The Never ending Project: Swapped, caged, tucked, dropped.

lilskater519

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so i figured id attempt to make one of these for the civic,
i havnt posted on this site in YEARS.
bear with me im sure i will forget allot of things since its going on 5 years strong now.
Theres quite the story behind this car and lets just say i have gone through my share of Blood, sweat, and Beers over this thing.
As you are about to read i have touched just about every part of this car since i purchased it except for engine internals and tranny which will be tore into someday haha.
i dont have many old pics because we didnt have a digi camera at the time, but can dig some up if anyone is interested lol.
But all b****ing aside here she is.
Enjoy.

Intro
1997 Honda Civic Lx Sedan
198k miles on chasis with not spot of rust.
Original Dark Green paint.
Almost the entire car has been overhauled top to bottom so original miles are unnecessary.

Engine:

JDM H22A From Hmotors ( currently around 50k miles)
A/c Delete
P/s Delete
Cruise control delete
charcoal canister delete
Engine harness tuck
Headlight/foglight harness tuck
Fuse box relocation/tuck
coolant overflow relacation/tuck
battery relocation
Odyssey pc680 battery with mount(15lbs)
brake line tuck
fuel filter tuck
alternator wire tuck
allot of other random s*** tucked
aluminum dual core radiator with slim fan
spoon resovior covers
PWRD JDM carbon plug wire cover
Hasport u70A(Race) solid motor mount kit
Custom Hasport harness
Hasport/ The driveshaft shop level 2.9 axles
RMF style 4-1 naorrow tube drag header(2.5" collector)
3" custom made SRI (powdercoated gloss black)
Blox 3" velocity stack w/ filter
Skunk 2 pro series 70mm Throttle body
Skunk2 pro series intake manifold (portmatched to 70mm)
Hondata heat sheild intake manifold gasket
Hondata s300 with p28 ecu
Buddy club spec 2 2.5" race exhaust (19 lbs)
custom 2.5" straight pipe
"alien sperm green" powdercoated valve cover
tein hood dampers
Civic Type-R oil cap
random gold washers skattered
JDM HAMP oil filter

Suspension

Function Form type-1 coil overs
blox lower control arms
asr subframe brace
24mm asr sway bar
beaks tie bar
blox spherical end links
skunk 2 front upper strut bar
skunk 2 rear upper strut bar

Wheels and tires

16x7 rota gt-3 rims hand polished(24 hrs a rim)
205/40/16 falken azienas rt-615 tires
blox open end extended lugnuts
8mm wheel spacers

Brakes

DC4 front and rear brake conversion (poor person big brake kit)
stop tech drilled&slotted front rotors
stop tech drilled&slotted rear rotors
Ebc red stuff front and rear pads
Goodridge g-stop braided lines(x4)
energy poly rear trailing arm bushings
arp extended wheel studs all around
motul dot 4 brake fluid
40/40 prop valve

Exterior

mugen style front lip
oem mud guards
oem style window visors
vision carbon fiber mirrors
seibon oem style carbon hood
weksos carbon plate frame
Aerocatch locking hood pins
oem spoiler
5% tint w/ strip
ctr style depo foglights
DIY gutted grill
Civic type-R antenna block off plate
rear bumper support removed
custom old age(lol)

Interior

Civic Type-R replica seats
off brand 4 pt harness's
sparco carbon fiber pedal kit
PWRD JDM carbon fiber air bag tray
white face cluster with Carbon Fiber bezil
nardi deep corn 330mm steering wheel
MOMO hub
skunk 2 weighted shift knob
circuit hero shifter extender
custom 4 point roll cage with harness bar, mounts, and cross bars
wink 5 panel mirror
full interior painted Landau black (used to be tan)
re-upholstered head liner with all 4 "oh s*** handles" and front dome light shaved
civic type-R shift boot
civic type-R arm rest eliminator
carpet&sound dedening removed
back seats, spare tire, jack, trunk guts removed
air bag/srs brain removed

Audio

infinity reference 6.5" speakers (x4)
Kenwood deck with ipod interface

Let me know if i forgot anything.
More pics upon request.

Future Plans

-Install my Aerocatch hood pins
-Paint interior, cage, exterior, mild shave and paint engine bay
-Get my ecu tuned for my set up by LoveFab
-See what numbers i produce..either cry or jump for joy
-weigh her in
-alignment
- DRIVE THE f*** OUT OF IT

way down the line i plan to..
-get better seats/harnesses
- build my head (skunk 2 pro 2 cams, super tech valve train, port and polish)
-potentially get type-s pistons (11.1 comp instead of 10:6:1)
- stage 3 clutch w/ light weight fly wheel
-possible B series tranny swap with LSD and these^

The End.









And my new DD

 

R3dline

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its only been 1 year, so lets not get dramatic.

and wb. looks good
 


TigBitties

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i like it a lot. some little stuff that isnt my first choice. but i like it, a whole f**king lot


god damn, ive wanted a cage so bad lately, you keep the rear seats with it? im looking to get one soonish
 

mymmeryloss

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Loooooove the H series :drool:

And welcome back. I remember u!
 


ImportFan1

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Welcome back. Love the sedan.
 

lilskater519

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thanks all!
and i was refering to a legitimate project log which was in 2010.
allot of changes have been made since then.
 

AllStockHatch

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Oh, there you are. Haha! Good to see you posting again. And as I have said before, I do love a good looking sedan!
 

jeders

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i remember too! hahaha i always loved your car! but i now dislike you, cuz your badass DD!!!! lol
 

lilskater519

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thanks everyone =).
its good to be back.
haha yea i love the new DD,
drove all the way from northern MI to NY for her.
And no im getting it dynoed and tuned by my buddy Cody Loveland(Lovefab) this summer, hoping to break 210 whp.
 

lilskater519

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haha right on man.
yea mines just home made but gets the job done.
and to your previous question no i dont have back seats.

I will be tuning on hondata s300. im just running the h22 basemap on the s300 currently.
 

TigBitties

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ah now that i think about it i remember reading a build thread awhile ago for the car lol
 


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