God Damn Awesome...
God Damn Awesome...
wow not seen one of them mugen rocker covers before, i bet the jdm fan boys will trade their mother in for one of them
Its not a genuine mugen rocker cover, the gen ones go for $800, this one hit me for 30 sheets. I should have ground off the e and the n.Originally Posted by 5alldaway
I really do have a soft spot for these engines and think you're doing a great job mate. Keep it up.
Couple of bits I have been messing around, new rocker cover after I broke the other one.
Some diffrent engine mounts twice as stiff as the other ones with proper brackets.
And now I work for these feckers I may as well take advantage so I treated myself to a ac/dc inverter tig set, should come in handy for all the fab work, need to make a fuel tank, breather tank, mounts for intercooler rad setup, downpipe, screamer tube.
Also just got these camber arms through the door, should help to get the front wheels in the straight up position.
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Rebuilt intermediate shaft with new bearings seals and two of the other engine mounts re painted
Got hold of these function7 billet rear lower control arms to replace the stock pressed steel ones, should lose a little more weight out of the rear of the car
Both fittings are now made for the side of the head just waiting for the rad and two more weld bungs to finish
Pulled all the bushes out of the rear lower arms, had them anodized to stop them corroding
Also started to make the down/up pipe
Not sure wether to pipe it up out of the bonnet or straight out of the wing
I think I will leave it there for the minute until I get the engine in the car mocked up with the gearbox.
Last edited by rs250nut; 18-02-2013 at 22:47.
Looking sweet.
Fantastic, love every update
Thanks chaps, waiting now for the rad to turn up and a pipe bender so I can fabricate the traction bar, intercooler and rad mount.
Small update got the radiator today after waiting a while for it, set about chopping the hose outlets off.
Got the tig out and welded on some -16 bungs.
Cleaned all the bushes for the rear lower arms and used the vice to press the *******s back in, hate jobs like that
Started to try and make the intercooler fit behind the stock bumper today, with the factory cross member removed I set about making a new one which will hold the intercooler, form part of the traction bar, mount weights to and also mount the radiator.
Made two other brackets to hold the cooler
With the cooler in place
And one with the stock bumper fitting like a glove
Need a little bit of work to finish, I need to modify the end tanks on the cooler and then clean up the brackets and paint them.
Fantastic work
Jon, how much was the welder and how do rate it now that you've put it to use?
PM if you'd prefer.
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lovely build thread mate, stunning engine
not a lover of civics but like the look of this build
Welder is the absolute jam, I gave just over a grand for this machine on a one off ex demo deal. It takes a bit of getting used to but once you can run a few beads with out touching the tungsten you soon start seeing why tig welding I so popular. I had a dc set before this and was ideal to learn with as was a lot cheaper so if I did not like it I would have not **** out to much. Now I have got to the stage where I have have a few jobs through the door earning proper money, give it another year and I think the machine would have payed for itself.
Fantastic workmanship, great build enjoy the updates.
Thanks people, would be doing a bit more but had a fight with the angle grinder
I does not look a great deal but the 1.00mm cut off wheel went to the bone!!!
7 stitches in my left hand from doing thisThanks people, would be doing a bit more but had a fight with the angle grinder
I does not look a great deal but the 1.00mm cut off wheel went to the bone!!!
Then 18 months later I done the right aswell
I like to be symmetrical
I pretty much passed out when using an angle grinder at marks when doing the mini gt turbo. Not touched one since...gives me weak knees.
Grinders are rediculously dangerous. Especially when they snag.
Sounds great. I haven't welded for years but I've had enough of getting someone else to do it. I want to get the skills back and want to be able to TIG aluminium too.
I was doing a spot of grinding the other night and got a kick back that gave me a fright!
That looks painful!
Got a fair amout of work done this weekend, borrowed this wire saw and removed the screen and the two side windows.
Trying to get it painted on the inside and under the bonnet in the next few weeks so did a bit of filler work on the inside where the old seat brackets were
next few weeks so did a bit of filler work on the inside where the old seat brackets were
Then started with the wrc style sill tubes, both of the front two are now fully welded
All four of the seat tubes are now welded in, gives me something to mount the seats to now instead of rocking around dreaming.......
Also managed to fit the rear lower control arms, should look quite good from behind as you will be able to see them
Nice!
Finished off the steering column now with a dash bar added in to the cage
Here is the plate i made up to weld to the dash bar
Now with the dash and steering column cowls on to work out where the steering wheel needs to be befora i tack it in, note the use of some washing line up in to the rafters.
