So here is a little background on my build to start. I bought this ED7 back in March 2014 off an older man who had owned it for 7 years. The civic was originally from Vancouver and bone stock aside from an HKS intake and HID's. The man told me it had an engine swap done out at his brothers shop in Vancouver, so I just assumed it was another stock D16A6. Upon further inspection after I had purchased it.... turns out it was a SOHC ZC! score. Here is a picture within the first week of owning it:



In the first week of ownership I did a coolant flush and an oil change and started to daily drive it around. There was still snow on the ground at the time (March) which led me to discover something i may not have otherwise. The back rear drum was catching due to an improperly adjusted ebrake cable. This made starting on snow extremely difficult! Once that was fixed (I didn't have the knowledge back then to work on my own stuff) the ED7 was road worthy again.

Around the first week in May 2014 I ran over a bolt which went through very close to the sidewall (non repairable) so i picked up some new tires. Fallen Ziex 329 in 195/60r14. Not bad tires, good dry grip however the wet grip is lacking.

At the end of may I picked up a DA9 swapped with an OBD1 B16A which would later become the donor car to my ED7. Here is a picture of the car and of the motor:




The integra came with a decent amount of goodies, including:
- DC sports 4-2-1 header
- Bosal Brospeed exhaust
- Vibrant air intake
- DA6 one piece headlights
- VIS carbon fiber hood
- lowering springs
- full GSR interior swap
- broadway Wink mirror
- Momo Corse 90's wheel and Momo hub

I ended up parking the civic over the summer in 2014 and drove the integra. As it turned out the integra had a multitude of issues. Blown struts, terrible surging when cold (bad rom on a pr4), leaking windshield (the floor was always wet), almost bald tires, bad alignment, and in August the windshield wipers stopped working.

So I parked it at the end of August and started driving the civic again. It developed a terrible exhaust leak right underneath the gear shift that was deafening. So I was on the market for an exhaust. After extensive research and quality to price comparison, I settled on an Invidia N1 exhaust.

(sorry about the squared instagram photos, the original photos somehow got deleted)

Exhaust laid out:



Picture of the burnt tip



After installing the exhaust I began to enjoy the civic quite a lot. The sound was amazing between the ZC and the Invidia exhaust. The ED7 was much more reliable and in better shape than the integra (functioning suspension, good tires/alignment, no body leaks, functioning windshield wipers).

Picture of both my cars after a september snow storm:



In early November 2014 I installed my Nexen Winguard studded tires 175/70r13. I would recommend studded tires to anyone if you have a lot of days where snow covers the roads. My civic basically transformed into a rally car. On snow covered roads it was extremely predictable, and had amazing levels of traction. Throwing the ED into corners on snow covered roads was a blast. Lift off the throttle, turn in, over steer, point the wheels towards the apex, and throttle out. The car would literally pull itself out of corners.



As winter progressed I noticed the ZC's oil consumption got progressively worse and worse. It came to the point where I was using 5 liters a month. If i went out on a night and stressed the motor, I could burn through a liter of oil in an hour. No doubt the motor was going bad.

A rolling shot through the airport tunnel in January 2015:



At the end of March 2015 I sprung a massive coolant leak from a pinhole in a IM hose. I decided to park it then, as I had planned to park it only a couple weeks later. How fitting because it was around this time last year I had bought the car.

I decided to not fix the integra at this point and build the civic. The civic is a better starting point because it is lighter and utilizes oem upgrades better. Not to mention my integra needed a TON of work. Besides, the EF/ED civic is a cult classic. My integra would be the perfect parts car for my civic, complete with the motor, transmission, axles, brake assembly, among other things.

Here is how it sat just after I parked it:



And then my build commenced! I will keep updating this thread until it is up to date with my build, and then I will continue to update new progress on the civic.

Thanks -

Big Time Gambler

 

Nice hatch! It'll be a lot of fun with the B16 in it. Have you tried polishing the paint to see if some of the shine can be restored?

