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    97 ej9 converting to a 97 b16a2 engine

    well guys i know this has been done before but its not entirely all in the same threads and not that clear. i have done some research and found that to convert my prefacelift ej9 to a prefacelift b16a2 i need ~engine and box ~b series drives ~rear disk conversion ~b series radiator and pipes...
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    ''I take it you were not watching what was coming at you with headlights on?'' i was lad... she had no lights on... it wasnt that dark though but i was behind a car in the slow lane... i pulled out to overtake that car and only then i saw it heading for me no more than a 100metres away...
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    yea i know... its possible she was drunk or maybe trying to commite suicide i dont really know... the motorway was closed for a few days but had just reopened....luckily someone on the otherside of the road noticed her and called the gards so they go to the incident a few minutes after it...
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    thanks guys... yea its pretty scary but were both ok.... well tbh ive no other option put to go down the road of compo... im out off work for at least a week depending how my hand is not to mention hospital bills and loss of my car so i hope it all works out ok
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    Y56 GF-SiR

    definately the cleanest civic ive ever seen.... fair play to you for finding such a minter and looking after it properly! theres not a spec of rust anywhere on it :O
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    sound man... shes grand just alot of pain.... it just goes to show you never really know whats around the corner even on a motorway!
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    yea bud thats true... tbh we were both lucky to be alive
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    ahh wel i think i will be able to press charges against her insurance company.... the gards said she was totally at fault..... im fine just really stiff and my hands a bit sore from where the airbag popped but my girlfirend fractured here spine but she will be ok! yes it is a scary site when you...
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    i was in the fast lang and there was another car that i was approaching in the slow lane.... the the car in the slow lane slammed the brakes and the i saw this blue focus spinning out of control at some speed...i stood on the breaks put i simply had nowhere to go but hit her...it happend on a...
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    cheers bud
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    wrote off my ek9 :(

    was travelling down the motorway last night and some stupid woman was driving the wrong way down the motorway and collided with me! to say im sickened is an understatement... how can somebody be that stupid to drive the wrong way down it... she was at least 10 mins on it going the wrong way...
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    help help help... revving on start-up???

    its ok... i found the problem.... the throttle cable was slightly twisted... i must have moved it when cleaning the bay :o post can be deleted or kept incase anyone else makes a similar mistake cheers
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    help help help... revving on start-up???

    started to clean up the bay today on my ek9 and when i finished i went to start it up and it revved up to 3/4 thousand rpm and gradually began to rise.... im guessing i have an air leak somewhere in the intake system but i cannot find it... ive checked everywhere (i think) and no joy :( i...
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    Looking to get a EK9 Civic Type R

    - Whats fuel economy like? all depends on how you drive it mate... in get on average upto 100 miles to 20 euro petrol using a fair bit of vtec :naughty: - Are they practical enough for every day cars? i use mine as my everyday car and its great - How much am I looking to spend on...
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    slight crunching at low rpm???

    ok f**k ha i was hoping it could be something not as serious as that... i would love to rebuild it myself but ive never done anything like that before... plus it would mean the car would be out of action for a while... is it alrite to put the job off for a couple weeks and continue driving or...
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    slight crunching at low rpm???

    anybody else had a similar problem? just want to make sure its the syncros before i go ripping out the gearbox! cheers
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    how to get ek city lights??? help!!!

    you have lost me dude... im talking about the amber corners in the headlights... the way the indicator stays on with your parks and flashes when you use the indicator??? like in this photo posted earlier...
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    how to get ek city lights??? help!!!

    hey i have a prefacelift ek9 and i want to get the city light... has anyone got a write up of how this is done?? or has anyone done it? i have no idea how it works :(( thanks guys
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    slight crunching at low rpm???

    thanks lads... i might try the honda mtf and see how that goes... i took it for a drive today and it only seems to grind ( not so much a crunch ) into third at under 3k rpm... it doesnt always grind! worst come to worst i will buy a new box as its far cheaper than a rebuild :) a 4.7 final drive...
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    Strange Water leak>>

    i have the exact same problem dude... did you find where it was coming from??
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