Now with the plate welded in and another support welded to the bulkhead.
Got a bit bored of looking at the motor in its natural silver/aluminium colour so decided to freshen it up with some engine enamel in matt black
And a bit of detail work on the engine number and also the guys signature who sleeved the block, worked it through 180,240,400,800,1200,1500,2000 and then a light polish with the trusty autosol, came up like mirrors
Fabricated some gussets for the cage
And then both sides welded in
Welded in the harness eyes for the six point harnesses
Staying with the fab work I wanted to lose the stock slam panel as it weighs a ton but also to make engine/gearbox removal a lot easier and without the use of a crane
With some aluminium and carbon fibre this is what I ended up with
Needed a lot of an hose so looked through the contacts list and found the number for Martin from Goodridge, top bloke and did a cracking deal on all the hose I need for my project, I think it ended up being somewhere near a third of the rrp.
I decided to go with the nylon braid stuff as its easier to work with and weighs less, as I had it I though it would be rude not to so made the oil return hose from the turbo.
Also had the stainless fittings and hose for the oil feed hose so decided to finish that off as well.
Got the wheel and snap off boss through the door so set out to finish the steering column
The wheel was getting too close to the seat so fitting a bolt on boss was not an option as getting in and out is not an easy job so went with a weld on type, the slug that came with the boss was 20mm od and by the time I trimmed the end off the oe spline I came up bang on 20mm od. Ordered up some precision 25mm od tube with 20mm id. With a bit of heat the tube fitted straight over the slug. Here's a close up of the welding
And fitted with the wheel
Your welding skills are top drawer. Enjoy you're updates
Yea i agree excellent fab work i really enjoy reading the updates on this thread keep them comeing
Thanks chaps, I'm even starting to believe myself there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!!!!
Great Project
Got some more bits through the door for the civic, these 3 inch 6 point harnesses for both sides
This additional timing belt tensioner to go on the long side of the belt
Also these wheels for the front, weld racing 13x10, should end up with 24.5x9.5x13
inch tyres mounted on these, have the matching rear skinnies on order also.
oppps
Small update, paint on the inside and under the bonnet is now finished went with 868 Frienze red, looks a little like candy apple red. Pops like mad when the sun hits it.
Crack on with the underside now, remove all the stone guard and get that ready for paint, and I may paint all the cage gloss black.
Sweet as
Lovely
stunning
Beautiful craftmanship.
Wow, nice job, but whatever you do, don't bring it to ND and enter it into the show n shine and win. Glen will not be happy(aimed at Glen)
Small update, have the rear skinnies to match the fronts now which weigh next to nothing next on the shopping list will be some tyres to suit.
Also painted most of the underbody and front arches with an epoxy 2 part paint system, super happy with it as I used to use something very similar on ocean going yachts as it has great anti corrosion properties, here's a link
http://www.rust.co.uk/products/categ...chassis-paint/
I also used their fe-123 which is a rust converting primer, not that there was a great deal of rust to deal with, only the surface stuff where I had seam welded the shell and it had burnt off the underseal in places.
The finish is my no means amazing as I used gloss rollers to apply it, but was a lot quicker and also a lot less messy without having to worry about overspray etc.
Those wheels are a bit tasty
Small update, while the wife was out I managed to squeeze all of the plastic parts and rubber bushes etc into the dish washer.
Most of the parts came out pretty damn clean, the washer bottle was a little more work to clean the inside but in the end looked like new. I half filled it with sand and shook it like a bar steward.
Also managed to sort my ek9 steering rack out, i wanted to run without power steering but did not fany looping the lines and risk damaging the rack so set out to convert it the right way to a proper manual rack.
Rack in the vise
Rack stripped down.
The piston that needed removing.
Pinion stripped down.
Hoses removed and holes welded up.
Dishwasherand taking a picture of it
Love the colour pal. might have to drop and few grams of glitter in my paint
Hey you no what they say................. Don't knock it until you have tryed it, all joking aside its the bollocks for cleaning plastic parts.Dishwasher
The more I look at it the more I love it, tempted to do the outside of the car the same colour!!!Love the colour pal. might have to drop and few grams of glitter in my paint
Small update, I feel as if I have crossed a mile stone. The engine is finally in the car
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Hopefully should come together pretty quickly now...........
The whole build just looks absolute quality
Excited to see the finished article
Looking Sa-weet!
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