My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[MommysLittleMonster]

Have you gone through a transmission before Micah? I have to do mine this summer, and it's intimidating even to me.

Glad to see you're keeping the blue dinosaur running.

[DaguerrotypeI]

Inspiring. Love the build good sir. Even if the springlesprangle isn't quite there.

[M.Doban]

Thank you sir ^^


Time to drag the thread out of the attic. I did things.

I disassembled, cleaned, and sand blasted the tranny I had bought a few pages back. Then I pressure washed all the sand out of it. I had to pull the Honda out of the garage to get to the pressure washer. It hasn't run since November and the motor didn't even turn over once before she fired right up. I love this car.

So here's a phone pic of the trans post-sandblast.




And here it is with some lovely coats of primer and silver.






And finally the internals which I doubt I'll be using. I'll compare them to the current ones, but I have a feeling those will be in better condition. Anyways, this didn't turn out bad for a $25 transmission! Rad. Micah out.

[cobrawannabe]

The last ten pages of this thread are kind of a clusterfuck, but an entertaining clusterfuck.

This car is astonishingly fast and I enjoy everything you have done to it.

[SheaMoose]

Congratulations.
Must have been quite the hunt.

[floatingdino]

was going to make some ignorant comment about white buffaloes on fb, but you're a big game hunter now

[Randomofodication]

Congrats on the hunt! Lolz.

[CrackerTeg]

...also I captured the white buffalo nbd.

A congrats are in order.

[M.Doban]

As a rule of thumb I **** civics, but I respect the hell out of yours. Nothing I can even criticize about it.
Sidenote: I know of two Micah's on this planet, you and he are both from Pennsylvania.

WOW. That was a hardcore compliment. Thanks so much, friend!

No way?! That's pretty rad. There's not many of us out there. What's his last name if you don't mind? I know a couple here in PA. PM me if you'd rather.

Hey what was your spring rates in the picture with the rotas? And did you have Koni yellows with GC coils on?

The springs used while the rotas were on the car were just ebay coil sleeves (unknown rates) and stock shocks. Sorry, I can't help you much there.


And since this is mostly a whatever I feel like posting thread, I'll show you all my INSANELY COOL daily.

Just kidding it's pretty boring.

I'm in the process of putting a 2" lift on it as I type this (add-a-leaf. No block garbage)
Yes, I realize going up is the wrong direction.

Everything else is stock except for the 30" tires, dream catcher, and Cherokee blanket on the back seat.










...also I captured the white buffalo nbd.

[OhTyy]

Hey what was your spring rates in the picture with the rotas? And did you have Koni yellows with GC coils on?

[philohlean]

As a rule of thumb I **** civics, but I respect the hell out of yours. Nothing I can even criticize about it.
Sidenote: I know of two Micah's on this planet, you and he are both from Pennsylvania.

[Belvader]

Thanks Micah! I appreciate the hell out of it dude. Keep on keepin on brotha

[M.Doban]

Just read through this whole build for probly my tenth time just because it really is an inspiration, seeing someone else that also started at a young age and worked like hell to get what they have now. So props to you dude!

Thanks so much, Jeff. That means a good bit. Keep at what you're doing! You're already beyond where I was at your age.

You're a pretty cool cat.

[Belvader]

Just read through this whole build for probly my tenth time just because it really is an inspiration, seeing someone else that also started at a young age and worked like hell to get what they have now. So props to you dude!

[M.Doban]

The deeper and deeper I got into your build thread the more and more I absolutely love your car, keep up the rad work!

Thanks, Jon! You da man. YOU.



Yesterday was the car's final drive before the snow. We took a nice spirited drive through some wooded glens and watched the deer graze beneath a beautiful sunset. It was a perfect ending to an awesome season. I'm so happy to have completed my sixth year with this car. I won't be sitting on hands this winter, though, so expect some cool stuff as the cold months close in!