Crazyjetsfan22's EJ9 Kswap build thread.

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Picked up my subframe brace and steering rack from powder coating
Did it in 20% gloss black.

Received my energy suspension bushings for the rack and F+R sway bars

Received my Acura order recently mostly stuff for my suspension.
Received ball joints, inner and outer tie rods, Steering rack rebuild kit, steering rack boots and a whole bunch of bolts and nuts. Still waiting on the Honda order to come as well.


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Finally opened up my RRC from the package

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My plan is to port match the inlet to 70mm tb. And put a -6 AN fitting on the bottom of the manifold for the brake booster line.



I am still unsure on whether or not I want to shave the RRC manifold of all of the unused ports and other things and powder coat it black. Or just leave the manifold cast and plug all the holes up with NPT fittings.


Through on the HR tb to see how they looked together

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Had some time this Saturday to paint a few of my interior panels to get the interior the way I want.
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Might need to put one more final coat on them I ran out of paint on the last panel.

This week after my school exams I will assemble the steering rack and drop off stuff for powder coating.
Starting to run out of things to do on the car since it hasn’t been painted yet.


Over the weekend I went jetsking with my dad for father’s day
Havent been out on this all year so it was nice. Of course it’s a Honda too!

Few pics while on the water.

Revs out to 7k rpms like anyother typical honda

Currently I am waiting on the following to come in the mail.
AMR coilovers
AMR front and rear camber kits
Honda order with bolts and wheel bearings.
Hybrid racing black mounts with black bushings
Wireworx milspec harness, conversion harness and charge harness. (should be 2-3 weeks until I receive this)

 

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Last week was a busy week for me!

Thursday I went and picked up a practically new Hytech twin loop exhaust. I decided against the 3” exhaust for now due to money reasons and time issue. Might do it at a later time I will have to see.
The hytech is 2.5” I’m sure it will do just fine with my car.

Here are some pics of it with my header.

Little scuff on the muffler but wont be seen when on the car

Some sick welds on this thing that’s for sure.

Friday I got a pair of type s axles that are perfectly fine. And an 06 passenger side axle that needs a boot replaced on it. My plan is to run type s driver side with the 06 Si passenger side. Wont have any issues and easier then swapping inners

Might swap the inners on my spare set of type s axles so if one we to break I can easily sway them out. Or just get another 06 Si pass side axle



My Mfactory Diff came in as well with new bearings too. Thanks Xenocron!

I need order a bunch of bearings and a few seals for my trans before I can throw this in.

Finally received all of my Honda/ acura parts that I ordered for suspension (still need to order trans and motor parts from Honda/acura)

Ohh and this is everything that sits in my room currently. Need to make some space in the garage soon!

Messed around with the RRC intake manifold a bit. Took of some of the little oem fittings that I wont need so I can put some NPT caps there instead.

As for the brake booster I plan to use on of these OEM holes. Thinking the center one. Im going to find the thread pitch and get a converter to -6AN for my brake booster and drill out a hole right into the plenum.

Droppped off these little pieces for my trans to the powder coater as well as the eg/dc subframe which isn’t pictured. I have some other misc brackets and my VC to bring there when money comes in.

Went to see how my mugen wing looked and if the color matched my paint.
Didn’t get any pics of it on the car but it needs to be resprayed to match so I will get the mirrors and wing done as well. Just means that I have to take off the mugen badge before paint! Really hope it comes off okay!

 

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Yesterday got the car out of the garage for the first time since since Dec 2010

Yeah it's been that long Fml!

Couple pics of the car on its way to painters shop. (iPhone pics)

Finally had space to try my mugen wing on the car.

Still undecided if I like it or not yet. Think i need to see the car all together on the wheels.





Little work starting on the bay marked off the holes that need welding and any body work.

Also dropped off my front lip and CTR mirrors that need a respray.


Need to take the mugen badge off the wing too. Little nervous about that done wanna ruin it.


Received my tires on Monday !

215/45/16 kuhmo xs

Can't wait to mount these tire on the Volks. Thinking monday I'll take care of that.

Yesterday got the car out of the garage for the first time since since Dec 2010

Yeah it's been that long Fml!

