The Destruction an Reincarnation of 99SIs B16

[USDM CTR]

if u sell ur omni lmk ill buy em asap

[99SI]

that's all relative. i've had people ride with me at deals gap and autox who physically got out of the car sick. *shrug* I've driven stupidly enough that I've even made myself sick!

but for autox and road course, you want some additional adjustability that the last set of omni's didn't have. the build is nice, but the dampening wasn't there on the shock dyno's.

and 99si, sorry i mistook you for someone else - i thought you were zshawn for some reason..... but i certainly wasn't being condescending. i'm sure the omni's are decent for 90% of the people on this board. but you'll most likely end up selling them and going for something better suited for competition in the future - that's the reasoning behind my statement. i'm sure mike can get you a good deal on them, and you won't lose any $, but there is wasted time to consider..... and the cornerweighting + alignment to do over again...

Yeah, I knew what you meant by the comment, that's why I was receptive. I agree with you completely. The lack of adjustability on the omni's was something I did not like, however, for the sake of the budget I made a concession. I figured the apparent quality and height adjustability of the omni's would be better than going with an AGX/spring combo or something of the sort. The next thing I plan to spend money on is a forged LCA, front and rear camber kits. I think they'll help and I have also been looking into the Korbach frame locks. I've never heard anyone who didn't completely love what they did as far as sharpening steering and handling. I've got some lovely mountain spots that we need to hit in northeast Alabama. I'll run in the back so I don't slow you up.

[99SI]

I have forgotten to bring my camera but everything is in the car and it looks like I will be taking it up to Mainstream tonight to do the first crank up and a little AF tuning. Remember folks, fingers crossed. Once we got all the parts everything has gone a fairly smoothe. Other than the header not being AC compatible which I did not know before hand! lol. That was fun. I'm pulling all the AC this morning and putting the header on and on the dolly she goes. So if you see a blue Si on a dolly heading up I20 sometime this evening give me a honk! I'll update when there's any news.

[Halfwit]

GOOD LUCK MAN, its been a long time coming. best wishes.

[99SI]

Grassy ass amigo! Hopefully tonight I'll be on the road with it. Ran into a bit of problems with the Dolly.

[BABY J]

Man I am happy for you. Merry XMAS!!!!

[99SI]

I took the car up on our roll back last night. The car has been taken to Mainstream with just a few little things to be done and then initial start up and a little street tuning for A/F ratio. Good things happening finally!

[99SI]

well the engine has been fired. No knocks, no smoking. BUT, lol, it seems to only be running on 2 or 3 cylinders. I think there is a sensor that's gone bad or the distributor timing is off. There is fire and spark at all four so it's a step in the right direction. Now to figure out where the bad link is so we can get that heap back on the road.

[BABY J]

Check ECU... throwing code 08?

[Vteckidd]

i wish mike wouldnt update everyone on everyh little thing.

i looked at the car for MAYBE 20min tops. i had to fix a fuel leak, redo some of his wiring (dont plug the PS connector into the IAC ) and double check everything on the car . IE make sure it had oil, coolant, etc.

I turned the car over for about 1 min to get oil pressure. It then started up and ran really rough. It is getting spark and fuel, but it runs really lathargic.

i stopped there, its most likely a timing issue, ECU issue, or he mixed up the Map an TPS sensors.

when i get more time i will look at it. but it ran

[99SI]

I am happy as a pig in shit that it runs and doesn't knock or smoke. I didn't expect it to crank up and be ready to autox! I'm confident in Mike and Mainstream's abilities to track down the culprit of the lethargy in the motor. It was more than likely something that I did in installing the damn thing! It won't be long til it's carving apexes and getting time slips!

[JRDman]

this car wouldnt happen to be sitting at Assist right now would it? i stopped by scotts saturday night and saw a blue Si with work done by mainstream and it took a crap on the dyno. so he was fixing it

-CJ

[Vteckidd]

nope car is at mainstream.

what SI took a crap on the dyno? none that i know of

[BABY J]

this car wouldnt happen to be sitting at Assist right now would it? i stopped by scotts saturday night and saw a blue Si with work done by mainstream and it took a crap on the dyno. so he was fixing it

-CJ

Man -- this post was a one that shouldn't have been made. If so - a PM would have been a better choice. We got people getting their shit lifted outta their DRIVEWAYS w/ no location advertising. Please be more conscious when you post on a public forum where an enthusiasts project may be located. Furthermore, please do not spread shop rumors (negative or positive) unless you are 100% in the know - shops depend on their reputation.

