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It's all over, folks. Motor has been sold, car has been delivered to a junk yard.
RIP, Gertrude!
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Car has come a LONG way since day 1... through the good and the bad. But new lungs, a new heart, and a pacemaker later, Gertrude is still being a champ!
Oh and warning, this will probably be a long read. I'm bored at work, and if I can make over $17 an hour to write this, I'm all for it..
A little background information:
1997 Honda Civic LX Automatic. BONE STOCK.
Car was purchased by my parents in 2000 fresh off a 3 year lease.
In 2005 or some s**t like that, I turned 16 and got my permit. My mother, who can no longer drive due to MS, offered me a choice of one of their cars. The all-mighty cool Chevy Cavalier, or that there Hunduh. Keep in mind I knew nothing about cars, but I took the Honda because it was blue. Cavalier is an ugly tanish looks-like-doogie color... eff that.
OK now that you all know the toughness of the choice I had to make, it's on to details and pictures..!
Like 2006ish
Had the terrible idea to put on a fake eGay EX wing, and the Euro "Altezza" Lights... we all make mistakes right?
AND got some super cool subs by a very good brand (sarcasm included)..
Senior Year Rice-Mobile!
Senior year coming a long, went all out and got the worlds best rims! I even painted my calipers a completely non-matching color for style points! (Driveway shot FTW)
But then I drive into curbs. Sucks to suck, right?
But have no fear! My friend Handy Man Dan and a little bit of paint and bondo fixed 'er right up!
13th, 14th, 15th, and into 16th grade... (I really just didn't keep track of the years, even the ones above are probably wrong... shut up.
At this point the rice was at its max.. even my good asian friend started getting sick of the rice, so I told him I would get him pizza. And by pizza I mean new tail lights:
Then the rowdy fellers at ClubCivic kept telling me to lower the car. So I took my moneys and did three things. I got the worlds cheapest suspension (WHICH, btw.. I still rock today..).. Me and a buddy went slightly gangster and got our windows tinted.. AND I put on some ClubCivic decals (and another one from a site that Petey the O-ishG kinda sorta made.. whatever I still rock that today too). Thanks to Sady on the help for the suspension and letting me use your walls to shoot my springs at.. who needs spring compressors anyways?
Said pic of above update:
I also thought I was a BA (not quite yet a BAMF) at my first Honda meet...
At this point I was in touch with Sady, you may know him as being one of the most knowledgeable D-series guys on this site. I decided I didn't want to be a b***h anymore, and wanted to drive a 5 speed. Well instead of throwing away a clearly awesome car, I got a parts list and collected a bunch of s**t to make my car standard. Once I got e'rything I needed.. it was off on a ~2 hourish trip to upstate NY, where Sady and I would make magic happen (...no homo).
Too rusty to screw out, just bang on it!
Of course it needed a new ISB, because the inner part of the bearing fell out. The only way to get the outer part off... JB weld it together!
OK enough pics of turning my car into what 95% of you already have...
So.. that used tranny I got from a member on this website "Perfect condition EX tranny" for sale.. whoever sold it to me can lick my dog's chin. Needless to say synchros were bad, popped out of 1st and 5th and even when I was in REVERSE it would somehow manage to go forward at times... don't even ask.
So I got a used tranny that didn't have aids, and finally got the car running well... Until I decided to d**k around with my car some more. I wanted a little Honda add-on to my car, also known as Vtech minus the h.
So... got another parts list, and went to see that D-series professional in the lamest state in the US, home to the worst baseball team in the US... and I don't mean the Orioles.
But because I'm too lazy to delete what I just typed above, just pretend this next sentence is before that.. I got new wheels!
Okay thanks. Now moving on to Vtak... yo.
OK so days went by, car is still slow. Picked up a header and a few other things like a new sub (Just one 12" JL Audio) and a header. I Daily drove the car at work delivering for Domino's Pizza ($7.99 carry out special large 1 topping, go get it).. went some places and did some things. Saw Special Edition 40th anniversary Lambo's get totalled.. yea know the usual.
..Until one day delivering pizza.. I ran out of coolant. And the motor ended up getting hotter than Adriana Lima back in 2007. Which BTW, is hot. Needless to say, and I quote my mechanic here "I got some bad news for ya, motor's toast".
At this point, I decided to be slightly awesome and go B-series. Found a good deal on a GSR block.. and picked it up. Then I got lazy.. Good thing that same Mechanic knew a guy selling a complete B18 setup.. literally everything I needed except for motor mounts and an ECU.. and half shaft and axles.. and probably some other stuff.. for $1500. So I paid the guy a visit, and found out it's a JDM B18B, and only has 36k on it. I pulled some strings like Chad Kroger or whoever the f**k he is from Nickelback, and talked him down to $1100. Got a truck and a muscular man, and took the motor back to my house. Keep in mine the head and tranny were already bolted to the block, so it was a heavy f**ker. Sold the GSR motor to some dude... got the rest of the s**t for the new heart... and paid yet another visit to a really cool guy with a terrible football team choice (Really? The EAGLES?!) But I rather describe the next process in pics. Sooo:
Don't mind the Eagles fan in this one, just ignore him like he doesn't exist
Then I decided to paint the VC instead of the terrible idea of dirty white.