Couple pics of the car on its way to painters shop. (iPhone pics)

Finally had space to try my mugen wing on the car.

Still undecided if I like it or not yet. Think i need to see the car all together on the wheels.





Little work starting on the bay marked off the holes that need welding and any body work.

Also dropped off my front lip and CTR mirrors that need a respray.


Need to take the mugen badge off the wing too. Little nervous about that done wanna ruin it.


Received my tires on Monday !

215/45/16 kuhmo xs

Can't wait to mount these tire on the Volks. Thinking monday I'll take care of that.

Love getting text message late at night from the painter :heart:

Finally the bay is painted after being bare metal for well over a year!

(Dont mind the stupid instagram boarder )

 

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Okay hoping im not killing you guys with same pics over and over. Just wanted to post some from my real camera.

Here is how the bay currently sits.

Heater hole and other random holes from the b set up welded up and smoothed out

From the inside some of the welds. I am going to throw some por15 to prevent any rust on there.

Here is a before pics just to see what I did

Laid down a thin line of seam sealer. Hard to see bc it is grey as well.

Some better pics of the mugen wing! Well kinda

Ce28 and tires again……

Need some center caps!

 

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Here are some decent photos of the bay at the painters shop.

Couple pics of it on the trailer on the way home

Went to summer slam at English town on Sunday while a few friends raced.

One of the cars ready to go (simple K swap with bolt ons)

Boosted B series hatch and a boosted EM1

Did a little test fitting of one of the ce28’s since I got the tires mounted

Day or two later started working on few little things and made a list of what I need to order.


Started to do some little things on the bay its has been way too hot lately!

Put on the cowl and a bunch of engine bay grommets as well as few break line fittings

Finished up my tucked clutch line put a little rubber grommet where the line comes out to prevent any rubbing of the line.

 

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Past weekend took care of a few misc small things bc it was soo hot and due to waiting on parts still.

Decided to take all of the rear suspension off so I can start to get some of my new stuff ready to put on once its here!

Yeah this pic has me a little overwhelmed. Having a completely bare shell and it has to be done in a few weeks and a lot of stuff still isn’t here!

Decided to mount my Hybrid racing Shifter box

Really glad I didn’t have to cut a huge hole in my exhaust tunnel like some other shifter box set ups.

Have to put on the cables as well


Messed around and took a few pics of the bay to show the effort and quality of it!

Was in the loft space above taking some parts down and thought this would be a cool shot

Just so you can see what lurks in the background of some of the pics

Friend made a little mount for my prop valve

Once few more fittings come in I will get started on that!

Picked up some rays lug nuts from a friend who sold his car recently
The black , bronze and silver looks sick together

Stopped by the powdercoaters to pick up my parts!

Pretty happy how they came out. The black shifter mechanism should look pretty nice on the trans

Got my subframe back as well. Started to place some of the bolts where they belong to make it easier for when I start to reassemble everything. Not fun or quick looking through a big box of Honda bags with numbers on them

I have been making sure I use plenty of this to ensure nothing will seize up like in the past due to the stupid north east weather.

Put together the A arms

Front forks all together besides the missing nuts there are somewhere in my box

Messed around with my RRC manifold a bit for the brake booster line.
Deiced to use on of the ports on the bottom. Took a drill and bored it out a bit so it wasn’t to small of a hole.

Nothing like drilling into a brand new manifold.

Have to drop it off to the welder to plug some small holes I don’t need and the –AN on the bottom as well.


Quick pic of the comptech bar on only pic right now bc the camera died

Lot more parts should be coming in this week for fuel , motor and bunch of other crap
Found out my seat bracket on the Polepositions do not fit though I was told they were for an ek they do not sit right what so ever so have to contact wedge engineering for those!
Places a small order from hmotor, ICB, RHDjapan for a few little trinkets
Need to shave my VC asap to get it powder coated!

 

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Well ill continue where I left off last time.

Sway bar , brace and LCA’s all mounted up.

Put some brand new Energy suspension bushings on the comptech bar. These were a lot beefier then the old bushings..

Adjustable endlinks

Not sure which setting I should put the sway bar on. The endlink lined up with this hole so I placed it here for now. Can always adjust the endlink to fit another spot.

