Crazyjetsfan22's EJ9 Kswap build thread.

[crazyjetsfan22]

Don't think I ever posted a pic of the bronze vc on the motor.

Got sick of this motor issue and decided it was time to open it up and swap the VTC gear and retime the motor.

Only pic I have right now.

Need to borrow my friends torque wrench to button everything up and it should be all back together. Hoping this solves the issue or I'm just stumped.

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Alright so currently motor issue isn’t solved just yet.
Past few days I took apart the head to replace the VTC cam gear.

Timing chain cover off and pass side mount

Torqued down the cam caps

New VTC gear in place and motor timed

Started the car first time and the Code wasn’t there. Second start the code came right back on.
So far what I have tried,
Two different VTC sensors
Two different Vtec solenoids
Two different VTC cam gears

I tried an Oem harness just to see if that would change any thing and it did not.
I burnt out the Map by mistake so I need to get a new one of those then I am going to disable the Vtec oil pressure switch to see if that will make the code go away.







Well picked up some new wheels last week from a friend.
They are not mint but the intention was to refinish them a black but I put them on the car and decided to keep the bronze for a bit
16x7 +43/+50 MF10’s

Got some tires mounted that I picked up as well.
225/45 Dunlop Direzza 02G on the +43
205/50 BridgeStone Potenza RE540s on the +50

Think I have too many wheels…….

Can see the 225 on the left next to the 205 right

These new tires make the 215 kuhmos look tiny

Mounted them on the car though it is missing body panels right now bc they are at the painters shop.

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Also picked up some CTR headlight from a friend.
Don’t have city light pig tails though.

It’s a good thing I got them from him when I did bc he crashed his car a few days later and messed up the headlights.

No ebay lights here

Also got an odyssey PC680 battery and OEM tps sensor from a good friend.
Need to pick up some new battery cable and

Have an RRC crank pulley on the way bc mine has a chunk missing from it.

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Have a whole bunch of updates this time

Got my RRC crank pulley in from AutoFair Honda to replace my beat up k20z1 pulley

Test fit my rear lip on the back bumper

Got in some rays valve stem caps for the MF10’s that were missing caps.

Signed up for ITR expo which takes place in September at Mid Ohio

Don’t really have pics of this part but ktuned piece kept leaking repeatedly. So I tried some different Teflon to prevent that. It was actually plumbers Teflon which seemed to do the trick at the moment.

I also had some brake issues where my calipers kept leaking and not getting a strong pedal. So I ended up getting two new front calipers for the car.
Brakes feel way better than before but still not where I want them to be.

Car wasn’t idling for more than a few seconds bc the Map sensor went bad so replaced that and it idled again.

I disabled the oil pressure switch to see if the VTC code would go away and it did for a short time but it eventually came back




Moved the car out of the garage for the first time on its own

I ended up getting all of my stuff back from the painter and put it on while I waited for my appointment for an alignment.

Alignment did not go so well actually. The pass side trailing arm there is an issue with, The toe arm is maxed out all the way in and its still needs to be adjusted. So I am going to see if adjustable trailing arms could solve this.



Few random pics I took of the car

Ended up taking it for a short drive to my painters shop….car was open header which was not to fun on the local roads.

Snapped some pics after washing it for the first time in years!

Whats still needed to do on the car
-Fix VTC issue
-Exhaust
-Adjustable toe arms
-Coolant gauge to work
-Tune

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Snapped a few pics of the car on Se37 and the MF10’s
Don’t mind the crap pics in the shade.

Interfooler

MF10’s

Decided I wanted to attend a meet in NJ with the car so I finished putting the car back together.
Put the interior back in finished a few things in the bay that I need to do.

My bc alignment wasn’t 100% I drove down on my kosie’s so I wouldn’t ruin my new tires then swapped the Se37’s on.

Got one pic of the car at the meet. Waiting for more coverage to start showing up.

Driving the car I realized I needed to still take care of a lot of things still.
Drove the car about 150 miles only real problem I had was the surging idle which was from air pockets in the coolant system.
It started to rain at the meet so I had to flip up the intake to stay in the bay and not be a cold air.

