Hello from Iowa. Figured I would post up my current daily driver, and the car I am building on the side. For starters my daily driver is a highly controversial build that gets a lot of e-stats guys all riled up I love reading the numerous threads all over the internet with people making claims that the setup doesn't work, or if it does it won't be reliable and defenitely never a daily driver etc. If you're saying it doesn't work then you aren't doing it right. Tune Tune Tune, anyone who has been at this awhile knows the importance of the tune. And by tune I don't mean ebay chips made to your specs lol.
I am running an LS-Vtec that I built on somewhat of a budget, basically I didn't want to buy anything that I didn't have to, I wanted to get it done without totally braking the bank and then go have fun with it for the summer.
Setup:
B18B block
LS rods
ACL bearings
Micro polished crank
ARP rod bolts
RS Machine CTR pistons
Hastings rings
GSR head
Cometic head gasket
Buddy club valve springs
CTR cams
ARP head studs
Golden Eagle ls-vtec kit
Gates timing belt
GSR Honda genuine water pump
Type R honda genuine oil pump
CTR crank pully
ACT 6 puck unsprung
Fidanza 7lb flywheel
GSR tranny (soon to be CTR)
Blox intake manifold
Blox throttle body
AEM Fuel rail
AEM fpr
Walbro 255
RC 550's
DC 4:1 header with custom larger collector.
Tuned with Crome Pro on E85, made power to 9450, rev limiter is at 9600. So far I have 10,500 miles on the setup with the only issues being fuel related leaks a couple times in the beginning and a few cam gears getting messed up. This car has consistantly seen 9k throughout all 10,000 miles and when racing I have no problem taking it all the way to 9600, it has been there over 100 times easily. Still driving it now, the E85 and lack of IAC make for rough cold starts, in the mornings it takes a few trys before she will stay running but never an issue after that.
The car is a 97 with 2000 front end. As for other basic things on the car I run GSR brakes front and rear with stop tech rotors and pads, GSR booster and master, new oem callipers. Innovative motor mounts, dual core aluminum radiator, samco hoses, DC intake, Hasport shift linkage, skunk 2 struts with skunk 2 springs, Rota circuit 8s with parada spec 2 tires and mugen lug nuts. Exhaust is stainless mandrel with stainless flex pipe including easy access wideband bung, magnaflow resinator into a forza tuning muffler. Every bolt in the engine bay was replaced with new honda genuine bolts and we sprayed it with factory color doing etching primer, sealer, primer, 3 base and 2 clear. The exterior is original, not that great, primer 2000 front end, cracked windsheild, little rust on the quarters, scratches and door dings included haha. It isn't insanely fast but it defenitely rips. The best part is when you pop the hood, nobody expects that engine bay from a car that looks like it does.
The beginning:
(no that underdrive pully was never actually used)
I am running an LS-Vtec that I built on somewhat of a budget, basically I didn't want to buy anything that I didn't have to, I wanted to get it done without totally braking the bank and then go have fun with it for the summer.
Setup:
B18B block
LS rods
ACL bearings
Micro polished crank
ARP rod bolts
RS Machine CTR pistons
Hastings rings
GSR head
Cometic head gasket
Buddy club valve springs
CTR cams
ARP head studs
Golden Eagle ls-vtec kit
Gates timing belt
GSR Honda genuine water pump
Type R honda genuine oil pump
CTR crank pully
ACT 6 puck unsprung
Fidanza 7lb flywheel
GSR tranny (soon to be CTR)
Blox intake manifold
Blox throttle body
AEM Fuel rail
AEM fpr
Walbro 255
RC 550's
DC 4:1 header with custom larger collector.
Tuned with Crome Pro on E85, made power to 9450, rev limiter is at 9600. So far I have 10,500 miles on the setup with the only issues being fuel related leaks a couple times in the beginning and a few cam gears getting messed up. This car has consistantly seen 9k throughout all 10,000 miles and when racing I have no problem taking it all the way to 9600, it has been there over 100 times easily. Still driving it now, the E85 and lack of IAC make for rough cold starts, in the mornings it takes a few trys before she will stay running but never an issue after that.
The car is a 97 with 2000 front end. As for other basic things on the car I run GSR brakes front and rear with stop tech rotors and pads, GSR booster and master, new oem callipers. Innovative motor mounts, dual core aluminum radiator, samco hoses, DC intake, Hasport shift linkage, skunk 2 struts with skunk 2 springs, Rota circuit 8s with parada spec 2 tires and mugen lug nuts. Exhaust is stainless mandrel with stainless flex pipe including easy access wideband bung, magnaflow resinator into a forza tuning muffler. Every bolt in the engine bay was replaced with new honda genuine bolts and we sprayed it with factory color doing etching primer, sealer, primer, 3 base and 2 clear. The exterior is original, not that great, primer 2000 front end, cracked windsheild, little rust on the quarters, scratches and door dings included haha. It isn't insanely fast but it defenitely rips. The best part is when you pop the hood, nobody expects that engine bay from a car that looks like it does.
The beginning:
(no that underdrive pully was never actually used)