Some pics of the recent item I picked up from Chris harris at Xenocron!
Comp stage 4

Walboro 255 fuel pump

Some Torco MTF for the trans

Got some help from Mr. Marcin with pressing in my wheel bearings and ball joints.
Few pics while we were pressing them in

All done

Some fresh new OEM lower ball joints

Few random pics of the de-powered steering rack. I will have a whole write up on it soon when I get more time.

Grease all over everything!

Using the helms manual on my lap top for directions on how to re assemble the rack the correct way.

Front subframe all together with steering rack.

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Hope to put my subframe on the car in the next day or so. Need to flare the rear brake lines and fuel lines before I put the subframe up.
Received my jegs order so I can do both of those. Also should be receiving my acura and Honda order so the trans can come apart and throw the diff in and be ready to put the trans back on the motor.
Really need the mounts and coil overs to come asap! Getting my stressed out!

 

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Didn’t get as much done as I wanted on the car yesterday but should hopefully get a good amount done over the weekend.

Earlier in the week stopped by and picked up some spoon parts from the volk king Blazed
Grabbed the Spoon Kevlar cover and a beat up spoon oil cap.

I think the Kevlar will really pop with the color teal I plan on doing my VC

The oil cap will have some changes made to it to suit my likings. Hopefully it turns out the way I want to! Kinda made that you can not get a replacement sticker for the oil cap but its okay.

Received a majority of my order from summit for my AN fittings.

All black everything!

Pretty sure these are the fittings I will run off the regulator to get the lines in the direction and routes I want.

Another huge mess of Honda parts. Looking through it again I forgot what I even ordered. This should cover everything hopefully! There are things in that pile ranging from grommets to ep3 Idler pulley to A/c pulley for my daily since it is making noise.
Forgot to snap a pic of my acura order as well that I got in the other day will bore you guys with that another update I guess.

Took the time to swap out the old fuel pump and put in the new walboro 255. Don’t wanna starve the motor of fuel from the old one!

All out

New pump and filter ready to be placed back into the tank!

Mounted up my prop valve right about where I made the hole for the harness. Not sure if it will stay here or not. Its pretty close to the back wall not sure if the bends will be too tight or not will have to see. Not a big deal if I have to move it though.

(the black paint is por15 I placed over the welds so nothing will rust out my bay just incase.)

From past brake line tucks I have seen friends and other do I always see that the driver side front brake line sometimes interferes with the clutch pedal and the pedal stopper.
So I decided to use some soft line I have laying around and route it up and away from the pedal. The route I still need to check out with the pedal assembly bolted in.

You can also see to the right are the lines from the master.

Got a new soft clutch line from jegs.

Pretty much the only part of the clutch line you will see.

Once the brake lines are all done I will then plug up my new Wireworx conversion harness.

The quality on this is awesome!

Also have my wireworx engine harness as well. I wasn’t baller enough to go with the cool guy Raychem wrap but I am really happy how this one came out! The pics do no justice to the harness. I will wait to put it on my motor bc its still all dirty!

Close up

I even had Xavier wire in my Hybrid speed converter to make things easier on me!.

Wireworx did a really great job I would deff recommend using them to people. Xavier kept me updated and made sure we were both on the same page with what was being done on the harness. He even let me do a slight payment plan because my paypal had an issue so I didn’t get a refund back right away from something else. Cant wait to see the harness on the actual motor and in the bay!

 

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Went and got my rotors and fly wheel cut

Fly wheel

The rotors have sat for almost 2 years so they acquired a bit of rust over that time. I decided that I didn’t wanted rusted faces underneath my wheels so I painted some POR15 on them before I got them cut. Came out pretty decent.

For me to be able to run my center caps for the ce28’s I found I that I had to remove the rear caps

Rotors on the rear trailing arms

Took care of the undercoat in the front wheels wells. I used some Eastco rubberized undercoating

Before half paint and the original worn undercoating

Tapped off all of the surrounding parts to prevent getting on anything I didn’t want

Pass side all done while its drying

Installed the brake lines for the tuck

Close up of one of the lines

Mr. Marcin did a sick job on the brake line tuck because I was not that confident in doing it.

