pwnsauce

i figured i should probly make a build thread instead of posting each thing i do like i have been lol.

so far the car is stock other than:
SRS 2.5" catback
cold air intake
aluminum TR style front grill
oem coupe wing
yellow fogs
22 mm progress rear sway
ngk iridiums
ngk wires

this is whats up next:

progress csII coils
1-piece strut bars
4-2-1 header
test pipe

im waiting on my csII coilovers from progress right now. back ordered.

actually just ordered the megan 4-2-1 headers and a resonated test pipe.

after i get all that done and the cash i want a fidanza stage 2 clutch with ~9 lb flywheel next.

then eventually:

stage 1 cam
HC valves?
slotted front rotors
red radiator hoses
TR lip kit + skirts
oem leather shift ****
wideband sensor (uego?)
oem si seats or some kind of seat that doesnt make it feel like your getting ejected from the car while turning, but also doesnt cost as much as i paid for the car.

BlueEM2

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Sweet another build thread.. without pictures!? get on it!!!

pwnsauce

lol everything ive done so far is in other posts. but here.

all purdy under the hood...well kind of


srs catback


grill


wing


rear sway


BEAUTIFUL gauges


ahhh. both of them together. RIP EM2

MindBomber

Rip Em2

BlueEM2

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Car looks great! rep has been applied.

pwnsauce

i miss my em2...BUT the ej8 is much easier to work on. it took me forever to get the exhaust manifold off on the em2. took me about a minute to get the one on the ej9 off lol. i just miss the looks of the em2.

btw headers will be here tomorrow morning according to ups. ill have pics after i get it on.

ALSO how hard would it be to get rid of the cruise control? i never use it and im tryin to clean up the engine bay. any other tips to clean it up without making a whole new harness appreciated.

maxtierney

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Looking good so far. Get some red plug wires and looms. Digging that treat sway.

pwnsauce

treat sway? lol

yea i got the wires and went home pulled my plugs dropped the new ngk plugs in then opened the box for the wires and saw they were blue. i didnt even think about checking what color they were lol i figured buying them from advance they would automatically be black. i guess not. but i spent like 70 on the wires alone so their gonna stay for a while lol. or untill i can afford red msd wires, and after the clutch.

once i gather all the stuff im gonna move the battery to the trunk and look into a fuse box relocation. then start tucking and i want red radiator hoses

maxtierney

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REAR - Damn Auto Correct

pwnsauce

headers are on...car wont start. ran fine before i started today and all i did was unbolt the mani and cat from the head and exhaust. starter turns the engine over but it wont start. i smell gas so i dont think its fuel. shouldnt be spark since their brand new (damn near) plugs. kinda stumped.

EDIT: hmm pulled my plugs and they were SOAKING wet. waiting for them and the whole engine to dry out before putting them back in. hopefully she will start afterwards.

edit again: no spark to the plugs. anyone know of a way to test an ignition coil?

pwnsauce

okay i replaced my ignition coil with an accel coil. i have a leak somewhere in the exhaust, gonna get it sealed today. but car runs a little rough and has a cel. once i get it sealed up and check what the light is for ill have a pic of the headers and maybe a sound clip.

pwnsauce

got the exhaust mostly sealed up...but i checked the code and its p0171 or something like that for 'system too lean'. went ahead and just deleted the code and has yet to come back. getting a new fuel filter tomorrow just in case.

the guy at oreillys said to clean the maf, but we dont have maf's so i should clean the map sensor?

also when im up high in the rpms the engine makes a weird noise...like a ticking noise kind of. i think this is detonation? could be wrong though.

pwnsauce

look what came in today.



installing right now lol

pwnsauce

well their on along with some 17" white motegis wrapped in g-force tires i picked up earlier for 400 since my tires were way worse than i thought they were...metal wires sticking out the insides lol. i have a tight 2 finger gap in the front and lose 2 finger gap in the back for now, till they settle.

sheared one of the front lug studs off, and it still randomly turns off while driving, and it needs an alignment REALLY bad. other than that tho...at least it looks good

anyways heres pics.

fronts


rear


the wheels


finally finished product


im gonna try to get some better pics tomorrow and hopefully replace the stud and get an alignment. and look inside my distributor to check on that coil i put in...im not sure if my car dying has to do with spark or not. it turns itself off after bogging pretty bad then wont start back up for a few minutes.

