Mr. Chinos CTR+EM1

[chinoluis29]

Well hello everyone Idk what happened to my thread but Im making another one that means I have to post everything back lol


Well as u guys know I'm from CA my name is luis loyola and I have a 00 Honda Si
I hope my car gets up there like where some of u guys are at which I admire bx we all someone's car to look up to ,
for One year now and I'm gla I made this purchase from the first owner. My em1 was from the city of sin city and I brought her to LA

MOD LIST UPDATED*
MOTOR*
Head assembly-3angle valve job
super tech *dual valve springs*
titanium retainers
super tech nitrite flat face hi compression valves
super tech valve guides
seals
*stage 3 blueprint cams
eagle head stud kit

Bottom end motor
blueprint h-beam rods
ACL bearings for rods and crank
wiesco coated forged pistons 10:4 compression
balance and rotated assembly
posted block

External
BDL 70 mm throttle body
440cc merrin injectors
b&m fuel regulator
Highend tri y header
aem fuel rail
Skunk2 cam gears*
Skunk2 pro manifold ported*
2200 pound pressure plate
6 puck sprung clutch
lite weight flywheel
ACT clutch*

EXTERIOR
CTR headlights*
CTR mirrors
OEM civic bra*
OEM headlights
OEM Si wheels
OEM front lip
OEM mud guards
OEM window access visors
OEM sunroof visor
OEM antenna block off*
Greddy SE exhaust*
Rep. Te37 w/ nitto semi drags

INTERIOR
CTR cluster
CTR steering wheel
CTR air bag tray*
CTR door panels*
CTR shift boot
CTR shift collar*
CTR shift knob
CTR carpet*
CTR floor mats
CTR arm rest block off
CTR trash box
AEM gauges oil temp& oil pres.*
Skunk2 short shifter*
Radio block off*
Mugen shift knob
ITR rear view mirror*
Fg2 rear seats*
Rep. Recaros w/ tenzo rails
OEM cargo net
PWJDM rear strut bar

Suspension*
Tein SS*
PWJDM FR&rear strut bar*
Buddy club control arms*
Buddy club ball joints
Skunk2 LCA gold
Skunk2 LCA washers gold
ASR 24mm sway bar
ASR sub frame gold
Spoon

Engine bay*
ITR valve cover*
ITR oil cap
CTR strut bar
Moroso overflow tank
Moroso oil pan
Hamp oil filter
Aluminum radiator*
Samco hoses blue*
Skunk2 valve cover washer*
Tein hood damper
Ek9 OEM air filter
Spoon intake elbow
Spoon spark plug cover
Spoon radiator stay
Spoon radiator cap
PWJDM radiator tray
Bolt boys engine bay kit

So this is how she looked like when I bought her not really that good but I already had so many plans for it

Had to feel her up to make it home that night

Well then I came home the next day and I took a pic with my dd car Lexus is250

So that's her stay tuned for the progress and feel free to comment on my car cool no heart feeling so tell me what u like and what u don't thanks members

 

[chinoluis29]

So the following starting with my upgrading
Skunk2 manifold and brembo rotors

Decided to change the color of the wheels
And this is how they look when both combined

To gold and installed the rotors

 

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Bought some more parts and I'll see when I put them on

Idk why I got these but these girl was getting her Si repo so I bought the interior Front seats and back

 

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so i decided to remove the old motor and make some changes

and after dropping the motor look at with what i was running

and now theres a big hole

 

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with the motor down and so i decided to get the new motor and i wanted to get the new one and this is what I'm going with

PS. let me know what you guys think
Head assembly-3angle valve job,super tech dual valve springs and titanium retainers, super tech nitrite flat face hi compression valves with super tech valve guides and seals, stage 3 blueprint cams,eagle head stud kit...

Bottom end motor- blueprint h-beam rods,ACL bearings for rods and crank,wiesco coated forged pistons 10:4 compression,balance and rotated assembly,posted block

For internals yes.... External .....bdl 70 mm throttle body,440cc merrin injectors,b&m fuel regulator,aem fuel rail,Skunk pro manifold,2200 pound pressure plate,6 puck sprung clutch,lite weight flywheel

 

[chinoluis29]

how it sat

motor looks like its floating lol

with that done well this is how the new motor looked like with all of the stuff i had previously

 

[JohnOBrien8]

cool cool coupe!

