Turd polisher procrastinators of the world unite!

 

11.02.08 Update

The rear is done, and ready to go.

These parts have been here for months, finally took pix for documentation:


Team M Factory Roll Center Adjustment balljoints. Straight forward install, if others have used them, I'm all ears on installation tips:


Integra 15/16ths BMC. I was thinking about a 1" BMC but I don't feel like doing the line bending and reflaring. I hear the S2k bmc is larger than 1" and is 98% drop in. You just have to bend one hard line slightly. I doubt we'll change it. This will get the job done.


ES Trailing Arm bushings. Satan in urethane form.


ES bushings installed. Pin reinstalled. I measured how far in the pin sat in comparison to the trailing arm before I removed it. It was reinstalled back to OEM spec.


The full arm. I took the wire wheel to the bolts and cleaned up the threads. Reinstall should be much easier. It's a JDM EG6 rear trailing arm so it had plenty of rust, and the ABS sensor was removed.


My garage in ruins. Stupid bushings. I hate em!


The floor. A mess.


I took apart the front lca's. Getting ready to start up on those bushings. The press is virtually useless, or I'm just being a sissy with it. I will play with it more this week. Hopefully this weekend everything will be ready to go in, and with any luck it'll be up and running by the 10th of November. Highly doubtful, but the rear will be on for sure.

I also ordered up a blox toe arm setup. Should be in by Friday. The last piece of the rear end.

 

I like your garage h: What kind of floor liner is that?

 

http://www.s-chassis.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41159

 

supadupafine

 

Team M Factory Roll Center Adjustment

I was up there , in Bellingham WA, a few months ago and heard that they where producing the adjusters. Cool.

I just might have to make a special trip up there to get a pair...

That place rocks, They are strait forward, no BS, they do it all, engine, suspension, audio, body work.

Every time I go up there their bays are full. And even though most of the employees drive Hondas they work on all makes. It pays the bills it seems and people seem to love them up there from what I have observed.

Great project, I'll be watching this thread.

 

So made some progress this weekend.

Progress in the sense that the entire rear end is mounted up:

I was missing parts. Ordered them up from Collin at Weksos 2 Friday's ago and they arrived this past Friday. The missing parts were the BLOX adjustable toe arms. I needed them to get the rear end on. Of course Collin came through in typical fashion.

The final piece of the puzzle:


I pack up my crap and drive 2 hours to get start for the weekend wrench session.

I arrive to this:


We move boxes out of the way and it's literally a treasure trove of car parts.

We found these guys randomly in the garage:

JDM Climate control. Purchased god knows when:


Jim Fab traction arms:


Apparently target now sells JDM healights:


Ericks Racing throttle body. 70mm tapered to 68 mm.


There were a bunch of JDM H4H bulbs, and JDM clear corners lying around. There's a JDM amber clock somewhere in there too.

I found something else for me to replace:

Luckily it's a quick tug away from being replaced.

JDM B18C with a 98+ spec ITR tranny. Hasn't turned over in 2 years. Hopefully nothing is living in that intake manifold.


We pulled the exhaust. It made it easier to remove the front sway bar. We also needed access to the heat shield above the exhaust to replace the e brake cables.

Here is the exhaust sitting outside, as well as half the garage. Notice the new meaty tires about to go on? The exhaust is an RSR Ex-mag



The car. Notice no rear suspension at all:


Cleaning parts:


Baby steps:


Trailing arms mounted:


Rear end installed. Pictured: Benen rear lower tie bar. ITR rear sway with one of the original Beaks mounting kits. Skunk2 rear lower control arms. Koni Yellow rear shocks. Ground control coilovers (550 rear springs). This was before the bolts were torqued down, and the sway bar connected to the lower control arms.



From the side. Rear disc brake conversion mounted up as well. New stainless steel lines to boot. Look good.



Made some seriously progress. I came home feeling accomplished. I also came home with more parts that need to prepped for the front end.

Remaining items to do:
Mount new 15/16th BMC
Mount 40/40 prop valve
Mount the Ericks racing TB to Skunk2 manifold
Replace bushings in the arms with poly urethane
Mount front suspension.
Mount Jim Fab arms
Mount GSR front sway bar
Install new outer tie rods
Install M factory RCAs
Reinstall exhaust
Reinstall shift linkage
Transfer GC coilovers to the new Koni yellow shocks
Install new brake lines
Install new rotors and pads front and rear
Install new axle
Refill and bleed the brake system with Motul rbf 600.
Get it aligned and tuned.
Race.
Damn that list is longer than I thought. I'm sure I'm missing stuff still.


Hope you enjoyed the update. More to come. Eventually.

 

looking good. He's just selling this car, right? If so, why all the aftermarket parts and new tires? Probably not going to get any of that $$$ back :hs:

 

I doubt it. I'm trying to convince him to sell it. He won't, it's worth nothing.
So we'll just get it to drive/run well. He actually mentioned tracking the car. I think once it runs he'll keep it, and actually track it.

Time will tell.

 

It took you only 2 year before making real progress, psssh, amateurs.

Looking good. Why the adjustable rear toe arms? Just for the new bushings or you think it will need adjustment beyond the factory settings limits?

Why is cracka's face blurred in the picture of him cleaning parts? Is his awesomeness so great that it cannot be contained by a mere photograph? Or is he like the prophet Mohammad, that his face must be blurred or else a jihad will be unleashed? Is to protect him from being identified and then beaten by whomever's dress he's using to wipe down parts?