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  • Turbo Ej8 Fun

    Hello. I tried to edit the words a little bit because I posted this over in d-series.

    Well first here is a little back ground on the car. I bought the car in June of last year. With 247k miles on it from an elderly lady. Biggest reason I got it was because it was cheap ($1500.00) and the body was amazing. One ding very very small by the driver door about the size of a quarter. But besides that body was straight. A completely unmolested Civic. Unfortunately I do not have pictures when I first bought her but I have really close to stock pictures. What I mean by that is that I put coilovers on her then I snapped some pics. Here she is on her last running day

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    So down here in dallas in December we had an ice storm. With me working overnight when i got to work it was fine but when i got out it was covered as seen above. So I left her parked near my job. Unfortunately when I got to work the next day I discovered a towing warning. So in the attempt to move my car a block of ice hit my oil pan and shattered it.... -_-

    Any way I was really debating on selling her or buying another civic... kicked it around until about the end of January when I started to read up on vitara builds and how much power they are making. And for me I thought it would be a pretty good build. So then it began

    Here she is before dis-assembly.

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    Then began ordering parts.

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    Parts list so far
    75.5mm vitara pistons
    RC autoworks rods
    GSP turbo kit (I know not the best and im probably going to get crap about it but its what I can afford right now)
    Walboro 255 pump
    Innovate lc2 wideband
    Glow shift turbo gauge
    Honda OEM Head gasket
    ACL Race Bearings
    Honda OEM Rear main seal
    ARP head studs
    Seperately bought a log mani
    Steel braided lines to eliminate power steering
    This is what is in the picture above

    After I recieved all the parts I pulled the motor out. Here are the pics the day the motor came out.

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    In the process of waiting for the block and head I decided to clean up the engine bay.

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    • #3
      redid the wire harness and tucked it.

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      After the wire tuck I got really bothered by the holes that were left there so I filled them. I wanted to also remove the seams but this im not exactly sure how to do it so im just not going to deal with it right now.

      This is in the process of filling the holes

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      Primered and tested the teal color.

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      • #4
        Done filling holes and spraying the bay

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          window visors came in

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          fuse box relocated

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          test fitting intercooler and visors installed

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          block is back and I painted her

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          putting her together

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          • #6
            dropped motor in

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            wheels fitted, first time out..had to come up on the coilovers because it was dragging the down pipe. Now im going to fabricate an up pipe and should be able to slam again

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            that's it for right now updates coming soon

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            • #7
              holy shit i love this.

              how the hell did you get this thing for only 1500 dollars. where i live a nice 99-00 coupe like yours goes for around $3500- $4000.

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              • #8
                Thanks man

                Um I don't know really I found out about the car through a coworker so I was pretty happy when I saw it.

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                • #9
                  Nice. Curious if you masked anything off in the engine bay. In the pics it looks like the bolt heads, heater core tubes and ac connection gaskets are painted. Could be the reflection.

                  Would like to see this thing slammed. Nice wheels!

                  Originally posted by SnazzyQ View Post
                  holy shit i love this.

                  how the hell did you get this thing for only 1500 dollars. where i live a nice 99-00 coupe like yours goes for around $3500- $4000.
                  If EK's go for that much there I will sell you 5 of them for $2500 each this week and you can make your $1000 on top.
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                  • #10
                    Nice build! In for videos and more low
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                    • #11
                      yeah man. looks good

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                      • #12
                        tidy. don't mind me a turbo civic.

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                        • #13
                          Damn, you got that for a steal. Can't wait to see it all together.
                          My 2011 Toyota Vitz build thread.
                          http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=56411

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                          • #14
                            Thanks I appreciate all the input. Ya when I painted it those were a couple of the things I didn't cover. I eventually want to go back and redo the engine bay by removing the seams and filling every single hole I just didn't have the time this go around. The more low is soon to come pics coming soon.

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                            • #15
                              Sweet looking bay and setup!

                              Renato
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