 

[chinoluis29]

installed the wheel *****
no more AC or CC looks a lot cleaner and more space

the following day this came parts came in the mail
PWJDM strut bar and CF radiator plate
and PWJDM blue washers

Picked up a pair of CTR Door panels

what a difference

HERES MY DIY for installing newer seats into your em1 with custome brackets u can do yourself
[EM1 Crew]

but here they are after putting them on

Radio block off

PWJDM Knob & with CTR shift boot bought form PWJDM

i bought a fa5 steering wheel from HMO to go along with my seats and interior

bougth these wheels and tires
REP. te37 and Nitto semi drags

NITTO

 

[chinoluis29]

with the motor and interior done for now i decided to let my father in law put some work into my car i was afraid at once but if you dont give them an opportunity youll never know what they are capaple of doing

so i decided to replace both bumpers

for those who go with a rep. front bumper he had to do fixing bc those bumpers are straight, who would have thought

started to take everything little by little enjoy

this car was very mistreated by the 1st owner which sucked so my had a lot of hits and dings you name it

if you want to see more pics
check this thread or if you would like to get some things painted LMK
[EM1 Crew]


my em1 going in for the its new make over

heres 360 view

 

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we left the car in there for the one night so paint would dry and no dirt would get on it if i took it home that same day..

the next day
this is how she looked not quite done yet tho have that in mind

i was so happy but when he told me we needed 2 weeks for the paint and clear to sit so he can do his last step i decided to do some other things in the mean time
With the suspension
ASR

old setup

all gone

the new setup
sorry for the night pic

heres a better one the next day

with 2 weeks gone , i come from school one day and i see my car like this i thought he had messed up in something and had to re do everything i was like F***

the glass finish "mirror"
you can see yourself and see every detail

 

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while he was finishing the car i went out and did some shopping

and this is how my car came out to look after it was done

bought some other few items to replace

got my rep.mugen VC powder coated

GREDDY SE EXHAUST SYSTEM : it took 4 months to get here from japan but all worth it

ALL NEW

went the next day to get this isntalled
from header to testpipe to greddy piping and greddy se exhaust

After one hour of a installing this is the rear end look

 

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i was bored one day and i got new bulbs and the Si glow

i decide to do something and strip my interior once again

bought NEW HONDA INTERIOR PARTS

CTR CARPET

NEW dashboard bc my old one was black

some ctr installed and putting back everything

and this is how she came out not a great pic lol

I bought the si wheels with tires of some guy.. so my car will be oem look on the outside with a fa5 interior and CTR great combo

Picked up on some other parts while having that extra
$$$
CTR CLUSTER

CTR trash box

I <3 my trash box

CTR ebrake arm rest delete

Air bag tray

 

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So after all that work and money spend on my project this happens
;(

This is what it looked like when they took off the bumper

Well after that got damn accident I went the next day to get the radiator support fixed and replaced
New support

New good

After taking her home like these a lot ideas were coming to me
While I was watching dale s thread
So thank u dale but u inspired me to do a new engine bay look and tuck lol

 

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So I began to buy all the parts I need to get in order to put her back the way it was
So I bought these from j.c
For my car

Bought this from pacey from em1 crew

Just to give you guys an idea from where Im going to start

So I began with the tuck and removing stuff time to take everything out literally every thing

Took off side skirts and fenders

Hood off sorry for night pic

I made her get all wet lol

Radiator off

Motor on the floor

 

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As I let time fly for the meantime I started to purchase some parts for my car
Skunk2 parts ftw

Cam seal

Something for my rear control arms

VC washers

Engine harness off and its gonna get a new make over

me and the homie put in work until 11pm all for the good

how the engine bay looks now empty

ill give you guys a look of my motor
Front & back

and i picked this engine stand for 30 bucks

As you guys might have noticed or not im gonna go with a "Type R look"engine bay look basically oem and ill be painting the bay a legit color wont say what . and well im also gonna combine with some Spoon Sports parts

and for the interior also CTR and for the exterior keep OEM "clean and simple"
so here go with more parts
CTR strut bar

ITR oil cap &Jdm oil filter & moroso ...sorry dale i had to copy you but i liked where you placed yours lol

SPOON SPORTS LOVE

LEGIT PARTS or what Lol

 

[chinoluis29]

cool cool coupe!

