Ok here is a little background.
I found a 91 HF CRX with 108,000 miles with no rust for 700 bucks that was originally owned by an old lady. Some guy bought it from her in hope to do something with it but didn't. It had sat in old lady's garage for a while and when he picked it up oil was sludged in pan. He drove it home with sludgy oil. Engine was making light knock when I bought it from this guy.
Towed it home, later took off oil pan, cleaned out sludge, changed oil, quickly clogged filter, changed filter, later clogged another. SAT...
Went to school in PA to Wyotech. Wanted to use it as my project car for chassis fab. One time drove it back to school when I was at home for a weekend. Made it halfway and oil light came on. Luckily I had an extra filter with me so I spun off filter in a parking lot and spun a new one on. Even with original engine making scary noises, 2 people in car and loaded with supplies for living a few more weeks from parents I got 55 mpg the whole way LOL.
We had chassis scales at school so First step was to give it a weigh in.... Full interior, stock wheels/tires, spare tire, 3/4 tank of gas, and a brick in spare tire compartment. initial weight was 1975 lbs.
PLANS
Create a car that's primary purpose is to handle well
Major chassis modification
Make car stiff while keeping lightweight
BOOST!!!!
Make a one of a kind car.
NO RICE:fr:
Do everything right
Parts to be used
B16A1
Fuel cell (12 gallon summit)
AEM fuel rail
New pump/pressure reg.
Rota Slips with BFG g-force kdw2 (only distinguishable aftermarket part from exterior)
Rear disc swap
Teggy front discs
Manual Brake proportioning valve located next to E-brake
Coilovers from a mini sprint!!!
Turbo Kit with Garett T3/T04E Turbo
Fluidyne radiator
Energy Suspension complete bushing kit
Need a few more
Progress done
Front Tube Chassis. This was interesting, very fun and a learning experience. Did a lot of work but luckily had some people dedicated to help. Cut out strut towers and everything. Welded original control arms in place so I could make new mounts for them.
I wanted to be different on the shocks. I didn't drop springs so I fabbed up mounts for coilovers from a mini sprint which I hope handles ok. It should but only time will tell. At least I can adjust ride height to suit my needs.
Made new front crossmember to keep from having to deal with bushings. Modified front lateral arms of watever to make front heim joints instead of having bushings. Minimize wheelhop.
Made motor mounts on car to accomodate stock JDM B16 mounts to save money. Ended up having to make them solid. Passenger side sagged because its bushing was bad.
Made new rear bumper support. Basically only spot that was rusted.
I was going to go stand alone fuel management but scrapped that idea. Plenty of plug and play honda fuel management out there. Spent a lot of time on harness for standalone though.
I wasn't allowed to paint engine compartment so all my raw metal is rusted in places. I need to pull engine and sandblast and paint it.
I Made a 4 point cage for it but need to weld it in.
Rear part of interior is removed.
I was going to install a flowmaster where gas tank was to hide it then just run a 3" pipe out back.
Still needs done
Secure fuel cell
Wire up pump
Secure battery in rear
install front interior
Fix SI engine harness to make it work with HF chassis harness
Get Integra master/booster and install
Pull engine, sandblast/paint
Install turbo kit. I have mount for IC made and bumper modified
Exhaust
Do something with rear shocks and struts, still stock
Install hood pins/ sorry has to be done. Chopped out upper rad. support.
I am sure there is more but I think I am on the home stretch.
I haven't touched it in a while but I am hoping to get back on it and get it done. I got so overwhelmed I had to walk away. I am making this thread to hope that support from you guys will help me finish it up.
I lost my latest pictures but here is link to the beginning picture and I plan on taking some new ones.
By the way with B16 and missing a few interior parts it weighed under 1800 lbs before I left school.
Pictures by jdplank - Photobucket
I found a 91 HF CRX with 108,000 miles with no rust for 700 bucks that was originally owned by an old lady. Some guy bought it from her in hope to do something with it but didn't. It had sat in old lady's garage for a while and when he picked it up oil was sludged in pan. He drove it home with sludgy oil. Engine was making light knock when I bought it from this guy.
Towed it home, later took off oil pan, cleaned out sludge, changed oil, quickly clogged filter, changed filter, later clogged another. SAT...
Went to school in PA to Wyotech. Wanted to use it as my project car for chassis fab. One time drove it back to school when I was at home for a weekend. Made it halfway and oil light came on. Luckily I had an extra filter with me so I spun off filter in a parking lot and spun a new one on. Even with original engine making scary noises, 2 people in car and loaded with supplies for living a few more weeks from parents I got 55 mpg the whole way LOL.
We had chassis scales at school so First step was to give it a weigh in.... Full interior, stock wheels/tires, spare tire, 3/4 tank of gas, and a brick in spare tire compartment. initial weight was 1975 lbs.
PLANS
Create a car that's primary purpose is to handle well
Major chassis modification
Make car stiff while keeping lightweight
BOOST!!!!
Make a one of a kind car.
NO RICE:fr:
Do everything right
Parts to be used
B16A1
Fuel cell (12 gallon summit)
AEM fuel rail
New pump/pressure reg.
Rota Slips with BFG g-force kdw2 (only distinguishable aftermarket part from exterior)
Rear disc swap
Teggy front discs
Manual Brake proportioning valve located next to E-brake
Coilovers from a mini sprint!!!
Turbo Kit with Garett T3/T04E Turbo
Fluidyne radiator
Energy Suspension complete bushing kit
Need a few more
Progress done
Front Tube Chassis. This was interesting, very fun and a learning experience. Did a lot of work but luckily had some people dedicated to help. Cut out strut towers and everything. Welded original control arms in place so I could make new mounts for them.
I wanted to be different on the shocks. I didn't drop springs so I fabbed up mounts for coilovers from a mini sprint which I hope handles ok. It should but only time will tell. At least I can adjust ride height to suit my needs.
Made new front crossmember to keep from having to deal with bushings. Modified front lateral arms of watever to make front heim joints instead of having bushings. Minimize wheelhop.
Made motor mounts on car to accomodate stock JDM B16 mounts to save money. Ended up having to make them solid. Passenger side sagged because its bushing was bad.
Made new rear bumper support. Basically only spot that was rusted.
I was going to go stand alone fuel management but scrapped that idea. Plenty of plug and play honda fuel management out there. Spent a lot of time on harness for standalone though.
I wasn't allowed to paint engine compartment so all my raw metal is rusted in places. I need to pull engine and sandblast and paint it.
I Made a 4 point cage for it but need to weld it in.
Rear part of interior is removed.
I was going to install a flowmaster where gas tank was to hide it then just run a 3" pipe out back.
Still needs done
Secure fuel cell
Wire up pump
Secure battery in rear
install front interior
Fix SI engine harness to make it work with HF chassis harness
Get Integra master/booster and install
Pull engine, sandblast/paint
Install turbo kit. I have mount for IC made and bumper modified
Exhaust
Do something with rear shocks and struts, still stock
Install hood pins/ sorry has to be done. Chopped out upper rad. support.
I am sure there is more but I think I am on the home stretch.
I haven't touched it in a while but I am hoping to get back on it and get it done. I got so overwhelmed I had to walk away. I am making this thread to hope that support from you guys will help me finish it up.
I lost my latest pictures but here is link to the beginning picture and I plan on taking some new ones.
By the way with B16 and missing a few interior parts it weighed under 1800 lbs before I left school.
Pictures by jdplank - Photobucket