i didnt start taking pics till sunday and most the work was done friday saterday so this first part isnt realy durring the work its more so showing stuff installed.

ok i picked up a 91 crx si in feb. and it was supposed to be a good running car with a obd1 conversion and a d16y8 other then that stock and ready to be a daily driver while a built a motor.





well as you can guess it didnt last the obd0-obd1 harness was wired wrong so i went through and fixed that. then the car seemed to run fine.

about 2 days later i was driving and the headgasket blew. i never noticed the coolant temp gauge wasnt working . the thermostat housing had a rag wedged under it to soak up the coolant that was dripping .

so i went and did arp headstuds a new headgasket and a skunk 2 cam gear just for the hell of it.

i got it running right but since the car had some kind of ghetto wire tuck the harness had a **** load of bad connections from when i took off the harness and put it back in.

at this point in time i decided it was time to sell the D and switch it back to non vtec and work my way up again rather then trying to fix a headache like this.

This is where the build starts but dont think the bad luck ends here lol.

ok first things first was why not fix up the **** bushings on the front end



so one went prothane lca bushings, D bracket bushings, and endlinks.

the uca's will probly be replaced all together once i find a set that doesnt suck.


after that i decided that rather then a d16a6 i would just go with a simple ls motor. so while i hunted that down i picked up a set of hasport mounts and installed them



then i decied to pull off the ghetto exhaust the kid i picked the car up from had installed





then i was going to throw on my blox lca's



and keep my tokico blues and intrax springs.

but looking around the garage i thought why not put my k sports coilovers to use finaly so on went the k sports and these lca's



oem ftw





then saterday night i took a trip to clintonville WI to pick up a motor a not so nice looking b18b1 but i thought looks cant be every thing it will probly work so why not its cheap only $250


the next moring i took a trip to chicago to pick up some stuff for a buddy from jdm jack and he just so happend to have a 1st gen avid tracion bar at a bomb *** deal so i had to pick that up



to bad i had just spent about a hour putting in prothane bushings in my radius arms lol


either way that was the end of this weekend then came today

i was going to install the traction bar but had to pull off a motor mount from the b18 first

so i went and removed the valve cover to get the timing belt cover off and noticed one cam was spining free. i thought hmmm thats not right so i pulled out the cams and looked around

notice any thing missing ??




two rockers were mia

oh wait i found them



wedged under a spring it was a bitch to pry them out with a screw driver

heres the mark the rocker made when it flew out and hit the side of the head



this was pissing me off a little especialy when i noticed the valves were staying down when the rockers werent there. in my head that only meens one thing. crushed valves

i was able to locate a head for $75 from a friend so i know it will work but i think its time to build so its time to hunt down parts

 

gl with it

 

Good luck, hey those are my mounts. See you tomorrow .

 

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man that little wink looks gay put it on the other side of that period

like this

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but thanks

 

ok couldnt get much done this weekend i just cleaned up the battery relocation and decied i dont want a cd player in this car so i hit up the junkyard and found this







other then that nothing but fixing some broken bolts and oh yeah ordered up a b16a1 swap to bad no one has the damn lsd trans in stock

should be here soon

 

good luck with the build, and nice avatar

 

good luck, looks like you're off to a good start

 

nice....now, take the head and tranny off the b16 and make an LS VTEC with your LS Block.... it'll be waaaay better then the 1.6

good luck...imma be following this build

 

trust me its one of the plans but i want to get it running on the b16 then boost that bitch for this year and in the winter start on the ls vtec probly stroked out a little if the cash is flowing then as good as it is now

 

you should have taken the engine back to that guy nice build for now lol

 

i was having trouble finding a ls motor localy that would "run" so i drove about 4 hours for this pos then 4 back and when i checked it out i was pissed becouse i should have just hit up a junkyard and taken my luck but what ever i learned my lesson

 

so far so good

 

pulled the shitty ef hatch carpet out of the crx and preped the floor and started painting it im doing half flat black the other gloss black then im going to see what i like more and do the whole thing like that


man i feel dizzy as hell lol dont paint with no ventalation and the go run 2 miles immediatly afterwards lol


ill post pics tomorrow so i can get some opinions on flat black or gloss black

 

good luck on the build

 

good luck...keep us updated.

 

nice...

 

damn just got off the phone with jdm source it will be almost 2 weeks before i see my motor and im out of cash untill next payday what to do thats under $50 any suggestions?

 

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Put a down payment on my header

 

what about the price of gas


if i still have it when my ecu is done i will

 

looking good, i need your kind of cashflow lol

 

 

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dude its not that great lol im a carpenter/electrican and non union at that + i do side work on cars

i just finaly got out of my carpayment thats the only reason i feel not to broke


but thanks guys ill have some pics up today of the painted floor so i can get some opinions

 

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dude its not that great lol im a carpenter/electrican and non union at that + i do side work on cars

i just finaly got out of my carpayment thats the only reason i feel not to broke


but thanks guys ill have some pics up today of the painted floor so i can get some opinions</TD></TR></TABLE>

Probably slangging drugs, like those young teenage punks

 

good work

 

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Probably slangging drugs, like those young teenage punks </TD></TR></TABLE>

not a bad idea then i can get a baller *** welder like yours