One line during the process

Rear two lines all done

Installed the Wireworx’s conversion harness. Got a little confused on which wires needed to be soldiered up and so I texted Xavier and he cleared it up for me and even sent me a diagram. Awesome customer service right there!

Mounted up the Fuel regulator in the bay

The brake lines inside the bay (brake booster and master will be painted soon)

No idea why the lines look a brown red in these few pics

Front view

Could not get the rear lines done in the engine bay because ran out of tubing sleeves somehow. Now that slows me down from getting the Subframe all mounted up which sucks.

S2000 clutch master in place with the line

Fastened down the driver side of the head light harness. Need to figure how I want to fasten the rest of it down once the radiator is in place.

One ground for the headlight harness

Should have all of the interior back into the car real soon. I cleaned and redied the carpet black as well but forgot to snap pics of it. Once I install the Black ek9 seat belts most of the plastic pieces can go back into place too.

 

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Took a little break from the engine bay stuff and decided to start to put in some of my interior

Since the brake line tuck was done and conversion harness was in I could throw in the dash and carpet.

Its starting to look like a car again! Have to remember where all these bolts went and all the wiring it’s been a while since I took it out haha

Well I ordered a set of CTR seat belts which I thought were all black but they are basically a shade darker then the USDM ones. It was deff a waste of money but I said screw it I have them ill throw them in.
Will end up doing some harnesses when I decided to put the roll bar in down the line.
Not much of a difference as you can see
JDM(left) USDM (right)

Put in my painted upper interior panels and seat belts.
They look alright I might have to redo them when the cage goes in but for now good enough.

Started to play around with fan setup for the tucked rad. Had some relays laying around that we made a little test set up. Found out one of the relays was no good but check both fans and they work.
These move quite a bit of air for such a small fan and they are super quiet too

Quick lil video from my phone

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Well decided to get a start on the Diff install.

Case opened up

Bye bye stock diff!

Gears look like they are in really good condition I can tell that the trans was opened before because of the scratches on the inside where the top C-clip is. Maybe the gears were replaced under warrantee not really sure but everything checks out to me!

Dirty as gear case which I need to clean up !

Pics of the damage on the clutch case that I am replacing

Cleaned up new one that I will be replacing a few seals and the bearings as well for the 4.7 FD have a bunch of new bolts as well!

Pressed the bearings on to the Mfactory Diff

Had to call it quits on the diff install due to needing to borrow a friends larger compressor to get the bolts on the FD gear off. Will install the rest tomorrow after work!

My dirty motor I have been neglecting to clean! Once its clean and trans is done the fly wheel and clutch can go on so its will be ready to be put into the bay soon!

Brought my motor to my house to do some cleaning. Was a bit hard in the dark and with out the power washer. It came out alright might need to use the power washer when its not so late at night. I know my annoying neighbors would have called the cops if I used it at like 11:30pm

 

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Going to be a lot of pics in this update bc I have been slacking the past few days on uploading some stuff.

Ill continue with the trans from last time.

Cleaned up the new clutch side a bit before the bearings get put in.

New bearings and seals that are going in.

Bearings all in (make sure you order the correct bearings for the FD you have)

Mfactory Diff in place

Gear sets and shifter forks all lined up

Made sure to clean the magnet before putting the trans back together.

Reverse rear

Outer case ready to be put on

Some new bolts

And now all back together with my powdercoated shifter cable brackets, shifter arm and few other pieces.

Last issue I need to take care of for the trans. Since the original trans was an 05 and I bought and 02-04 clutch case I need to plug the VSS hole up. I thought the plug from the 05 would fit but its too small. Need to address this real soon!

Replaced a few things on my motor.


Put a new idler pulley, water pump on, put on the pass side mount that was powder coated and a few misc bolts as well.

Little new vs old shot of the ep3 idler pulley.

Got my manifold back from the welder. I tried something a little different this time.

Instead of using the NPT plugs for the holes I decided to weld them shut and just shaved them to look like they were OEM. Pretty happy how they came out.

I also got the fitting for the brake booster welded on the bottom side of the manifold.

