idea why it was painted white in the front it had a d16z6 swap that smoked like a mother...


the whole left side and roof was totally sun faded



put a front lip and ebay coilover sleeves on it took the ugly hubcaps off



time to get rid of olde smokey

 

painting the front end before clear



front bumper



assembly




finished front end, added spoon replica mirrors

 

so about that engine...




valve cover, painted black with A LOT of red pearl in clear turned purple


picked up some XXR wheels

out with the old

 

foglights?



engine in



now to pick up that head



installed

 

new engine in



wheels on with red lugs



black tow hooks



mild wire tuck ugly intake while i polish other

 

rolling shot friends driving since he cant use a camera to save his life haha


craigslist used air ride >.<



pics of it slammed



dragging it



pic from brown county truck meet there was one ef there so atleast wasnt too out of place.

 

super low rolling




candy red tail lights and ran on dyno at school made 113 whp



time to repaint this car





re assemble added twin loop exhaust



three wheeling it over MD can



river shot

 

time to re do all the air ride plumbing and sound system wiring




gathering all the b series stuff






lets get this thing put in



its in went with Skunk2 gen one intake tri Y header apexi noir exhaust edelbrock cams aem camgears crowler valvesprings and retainers race port wavetrack lsd and 6 puck clutch

 

planning a turbo build now and some new air struts to get rid of the awful cylinders im on.

 

b16 or a b18 ? you did get it properly tuned right once you put those cams etc in ?

 

its a b16A with a GSR head, and yeah i hade it tuned, it made 171whp and 132 ftlbs of torque

 

keep it up

 

Great build love the look of it slammed. Keep up the good work

 

great build love hatches but have yet to get one. how much are you in on the air ride? gonna air ride my 5th gen lude

 

How does the air ride feel?

 

Well most of mine was used stuff but I'd say it roughly comes out to 1600 for cylinders that's no shocks, and 2100 for struts thats with shocks. I'm going to get struts because they ride even better. But the cylinders are actually not a bad ride. Much smoother than coilovers for sure just have to find right pressure, for me its 60-80psi unless I have a passenger than its 80-100 and 4 ppl 100-120 it all depends on the set up. Once I get back to my computer I'll do a list of the set up

 

ran 4 asco 3/8ths manifold valves all bolted together so you only need one supply in they run 130 each

air cylinders 3 inch < rear and 4 inch < front new they are 110 each


air tank I'm running a pancake air tank in the spare tire well with a false floor so my sub box dosn't break off the fittings. about 100 bucks new

fittings. they are effing expensive and you don't think about it.

I'm running as few as possible 7 3/8ths @ $11.00 11 1/4 inch $7.00 plugs are relatively cheap and u can get em at lowes i used all metal press to connect fittings they last long and you can remove an air line without having to re do a compression fitting, they also don't seem to leak

used compressor i used to have two but one locked up so im down to one

new ones run about 310 for a pair of viair 440C, fast fill times
best air air zenith they are about 300 for one, but are as good as two viaris

air line, relitively cheap i used all 3/8ths line for the suspension and 1/4 inch for gauges. could have used 1/8th but i didnt

water trap and drain, cheap but its NEEDED picked up mine at rural king for around 20 dollars

air brake antifreeze cold climate, it was -14 and my valves were frozen < no me gusta but the air brake antifreeze did the trick 7 bucks

switchbox u can pick or make your own, generally run about 40 dollars to 150 depending on your taste and style

gauges either digital or analog it all depends on the setup you get. roughly 30-100 per gauge

grand total i paid was roughly $900 but i used a ton of stuff off craigslist that is going to need replacing.

air cylinders are nice on a budget, but spend the extra money seriously and get struts you'll be happy you did.

 

Awesome job on the build! Definitely motivating for me get started on my EK hatch build.

 

I like that, complete & revamp write-up. Good job buddy

 

Lucky you live in a place where air ride is like candy. Down here I have yet to see air ride on craigslist at all. Not even hydrolics. Was the kit you bought honda specific?

 

No its actually super hard to find, I drove 300 miles to pick mine up when I was in school in Indiana, so it was dumb luck. I'm going to be replacing mine soon and will be getting rid of my cylinders they just need new o rings which are pretty cheap.

 

Looking good so far. How long were you accumulating parts before you started the build/swap? Feels like I've been saving up parts for years, oh wait... **** it has been years FML.. I need to get **** rollin.

 

Lol it only took a week to get all the parts. Mainly machining stuff and port matching gasket surfaces took the most time, but I know how to build engines so that took a day and it took a week to get the right trans stuff and build it then an hour to drop it in and wire it up and get it started up. Tuning it I just drug it out to a tuner because I dont feel like screwing with it so that was a day. It didn't take long at all just know what u have to get in advance and know the market prices

 

well unfortunatly car is for sale new job is located too far away to drive my truck back and forth and id hate to put the 30K plus miles a year on this car.

 

That's shitty. Personally I'd drive the **** out of it for that kind of commute.