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POST-WRAP Briefing from checkin out the 7thGen w/K20!!!

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Old Aug 3, 2002
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POST-WRAP UP from checkin out the 7thGen w/K20!!!

Oh man...haha looks like i'm the first to give a briefing. Me and a few other 7th geners went to check out the finished product. We saw htown there eagerly waiting for his car and when it was done, all of us were excited! Me, civicsoulda(chacho), civic hx(andrew), ak(alex), silver02civic(enreque), wd40 and some other peeps went to check it out. We were gonna meet him at ikea in industry but a few probs came up with the engine. After waiting till about 8:30 we all decided to drive down to Fullerton to Import BUilders to check it out.
there wasnt a dyno of the car because there just wasn't enough time and he needed to be in Houston by sunday 12noon . BUT! he did have time to let us ALL sit in his car and go for a test ride!!! We cruised the streets for a bit and hit the freeways! That civic is just ***** out mean! that k20 is workin smooth and sounds so friggin badas$! A few of us took pics and AK(alex) when he can hook us up he'll upload the pics and!!...the VIDZ! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG] He has the vid of the redline(stock ex gauges) going past...yes i say PAST 8000rpm!! We all saw it, we were shocked and we were amazed. The complete swap of the motor was well worth it in Eric's/aaron's words. Maybe when he gets back to the boards he'll give us his briefing of his newly swapped car. All i can say is...WOW. I love it and i want one in my car. It is a lot of work and the swap would be well over 10grand to do. Post the pics guys for those who couldn't make it. Our elite crew felt so special being there sharing the moment Good job Import Builders and thanks Eric for making this breakthrough for the 7thgen civics. Peace!
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Sweet so did they get it to engge ivtec then.
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The i-VTEC is unbelievable....I'll make sure you get a copy of the mpeg file from Alex of the rsx engine engaging i-VTEC [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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aaron is his name...
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lol woops but it was badass and props to him letting us ride in his car
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Pictures by AK (the official camera man...)
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Aaron, Eric? Whatever, he is the man!
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He's Aaron, I'm Eric. Ugh, it's getting late.
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that was so tight... that i-vtec is awesome... its nothing compared to the v-tec in our cars... when that thing kicks in, you feel it and hear it... oh and i touched the engine to make sure i wasn't dreaming... hahaha... yea go so cali members... we were the first to see it yea!!
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[hr]Originally posted by: CivicHX01
that was so tight... that i-vtec is awesome... its nothing compared to the v-tec in our cars... when that thing kicks in, you feel it and hear it... oh and i touched the engine to make sure i wasn't dreaming... hahaha... yea go so cali members... we were the first to see it yea!![hr]
so cali, the capitol of import creations
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hahaha all we need now is for some one to make the mounts and we're all set hehe
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Yea right, i want a mount too!! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG]
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hahaha all we need now is for some one to make the mounts and we're all set hehe[hr]
well the problem with that is they made custom motor mounts... also the axles were also custom... there is so much custom work and labor involved in this swap... in Jeff's words (mechnaic from Import Builders who worked on the swap) "this is more like a signature swap than anything..."
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