pwnsauce

took the distributor back apart thinking maybe it dying has to do with the coil i put in...put it all back together and started it and it immediately died again. tried to start it back up and it turned over and i got a big cloud of smoke...im bout to push this damn car off a bridge.

but heres a pic in the light.

krudmuphin

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Being a total EM2 fan, I must say, that black 6th gen is making me really reconsider what I own, haha. That thing looks sick! Love the white Motegis! All around a clean a well-built Civic. How much did those coilovers run you?

pwnsauce

lol yeah i miss my em2...but i kinda wish i wouldve just bought a 6th gen to begin with. mods yield more benefit, parts are easier to find, and i love the rear of 6th gens. dont get me wrong the em2 was a great little car tho.

i paid about $600 shipped for the coilovers from excelerateperformance.com. theyre the csII super street model.

pwnsauce

update:

took out the power steering a couple weeks ago. feels so much better. no difference in power (so it feels) but i didnt really expect any.

other things have been added to the shopping list though.

es motor mount inserts (i will probly do all of them since the ride is already pretty harsh lol, or atleast do the upper fronts then decide if i wanna do the rest.)

short shifter
aem fuel rail
stainless brake lines clutch line and fuel lines
im likin the black nrg type r style seats
new timing belt and cometic head gasket with arp studs
then le clutch

tipnitty

Car is looking good man.

pwnsauce

thank you sir

Artificial

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Not feeling the rear spoiler, tbh. Other than that, I love it. I want an ej8 or em1 so bad.

pwnsauce

eh

i prefer oem over a bare trunk. but not a park bench.

but to each his own

krudmuphin

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Looks good with the OEM wing in my opinon, especially when 90% of the 6th gens on the road have bare trunks. I kinda wish my EM2 was bare because I'd love to do a roof spoiler instead.... but whatever
2 wings might be overkill

pwnsauce

perfect reason for cf trunk lid.

1. no holes from oem spoiler
2. lightweight
3. u can have your roof spoiler lol

although personally im not a fan of the roof spoilers ive seen anyway. but the hatch type r wings =

krudmuphin

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My other thought was to wait around a scrap yard until a regualr fiji blue EM2 shows up and I can steal it's trunk. That way I can almost instantly switch between having a wing and not
And i think CF trunnks are unless painted...

pwnsauce

Em1's have their own shade of blue. So i thought.

Edit: Just re-read that. Nevermind lol

pwnsauce

started my wire tuck today. driver side is done.

BEFORE



now i took the power steering out a couple weeks ago so that was gone. but first was the cruise control.



then windsheild washer fluid bottle and all those ugly lines to the nozzles



driver side all done




@ my temporary coolant bottle



finishing up the passenger side tomorrow then back to work for a few days.
will be ordering prothane motor mount inserts friday. for the upper driver and passenger side mounts.

pwnsauce

okay. not as much of a difference on the other side but its done too. theres a few harness back by the battery i still wanna move but ill save that for later.

final before/after pics.




i decided to take the second half of my intake off since it hides all those ac lines back there better. plus a few extra mpg's

next up my motor mount inserts get here saturday. probly installing the front 2 saturday night.

then i need a new ac bracket thing there up front.
a nice radiator stay
and to get some fittings for the steering rack to get rid of that hardline by the driverside front motor mount.
some resevoir covers
then i gotta do something about that mess by the battery.

MindBomber

Lookin good.

pwnsauce

oh yeah tuesday i put some prothane motor mount inserts in. for now just the front 2, i will probably put the rear one in but idk when. still is a huge difference than stock. i dont really notice any better acceleration or anything, but they definetly help throttle response i think. plus it stops your mounts from throwing your engine around all over the engine bay. all in all for $40 i like this mod better than any mod ive bought yet. the shifter also shifts like butter.

next up i have some extra cash around i will probably order the clutch. F1 racing stage 2 with 8.4 lbs flywheel. should be nice. the only thing ive heard go wrong with the f1 kits are their release bearings are crap. so i will probably get an act bearing also.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/F1-RACING-ST...ht_3393wt_1022

i might talk myself out of ordering the clutch and just get some black housing headlights and a front and rear type r lip. or an obx twinloop. but idk yet