Honda South Africa

[Junaid K]

Hey guys,
I'm from South Africa and I own a 1999 4 door b16a Vtec Sedan.
I'm about to begin my b18c GSR turbo swap & looking in the 550/600whp range.

See pics below, but please ignore the wing.
This is from way back in the F&Fdays, lol.

Here is where I need some assistance. I recently stumbled upon a 2 door sedan here in SA, & became fixated with the idea of owning one. You just don't get them locally, & I've ALWAYS wanted one. Plenty 2 door hatches, but I'm not a fan, & besides, I prefer the handling of the sedan.

The asking price on this 2 door, however, is astronomical, taking into account that the car actually needs allot of work. So I began toying with the notion of importing one. The shocker that I received is that these cars sell for significntly less in the UK. Perfect example, my 4 door sedan (Ballade) will sell for 75 000 rand, i.e. on an exchange of 12.3 :1, thats over 6000 pounds. You guys will pick them up for what, 2000 pounds? I've seen 2 sedan coupes here, a silver one for 650 & a blue for 1600.

The big question: does anybody have the contacts to help me import one of these?

 

[Gav-EK9]

Have a talk with Dunx on here he should be able to help you out with importing info

 

[Junaid K]

Have a talk with Dunx on here he should be able to help you out with importing info

Thanks. A little more help please. I can't PM without 10 posts. Please PM on my behalf and maybe he could reply on this thread?

 

[Gav-EK9]

Will give him a shout man

 

[type-r-dunk]

Hi
I could locate a decent UK one and export it to you but i have no idea about your import ruels.
Dunx

 

[Junaid K]

Will give him a shout man

Hey thanks allot man!!!

 

[Junaid K]

Hi
I could locate a decent UK one and export it to you but i have no idea about your import ruels.
Dunx

Thanks for the prompt response Dunx. I'm going to do a bit of homework on my end & I will PM you shortly.

 

[Solidp0wnd]

Welcome, that's something different than what everybody has

 

[Junaid K]

Welcome, that's something different than what everybody has

Lol, I'm not sure if thats a positive or negative statement....

I know it's a bit rice, but this was from a long time ago. Plans are to repaint it completely silver, & I do have a Chargespeed lip. The wing is long gone.

 

[jordan101]

welcome to the forum mate u have come to the right place for ek9s

 

[medjosh6]

welcome aboard and good luck on getting that imported.

 

[timek4]

llakaboet man! haha speak a little bit of afrikkans! Car will be looking well once you get it back to oem !

 

[Junaid K]

llakaboet man! haha speak a little bit of afrikkans! Car will be looking well once you get it back to oem !

Lol, not quite correct, & a bit of slang thrown in, but close enough.

Not returning it entirely to oem, but when it's completed, I'm sure some will appreciate the end result.

 

[EK9-MATT]

hello, car, erm well lol

 

[Junaid K]

Close enough I know a couple of curse word's as well

Nice what are your plan's for it?

Lol, I'm guessing more than a few.

Plans....
Body: I've lost the wing. Repainting completely silver.

Mechanical: B18c GSR Turbo.

These are some of the parts I have, and yet more to source:
-Worked GSR head with Supertec valvetrain, turbo spec.
-Will be sleeving my block & boring for 84mm pistons.
-84mm Wiseco pistons.
-Manley 139.01mm rods.
-89mm crank
-GSR Cams.
-Skunk 2 Pro Cam gears.
-Skunk2 front & rear upper swaybars.
-Skunk 2 magnetic sump nut.
-Skunk 2 magnetic gearbox nut.
-ATI damper pulley.
-Gates kevlar racing belt.
-Clutch Net clutch.
-ACL race bearings.
-ARP flywheel studs
-ARP crank bolt.
-ARP head studs.
-Baffle plate.
-84mm Cometic headgasket
-Avid Racing engine mounts.
-1000cc ID high imp. injectors.
-Neptune boost ecu.
-Innovate wideband.
-PWM boost solenoid.
-4bar map sensor
-Tunerview RD1
-Snow performance boost cooler.
-AEM fuel rail & regulator.
-Walbro 400lph fuel pump.
-180i gearbox with Quaiff LSD diff.
-Tial wastegate.
-GReddy DV.
-Turbonetics T61
-Ramhorn manifold.
-Intercooler.
-Oil cooler.
-Oil catch tank.
-New OEM oil & waterpumps.
-Ingalls Torque Damper
-Tein Control Master Type Flex coilovers with EDFC.
-Modified dizzy.
-76mm exhaust.
-Piping
-Mishimoto rep. radiator.

 

[Junaid K]

a lot of curse words lol, yea the wing needed to be gone! and good choice never understand why people would paint roofs/bonnets half black lol.
You should get some oem back lights maybe not fond of lexus's lights on anything

B18 turbo that will be a absolute rocket! You have a loads of part's aswell for the car, fair play to ya! Must keep this thread updated and get some videos up of the finished product, whats the honda scene like in SA?

I'm actually going to be doing the Laminex tint over both the head lights & tail lights, so the lexus look will be diminished somewhat, & may actually look good a bit more subtle. If it does not, then I'll get semi-clears & tint those instead.

With 84mm pistons & a B20 crank, it's actually going to be more akin to a 2000cc LS build, but with the benefit of a Vtec block.

I will post through the course of the build, but my 700whp, 2jzgte Mk2 Supra Project will have to be completed before I begin this.

Honda scene is reasonably big, but nowhere close to the US & UK scene. Maintenance on a Honda is not really that low locally, relative to say a Golf 1 which is a firm fav. Especially with 2.0 8/16v turbos, or VR6 turbos. Toyota 20V's or 4AGE/AGZE's are popular too. Believe it or not, the Golf 1 stopped production in SA just last year, or the year before.....