My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[Nick475]

13's? so much yes

[M.Doban]

Thank, man! I'm so freaking anxious to get them on the car.

[exs]

awsome build mate love the 13's

[M.Doban]

ALRIGHT ITS UPDATE TIME.

So I think this is funny. In this entire build thread on a stance related forum, there has not been one suspension, wheel, or look-my-car's-lower update.

Until now.

Because I got new wheels.

They were pretty expensive. Not. They were free. I KNOW RIGHT. I'm pretty excite. Anyways, they're vintage Carroll Shelby wheels from way back when. The cool thing is this: they're 13's. Yep, I'm going to run 13's. 13x6 to be exact with an offset of 12.

I'm getting money transferred to my paypal right now to buy tires and spacers. I'm thinking 185/60's will be my best bet for that meaty look while still being shorter than my current tires. But chime in on what you think would look rad.

I'm going to roll/pull the fenders and make a new downpipe and a skid-plate. If you read all of this you're a doll. And now onto the (lame point and shoot) pictures!

[brandn3w]

Have you ever referenced HMT before because I feel like a lot of aspects are very similar?

In any event, when I was 17 my Dad and I turbo'd my EJ8 D16Y8 and I raced sometimes at PRP. Pretty cool to see a similar situation...some of my favorite memories are from that phase of life.

[M.Doban]

Thanks, dooder. Appreciate it muchly.

So I made some money recently and that means that hopefully in the near future there will be an update. Get excite, children.

[Tavinchi]

nice thead! love that car men!
keep it up!

[M.Doban]

So yesterday I got the rod bearings checked for clearance. Everything was good there so I got out the feeler gauges and checked the ring gaps. Thankfully everything was great there too. Put the rings on and slid the pistons in and bolted the rod caps on.

That's oil on the cylinder walls to keep it nice and rust free. Also helps on the first start-up.







Put my head on to see if I had the proper head bolts and just to get it off the work bench.




Looked FOREVER for the windage tray, oil pickup, and pan but only found the tray. Had to clean loads of gunk off of it as well.
I also took apart one of my oil pumps, cleaned it out, greased everything and put that on too.




The vtec dowels are in the mail. I still need to find a set of cams and a vtec solenoid. Then we're good to go! Sorry for the pretty boring updates.

[M.Doban]

Hats off to you dude. Would have loved to do something like this when I was 15

Love these little cars and with the power you're running, makes this one of the coolest ED6's about

Thanks a heap! Really appreciate that!

Awesome build man! Can't wait for your 240 build!!

Thanks, man. Me neither!

I got the bottom end all buttoned up today. I throw a couple pics of that up in a bit.

On a super happy note SCHOOL'S OUT. And it's almost Christmas. No more homework or studying for this guy.

[DomStance]

Awesome build man! Can't wait for your 240 build!!

[JonD]

Hats off to you dude. Would have loved to do something like this when I was 15

Love these little cars and with the power you're running, makes this one of the coolest ED6's about

[M.Doban]

This is great! I have a spare F from when I put my new one in and you're inspiring me to build my old/extra one!

Do it! All these Honda engines are so cheap to build. I bought a complete ring/bearing/main bearing/full gasket kit for 100 dollars. There's not reason not to throw yours together!

[brsteinbach]

This is great! I have a spare F from when I put my new one in and you're inspiring me to build my old/extra one!

[blowntwofive]

awesome awesome build man makes me miss my 91 lsvtec si hatch yours is my favorite color mine was black... i will admit rear wheel is amazing but please please dont strip this car down to go to a 240.. theres really nothing you can do to a 240 to be different.. if your gonna get rid of your amazingly fast and nice hatch atleast go to something worth it

[rsingh3g]

I **** finals as well lol