-- My '92 EG : The Frame-Scraping Journey --

[JasperThomas]

Of course I wouldn't mind doing other things, but I know I'm just gonna keep getting cars and hopping around from project to project. (NA Miata is next, BTW)

I approve of this.

[ladylike]

your car is nasty! i love it.

[EThirtySicks]

Yeah I've never been a Honda guy but I really really dig this car. That's something I love about this site, the variety of cars.



Very nice work, dude.

[06SharkGT]

Nice looking Tibby in pic #3

[flatnstatic]

Super stoked on your car man, keep up the good work!

[06tiburonofdoom]

Thank you all for the feedback!

Yeah I've never been a Honda guy but I really really dig this car. That's something I love about this site, the variety of cars.



Very nice work, dude.

I love how my cars seem to do this with people. Everyone hates Tibs, but they always love mine. Same with this bad boy! I'm just glad that I'm stupid enough to do the things I do. Haha

Nice looking Tibby in pic #3

Haha, thanks. I've got tons of pics of it elsewhere. 18x10s FTW!

[06tiburonofdoom]

Quick update, just so everyone knows the scoop!

Due to a minor setback (ticket and getting strep throat), the brakes should be on the way by the end of this month or the beginning of the next, depending on what order I take care of things.
BUT after much research and looking around, I'm going to be doing a dry sump setup as well, this winter. I'm just far too paranoid with this motor, and that would basically give me all the clearance I could ever need, along with shortening the header.
Due to this, some of the other winter plans might not happen as soon as I had hoped (depending on if I can pick up an extra job or not), but I'm going to try to at least get the cams, valves, valve springs, retainers, cam gears, and tune done before spring rolls around. :mrgreen:

Thanks again for the support, everyone.

[jared1988]

hidden rad is cool. not sure y i havnt subbed ur thread yet. i want me an eg sedan so bad

[FreshEK4dr]

just read the whole tread clean as f*ck!!!! love the way the rims look on the car... but how did u modify the strut towers to clear the control arms? always been a go fast type of guy, but its time to slow down and look good lol...

[JasperThomas]

...BUT after much research and looking around, I'm going to be doing a dry sump setup as well, this winter.

I've always heard that those are a ridiculous amount of work and/or money. But by all means that would be sick. Is it possible to raise the motor at all? Or did you already do that when you did the swap?

[06tiburonofdoom]

hidden rad is cool. not sure y i havnt subbed ur thread yet. i want me an eg sedan so bad

Have you seen Arnel's black EG9 that he just finished up (Phaze2)? It's clean as hell. I'm not a sedan fan, but DAMN. It's got the RS' and suspension off of his EG6, so I'm extremely curious to see what he puts on his hatch next. (I hope you have any idea as to who I'm talking about, because I'm feeling too lazy to upload the pics. Haha)

just read the whole tread clean as f*ck!!!! love the way the rims look on the car... but how did u modify the strut towers to clear the control arms? always been a go fast type of guy, but its time to slow down and look good lol...

Thanks, man! With the strut towers, you just cut out exactly where the control arms hit so that they clear. I'm a believer of cutting as little as possible, so I cut it to the EXACT shape of the control arm. Haha Even my control arms have aggressive fitment... After that, it's whatever you wanna do. Fabricate a cap to weld on that looks factory, box it up and put a razzle-dazzly plate on it, or just leave it open. It doesn't have any negative structural effects (that I have ever seen), so don't be scared of it.

I've always heard that those are a ridiculous amount of work and/or money. But by all means that would be sick. Is it possible to raise the motor at all? Or did you already do that when you did the swap?

Yeah, I thought that it would be $1,400-1,500, but then I found out that it would be more like $2,200-2,400 for the good stuff. But oh well! I've never seen it done, and it would be MORE than worth it, in my eyes.

To raise the motor, you would need to measure the clearance between the motor and hood, then weld additional metal onto the factory motor mount bracketry and get all of your holes level. It would help the geometry of things, but you also have to get rid of the vibration mounts or relocate them somehow. I might do that at some point, but the transmission should be the only extremely vital component that I have to worry about after the dry sump and shortening of the header.

[T.Reed]

I want some more pics.

[Demon_camber]

To raise the motor, you would need to measure the clearance between the motor and hood, then weld additional metal onto the factory motor mount bracketry and get all of your holes level. It would help the geometry of things, but you also have to get rid of the vibration mounts or relocate them somehow. I might do that at some point, but the transmission should be the only extremely vital component that I have to worry about after the dry sump and shortening of the header.

idk if you would like this idea but, you can use hockey pucks as motor mount inserts and lower the holes to raise the engine. it"s what i'm in the process of doing.

[FreshEK4dr]

pics of where u cut?? (if its not to much trouble) really wanna do this in one shot.. appreciate the help...i know for the most part the suspension on the ek and eg are the same besides control arm length. but would i cut in the same place for both ek and eg?

[jared1988]

Have you seen Arnel's black EG9 that he just finished up (Phaze2)? It's clean as hell. I'm not a sedan fan, but DAMN. It's got the RS' and suspension off of his EG6, so I'm extremely curious to see what he puts on his hatch next. (I hope you have any idea as to who I'm talking about, because I'm feeling too lazy to upload the pics. Haha)

i think so. i think i just ran across it recently too but i have trolled up a honda forum just yet. far from gettin an eg9