Its been a long build in the making, about 2 years and has gone through a few different setups but now its where I want it.
I bought "THE REX" about 5 years ago as a replacement of my 1st 1g build. It was a primitive brown top dohc d16a1 swap turbocharged using a crude rising rate fuel pressure regulator and a boost timing master, swinging stock internals, it was a fun fast car I could tune on the fly with my little timing knob. lol... I sold the first build to a street racer.
A year later my girlfriend saw "REX" sitting in a Smiths parking lot and called me "ya know that crappy old car you built before, well there's one here just like it but looks alot nicer for sale" I promply called the seller to find out he had a very nice 115k one owner silver 87 crxSI for sale for 1,500. The hood was a little boogered and the exhaust rusted through, and the daughter didn't want to drive it. well... 1.5 weeks later and 1.1k lighter I had a very nice 1G. I didn't take me long to get a plan for it together.------ Black top 88 teg swapped, boosted, obd-1, hondata s300, cleaned up to the nuts. Very little went into body work. the lionshare went into the swap and solidifying the bottom end. 400hp was the target. I had to find some 15" Desmond Regamasters in Almighty Silver to make it complete.( believe it or not they were the hardest to find of all the upgrades.) Running the d16a1 you can bolt it straight in to a 1G without a mount kit using stock mounts and you also get to run the CG trans with the natural handcuff, super stronger, and way awesome-r gearing than any other d-deries. Here are some photos of the build.
TURBO SETUP: Go-autoworks mani, 3"DP, Garrett 50 trim BB turbo .63 ar turbine,tial MVS, 2.5 charge piping, BOV relocated to the side of the back-door AFI intercooler.
INTERNALS: KMS forged slugs, eagles,HKS MLS head gasket, ARP studs,PnP by me!,hondata s300 with EBC, 3"mandrel exhaust, Action stage 7 clutch custom made for the CG trans, Fidanza lightweight flywheel,ZC pm7 cams with adjustable cam gears,ID 1,000's injectors, Mishimoto Radiator. Dyno tuned to 309HP pump and 334hp Race gas @16psi modestly tuned by Cortney Green.
SUSPENSION:: tokiko illuminas, rear integra suspension swap, rear disk conversion, 86 lude carby master cylinder, teg proportioning valve, teg frt brakes, drilled slotted rotors, stainless lines, chedda j's panhard rod,
EXTERIOR: Mr Disability's(heeltoe) Mugen 1 piece CF hood and matching spoiler, shaved rear wiper, and spoiler holes. the interior is perfectly stock and will be left that way..
I bought "THE REX" about 5 years ago as a replacement of my 1st 1g build. It was a primitive brown top dohc d16a1 swap turbocharged using a crude rising rate fuel pressure regulator and a boost timing master, swinging stock internals, it was a fun fast car I could tune on the fly with my little timing knob. lol... I sold the first build to a street racer.
A year later my girlfriend saw "REX" sitting in a Smiths parking lot and called me "ya know that crappy old car you built before, well there's one here just like it but looks alot nicer for sale" I promply called the seller to find out he had a very nice 115k one owner silver 87 crxSI for sale for 1,500. The hood was a little boogered and the exhaust rusted through, and the daughter didn't want to drive it. well... 1.5 weeks later and 1.1k lighter I had a very nice 1G. I didn't take me long to get a plan for it together.------ Black top 88 teg swapped, boosted, obd-1, hondata s300, cleaned up to the nuts. Very little went into body work. the lionshare went into the swap and solidifying the bottom end. 400hp was the target. I had to find some 15" Desmond Regamasters in Almighty Silver to make it complete.( believe it or not they were the hardest to find of all the upgrades.) Running the d16a1 you can bolt it straight in to a 1G without a mount kit using stock mounts and you also get to run the CG trans with the natural handcuff, super stronger, and way awesome-r gearing than any other d-deries. Here are some photos of the build.
TURBO SETUP: Go-autoworks mani, 3"DP, Garrett 50 trim BB turbo .63 ar turbine,tial MVS, 2.5 charge piping, BOV relocated to the side of the back-door AFI intercooler.
INTERNALS: KMS forged slugs, eagles,HKS MLS head gasket, ARP studs,PnP by me!,hondata s300 with EBC, 3"mandrel exhaust, Action stage 7 clutch custom made for the CG trans, Fidanza lightweight flywheel,ZC pm7 cams with adjustable cam gears,ID 1,000's injectors, Mishimoto Radiator. Dyno tuned to 309HP pump and 334hp Race gas @16psi modestly tuned by Cortney Green.
SUSPENSION:: tokiko illuminas, rear integra suspension swap, rear disk conversion, 86 lude carby master cylinder, teg proportioning valve, teg frt brakes, drilled slotted rotors, stainless lines, chedda j's panhard rod,
EXTERIOR: Mr Disability's(heeltoe) Mugen 1 piece CF hood and matching spoiler, shaved rear wiper, and spoiler holes. the interior is perfectly stock and will be left that way..
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