*EDIT* A few newer pics my friend sent me are added below

Seeing as though I'm sitting here in Japan at work on a Sat. night, I'm pretty bored. I've been reading Honda-tech the last few hours dreaming up my next project, I figured I could give a little update about a resurrected R.

Ok some of you may remember Flex97ITR and his '97 R #309. Well after a hard life, I convinced my friend to purchase the chassis with no drivetrain or interior a couple months ago. The deal was that I would build him a nice everyday car so he could leave his new G35 coupe alone (not to mention he was missing out on the Honda fun ). Anyway, shortly after he purchased the car in Oct. I had a a few misfortunes, and decided to take a job offer in Japan, which left me very little time to put together the promised car.

The car had no drivetrain when we got it, and I just happened to have a whole H22 swap with less then 1K miles on it. To do me a favor and also get the project done quicker, he agreed to buy the swap and let me put it in the Type-r....I know, I know, its not really a type-r anymore, blah blah. Anyhow I got the car about 90% done and it runs really well. The motor is still stock at the moment, running only a chipped p28, ehaust, and super ghetto intake (hes still decidign whether to go turbo or not). The car runs pretty strong, staying even with a d16 tubro hatch I built and my GF's S/C LS. Ok enough about that, here are a few crappy pics he sent me recently of the car to show me that its still alive.






I figured you guys would be happy that a type-r is back on the road even if its not a complete one

I did get a few toys while I've been in Japan and my new plan is to hopefully buy #309 off my friend and install the B18c5 i recently got and the complete ITR interior from my GF's car. [sarcasm]That way I can be ULTRA cool like all the type-r guys in this forum and hopefully look down on all the ricers and ignorant peoples [sarcasm]

When I get back to the states I will do a better post about the whole rebuilding we did along with a lot better pics cause my friend takes pics about as well as he works on cars

NEWER crappy pics. Don't pay attention to the ghetto intake, wrong ground, golf tee in the vacuum hose, or powersteering line. They're trying to work on a few things so this stuff is always being messed with. I'll fix it when I get back to the states .




I don't know why the fender appears a different color but in person I never noticed this....hopefully its just the camera.






Modified by bitzbp at 2:49 AM 1/27/2004

 

you're bored aren't you
no seriously good job, always good to at least see itr shell's saved, at least it dont' got a 4lug crap on it yes i've seen a few of those around
looks good..

 

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What is so terribly wrong with 4 lug? Good pads, fluid, etc, and it will perform well.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bitzbp &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">figured you guys would be happy that a type-r is back on the road even if its not a complete one </TD></TR></TABLE>

H22 or C5, it's gotta be a blast to drive.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr-j &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you're bored aren't you
no seriously good job, always good to at least see itr shell's saved, at least it dont' got a 4lug crap on it yes i've seen a few of those around
looks good..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, imagine that, bored in Japan. It was cool being here for the first month or so, now its just annoying. I need to learn to speak Japanese to really enjoy it.

 

Nice!
I was wondering what happened to that chassis, I was eyeing to buy it myself at the time.

Did you paint the white wheels tho?

-K, who likes white wheels

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kamil &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice!
I was wondering what happened to that chassis, I was eyeing to buy it myself at the time.

Did you paint the white wheels tho?

-K, who likes white wheels</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you like F'd up white wheels ? I redid them because they were badly chipping and a little curbed, and originally my friend didn't like the white-wheel look. Now of course he wants me to redo them white again....

 

H22 =

any engine bay pix?

 

nice frankenstein

 

The only thing that bugs me about the car is that it has a salvage title

 

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as long as it was put back together correctly and to specs then it will be fine. you only get ripped off if you try to trade the car in at a dealership.

 

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any engine bay pix?</TD></TR></TABLE>

As far as engine pics I have tons but all on my CPU at home in the states. I will do a proper post showing the buildup and some good finished pics when I get back.

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Yea but we were satisfied with the proof of why it had been salvaged, and as long as it wasn't due to body or structural damage, then its fine. Plus the car looked pretty clean and so lonely sitting in the driveway with no heart for so long.

As far as value goes, I think the car has pretty much lost all the value already, I don't see the car losing anymore value so most, if not all of the money would be recouped if the car were sold.

 

mmm H22
i wana see H22 pix0rz!

yshi - who hasn't been to jdm land in 14 yrs :'(

 

H22?? got see some pics!

 

nice work.. glad to see another fellow R-estorer at work..

maybe it can make it down to the expo this summer!

 

Man everyone needs friends like you

 

'97 is just tooooo amazing.

:heart:

 

whuts up brian. wow she looks sweet. i dont think john appreciates that car as much as you do. hopefully you do buy it. i miss my baby!

 

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Yea I'm working on getting it from him...I gotta show you some cool things I picked up down here, including a nice R motor, so now I need a nice chassis to put it in. I'm either gonna try and buy the R from him or take my GF's GSR. Also I made a few contacts and I found a way to get everyone parts from here that we can't buy, or are stupid expensive. When I tell you what I paid for a set of brand new Zeal S6's with custom spring rates your gonna flip. Anyway once I get all the details worked out I'm gonna let people at Honda-tech know where to get stuff from here.

 

Japan can be quite boring

 

CW with GM wheels.... very nice combo

good luck on the rebuild

 

Bump for some updated pics and ghetto engine shots.

P.S. I don't know why my friend can't take day time pics....I think his camera works off lunar power or some sh*t.

 

I would leave the H22 in there

 

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P.S. I don't know why my friend can't take day time pics....I think his camera works off lunar power or some sh*t. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe he is nocturnal.

Nice engine shots...I didn't know preludes came with red valve covers...

 

turbo that sucka

 

yah nice *** wheels, im feelin the h22 type R.....were are you in CT?