 

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Marked up the manifold to be cut since I have a k20a2.

Marked the manifold opening to be port matched to the 70MM throttle body. Need to find the right tools to bore this out in the next day or two

Received a bunch of parts recently I have been waiting on.

Spoon rad cap

Spoon 6speed shift knob sticker

Here is a pic of my spoon collection nothing special or super rare Sorry the horn button is crooked in the pic :lmao:

Center caps came in for the ce28’s

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Hyrbid mounts finally came in! All black bushings this time!

Also got hybrid fuel pressure gauge.

Ordered some black hose separators for the fuel and brake booster line.

What they do for those that do not know

Finished the rear brake lines

Started on the Feed and return lines for my fuel system.

Mounted the fuel pressure guage

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Now that those lines are done I can put the subframe on.

Started to bolt the subframe up and noticed an issue. The front sway bar hits badly on the rear brake lines.

That’s all I uploaded for now have a few more updates I will post up later tonight.
My car for one will not be going to IA and neither will I decided it was not worth the rush, madness and risk to bring the car down. Will save some of my money and put it toward a tune and some other things I need to get done!

 

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Received my coil overs from AMR on Friday as well as my front and rear Camber kits after a long wait.

Here are a few pics I took.
The quality of these is really nice!

Camber kits

Here are the pics off AMR’s site to show the quality of them

Didn’t waste any time and went on to installing the camber kits

Pass side rear is on

Rotor on. Need to put the calipers on just need to locate where the rear ones went in my pile of stuff.

I had a bit of difficulty getting the driver side on due to the on the chassis where the compensator arm goes to. The nut fell out of place and I tried to get it back there might have to cut open the area to get it into place.

 

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Got some water proof relays for my radiator fans.

I need to still mess around with mounting my Radiator to get it to sit how I want.
Once that’s done I can make all the AN hoses.

Wasn’t really happy with the way my front calipers came out color wasn’t what I was looking for and the rears did not match. I ended up stripping them down myself and using some caliper paint. They turned out pretty nice and near the color I was going for.
Old rears

New color (I have more pics of the calipers complete and together which I will post later)

Finished port matching my RRC manifold for the 70mm tb.

Also cut the RRC to fit the k20 head I have. ( need to do a little more smoothing and evening out on it)

Hybrid 70mm tb mounted on with all the sensors.

Few better pics of the motor now that its in the bay

Pic of the manifold on and my intake just for mock up purposes so I can see how I am going to run my fuel and booster lines. Need to Tap the booster for the -6 fitting and paint it black

Update on a few random little things

Finally figured out something to plug the vss hole on the trans. I found a freeze plug that was laying around that was a great fit. Put some Honda bond on it and its good to go. That thing isn’t going any where

Put the header on too

Plugged a few of the sensors in for the harness to see how it looked

Rear trailing arm on with rear calipers painted

Rebuilding my front calipers after the paint

All together


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Quick comparison of ITR calipers vs 99-00 Si calipers

Some fresh pads for the front calipers

Next fun project was rebuilding my 06 si pass side axle. The boot was ripped so I ordered a rebuild kit.

This **** sure was a mess! I see why some people decide to just buy new axles instead of rebuilding them lol

 

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Got my valve cover back from powder coat. I sent it out to the same place I used for my old B series Valve cover to get done in Candy teal because I really liked the color combo.

Have to do something about the shifter cables. Not a fan of how they are sitting but I made sure they were secured to the body of the car so they will not melt from the header. Tried to run them a few diff ways they end up binding bc of a sharp bend.

I put on most of the Wire-worx harness, fuel rail and few other small things.

Got a black JDM dipstick from a friend as long as I clean his recaros for him.

Back view of the harness. I will have my spoon coil pack cover on so wont be able to see this really

Well because I am redic and buy things I don’t need. Got some project Mu teal resivoir covers to match the VC they are not that close in color though

Picked up a new Idler pulley belt for my EP3 set up. Can any one confirm that its 50.5 in length had a hard time getting it on but I was in a rush and it was late at night so need to try again.

