My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[EF303]

Bahahaha, the guy in the second pic (the teal hatch), is my good buddy Greg here in CO. He's running a tucked HKS Sport exhaust (I will be too here soon).

Here you go, some light reading on how to create one of the cleanest goddamn EFs I've ever laid eyes on.

http://forums.nwp4life.com/zerothread?id=20581&page=1

[M.Doban]

Ahhh I'd love to do that! Unfortunately there's nowhere I can actually fit that under my car or in the exhaust tunnel. But, I mean, I thought about what you said and all, and I really don't think finishing off the exhaust will restrict flow enough to make a difference. So I loose 3 horsepower.... I'll just turn the boost up a pound or something.

I like you. Thank you, my friend.

I'll have to get a video/soundclip of it under load when it switches over. I know VTEC is treated as a god within the adolescent Honda crowd but even so... it sounds just as you described. I seriously love it.

[Randomofodication]

I really like the stock tips moved up. Even if they weren't attached to anything.

If you really wanted to you could do an exhaust dump valve

That way you could have stock functioning tips and then switch to bwwwwwaaaaaaah vtec monster

[M.Doban]

Thanks for the advise man, but I'm definitely going to roll them rather than shave them. For one, cutting the lip off would melt my paint and two, it would be very flimsy as you said. Also, in the rear, the lip is where the spot welds are that hold the body to the wheel well. Gotta have those.

SO GUESS WHAT. Randomofodication (I always thought it was "Randomodification" until I typed that out) got me all thinking about how cool it would be to have the exhaust exit properly. And I know I typed out all those reasons and whatever but... whatevs. I change my mind a lot.

I was thinking something like this.


JUST KIDDIIIIIIING

This.
It's not actually my car but oh my gosh wow it's like the same car. I edited the original picture to tuck the tips up higher.

[EF303]

Dude don't roll your fenders, shave 'em. Get an angle grinder with a cutting wheel and cut the majority of the fender lip off. Follow up with a grinding wheel and then a flap wheel to smooth everything down flush. Way cheaper, way faster, way easier, and you don't have to worry about your fenders coming out all wonky. That's what I did with mine and you've seen the fitment I got out of there.

If you're getting new quarters, shave them before you graft them onto the body; that'll be more convenient and then you can paint over the raw metal you just ground away to keep it from rusting out. The front fenders can be done the same way (off of the car) - they're easy to pop in and out.

The only complaint I have about shaved fenders is my fronts; the metal is so thin up front that the fenders bend really really easily, throwing my fitment off and making it easier to dent them. Eventually I'll probably weld a reinforcement piece to the insides, but for now it works fine. If you want to retain some rigidity, just leave a little bit of fender lip in there, maybe 1/8th inch or so, and make sure it's nice and rounded so it doesn't slice your rubber into ribbon.

[M.Doban]

Thanks, man!

The last time I ran it in a quarter mile would be those videos at the beginning of the thread. So last year I think? I usually race almost every other weekend at an airport strip though. It's an 1/8th mile.

[Water Boy]

Mate love it. Good to see a slammed car with some go fast.

When was the last time you rasn it down the 1/4?

[96CD7]

nice

[Randomofodication]

Nope didn't come out rude at all. Haha vtaaak through a straight pipe would definitely be loud!

[M.Doban]

Man it's looking good! Any plans for a muffler/exhaust? Back bumper looks a little funky with nothing coming out of the exhaust indent

Thanks a heap!

No, there really aren't. It does have an exhaust though. It's a streetcar! But for real, it's just hard to see. The reason it doesn't exit properly is because it is routed around the gas tank on the passenger side and I don't want two more 90's restricting the flow just to have it come out properly. And I actually like the exit as it is.

This is the only pic I have where you can see anything. If you look closely under the bumper and just to the left of the passenger mudflap you can see the three inch exhaust dumping right after it goes over the control arm (45 degree bend at the end). And no, I will never run a muffler. I love how 9,000 rpm through a straight pipe sounds.



Hopefully that didn't sound rude. I know where you're coming from. But from a performance perspective it probably won't happen.

[Randomofodication]

Man it's looking good! Any plans for a muffler/exhaust? Back bumper looks a little funky with nothing coming out of the exhaust indent

[M.Doban]

Haha crazy bro, just looking from that last pic to the one in your sig. She's come a long way, and looks so much better. Keep it up!

Thanks so much, good sir! I will do so.

You make me wanna sell the wago and get a teal hatch sooo bad lol

Wow, I really appreciate that. But don't get rid of your wagon! Those things are so freaking cool. Especially that white one over in Japan with the Works and window louvers.

http://ext.pimg.tw/peace543/751a41d0730a6572619921cfc7c6074f.jpg

Well I have not done too much on the car lately. I have however managed to get another 1/2" of clearance out of my stupid downpipe. I had it a piece of cardboard's width away from the oil pan but somewhere in time it moved or I moved it. But now it's right back were it's supposed to be and I don't scrape as much. It's nice. I need a skid plate though. I have about half of my drain plug left and my oil pan is leaking. Like, not the gasket or the drain plug, oil is just seeping through little pin-holes in the pan itself.

Right now I'm saving up for Koni yellows, springs, and an Energy Suspension master kit as well as trailing arm bushings. I'm also going to get all new quarters and rockers. Also spacers but I haven't been able to get a hold of a fender roller and I don't have the guts to use a piece of pipe and hammer.

Stuart took some pictures.

[Queef|Chief]

You make me wanna sell the wago and get a teal hatch sooo bad lol

[EF303]

Haha crazy bro, just looking from that last pic to the one in your sig. She's come a long way, and looks so much better. Keep it up!

[M.Doban]

So I was just going through some old pictures and dug these up. These were taken when I first pushed the car outside after swapping in the build motor. It hadn't even run yet. But look how pretty and perfect and WHITE the valve cover is! Oh well. But yeah, right after they were taken I did one more check on everything and the car fired right up.

Look I have a beginner driver tag and 17's. I was definitely one of those people.