For what it is the car feels great! Wish I could have actually got on the car and messed around a bit but car wasn’t ready yet for that. I need to get used to the hybrid shifter box still with new cables, new box and the upgraded springs I need to break it in…..or im just to used to sloppy D series linkage I used to daily




What I still need to take care of
-Vtc code. Tried another ecu and it was still the same ****ing thing
-Install window visors
-install Roll bar/paint it
-Install over flow
-Paint front calipers silver
-Fix alignment
-Order seat harnesses
-Align body panels
-Get the car tuned
-exhaust

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Two I found from fresh meet

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Got my hytech twin loop exhaust finally put on!
Boy was It a pain to get to site right and fit.
The sway bar caused all sorts of issues so moved some hangers around and got it to fit very well.
Forgot my camera so I used my cell phone

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The exhaust is really quiet at idle and crusing speeds. When I get on the car it opens up and sounds really nice.


Attended a local car meet for a shot time it was too damn hot to stay for long.
Really favoring the mugen wheels over the se37’s

Going to let the car sit for a bit so I can take care of all of the little issues I have been dealing with.
Really want to get the car 100%

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Looking through some old photos just showing the transformation of the engine bay

Before (never had the single in this car but a pic of my other VSM hatch I had)

Middle 1

Middle 2

After

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Here are some updates for those that still follow

Took a random drive around the area with some friends and my friend took some pics of the car on the k1’s

Painted my new itr calipers silver same as before.

Added hard race toe arms

Lowered the car a bit and got an alignment.

Took the car out to take some pics of it

Well car was rubbing a bit here or there and then I saw this. So car is getting raise up a little bit. Little reroll of the fenders and it will be fine.

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Okay its been a while since I updated this thread lot of changes and updates going on.


First update, finally got some tires for the k1. I went with some Potenza Re11 in 205/50/15.

They are nice and beefy for a 205 and look to be wider then my 215 kuhmos.

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Finally got my over flow cut and welded and placed on the car.
It’s out of the way and I can still access it easily

Next major change up was the wheels….So my original plan was to powdercoat the MF10 to some sort of black. Went with a low gloss black, its not really flat.

Took the tires off the se37 bc the 215 were rubbing too much they will eventually get some 205 put on them. So they are in hibernation now.

I ordered some silver stickers for the wheels. I was indifferent about them put them on and really liked them.

Got my tbolt clamps done in black as well I was not a fan of the polished really.

Got my valve cover to match my wheels

The inner baffle was taken out to be cleaned up and prevent any media getting in the motor so I had to re rivet it back on which was scary

All done!

Now I put it in the bay with black acorn nuts and black washers

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Well the next big stuff was to get the car ready for wekfest. The week prior I had a lot going on so there were quite a few sleepless nights. The night before wekfest I got 2hr of sleep in my garage.




Took some time to finally clay bar, wax, polish and clean up the car really well after sitting for so long. (my friend helping me here)

I have also been keeping this item on the down low for a little while!
Mugen SS lip finally came up for sale and so I said **** it and bought it.
Got it back from my painter at 12:30AM only a few hours before wekfest.

First test fit of it in the garage.

One out side

Side shot

Well now on to some wekfest photos I took with my Nikon.

Rear shot with Blazedd’s coupe

Had some skanky models posing on my car

Westspec sticker on the car

Just little bit of our line up

Rear shot of blazed’s coupe

Fitment of those 16x8 Mf10 is on point

Engine bay shot

Photo from Phil Fusco of my car at Wekfest




Dave's hatch at Wekfest. by Phil Fusco, on Flickr

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Few shots from wekfest from people who can use cameras way better than me.

Two from Stickydiljoe

Few from Enny M photography

One from speed lounge

Should have some good updates next week

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Alright got some recent updates had a lot going on last week.

Well first up is ITR expo which was at Mid Ohio race track.

Had to take care of a few things with the car to make sure it was ready to go!

The number one thing was to get my trans back in the car again.
After having some issues with the Mfactory LSD I had to send it back to get checked out. I was hoping it would get back in time for Itr Expo but I didn’t want to risk it not being able to attend.

Trans out….again

While it was out made a few changes to the trans. Good friend of mine is very much into drag racing his car and kept having to shift into 5th at the strip due to his type r trans. So we made a deal to trade my 4-5-6 out of my type s for his type r 4-5-6.
Kyle (Kjbuilt) took care of the trans work and did an awesome job!

Ready to go back in…again

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Next up on the list was to install the roll bar finally. I painted it a simple black, it was not worth powdercoating bc it would be covered in protective foam.

Mocked up pass side seat.

Next up was change all the fluids and brake pads. The HPS were for street use.

Didn’t have time to snap pics of all of that was just in the zone taking care of everything

Time to pack the car
All of the tools I brought with me for the 8hr drive and two day track event

Packed a whole bunch of other **** as well

I left Sunday at about 6am to meet up with some others going to ITR expo in NJ. We meet a bunch of people along the way to ohio.
We made pit stop at the summit store in ohio
The store is amazing! Wish it was local to me !