Also finally got my VSS back from a friend of mine. He broke his Vss some how when he changed his diff a few weeks back so I said I would lend him mine until he gets a new one. So he just gave me the brand new sensor

I am still really up in the air about the teal Valve cover. I love the color and the quality of this places powder coat but I am not happy with the whole look of it on in the bay. I personally think it’s a shade or two darker but getting a candy color to come out the same every time is next to impossible I know that.
I might just get a new black valve cover done and see which I like more. I am more for the simple and not flashy look in the bay. Sorry blazed if I am copying your valve cover you are an OG an all hahaha

I need to finish mounting my Rad cant get it to sit the way I want, then once that’s done I can do the AN lines for the rad. Need to get my brake booster tapped for the -6 An fitting so I can paint and Run the fuel and booster line how I want.



Old B series

New k Series

 

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Most recent update I have pics up.
Taking care of the radiator lines

Lower hose all done

Top hose all done with my new powder coated intake arm (need to get a different couple and some tbolt clamps)

Few other things powder coated

Spoon oil cap powder coated black

Clips on the shifter cables

Idler belt all on

Well saw a killer deal on the Traction bar. I know it’s a Pro am but I wont use that 3rd mounts
Going to powder coat all of them black to match not a fan of the gold bars.

Tapped the booster with a -6AN for the line. Painted it black

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All the fluids ready to be thrown in!

Axles and front suspension all on. Need to tighten everything up still

Tried on my friends black ce28’s…..they were 17x7.5 really like the black look on the car though.

Random pics I never posted up

New OEM Honda battery my old one was dead so I picked this up. They had a good deal at Honda going on when I went.

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Relays for the Fans all tucked away. Have to reloom some of the wires to clean it up a bit but I want to test to make sure they work and spin in the correct direction too

Booster line

Here is what the fuel and booster line look like not on the car

How the lines look in the bay. Sorry for shitty pic

I dropped of my full race traction bar to get powder coated wasn’t a fan of the goldish bars so sent everything to be done in black. Also sent out a VC to get taken care of as well trying something different.


So currently I have an issue getting my fuel pump to turn on. Xavier from wire worx has been helping me trouble shoot a bit when I had some time. Kinda fed up with the car so taking a few days off from it.
I attended wekfest this past Sunday and saw some sick cars which motivated me to get mine out. Kept getting asked by a few car buddies who I haven’t seen where the car was . They thought I was bluffing that it wasn’t going to come.

 

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Okay i had some time in between classes quick to swap out the conversion harness. Put the new one in and pump turned right on!
Car didnt want to start just yet need to adjust fuel pressure and calibrate the TPS and swap my new throttle cable on. Forgot my lap top so i couldnt do that. Possible tonight if i get my hw and out of class early i will get her started!


Picked this up earlier in the day as well.

My friend came up with the idea to color match the VC to volks.
The new powdercoater did a good job on it!
Its pretty close in color i wonder how some brand new volks would look next to it. Both rims and VC change in diff light. Either way i am happy with the VC. Cant wait to see it in the bay!

Cell phone pics for now!

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Still waiting on my traction bars to get done all black should have those weds.

Lack of updates due to being to busy or keep forgetting my camera

Snapped some pics of my wedge engineering seat rails that I bought and never put on yet.

Put them on the pole position but forgot to take a pic

Snapped a pic of my Valve covers side by side.

Need to put gasket sets on both of them.

Ordered some new stainless brake lines bc the other ones were ****!

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Also new speed bleeder screws. Everything went on fine

Until I got to driver side rear!

Line started to get kinked when I would turn to take the old line off!

Need to figure something out will have to reflare it im guessing


Got my full race traction bar back from powder coat! Looks great!

New bolts!

What the arms look like need to finish assembling them

Had a slight issue bolting one of the arms up might need to just take off the fork for the strut off

Replaced the ugly bolts on the pass side mount

Received my new hybrid tps over the weekend.
Installed it and calibrated it

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Was messing around with clamps and I can decide which like better. The black billet ones or the regular polished tbolt clamps

Well figured all of the fuel pump issues which seemed to be some sort or error with the conversion harness. Wire-worx sent me a new one and it turned the pump right on!
Messy interior I need to finish putting together now that all of the wiring is good!

