Kiwi dude slowly builds a pointless unusable moneypit
#1
Kiwi dude slowly builds a pointless unusable moneypit
So after 4+ years of owning this thing I guess it's finally time to make a wee build thread. Been hiding this away from most of the world.
So here we go.
Beware, lots of pictures.
The early days.
How I bought the car. Standard as
Got myself some ****
Looked like this for about 2 years
So here we go.
Beware, lots of pictures.
The early days.
How I bought the car. Standard as
Got myself some ****
Looked like this for about 2 years
Last edited by Gappy; 08-20-2015 at 03:15 AM.
#2
The first change up.
Finally got pink stickered (ordered off the road for illegal mods.. When this happens you either have to revert your car to factory or get your modifications certified for road use. Stupid New Zealand laws.)
Had to buy myself a new daily. Fun times in that wee Honda City
Decided to change things up before getting the car certified.
NUE overfenders were released, pretty sure I was one of the first to ever order these
Panel beater misunderstood and moulded them in... Really hated this but still rocked them for about a year just because of laziness
Did a skid
Finally got pink stickered (ordered off the road for illegal mods.. When this happens you either have to revert your car to factory or get your modifications certified for road use. Stupid New Zealand laws.)
Had to buy myself a new daily. Fun times in that wee Honda City
Decided to change things up before getting the car certified.
NUE overfenders were released, pretty sure I was one of the first to ever order these
Panel beater misunderstood and moulded them in... Really hated this but still rocked them for about a year just because of laziness
Did a skid
Last edited by Gappy; 08-20-2015 at 03:15 AM.
#3
Turbo time!
Because I was getting the car certified anyway, pretty much decided I'd boost the thing.
Broke kid ideas, bought stupid Chinese ****
First day ever driving it turbo
Fixed the clutch with this beastly setup. 1.8 flywheel, custom pressure plate rated to 2000lb and a full face carbon kevlar clutch plate
Did a bit of a wire tuck
Drove it round still pink stickered for a few weeks until Chinese **** did what Chinese **** do
Replaced the Chinese **** with a Greddy manifold and a saab t25. Also got the thing road legal again!
Drove it around for a couple weeks until this happened...
Because I was getting the car certified anyway, pretty much decided I'd boost the thing.
Broke kid ideas, bought stupid Chinese ****
First day ever driving it turbo
Fixed the clutch with this beastly setup. 1.8 flywheel, custom pressure plate rated to 2000lb and a full face carbon kevlar clutch plate
Did a bit of a wire tuck
Drove it round still pink stickered for a few weeks until Chinese **** did what Chinese **** do
Replaced the Chinese **** with a Greddy manifold and a saab t25. Also got the thing road legal again!
Drove it around for a couple weeks until this happened...
#8
So with motivation back after 4 months of not touching the damn thing. Finally set out to get the remaining things to finish it. And also some new goodies
Link G4+ Storm engine management
EZ wire wiring harness. Decided to bin all factory wiring and completely rewire and simplify
Interior goodies
Also imported these SSR Professor SP1s last year. Finally got around to making use of them
Before 16x8 +20
Tidy up. White with sparkles
After. 16x10.25 -6
Link G4+ Storm engine management
EZ wire wiring harness. Decided to bin all factory wiring and completely rewire and simplify
Interior goodies
Also imported these SSR Professor SP1s last year. Finally got around to making use of them
Before 16x8 +20
Tidy up. White with sparkles
After. 16x10.25 -6
#10
Which finally brings us to present day. Has been off the road for 2 and a half years.
Currently a wiring mess.
Not even needing much to run.
The list to finish it:
K20A COPs and bracket
Measure and order lifter shims
VTPS
Exhaust
Modify intercooler piping
Finish wiring
Tune.
That's it. But I work slow
Hopefully it'll be running in the next few months if I dont lose motivation again
Currently a wiring mess.
Not even needing much to run.
The list to finish it:
K20A COPs and bracket
Measure and order lifter shims
VTPS
Exhaust
Modify intercooler piping
Finish wiring
Tune.
That's it. But I work slow
Hopefully it'll be running in the next few months if I dont lose motivation again
#17
What do you think about that EZ2wire harness? Which one did you buy, specifically? I have another project that needs a full new body harness that i'm not looking forward to doing.
You just cutting the pigtails at the lights and splicing in, keeping all original plugs?
You just cutting the pigtails at the lights and splicing in, keeping all original plugs?
I'm pretty much doing new everything. I figure while I have everything apart there's not much point in putting the old 25+ year old wiring back in. I'll depin and just buy new pins and reuse the connectors where I can. This way I only need to put back in what I need and can simplify a lot of it.
I'm using the EZ Wiring 21 circuit kit because it has power windows, power door locks(which I might put in at some stage), radio and a few other things the smaller kits are missing. A lot if not all the engine stuff I will be pulling out of it as my ECU will run all that.
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