| Turbo progress... |
| Posted By: Justin @ 07-15-2008 11:40AM |
Turbo installation is underway, but not before I had to deal with some other problems. I had to start the weekend (last week) by dropping the transmission to replace the main seal that was leaking. What a pain, twice now I have pulled and re-installed a transmission by myself, without proper tools or lifts/jacks. DUMB! Anyways, to the turbo install, I got the fuel system done. New in-tank Walbro pump and some RC1000cc injectors, along with a new liquid filled fuel pressure gauge. After that I got to installing the manifold, wastegate, and downpipe. Here I ran into some more issues related to fitment with the wastegate and downpipe. I'm working on getting those fixed up so for the mean time here are a few pics of the progress so far.      |
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| Turbo incoming? |
| Posted By: Justin @ 07-08-2008 04:48PM |
Well, just received the last parts I need before doing the turbo installation on my car. I've got almost 800 miles on it right now and will be hitting up the dyno to get some baseline power numbers this week. I was going to run it at Bandimere on the 1/4 mile but track is closed this week due to the Mile High Nationals, oh well. I may start the turbo installation this weekend, or maybe start it the weekend after. Have to see how things go as my fresh new manifold and downpipe are at the shop for some ceramic coating. Here's a few pics!   |
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| On the road again |
| Posted By: Justin @ 06-23-2008 05:23PM |
Well, the hatch is finally back on the road. But, not after a laundry list of problems that cropped up. I had my local shop fix up a few of the issues but had to tow it home after I was out of money and couldn't afford to have them fix the other things. I've got most everything else fixed up and the car is finally running good and on the road. Only thing I need to fix is the upper timing belt cover, which is still rubbing a bit on the Tbelt (currently running no upper cover). I got the break-in process started and so far 160 miles on the new engine, it runs good and strong! I'll be spending the next couple weeks getting it broken in and hope to make a trip down the 1/4 mile before I get the turbo on (for a baseline run). Not too many new pictures but some of the exterior, I'll include a few from a stop at the race event held at Bandimere Speedway this past weekend (the replacement for the cancelled Nopi event).      |
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| Front end conversion. |
| Posted By: Erik @ 06-19-2008 05:17AM |
| So work has finally started again on Erik's Civic. Custom bumper support brackets have been fabbed and welded into place. Trying to drill the holes into the sheet metal was especially difficult. My best guess is that the metal became somewhat heat treated/tempered after doing some welding but I broke about 4 different bits while trying to drill through it. Also my Paintscratch.com order came in so the front bumper was cleaned, prepped, painted, and clearcoated. I should be getting to the fenders next and then finally mounting some painted panels. Also coming up in the very near future will be an install on my new Aerocatch hood latches.    |
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| All done...well sorta. |
| Posted By: Justin @ 06-04-2008 11:34PM |
Well, finally the new engine is all in and wired up. Fluids have been added and everything looks good, until I try to start the car  Ran into multiple problems right off the bat. My fuel filter was leaking, so I had to replace that, and I still have a very very small leak on my fuel feed line that I made from SS fuel line and Earls fittings. I will get to that later as it only leaks sometimes. Next problem was my starter was not cranking the engine. The problem was my chassis/engine grounds were not good, I had to wire wheel off some paint at the grounding points to get a good ground connection. Once I did that the starter worked and turned over the car. I thought I was home free at that point...nope. I had, and still have, a problem with all the spark plugs not sparking. I am only getting spark on my #4 spark plug for some reason. That is where I sit at this point, I will take another stab at it tomorrow and hopefully have a running engine soon. A few pictures of the finished engine bay, oh and the new 2000 model Civic front end I had painted.   |
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