Adjusted fuel regulator and few small things and it started right up

Quick little cell phone video


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I need to adjust a few things to smooth the map out a bit. Need to bleed the coolant more so there is not air pockets and check for any fluid leaks.
Ground need to be made and hidden on the motor.

Reset the odometer before I started just bc and the axles were moving while it was up in the air.
Also realized that I have not put many miles on this car since I owned it! Bought the car and cluster had 49k on it .

 

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Only update I have currenty



Helped the body guy take apart the mugen wing and get a few other pieces read for paint.

I got the CTR mirrors, Mugen wing, Si front lip and underside of the hood painted.



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Got a text with some pics of some parts done. I went down to the body shop to take a look and everything looked good. Wing and mirrors need a quick wet sand and buff and they will be done.

Right now I am waiting on my fix for the rear brake line that got kinked.

Also have some random pieces coming in that I never got to ordering.



Interior is almost back together forgot to snap pics. Left off a few panels just in case any trouble shooting needs to happen. Also need to put my spoon wheel on too just trying to keep it from getting damaged.

Also got the coolant system bleed decently need to test it out when its running.

Idle is adjusted better now just need to get the TPS calibrated 100%





Ohh another update right now crashed my daily driver so might have to hold off on a tune and figure something out.

 

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Well so since I was stranded most of the weekend decided to put some time in on the car. Put the rear seats as well as most of the other interior in. Waiting on putting the seats in after some misc wiring is done. Spoon wheel will wait to go on till after the alignment don’t want it to get damaged.

Fixed the rear brake line that was kinked. Used some AN stuff I had laying around.

I bleed all the brakes and the clutch. They feel pretty good right now will prob bleed them again to be sure and double check and leaks from the AN fittings.

Now that the brakes were all done I could lower the car on the floor.

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Finally on the ground on its own again after nearly 2 years. Feels really weird coming to my garage and not seeing it on jack stands

Camber, toe and everything is all over the place in these pics here.

Grabbed a fender and slapped it on quick to see how it looks as a whole

Got my hood back from painting the bottom of it. The old paint had no clear and was dirty and stained so took off the oem stickers and resprayed it to match the fresh paint in the bay.

Quick pic of the bay with the bumper on and hood. Still waiting to put the bronze VC on I don’t want to ruin it! Waiting till all motor issues and fluids are 100%

Bolted up the fenders and clipped in the side skirts to get eh car more complete.


Had my friend who does auto body line all my panels for me so there is not stupid gap or sag any where.
He went a little OCD and ended up aligning my trunk better, rear bumper, tail lights and gas door. I didn’t mind!


Really glad I went with silver on the calipers I like the contrast of silver on bronze wheels

Fixed the height and camber a bit in the rear. Might need to roll the rears slightly to accommodate for the 215 tires just afraid of mashing the rear
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Front needs to be a bit lower as well.

Found out my center caps do not fit due to the axles and the 36mm set up. Might try a 3mm or 5mm spacer see if that works

How it sits now! Wing mirrors and front lip should be on this week! Also have to put the rain guards on.

Well I keep throwing a VTC solenoid malfunction code for some reason. So I read that it could be 3 things. VTC sensor its self, Vtec solenoid, or the front screen behind the tension is clogged. So swapped out VTC and no luck there. So took of Vtec solenoid and replaced it with another on I cleaned well. Went to put it back on and some how the damn bolt snapped in the head. That really ticked me off and I stopped working on the car for the day. Ended up bothering a friend to come take out the bolt bc he is always good at that. Bolt came out no problem need to find a replacement bolt and hope that solves the issue.

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Since this thread sucks lately I had some cell phone shots of my interior so these will do for now until I get time to take some real ones.

Recaros in!

Really love how the seats feel in the car. Need to grease up the rails bc they have been stuck in the same position for quite a while so it was rough moving back and forth.


Spoon wheel and shift knob on with 6speed sticker too!

Interior needs some new pedals (mugen or type Rx)
Matching door panels and arm rest to the head liner and rear seats.
Might put a Tunerview on the block off plate so I can keep an eye on more things while driving the car.
Winter time I will prob put the cage in and get some harnesses.