Kid-Vtek's Canadian EK build: CR-Vtec Turbo

[Kid-Vtek]

Yeah for sure, are you a member of beyond.ca? They usually meet up every Wednesday (not too sure about winter but spring/summer) at chinook mall. I try my best to come out once and a while

 

[ABCZ]

Yeah I am but my computer doesn't like to work that site very well so I get annoyed quickly I was going to go down there but won't be many nice cars in the winter time. Plus i'm in Cochrane so it's a little ways to get there to not see many cars show up haha

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Yeah the winter car scene is pretty much extinct but I don't mind, let's me focus on working on my car haha

 

[ABCZ]

Yeah mine's kind of my daily at the moment so I can't go too crazy so i'm just collecting parts until spring then i'll put it all on and next winter tear into it some more.

 

[Tomcat]

So fresh!!!!!!!!

 

[Kid-Vtek]

tiny update my wheels have been ordered.... this has to be my most opulent purchase of my build so far so i kind of want to keep them under wraps for now. i will say this they are a 3 - piece forged wheel, 16x8 +26 and pretty dam rare. Cant wait to get my hands on them! 6-8 weeks away however as they are made to order keep you guys updated!

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Small update:
Finally got around to removing all the interior except for the dash.Ii am leaving in place for now because once the engine is out (hopefully this weekend), i will be relocating the fuse box to the glove box and i need the glove box in place so i know how to route my wires.

im having a hell of a time removing the sound deaden material... ive read on line that dry ice works wonders but i have no idea how to handle it or where to find it. Any input on how to better remove it is much appriciated!! :-\

How she sits now

could have been a cool pic if i had a better camera lol

Roll cage soon to be ordered and then welded in place before paint, im looking for a place to get this done. From my understanding the best or "professional" way to weld in a cage is with the vehicle on a jig... not sure if this is necessary

 

[tico_ek9]

Love the seats, keep up the good build...

 

[Kid-Vtek]

began stripping the sound deadening material today. I am amazed at how well dry ice works! unfortunately i under estimated how much i would need and i only had enough for the front section of the car. i showed a friend that stripped his interior on his old integera and he was not pleased at all, he said it took him 2 days to clear the section i did which took me an hour tops lol.

it pretty cool as soon as you put the ice on the surface u can hear it popping and cracking

if i can get an engine crane lined up for tomorrow im going to try my best to have the engine out, more to come!

 

[AnthemCTR]

Good stuff!

 

[Kid-Vtek]

I didint want a lack of dry ice to stop my progress tonight so i set my focus on the engine removal. dropped the fluids, removed the rad which happen to **** the bed.

Started removing the harness. this is my first Honda rebuild so i labeled every connector and vacuum line

All thats left now is axle removal and motor/transmission mounts!

Shes calling to me

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Well i wasnt able to get my hands on a engine crane until today, big thanks to Mike and Matt B. for getting me one!

I took off the bumper so i could start trimming it for my intercooler core if i got bored

and i found this, PnP anyone?

took a brake to shave my pussy

i needed to remove the axles. Yay for princess auto quality

time for an upgrade

I had a hell of a time getting the pin for the shifter to come out and not having the right tools for the job dont make things any easier, but i modified a random bolt to do the job

and with the magic of the internet

Engine bay is going to get a good scrub down. ill be starting my wire/brake like tuck soon!

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Small Update:

My CTR door molding came in

More JDM goodies

Picked up some wire tuck supplies. Got some fancy wire loom... its a shame no one will get to see it really

Carbon broooooooo... not really tho

 

[Kid-Vtek]

started the wire tuck tonight, didnt get very far....

the original plan was to relocate the fuse box to the glove back but after some test fitments the modifications required to make it work seem unnecessary. so after a little playing around i chose here

since my car is base model and does not have air bags ill be placing it here, fit much nicer. ill rig something up so i can just pop the dash panel off for easy access.

got the main harness out

bay practically free of wires

tomorrow i will try and get the fuse box mounted and wires soldered in place so i can move onto the headlights next.

 

[ABCZ]

Good progress man. I'd like to see this thing someday.

 

[Pudd]

Good progress look forward to your updates got myself a milano red ek

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Didnt get as far as i want to this weekend, too much other stuff going on but i managed to get the dash out and passenger side completely wire tucked. ill start on the driver side when i get around to it but probably not till after Christmas. building cars near Christmas hurts the wallet and when you brother's Bday (Dec12) and mother's bday (Dec25) are in the same month things can get out of control quickly. so for my brother's bday i polished his car. turned out pretty good, its a 3 stage polish. also the whole front end is 3M including half the hood, before i started the 3M was starting to fade but now u can hardly tell its even there.

 

[Battle Monkey]

Looks like progress is being made nicely on this, keep up the good work! I'm glad you were able to find some dry ice, without it removing sound deadener is a huge project.

Looking forward to seeing additional updates.

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Thanks for the kind words everyone, sometimes after a rough day at work coming on here reading yours guys comments really modivates me to get the work done. I get all next week off so ill be getting lots done

 

[Kid-Vtek]

Happy Holidays Update:

I hope everyone had a great christmas, i certianly did my GF got me these

Got most of the sound deadning material off now, i didnt even need dry ice the garage was so cold it came right off lol i guess after this project the garage will need to be insulated.

ill be buying a wire wheel attachment for my angle grinder to get rid of the rest of the residue

i finally got around to removing the dash and finishing my fuse box tuck.

i still need to make brackets for the fuse box it self but i am really happy with how it turned out, more to come