No compromise Supercharged ek9 build

[Firas]

With these wheels you cant use standard wheel nuts as you risk damaging them so i got some forged rays engineering lug nuts in anodised black with the wheels. i would have liked red but red lug nuts fade eventually go pink, which i didnt want anyways.

since these are forged i was interested in seeing the difference in weight compared to standard so i weighed them.

10x rays nuts

10x stock ones

Not an awful lot in it really so if you were wanting to buy the rays lug nuts to save weight then your probably best off spending the £115 somewhere else.

I also decided that i wasnt going to use the mugen icebox so i bought an aem v1 to go on instead.

It wasnt going to be a straight fit as my throttle body sticks further out than a normal b16b would so i had to cut bits of it off.

The long arms i bought was also a slightly larger diameter than the short arm i had on before, which should allow for better breathing

 

[Firas]

Anyways started cutting

Still a wee bit left to go

So i decided to split it from the middle. only problem with the v1 is that it cant be split unlike the v2 so i split it in half so that i could make it a short arm if it ever gets a bit flooded over here so i dont end up sucking in water

done

all the bits taken off

Once that was done i took it into the garage for a polish

old one back on for the now

it needed a good polish so i put it to the side to get polished along with a few other things i was going to polish up and since i got hold of a higher powered drill i decided to give the radiator another blast with it.

just a quick going over and it started looking much better

 

[Firas]

Got rid of the 6x9's in the back as i coldnt hear them anyways and were just dead weight to me.

i needed to install my koyo radiator so i thought that i would drain all the old coolant out and fill her up with fresh coolant. I stay about 5 minutes down the road from the honda garage and when i asked them for honda type 2 coolant they said they dont sell it, which i found rather retarded and annoying because its actually called "HONDA TYPE 2 COOLANT". So i had to go to the next nearest dealership which was in perth as i didnt want to use anything other than honda type 2 coolant as thats what was in my car before. After a 50 mile trip i picked it up

took off the fuel sender cover

Then i cleaned and dressed it

Then i went on another mad shopping trip and picked up a few more goodies.

Fully adjustable Bc racing coilovers, which are yet to be fitted

Also bought a beaks tie bar in gold, which is yet to be fitted

Although i bought new bonnet dampers/lifters a couple of months ago i fancied an upgrade to tein ones.

TRS tow strap. i have allways loved the look these and much prefer then to the metal ones. Got it in green to go with the takata harness

 

[Firas]

Althoough the previous owner painted the supercharger housing he didint do the best job and it was starting to flake

So i stripped it down with paint stripper and polished the lettering and repainted it in vht high temp engine paint

while i was at it i polished up a few other bits in the engine bay

I then set about removing the old radiator and top hose so that i could fit my new koyo radiator

Opened up the drain plug from below the radiator.

Removed resvoire bottle and unplugged the fan

Unplugged hoses and radiator came out.

Then i drained the coolant left inside the engine by undoing this 19mm bolt behind the manifold

 

[Firas]

camparison of how thick the koyo is compared to the stock rad

i never got a fan with the koyo so had to use my old one so i swapped everything over and fitted the samco top hose to the radiator

Then i heat wrapped the manifold. i tried to be as neat as possible and took my time.

Since the radiator was out i decided to respray the part of the engine bay in some championship white paint i got mixed up, which freshened it up alot. so i covered up the engine and started

I let the engine bay dry over night and the next day i started fitting the hoses to the engine which proved to be abit of a bastard. i ended up having to remove the distributer to undo the old hose and fit the samco one but got there in the end

Now everything in place and the new rad was looking great. all i had to do was to fill up with coolant.

 

[Firas]

As soon as i added the first litre of coolant i was horrified to see that the radiator was damaged and was leaking really badly from the bottom. so put a bottle under the radiator to try to collect the coolant and within less than a 2 mins i had filled just under half of a 2 litre bottle. At this point i was about to explode with anger as the guy obviously tried to pull a fast one on me by trying to sell me a a duff radiator. luckily my mate came over at that point, which kind of diffused the situation. I bought it from a guy on the forum called rich777. when emailed him about it he didnt want to hear it and denied that it was damaged and said that i should get it repaired by someone who welds aluminium. What a prick. I dont usuallly like to name and shame but stuff like this really does boil my piss. Rich777 AVOID!!!