 

Thank you. The car is completely different now, so I look forward to documenting the whole build. I never tried to polish it because I thought the paint was far too gone. Its like 5 shades of red, and the fender clear coat is peeling. In the next couple weeks I will be trying to fix some rust on the hatch, rear filler piece, and driver side door. So it'll be getting some paint. I think I would have to wet sand first, then polish.

 

Unfortunately I slid into a curb tonight and seemingly broke my right tie rod (damn Calgary weather). I need to inspect it more for further damage. So I will be documenting the fix in this build thread as well.

 

Now that i have covered the history, lets start the build thread.

So at this point I had drained all fluids, and taken out the battery and battery tray.



Here we are pulling the motor out of the integra.



Garage full of parts! EF and DA.



The next step was to strip the civic. Spring 2016 I will be taking out the sound deadening and giving the interior some paint. I will also be adding strut bars, and possibly a c bar and triangulation bar.




Super happy to have the motor out of the civic!



Putting the b16 into the civic. I went with yonaka motor mounts and the fit was slightly disappointing ( I had to grind off some of the poly to make it fit), but other than that they have held up fine. Also to get rid of the front mount bracket I used a grinder... Yeah that took a while haha.



B16 in the civic.



All the wiring done. Just used the rywire obd0 to obd1 conversion with the vtec added, and used the stock zc engine harness. I modified the injector plugs to fit the obd1 injectors. all you need to do is cut out the corners of the plug with a sharp knife.



The integra was starting to look like a proper parts vehicle! all loaded up with junk i didn't need from the civic.



Stay tuned for more!

Also, I figured out I broke the inner tie rod when i slid into the curb yesterday. So at work tomorrow I will order another one.

 

Update: car is drivable again. When i took apart the car i was expecting a broken inner tie rod. Turns out when i got my alignment the technician didn't check to make sure my inner tie rods where tight. So every time the thread was turned into the outer tie rod, the inner tie rod was coming out of the steering rack.... not good.

The inner and outer tie rod came out just like this!




This also explains why they couldn't get my alignment in spec. I also figured out the inner tie rod separated from the steering rack before the crash into the curb. This is what caused me to lose control.

Anyways, when I found that out I had to take apart the other side too. Everything is fixed now. Im just glad one of the inner tie rods didn't come out when I was at highway speeds!

The threads into the steering rack were still good and greased.



new inner tie rod installed, even though i didn't need a new one!



After this I took apart the other side. It turns out the other inner tie rod was ready to come out too! I did 21 turns of the outer tie rods on each side with the steering wheel centred. The car feels pretty good, no shakes at high speed and the steering wheel is straight. If i had to guess, Im a little toe out now. A nice change from toe in.

 

Now that I have covered the motor swap, I will go into detail about all the other things I did to the civic. Then we are about up to date with the progress.

To start things off, I took out the brake booster and master cylinder. To do this, the dash fuse box cover has to be taken off to allow for ease of access. I found it very difficult to access the top left nut. Must have just been from the confinements under the dash. That, and the pin is somewhat difficult to get out.

Here is a picture of the DA brake booster and master cylinder in the bay:



Next thing I did was Install the 4040 prop valve out of the integra. From what i read online, the Si was supposed to come with a 4040 prop valve as well. But i thought i wouldn't take any chances. I had also read the 4040 prop valve would say "4040" on it. Neither of my prop valves said anything on them... So maybe they were after market? I don't know.

Here is a picture of the stock prop valve in. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of the DA one in, but they look practically identical:



Here is a comparison of the stock ED7 knuckle assembly, compared to the DA9 assembly:




I installed the front Progress coilovers at the same time of the brake swap so I only had to take it apart once. I found out when I took apart my suspension The struts were from an eg, ek, or dc. This is because the forks were a larger diameter than the progress shock body. Luckily I had the DA forks so i threw them on.

Picture of the eg/ek/dc suspension:



Picture of the front progress coilovers assembled:



I was planning on installing the rear disks as well but the bolt head broke off in the trailing arm that holds the LCA. I was already severely behind schedule, So i decided to deal with the broken bolt in the spring and get my car together quickly!