Made the 8hr ride to ohio without any problems!

Meet up with Kevin and Fred Spanier at the track to go through tech late Sunday

Another member made a video of the rid out to ohio with the north east Caravan.

[ ITRexpo13 ] - NE Caravan - - YouTube


After Tech had kev snap a few pics of my car at the track

Here is one of the photos from Kev.

ITR EXPO 2013 by Spanier Photography, on Flickr

Sunday night we went back to the hotel which was filled with ITRs and a ton of other sick cars!


Woke up Monday at about 6am to head out to the first day at the track!

Kevin got a nice pic of me taking of the MF10’s to swap brake pads and put on the k1’s
I ended up using some Axxis ultimate pads which I would prob upgrade next year


ITR EXPO 2013 by Spanier Photography, on Flickr

All the hard parker parts off and sitting

ITR EXPO 2013 by Spanier Photography, on Flickr

Since it was my first track even I was obviously signed up with the Novice run group. A few of those guys had some track time under their belts so they were faster than me.

First Session of the first day took it really easy and left the car in 4th and just learned the track with my instructor.
By the 3rd and 4th sessions I was getting faster and learning how to get some of these turns down much better.

Took a ride in my instructor’s car to see how another person drives on the track. It was a blast he was very smooth and consistent.

Pretty sure this was the morning of day 2


ITR EXPO 2013 by Spanier Photography, on Flickr

Day two I ended up switching instructors after the first morning session bc my instructor was prepping for his ride back home to AZ.

He knew the mid ohio track a bit better so I learned some little tricks and pointers on how to get a faster line. The second day was a blast!

I let him take my car around the track in the last session for a few laps then we switched back.
Was kinda sad after the last session that I was over but felt like a bit of an accomplishment that the car made it through 8 track sessions at about 20min a piece with no real issues.


The only issue I had was what I drove to Ohio with which was my VTC code which I cant get to go away.


The motor wasn’t performing to its full potential which kinda sucked for exiting turns.



Home sweet home after 1100 mile round trip 8 track session! It was deff worth all the headache and stress!

Covered in bugs, road grime, brake dusty and rubber

Few things I want to improve on the car over time for the track
-Oil pressure gauge
-Oil temp gauge
- Tuner view RD1
- Carbotech pads for the front
-New Rotors
-Adjust my shifter box a bit to get the shifting how I want. I had it on the shorter side
- Oil pan baffle just to be on the safe side



I have a whole bunch of go pro videos that I am going to take a look at and post something up.
I didn’t get too many pics bc I was too busy with my car and had a bunch of time in the class room.
Can see some coverage from Expo here on my flickr

ITR expo 13 - a set on Flickr

There is a lot more coverage on ITRCA

Kevin Spaniers Flickr
ITR Expo Forums: EXPO PHOTOS 2013 MID OHIO- UPDATED FREQUENTLY

Itr expo 2013 - a set on Flickr

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Sorry for lack of updates super busy between work and school lately.



Attended Import expo in Atlantic City with some friends which was fun.

Ended up winning a trophy for best civic hatch back

Few friends car

Kyle Crawford took some sick shots of my car

As for whats next for the car right now adjust some minor things i never got to

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Finally had some time to mess with footage off my go pro"s from ITRexpo
Posted a few laps from last session.


ITR EXPO 2013 - YouTube

 

[DavidEJ9]

Awesome build!

 

[that_civic]

just read through this while suppose to be doing some work lol
amazing build thats all I can say

bet the track days where fun ?
Id like a professional to take my car out to see it taken to its full potential obviously when my cars ready anyways haha

but yeah no short cuts taken here and not stanced which is what I like when reading builds

 

[tadejvog666]

Crazy car and build..like your bay...

 

[crazyjetsfan22]

Awesome build!

Thanks!

just read through this while suppose to be doing some work lol
amazing build thats all I can say

bet the track days where fun ?
Id like a professional to take my car out to see it taken to its full potential obviously when my cars ready anyways haha

but yeah no short cuts taken here and not stanced which is what I like when reading builds

Thanks! The track day was awesome most fun I have had with a car!
I let my instructor take the car for a few laps around the track. Said its a well built car and honestly it wasn't 100% at the track day

No stance here! Some nice wheels and sticky tires

Crazy car and build..like your bay...

Thanks! Put plenty of time into the bay I wanna re route some things to clean it up and ease of working on it.