Matt's Old School Honda Thread -CR-X Update - 22/5/12

[SiRBB8]

Frustratingly didn't have the correct tool for compressing the valve springs in place. So was forced to machine a metal sleeve, and depress them by hand while a mate flicked the colettes in/out. Would not recommend this method it is tedious as hell. 14/16 done, need to machine sleeve smaller tomorrow to do the remaining two.

Had to do this when I rebuilt my Mazda engine It was a mission!

[MRSCOT]

Holy Shit bro.... AWESOME thread.... Just read it again front to back.... damn I love the way you do shit ay. Jelous much??

I do need to talk to you about suspension.... I wanna sack my eb, Ive got compressed springs, which are a nice height, but they aren't captive, what do I do? can I thread the top of the shock more and chop a bit off?? so the hats sit on the spring top??

[AccordB20A]

i did it the dodgy way back in the day too with the head on, welded air line fitting onto a slightly modded spark plug to pressurise the cylinder and screwdriver to press the springs down and remove the things to get the spring off.

[MK3VR6]

that last picture you posted is tripping me out when i scroll up and down the page over it lol. Good work dude keep it coming

[lotusboy]

Holy Shit bro.... AWESOME thread.... Just read it again front to back.... damn I love the way you do shit ay. Jelous much??

I do need to talk to you about suspension.... I wanna sack my eb, Ive got compressed springs, which are a nice height, but they aren't captive, what do I do? can I thread the top of the shock more and chop a bit off?? so the hats sit on the spring top??

Cheers Scott! Not much you can do with the EB's, just get the shock shortened to keep the springs captive. Should post up some pictures of the Eb

As for my builds,

The panel shop was open yesterday, so managed to get a good days worth of work in.

Removed the 2nd turboII sticker.


As it sat end of the day, pretty much all the sanding is done. Waiting on panel beater to carry out repairs now.




Also made some progress on the cr-x build. As per normal dealing with older spec stuff has caused headaches

Purchased a oil sandwich plate to run the turbo feed and oil pressure gauge off, these are a 'generic' fit all type of thing. Sadly oldschool Honda's have a massive oil filter fitting so the generic fittings won't work.

So got the old man to machine out and re-tap the fitting(Bronze coloured piece) to suit the older style thread(Black). The oil pressure gauge sensor bolted straight in, but need to purchase another fitting for the return line.


Got all the valve seals done, had an incorrect seal supplied by honda, which meant I had to wait till wednesday to finish the job.

Just waiting on a copy of the jdm browntop zc valve clearances so I can finish fitting the cams.

Some helpful links for other oldschool honda owners, UKDM and USDM workshop manuals

Integra 1986-1989 DA1 DA3 Manuals - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=83ME2550

CRX 1984-1987 all Models including Civic -  http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XYRS347S

CRX 1986 AS AF Supplement (includes ZC1 engine) - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9WOG0JNA

Turbo as it sits now, bought two rolls of thermal heat wrap for the exhaust, even though its been coated I plan to wrap the downpipe as it sits very close to the sump.

Couple of pictures of the EW HKS Kit from an oldschool tuning book

[efsi]

Haynes ZC Manual
this is for a black top but it might be some help

[MRSCOT]

Awesome bro, cheers, hahaha not really up to pic standard... its a bit rough.

[lotusboy]

Spot puttied the city bumpers earlier in the week


Filler primered to help get the rest of the stone chip / imperfections out
Getting the panel work done today, and finished up over the weekend. So fingers crossed the car will have paint on next week

As for the CR-X. Been focusing on the odds and ends that need doing, replaced all the cap screws on the manifold and piping etc.

Also put the manifold / turbo / piping back together, in order to dummy it up for the oil return line

a tight fit is an understatement



Have acquired some earls braided house to use from workshop left overs. Went out and purchased the steel fittings to weld onto the sump today (from pirtek)

Also dummied up the piping to check it would still work with the EG5 manifold


Modifying cars is like a full time job!

[AccordB20A]

looks good!

[Robbie]

have i missed something, or are you not running an intercooler?

[lotusboy]

kit was stage II from hks so didn't include an intercooler. i'm going to fit one down the line, but atm just need to get it up and running for the nats

[Robbie]

ahh I see I see, makes sense... would be interetsted to hear what the intake temps get to without the cooler

[lotusboy]

Not tooo worried about them, hks ran no intercooler, so sure I'll be fine. It's not a shity delsol

[Robbie]

lol very true

[lotusboy]

Little more progress on the city, things have been slow though due to christmas back log in the panel shop. Just got the repairs finished yesterday, need to sand the primered areas, then its ready for the booth.





Crack in the door all welded up,

The bullshit, rust causing factory honda sealer was removed from the door frames. luckily got to it before just was bad, could grind all of it out


Due to the panel delays, city isn't back on the road yet - meaning I can't get started on the turbo conversion in the cr-x. Bit gutted it won't be all done for the show, but would rather spend a bit longer doing everything right, than rushing the conversion in a weekend because I need the cr-x again for daily duties the next week.


Finally got the roof in, and some new wheels

[StandardStyle]

^ Cool new wheels . Pics?

I love this build thread, easily my favourite gen 1 CRX. Cant wait to see/hear how its goes when turbo.

[lotusboy]

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Primer just finished baking. More God damn sanding tomorrow

[P Wizz]

Hai Matt

[Joule]

Loving this, keep up the good work.

[lotusboy]

city is 98% done, just waiting on a few touch ups - damn spiders crawled out of the door / guard jam and into the clear while it was baking, so have a door to redo....

[Robbie]

looking very sharp matt!!!! bloody hate bugs while spraying though... grrrrr

[H-series]

Mintest city ever bro

[AccordB20A]

just like a new one!

[WingIt]

CRX looked awesome at the Show yesturday, and did I see this in the leaving the carpark around 1pm? If so looked sharp from where I was

[b16a teggy]

saw this at botany a few days ago, bloody mint