With my luck when I was bleeding the brakes the bleeder valve snapped off.... So i ordered in a new wheel cylinder. When I was taking apart the line from the wheel cylinder the line snapped... So i ordered a new line. I also found out the wheel cylinder is extremely difficult to get off. Technically you are supposed to remove the rear drum cover to get at it but I didn't. The one bolt is easy accessible where as the other one is sandwiched between the trailing arm and the wheel cylinder... So i spent way too long on that but finally got it out.

Picture of the drum taken apart with the rear coilovers installed:



I ended up fully parting out the integra and using everything I could off of it. I made some good money off it too. Here is how it sat a couple days before a flat bed came to take it away:




And here is how the civic sat after all the work was done!!

 

making some nice progress man
its amazing how much work goes into a car
and at the final pic it looks like you didnt even touch it ^_-

keep up the good work

 

Thanks Bunta. Yes this is true, it does look almost identical minus the lowered ride height. One of my next projects is painting up the rust, and giving the whole car a clay bar and polish. I did the hood a couple days back and it looks a lot better. Night and day.

 

awsome shingo !!
it'll shine up nice

hay on those struts you used

are those the da struts? and you cut off the spring holders to make them them look pretty

or are those some other struts?
they look good on there

i know of a guy that did that years ago
he was also from calgary
Misha is his username

 

Another calgary member, look forward to seeing this on the streets.

 

Very nice work sir

 

They are actually Progress Technology coilovers. 10k front, 10k rear.

 

Cheers man. Maybe you'll see me on glenmore or crochild. I'm on there a lot

 

Appreciate it.

 

Check out mysetup and let me know what u think
https://honda-tech.com/honda-crx-ef-...build-3264820/

 

In the future if anyone wants to talk about off topic stuff, private message me. I don't want my build thread to be cluttered.

 

My bad bro I haven't been on ht sence 08 I'll keep that in mind next time

 

damn need some of the progress coilovers, sweet build

 

I would recommend them! thanks.

 

Alright, so I have compiled a list of things to do with the civic to continue my build.

In the next couple weeks I will bondo and paint some rust, and then clay bar and polish the whole car.

I have a whole bunch of maintenance items to take care of with the b16. This includes:

- Clean IACV
- Distributer o ring gasket
- Valve cover gasket
- Check timing and correct
- Do valve adjustment
- New cap and rotor
- Plug wires
- Spark plugs
- Re-bleed brakes

NOTE: I have a large oil leak down the back of the block. Its so much oil it pools on the bottom of the header and burns sometimes. Im wondering if its coming from the PCV breather box. I don't think its a rear main seal because If there was that much oil leaking from the rear main, the clutch would be slipping. Input appreciated.

I have a Mugen rep valve cover to go on when I have everything apart too.

As for body mods, Im saving them for after winter. So far I have this in my head, (keep in mind this is a budget track build):

- CS style lip
- EK side skirts cut to fit
- Cut the front fenders up to the trim (full of rust) and put spacers to make my car wide body
- DA front lip flipped to go on rear bumper
- J's style wing
- Roll and pull fenders

Im not sure about wheels yet because I don't know what look i want to go for (spec wise & looks). Im thinking either (f:15x8 et 15-25 - 225/45r15, r:15x7 et 28-35 - 205/50r15) or
(f: 15x8 et -5-15 - 195/50r15 or 205/50r15, r:15x8 et 25-32 - 195/50r15).

 

Very awesome job so far, keep up the good work.

 

Appreciate it.

 

Alright, So not much of an update. School and work keeping me busy. I haven't had a chance to do any of my maintenance items yet, although I'm saving it to do all at once. However, I did replace my blower motor and resistor. It quit on me when it was -15 out! Its fairly straight forward to swap out. I didn't get any pictures of the procedure unfortunately, too cold and I was rushed to get through. I will post updates of some real progress when I have some time.

 

A lot has changed since my last post. I have decided to part out my car. It has a number of issues that need fixing and I just don't have the time anymore. These issues include, bent front lower control arms and damaged subframe from when i hit the curb, and bad cv joints on both axles. The body is also very rough. Stay tuned.