Thanks a lot bro stay tune there's more pic coming I'm uploading them right now

 

[chinoluis29]

well i started to clean the motor and i gotta admit its hella better when you clean them and it gives it a better look ...im glad im doing this bc i know for sure im gonna be happy with my car and i hope i get great comments when i bring it out

before

and after

the Tranny looks like if it was new..this tranny is also gonna get new synchros
and lsd installed

I LOVE MY MOTOR :leghump:

So Ive had put a hold on my engine bc of school right now I have no time which really sucks ;( and I want to drive it already but I'll have to be doing some other purchases
Such as like my CTR headlights

And more CTR parts

Got my CTR mirrors done

Finally installed my Cluster

What do u Guys think


Can u guys picture all these items put together
Along with this motor look

ITR VC w/ skunk2 washers and Spoon sports cover :leghump:

Any comments?

 

[chinoluis29]

Im in love <3
the mirror is blue also

2 new oem bumpers and oem si lips

My em1s sweet home

clean and organized

^^^^^ thanks a lot bro an I'm gonna go with something decent that I'm comfortable with
Bc I don't want to beat dale , he's to damn low id say he's the lowest one in here

as you guys have seen i purchased a CTR wheel
and i decided to restore it
Check this link if you would like to see details
[EM1 Crew]

BEFORE:

After

Well fellas just to keep u updated in what I have been buying so far
Thanks to Abe I got this from him
Oem window visors -rare oem

I picked this up also bc a homie needed money so got these for $50 bucks
REP. RECAROS

PS..Anybody know what rails I should get?? I don't want to spend a lot bc I'll be replacing them later with real CTR recaros
So cheap rails will do for now

I also bought these for my Mirrors

 

[chinoluis29]

Well heres what I've. Been up to lately buying more parts and they're ready to go in already now that my bay is done
Started with my headlights and decided to restore them

They're so clear and smooth I'm in love <3 :

Look whats just came in Bought them off Abe ;new OEM visors

Wanted to see how they would look

New OEM parts the best that they are new and OEM

There so many parts that are waiting to be put on

What do u think of my new seats & steering wheel ???

Rails should be coming in soon

I was bored at home and decided to list all my mods currently
What do u think guys

MOD LIST UPDATED*
MOTOR*
Head assembly-3angle valve job
super tech *dual valve springs*
titanium retainers
super tech nitrite flat face hi compression valves
super tech valve guides
seals
*stage 3 blueprint cams
eagle head stud kit

Bottom end motor
blueprint h-beam rods
ACL bearings for rods and crank
wiesco coated forged pistons 10:4 compression
balance and rotated assembly
posted block

External
BDL 70 mm throttle body
440cc merrin injectors
b&m fuel regulator
Highend tri y header
aem fuel rail
Skunk2 cam gears*
Skunk2 pro manifold ported*
2200 pound pressure plate
6 puck sprung clutch
lite weight flywheel
ACT clutch*

EXTERIOR
CTR headlights*
CTR mirrors
OEM civic bra*
OEM headlights
OEM Si wheels
OEM front lip
OEM mud guards
OEM window access visors
OEM sunroof visor
OEM antenna block off*
Greddy SE exhaust*
Rep. Te37 w/ nitto semi drags

INTERIOR
CTR cluster
CTR steering wheel
CTR air bag tray*
CTR door panels*
CTR shift boot
CTR shift collar*
CTR shift knob
CTR carpet*
CTR floor mats
CTR arm rest block off
CTR trash box
AEM gauges oil temp& oil pres.*
Skunk2 short shifter*
Radio block off*
Mugen shift knob
ITR rear view mirror*
Fg2 rear seats*
Rep. Recaros w/ tenzo rails
OEM cargo net
PWJDM rear strut bar

Suspension*
Tein SS*
PWJDM FR&rear strut bar*
Buddy club control arms*
Buddy club ball joints
Skunk2 LCA gold
Skunk2 LCA washers gold
ASR 24mm sway bar
ASR sub frame gold
Spoon

Engine bay*
ITR valve cover*
ITR oil cap
CTR strut bar
Moroso overflow tank
Moroso oil pan
Hamp oil filter
Aluminum radiator*
Samco hoses blue*
Skunk2 valve cover washer*
Tein hood damper
Ek9 OEM air filter
Spoon intake elbow
Spoon spark plug cover
Spoon radiator stay
Spoon radiator cap
PWJDM radiator tray
Bolt boys engine bay kit

 

[chinoluis29]

More new OEM parts

And my girl did this for me with all my receipts and my stickers
Its organized by date
That's why I love her
Front cover

So many receipts lol this hobby has cost me a lot a lot
With all new OEM stuff lol

Back view

New rare parts and more to my build thread

Brand new