RIP, Gertrude!
______________________
Car has come a LONG way since day 1... through the good and the bad. But new lungs, a new heart, and a pacemaker later, Gertrude is still being a champ!
Oh and warning, this will probably be a long read. I'm bored at work, and if I can make over $17 an hour to write this, I'm all for it..
A little background information:
1997 Honda Civic LX Automatic. BONE STOCK.
Car was purchased by my parents in 2000 fresh off a 3 year lease.
In 2005 or some s**t like that, I turned 16 and got my permit. My mother, who can no longer drive due to MS, offered me a choice of one of their cars. The all-mighty cool Chevy Cavalier, or that there Hunduh. Keep in mind I knew nothing about cars, but I took the Honda because it was blue. Cavalier is an ugly tanish looks-like-doogie color... eff that.
OK now that you all know the toughness of the choice I had to make, it's on to details and pictures..!
Like 2006ish
Had the terrible idea to put on a fake eGay EX wing, and the Euro "Altezza" Lights... we all make mistakes right?
AND got some super cool subs by a very good brand (sarcasm included)..
Senior Year Rice-Mobile!
Senior year coming a long, went all out and got the worlds best rims! I even painted my calipers a completely non-matching color for style points! (Driveway shot FTW)
But then I drive into curbs. Sucks to suck, right?
But have no fear! My friend Handy Man Dan and a little bit of paint and bondo fixed 'er right up!
13th, 14th, 15th, and into 16th grade... (I really just didn't keep track of the years, even the ones above are probably wrong... shut up.
At this point the rice was at its max.. even my good asian friend started getting sick of the rice, so I told him I would get him pizza. And by pizza I mean new tail lights:
Then the rowdy fellers at ClubCivic kept telling me to lower the car. So I took my moneys and did three things. I got the worlds cheapest suspension (WHICH, btw.. I still rock today..).. Me and a buddy went slightly gangster and got our windows tinted.. AND I put on some ClubCivic decals (and another one from a site that Petey the O-ishG kinda sorta made.. whatever I still rock that today too). Thanks to Sady on the help for the suspension and letting me use your walls to shoot my springs at.. who needs spring compressors anyways?
Said pic of above update:
I also thought I was a BA (not quite yet a BAMF) at my first Honda meet...
At this point I was in touch with Sady, you may know him as being one of the most knowledgeable D-series guys on this site. I decided I didn't want to be a b***h anymore, and wanted to drive a 5 speed. Well instead of throwing away a clearly awesome car, I got a parts list and collected a bunch of s**t to make my car standard. Once I got e'rything I needed.. it was off on a ~2 hourish trip to upstate NY, where Sady and I would make magic happen (...no homo).
Too rusty to screw out, just bang on it!
Of course it needed a new ISB, because the inner part of the bearing fell out. The only way to get the outer part off... JB weld it together!
OK enough pics of turning my car into what 95% of you already have...
So.. that used tranny I got from a member on this website "Perfect condition EX tranny" for sale.. whoever sold it to me can lick my dog's chin. Needless to say synchros were bad, popped out of 1st and 5th and even when I was in REVERSE it would somehow manage to go forward at times... don't even ask.
So I got a used tranny that didn't have aids, and finally got the car running well... Until I decided to d**k around with my car some more. I wanted a little Honda add-on to my car, also known as Vtech minus the h.
So... got another parts list, and went to see that D-series professional in the lamest state in the US, home to the worst baseball team in the US... and I don't mean the Orioles.
But because I'm too lazy to delete what I just typed above, just pretend this next sentence is before that.. I got new wheels!
Okay thanks. Now moving on to Vtak... yo.
OK so days went by, car is still slow. Picked up a header and a few other things like a new sub (Just one 12" JL Audio) and a header. I Daily drove the car at work delivering for Domino's Pizza ($7.99 carry out special large 1 topping, go get it).. went some places and did some things. Saw Special Edition 40th anniversary Lambo's get totalled.. yea know the usual.
..Until one day delivering pizza.. I ran out of coolant. And the motor ended up getting hotter than Adriana Lima back in 2007. Which BTW, is hot. Needless to say, and I quote my mechanic here "I got some bad news for ya, motor's toast".
At this point, I decided to be slightly awesome and go B-series. Found a good deal on a GSR block.. and picked it up. Then I got lazy.. Good thing that same Mechanic knew a guy selling a complete B18 setup.. literally everything I needed except for motor mounts and an ECU.. and half shaft and axles.. and probably some other stuff.. for $1500. So I paid the guy a visit, and found out it's a JDM B18B, and only has 36k on it. I pulled some strings like Chad Kroger or whoever the f**k he is from Nickelback, and talked him down to $1100. Got a truck and a muscular man, and took the motor back to my house. Keep in mine the head and tranny were already bolted to the block, so it was a heavy f**ker. Sold the GSR motor to some dude... got the rest of the s**t for the new heart... and paid yet another visit to a really cool guy with a terrible football team choice (Really? The EAGLES?!) But I rather describe the next process in pics. Sooo:
Don't mind the Eagles fan in this one, just ignore him like he doesn't exist
Then I decided to paint the VC instead of the terrible idea of dirty white.
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