No EJ9 forums. I guess here will do.


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1996 Honda Civic (EJ9), 2009 Mazda 2 Sport (DE5FS)
Yo, I'm Kiret, and I suffer from nightmarish flashbacks to when I was in sixth form, sat in the library, looking at EK9 Civic Type R on Pistonheads for £6000. I'm reckoning a few of you can relate. Anyhow, even though I am in fact EK9-less, I've managed to put together an EJ9 / EK hatch (<- that sounds better) that performs just as well as an EK9 would.

I'll try keep this intro short, starting with my vehicle ownership history.

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First car at 18 was a Toyota Aygo; inherited from my sister; resisted modifying it in order to save up for. . .

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. . . My first Honda, a Type S with that single-cam 1.8 engine I managed to hydrolock driving into a big puddle (might aswell have been a ford), bend a rod which then exited the chat on the way to work one morning. First engine swap (replaced with another R18) I did with the help of my dad's pals at their garage, then flogged it soon after. Moral of that story = don't fit a cold air intake and drive in heavy rain. Didn't do much to this one - Injen CAI; Eibach springs; Invidia cat-back exhaust; Type R rear centre light; some no-name brand short shifter adapter and Seeker heavy shift knob.

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About a month before my 21st I copied my brother and joined the hairdresser club by getting an NBFL (Mk2 facelift) MX-5 Sport (1.8 w/ VVT, Torsen LSD, 6-speed). The hype is real, loved that thing, jinba ittai and all that. Again, only light mods were made - MeisterR Zeta CRD; H&R ARBs; Yokohama Advan AD08R; Buddyclub P1 SF, Project Mu HC800 pads; custom cat-back exhaust made to sound like a Buddyclub Spec 2.

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You lot know how it be, rust-prone Japanese automobile acting as a daily driver all-year around doesn't jive right well with salty British roads. Come 2019, I'd let the Roadster go to some Greek/Cypriot guy from Portsmouth, and entered maturity by taking my brother's Mazda 2 off of him. Whipped it around Anglesey twice as the AD08R from my MX-5 still had a load of tread left on them. For a slow car with civilian suspension, it's a fun car because Mazda. It's got Tein Street-spec coilovers and a stainless cat-back exhaust at the moment, but next up is where all my effort was directed . . .

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. . . In April of 2021, I finally capture a rare Pokemon, a 13000-mile EJ9 with an automatic D14. Before you ban me from here, you [might] be pleased to know it's powered by K20A from a DC5 Integra Type R. Currently, the car looks marginally better than the photo taken above from Mimms Honda Day last year. Prior to the K-swap, I did consider a B18 transplant, but I thought I might aswell go the whole hog. Plus, that extra 30-40 lb-ft of torque the K20 has over B16/B18 is useful for a car that sees road duty.

If you'd like to see the "build" progress in blog form, see the links to my website below! :D

I look forward to meeting like-minded enthusiasts via this forum. Facebook/Instagram/Meta are going downhill with their algorithms and all their other bullshit. I hope forums like this remain for as long as we can rip 'tec! [fuckin' cheesy as **** that was]
 

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Welcome dude :nice: How you finding the K swap?
 
Welcome dude :nice: How you finding the K swap?
Yo! Hasport's "Street" PU mount bushings made the entire dashboard shake upon start-up, but have since bedded in and I've kinda gotten used to them now, but I'd like to modify them using rubber bushings as inserts to dampen NVH. Maybe once engine is out through winter for the desperately-needed respray.

Other than that, its sick, fast enough for an FF, I've enjoyed 3 trackdays with it (1 proper one at Anglesey, the other two were only a few laps around Three Sisters kart track).

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KW V2 and 225/45 Nankang NS2R fitted, had all the black plastic trim painted to match too.
 
Welcome along, nice to see some new content as the forum has got quiet recently. That ej9 is a sleeper , only thing giving it away is the nankangs !

I bought a B18CR to but in my eg6 but slowly thinking of selling it for a k20/k24.. that extra torque, hp and reliability from a K once installed properly is better than a high comp B18c..

Nice mx5 btw! I've got an Na
 
Welcome along, nice to see some new content as the forum has got quiet recently. That ej9 is a sleeper , only thing giving it away is the nankangs !

I bought a B18CR to but in my eg6 but slowly thinking of selling it for a k20/k24.. that extra torque, hp and reliability from a K once installed properly is better than a high comp B18c..

Nice mx5 btw! I've got an Na
be cool to see forums become popular again, so I thought I'd contribute here somewhat.

yeah, the tyres and the exposed shifter if you get close enough to peep inside.

when the car was still fitted with standard suspension and had tatty paint, it was a proper laugh on the road surprising random people overtaking me when I dropped it down a gear or two.

I did actually consider B-swap, but I thought sod it and went the whole hog. only regret is having to put up with polyurethane mounts. the idea was to keep the car more bias towards road-spec, with the capability to have fun on track.

the MX-5 was so fun, I do miss RWD, especially in the rain. my brother still has his NA, any photos of yours?
 
be cool to see forums become popular again, so I thought I'd contribute here somewhat.

yeah, the tyres and the exposed shifter if you get close enough to peep inside.

when the car was still fitted with standard suspension and had tatty paint, it was a proper laugh on the road surprising random people overtaking me when I dropped it down a gear or two.

I did actually consider B-swap, but I thought sod it and went the whole hog. only regret is having to put up with polyurethane mounts. the idea was to keep the car more bias towards road-spec, with the capability to have fun on track.

the MX-5 was so fun, I do miss RWD, especially in the rain. my brother still has his NA, any photos of yours?

mx5 in the rain is a bit scary for me at the moment! some pics below.
 

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