ej1 k20a winter project

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By kylenjdm93
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:09 pm #323753 on a lighter side, i got the car back from my buddys auto body shop, he did exactly what i asked no more... lazy bastard, but i got the quarter panels fixed perfect no more dents, but the doors need some major sanding and such,,

my wife wasnt happy with the paint job so we decided to re do it,

my driver frame rail is bent by a 1/2" and thats why the fenders are hard to line up, im either gonna pull the core support, and replace a rail section...

thank god hondas are legos.....

or do a ek si front end conversion on the eg, i have no idea what im gonna do....

any ideas? ive seen some integra jdm type r front end conversions done on eg's but none that im a complete fan of...

however i do like the look of an ek, guess i shoulda bought an ek instead...

i could do a eg rhd conversion, as the car is hardly driven anyway, always have to carry my pistol around when driving my car so i doesnt get jacked or looked at twice by stinking thieves all around this lame town.....
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By kylenjdm93
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:11 pm #323754 my kids godfather is washington state patrol, he said to do a legal rhd conversion you have to switch the vin tag and get it documented in your insurance policy and dmv records, file it as a hobby car, xtra cost and milage counts agianst you, - no problem for me.....

and cut the fire wall below your vin numbers or weld the vin plate in the new firewall.......


this sucks
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By strykr
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:19 pm #323759 Im a big fan of the EK front too, but I dont think I'd go through the hassle to convert the eg front over. Ive seen a few del sol and usdm integra front bumper swaps that looked good though. But havent looked at any JDM front swaps.
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By kylenjdm93
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:33 am #323985 well, I have a lot of time and im in no rush to get it done right away, the frame is moose-knuckled and I never saw it till I took the power steering rack out and subframe parts, but its messed up a bit, and near the core support,

I can do the ek front damn near perfect, my friend purchased a ek hatch and didn't realize the ducktape covering the frame rail shock support was damaged, some Hispanic kids thought It was a good idea to weld a 1/2" thick plate across the huge crack in it, no wonder it pulled to the left constantly, we pulled the core support out, drilled out the spot welds and took the first section of frame rail out then the shock tower part, was all the way to the firewall..

you can purchase these parts separately the frame rails comes in 3 sections you can actually purchase from Honda if you look hard enough 80-200 a piece, you can mate the integra front pieces to eg, and ek to eg lining up... I would take the 2 front parts and weld them onto my shock tower parts and go from there ill post up a pic with arrows explaining how I want to do it.

like I said Hondas are legos, they come apart piece by piece if you have the patients and correct tools to get the job right the first time...

the fenders will be the hard part as the eg and ek fenders aren't a perfect fit I will have to take the front part of the eg fenders and cut them off and weld the ek counter part on to mesh with the headlights

the lines on the ek fenders do not match eg doors and pillar bars

so meshing the 2 fendrers is a must, the hoods line up nicely, the only weird looking thing is the cowling, I need a new one so ill fiberglass one up using both eg and ek cowlings and wrap It in carbon fiber matting like real seibon hoods are...

that would look sick and custom.

get a new ek core support weld it up nicely, sand and paint, install the k again...

id be golden like pee-pee.

ok, the JDM front end RHD conversion...

its a bitch, same process with the frame rails and core support, change the firewall or cut and weld.... too much work compared to the ek front end conversion....

plus thieves are already and issue since im k swapped, and running k pro with no immobilizer, I carry my pistol religiously and have many many friends who are sheriffs, state patrol and local LEO'S so im ok there always have someone looking out but rhd is just a hassle in my opinion....

plus drive thurs man, what go backwards? no freakin way..

so on the RHD conversion... that's a no go
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By Punksz6
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:27 pm #324098 Sucks about the frame, but at least you got the tools and know how on getting it done. LoL never realized the RHD in drive-thru's LOL!! Good luck and post pics if you can. :thumb:
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By kylenjdm93
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:58 pm #324700 after looking at all these posts on civic-eg.com I would love to win ride of the month so im gonna go thru it from scratch and post up pictures of what im doing from start to finish, im gonna finish it 100% minus engine mods im gonna do down the road.

1 rip out the sticker bomb.

2 finish autobody

3 polish my k20 block and head

4 find gsr black leathers front and rear and install them

5 custom bullet casings on top of bolts...

hopefully have this complete soon
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By Fada Blayne
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:56 am #324718 that makes two of us going for ride of the month. Im the same way lol I dont take many pictures so i hardly have any to post. Car is coming along nice bro, you make ur coupe brethren proud :thumb:
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By kylenjdm93
- Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:58 am #325296 its been super cold outside for were I live lately, I haven't really done much to the coupe. ive been looking for parts online and re searching a bit, built a k20a2 engine for supercharge, and a k24/k20 conversion out of a k24a4 block and a k20a3 head modified to run vtec killer cams in my back door entrance of my house since it has linoleum as flooring there. :thumb:

here is what im looking at purchasing this summer

jdm door trim from password jdm

100 bux

gsr integra black leathers front and rear. hard to find though....

build a custom roll cage

finish my stickerbomb engine bay make it perfect.

purchase a better wire harness with labels from chasebays.com

900 bux

5 lug conversion

upgrade the rotors

finish the interior

AND SUPERCHARGE!

got a built block and head might as well do a charger wtf not?

3400
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By strykr
- Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:00 am #325297 Its been -20*C where I am.. I know how you feel. I want to work on my car so much!! Lol
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By kylenjdm93
- Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:30 pm #325332 like ive said in previous posts, im a lil bitch when it comes to the cold, I work in an office now, so the cold isn't an option any more for me, on a good note, I did source a 5 lug conversion for 750 us

we will see how it goes, I may keep it 4 lug but the 5 is so sexy....

have a k may as well do the 5 lug.

IM tired of turbo, all the bull, rather have a solid working charger. :thumb:
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By kylenjdm93
- Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:18 am #325500 OK I'm at it again after checking out my civic from a little distance I realized my core support is off by a hair....

I'm either looking for a nice shell to swap everything in or price out all the existing parts I need to complete my project

Whatever is cheaper is the way I may go :thumb:
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By Punksz6
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:19 am #325648
kylenjdm93 wrote:OK I'm at it again after checking out my civic from a little distance I realized my core support is off by a hair....

I'm either looking for a nice shell to swap everything in or price out all the existing parts I need to complete my project

Whatever is cheaper is the way I may go :thumb:


I have been always contemplating getting a shell to swap my parts over, only because I have a whole rear quarter panel to swap out and my car is not a clean title. How much shells go for out there?
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By kylenjdm93
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:28 pm #325694 Probably same as you being on the west coast as well around 500 to 1200 depending on quality
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By kylenjdm93
- Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:40 am #326069 i havent been working on my civic for quite a while now, i plan on cleaning it up by vaccuming all the junk out of the civic, get the interior back together the best i can, im excited to get it buttoned up finally

i am currently working on a DIY write up in the k section of this forum on how to change your timing chain, only problem is its in a rsx but when i install my toda chain and tensioner in my k ill post that up too..

my buddy gave me his valve cover here are the pics. i miss my original type r cover, but it was faded pretty bad

here are the pics

just test fitting this on my civic for fun

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all cleaned up!

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hey look! my buddy chris in the background

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if you notice i have the skunk2 flush washer set for my valve cover

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By kylenjdm93
- Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:46 am #326070 back to the air box...

check this out

this is my friend chris arc airbox its genuine 100%, and some pics of mine

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And another shot of my k-bar i designed and built by hand 100% me

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