So i took it off and stuck my old one back on

The rocker cover needed a painting badly and i have been planning on getting it done for a while. so first i took it off

Gave it a quick wash

Applied paint stripper to get it back down to the bare metal

I then polished up the honda and vtec lettering with the drill and polishing kit

Applied vaselene to the lettering so that it comes off easier when the paint dries

I used vht high temp wrinckle paint. when you first apply it goes glossy but with time and heat it wrinckles giving that nice oem finish. i applied 3 thick coats and allowed it to touch dry over night before i put it infront of the radiator for hours. also covered up the plug holes for an oem finish.

Now its dry and ready to be put on

The paint on the lettering came off easily thanks to the vaseline

 

[Firas]

 

[Firas]

fitted along with the new chrome nuts

arc winglets painted satin black along with oem tie bar painted orange

Well the meet was only a day and bit away so if i wanted to make it i had to get the car back together. started putting it back together with the help of my wee bro who was a big help when it came to fitting the sideskirts so they dont get damaged

Before fitting

Spoon n1 fitted back on the car

tail lights on

rear bumper on

sideksirts on

front wings on

Reggas fitted

 

[Firas]

The honda civic meet in edinburgh was the next day and i still had loads of things to do like fit the aem and oil catch tankand tidy up the wires, which looked a mess.

I ended up going to bed at 4.30am and woke up at 8 to finish here off. managed to get there in the end even though it was a massive rush

A few snaps at the meet

Thanks

Firas

 

[excaliburcombo]

wow....took sometime to read....nice car man....any video?

 

[J90CVC]

Holy Fuuck. That's one of the best threads I've read in a while! Lots of hard work put into that, hats off to you sir

 

[Firas]

thanks for the comments guys. excaliburcombo i dont have any vids yet mate but it will be going for a remap soon so will get a vid when its back.

 

[JoSh]

Wow 10/10 for effort man - which is bloody good to see!

Really like your attention to detail and doing things properly, quite impressed at how that rocker cover came up aswell!

Just to let you know, them exhaust springs/bolts you cleaned and greased are available from Honda, wait for it..... at 1p each! So 4p in total, as part of a Honda customer happy-ness scheme! So save yourself the hassle next time!

Good job keep it up! And also really interested to see what power and torque this produces!

Josh..

 

[Firas]

cheers josh. lol serious.. 1p? haha thats quality might go in and get some anyway. as for power i think i cant wait to get it on the dyno and mapped on hondata. I thought about the possibility of getting it intercooled aswell but i dont really want to chase big numbers. i just want it set up right, which is the most important thing i think.

 

[JoSh]

Sounds sensible! N/A B16 is quick enough in the right hands, let alone super charged..

And yes 1p! The guy I know at Honda just said take them in the end as it would probably cost more in ink and paper to print the invoice!

And good choice with the Hondata, seems to be the best for the money!

Josh..

 

[Lee s]

amazing work...

 

[ramboteamjon]

WOW mega attention to detail mate, much respect!! you have totally transformed the car, rocker cover looks great and I love all the diff colours you have used with paint, cable ties and nuts and bolts! lol

Wheels are sick and like said above cant wait to see what power and torque it produces also! that TRS tow strap is way cool, much beta than tow hooks which I cant stand!

Well done mte!

 

[smokymo]

OMG that is absolutly amazing work mate. Fair play

 

[Dale10ellis10]

Ahhh! This is mint from what I can see on my phone, carnt wait to read it in full on the computer

Truly inspiring! Makes me want to go to the same detail with my car

Dale.

 

[|Johnny|]

The best tread seen I quite a while! I get inspired, and might steal some ideas. Its treads like this that makes me wanna work harder to make mine better! Hands down for your work on this car sir. Very impressive