Well Just to start the build thread I have lost all of my pics from when i got the car to where i had my b20b swap. So the the story begins and ill keep the intro short. Basically i bought the car in the summer of 08, it was just a stock 99 civic ex vsm colored shell with a blown motor paid 1700 for it. The car had steelies and was lowered on neuspeed springs. A few weeks in I bought a b20b motor from City of Industry for dirt cheap just to get some power on the road. The set up was stock b20b mated to a 01 gsr tranny with basic bolt ons and 2.5" piping with a magnaflow muffler tuned on chrome. Then a whole mess started happening and ended up selling the whole swap set up for cheap and moved up north. Now this is where the revival comes to play and the pics also.
This is the oldest pic i have of my car
Yeap dropped on ls meshes powder coated gold center you know them poor ricer days
After all the settling in and getting used to the new area I ended up getting a job at the local junkyard and bought a jewel
this is the only pic i have from buying the car
so just like any other honda owner i basically stripped the whole car of my needs and wants and lefted the em1 stripped and towed to my junkyard for scrap
The first thing i did after i pulled the motor and harness out was the engine harness tuck
and ended up looking like this
next was the bay
finished the prep prime and shaved the radiator support and a little bit of the shock towers
while the paint was curing i started a minor rebuild of the b16 and scrubbed it down with degreaser then painted it with the aluminum paint u get at the store
and somewhere in between i picked up a seibon carbon fiber hood for dirt cheap
then started and finished the wire tuck
picked up a rsx steering wheel and installed it with the si cluster
picked up a set of ctr repped headlights the actual gunmetal ones for pretty cheap, they are gonna have to do for now until i can get a real set at a decent price
got my s2k clutch master cylinder next
converted my cup holder to the 96-98 and installed my ctr shift boot with sickspeed racing shift knob and started installing my viper alarm with hidden piezo horn
picked up some dresser washer from sickspeed for a great deal
I then pressured was my carpet, really nasty stuff, so i can dye my carpet black
finished relocating the alarm ill prolly never going to do this again just the fact that cutting soldering and heat shrinking takes for days and takes a load on my hands
shaved the valve cover and painted it white enamel
After the paint cured up a bit i relocated my proportioning valve on to the subframe with new hardlines, yeah im also reusing my old innovative mounts til i get my hasports in
So without further or due this is how my engine bay currently looks until i can save a bit more money to get some plm headers im just gonna just stick to my stock ones and im gonna have to use the stock radiator til i get my godspeed racing coming in shortly
oh yeah the em1 i bought came with 16" slips so that was pretty cool too
and a more current pic
I will definitely update when i can get some more money for parts but you know how things goes nothing stays the same for long on a project car and thanks for browsing and plz subscribe
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This is the oldest pic i have of my car
Yeap dropped on ls meshes powder coated gold center you know them poor ricer days
After all the settling in and getting used to the new area I ended up getting a job at the local junkyard and bought a jewel
this is the only pic i have from buying the car
so just like any other honda owner i basically stripped the whole car of my needs and wants and lefted the em1 stripped and towed to my junkyard for scrap
The first thing i did after i pulled the motor and harness out was the engine harness tuck
and ended up looking like this
next was the bay
finished the prep prime and shaved the radiator support and a little bit of the shock towers
while the paint was curing i started a minor rebuild of the b16 and scrubbed it down with degreaser then painted it with the aluminum paint u get at the store
and somewhere in between i picked up a seibon carbon fiber hood for dirt cheap
then started and finished the wire tuck
picked up a rsx steering wheel and installed it with the si cluster
picked up a set of ctr repped headlights the actual gunmetal ones for pretty cheap, they are gonna have to do for now until i can get a real set at a decent price
got my s2k clutch master cylinder next
converted my cup holder to the 96-98 and installed my ctr shift boot with sickspeed racing shift knob and started installing my viper alarm with hidden piezo horn
picked up some dresser washer from sickspeed for a great deal
I then pressured was my carpet, really nasty stuff, so i can dye my carpet black
finished relocating the alarm ill prolly never going to do this again just the fact that cutting soldering and heat shrinking takes for days and takes a load on my hands
shaved the valve cover and painted it white enamel
After the paint cured up a bit i relocated my proportioning valve on to the subframe with new hardlines, yeah im also reusing my old innovative mounts til i get my hasports in
So without further or due this is how my engine bay currently looks until i can save a bit more money to get some plm headers im just gonna just stick to my stock ones and im gonna have to use the stock radiator til i get my godspeed racing coming in shortly
oh yeah the em1 i bought came with 16" slips so that was pretty cool too
and a more current pic
I will definitely update when i can get some more money for parts but you know how things goes nothing stays the same for long on a project car and thanks for browsing and plz subscribe
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