Hendo's ED7 hatch project (again)

[Hendo]

Link to my original thread is at the bottom.

So the car was overheating the first time I took it to WMHM because it didn't like getting whooped on so hard, and the head gasket kinda went. Was a little disappointing because there was only about 140k miles on that block/head when it gave up. So, the car sat in the back of my garage for a full year and it just kind of made me depressed to look at.

Finally got off my ass and started dealing with the z6 parts piled up in my garage, and got a spot to race in WHMH this year. Original plan (post-Gingerman) was a mild z6 build. That went out the window and I went 8/10ths retard on it, NA style. Primary is this guy:



I'm keeping the full interior and not doing a cage or anything, going for kind of a sleeper thing, although the lopey idle of that cam is gonna blow my cover. And maybe my tire choice. I'm about a week and a half from start up, waiting for the intake, TB, crank pulley and the motor mounts to get here on Tuesday. Starting to get excited, figured I should share since it's getting close...

 

[Hendo]

Car is ready for the tuner. Using Mikey Singhaseni at Xenocron in Chicago, but he's mostly out of town this month. It's gonna have to wait until September.

Exterior:

JDM SiR LED spoiler
Soon to be installed Honda Access light up center garnish
Clear corners
Smoked bumper signals
Otherwise stock 91 USDM Si

Interior:

New OEM seatbelts
New carpeting
EDM center console pocket
DC Sports shift knob
Clarion CZ-305
Infinity speakers x 4

Suspension:

New toe compensator links, trailing arm bushings
Skunk2 Pro-C coilovers
Carbing front strut tower bar

Brakes:

AP1 front brake conversion
Custom rotors
Rear DA disc conversion
4040 prop valve
OEM EX 15/16" master cylinder
Hawk HPS+ brake pads
ARP extended wheel studs with neochrome VMS Racing steel lugs

Wheels & Tires:

15x8 +35 Enkei RPF1 (black)
205/50/15 Bridgestone Potenza RE71R

D16Z6 swap, OBD1 conversion with Hondata S300

Block:

P29 pistons
Hastings rings
New OEM water pump with OEM timing belt
VMS lightweight aluminum crankshaft pulley
Competition Clutch 12lb steel flywheel
Fresh hone and otherwise stock

Head:

Hot tanked, decked, new OEM valve stem seals
Cometic 0.018" MLS head gasket
ARP head studs
Bisimoto stage 3 camshaft
Bisimoto valve springs and titanium retainers
New OEM VTEC solenoid
NGK plugs and wires

Intake:

Skunk2 Pro-Series intake manifold
Skunk2 Alpha series 70mm throttle body
AEM short ram intake

Mishimoto aluminum racing radiator and silicon hoses
Mishimoto thermostat
Pacesetter header
Walbro 255 fuel pump
New fuel tank
New pump hanger, new braided fuel lines



I'll add more as I think of it, I'm sure.

 

[Mr.Baker]

Soon to be installed Honda Access light up center garnish

That's a tough and pricey piece to find.

 

[96romaCX]

Nice ef bud! I just picked up a 1990 std hatch for a steal today! Can you reffer me to a plug and play OBD0 to OBD1 kit for my dpfi hatch?

 

[ImportFan1]

Good luck on the build.

You still have Kerry's hatchback?

 

[Deaf_Dougie]

clean as hella! Diggin' the wheel setups! I'm debating to buy me a rpf1 and of course in black color lol

 

[Hendo]

Good luck on the build.

You still have Kerry's hatchback?

At the time I did, but it's since been sold and turned into a race car (I sold it with suspension and the WS2 exhaust on it for 3 times what I paid, on steelies). I'm down to this one Civic, after owning a 91 CRX, 92 hatch, 95 coupe, 96 hatch and 00 sedan (all at the same time lol). However, I've stepped up my game post-Civic madness thanks to old man status, and I've now also got a Mk4 Supra and an E38 shorty sport that I daily.

As far as the EF hatch goes, I do keep moving the goalposts. My latest "need" is an LSD, but I still need corner balancing and alignment done. I can't believe that I bought this car in 2001, started accumulating parts for it a year later, started the first iteration of build in 2011 and I'm still not quite done. The dyno tune went well, got 150 whp on 110 octane (the only change I'm seeing from my parts list is a Skunk2 Alpha exhaust header). It sounds like nothing else, it doesn't sound like a D series or even a B series. The amount of wind that the stage 3 bisi cam sucks up is amazing.

 

[nd4sped]

Sell the Beemer, thank me later

Glad to see you held on to the CRX's and the addition of the Supra...well thats pretty damn sweet!

 

[Brak]

The Supra makes me Jealous...

In 2000, I had the opportunity to buy what was likely the last NEW '98 supra twin turbo, and i didn't...
One of the biggest regrets of my life.