[JRDman]

baby J, I was askin a question..... nuff said. and i wasnt dissing any shop. shit blows up, shit breaks, thats just a part of the game when cars start getting work done to it but who ever owned that car decided he wanted to take it to scott and not back to somewhere else.

if you have a problem with what i said , not trying to ruffle your feathers but dont read my post!

have a good one!
CJ

[BABY J]

^^ You're still missing the point. What if it's MY car sitting at Assist/Scott's/K-Mart/Chuck-E-Cheese?? Now 10,000 people know that when they really do not need to. 3 people out of every1 know on here knows where my cars sleep at night... and I like it that way. That's all - my feathers aren't ruffled homey... that was just a lil something I decided to put on your plate - you can choose to eat it or not. Also - there is no shop in ATL that is self-sustaining and can operate in a bubble. What does that mean? That means your Mainstream build can have head work by another shop, and machining by another shop - shops network with other specialists man. So --> to see a MSPI project at another shop is nothing "strange" or is not neccessarily a case of "MSPI fucked up, but Bob over here is 'fixing' it." Sometimes Bob is "fixing" his own mistakes due to the fact that initial work was entrusted to him to begin with. There is a lot you probably aren't aware of in this game. Sorry for the thread-jack Mike and Mike. Back on topic.

[Vteckidd]

well since i VIVIDLY remember ANY car that has ever blown up on our dyno (only 3 in the last 2 years) i was interested to kow who it was. Especially since none of the cars were BLUE SIs.

[PEST]

very good build thread......
ur car is coming along nicely

[99SI]

Thanks although it has kind of hit a bit of a standstill. Mike (Mr. Kidd) is working on it as often as he can but due to illness, dyno days, holidays, etc. it has been a tough road. Patience is definately a virtue and I thank my lucky stars that I have a car lot and do not have a problem with something to drive during my down time. I am desperately looking forward to getting behind the wheel of my car, it's been a long time coming. I just thank Mike and the other folks at Mainstream for their awesome work and their help in this thing, it's been a headache for everyone. Those guys are what keep me going forward with my car, without them I'd probably be driving a Lexus GS300 or something that was bone stock! (although right about now that doesn't sound so bad! :P )

[Vteckidd]

GS300 with a 2jz swap FTW

[BABY J]

Weak - I'm thinking Gs300 w/ a D16 swap and AWD conversion.

[JRDman]

All i was told was it was done and mainstream was in that same sentence... you can take that with a grain of salt. i know some more info on the car itself but since mr. baby got a little verbal and expressed how he felt ill stay hush hush about it.

but best of luck with the build man!

-CJ

[Vteckidd]

PM me about it

[BABY J]

PM me about it

Imagine that - a PM. AMAZING! How hard is it to repsect some1s project than to post up probable locations of one of the most stolen vehicles in America. Maybe since YOU said to PM you he will get it, since he is not listening to me. LOL. Sheesh - some people.

[JRDman]

well I was just stating what i heard. theres no reason to take anything further than this in my opinion because its just a blow up motor.... whupty do really.

best of luck to ya'll with your builds
-CJ

[ranj]

can't we get along?

[99SI]

If all goes well I'll have a baseline tune to get it out on the streets running smooth. Looking for about an hour to basically A/F tune and idle maps going. I'm keeping fingers, toes, anything else i can find crossed that it's finally getting there. The car is running smoothe it's just very rich on cold start and doesn't like to start in the cold. I need an IACV and then tuning. Here we go!

[99SI]

It made 145whp and 112 lb/ft last night......





on the low cam!

[BABY J]

ass

[scttydb411]

It made 145whp and 112 lb/ft last night......





on the low cam!

not reving it out too, don't forget.

[BABY J]

REV THAT MOFO BITCHES!!!

[99SI]

We also found out that the reason it kept wanting to idle high is that a vaccum hose blew off the back of the IM. There were two vaccum ports completely open. So the low cam numbers probably should be over 150 and that's just taking it to where vtec comes in. I picked the car up tonight and enjoyed driving it home. I have to get a donut gasket for the exhaust so right now it is pretty loud with the massive exhaust leak! I can't wait to get it back up and tune for full throttle with vtec and see what she has.

[Vteckidd]

glad you made it home.

yeah its pretty TQey for no vtec.

Once you get that donut gasket, and get the time to have us really tune it, im interested to see what she will make.

i feel good with 145whp with only about 15min of WOT tuning. I think we can get 150whp easily on low cam, an be in the 180-190whp range with VTEC.

thatll make for one of the highest OEM motors i have ever seen locally. my original motor that made 187whp 3 years ago i think is the highest OEM motor besides BLACK Rs 192whp ITR motor.

[EmminoDaGreat]

its cause your so gangsta

[Vteckidd]

nah, if it wasnt for you it wouldnt even be running

[BABY J]

NICE!!! Good stuff. Vacuum is overrated. Tee all of those bitches off. LOL. j/k...



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kinda.

LOL

[99SI]

Got the exhaust done at a local muffler shop that I use. We just put in the spring loaded bolts instead of the flex pipe so we'll see how that goes. It sounds mean, I think it's louder with the exhaust leak fixed. Hopefully in the next week or so we can finish getting it tuned.

[BABY J]

tease

[99SI]

It will definately be much faster than the old setup. I can tell that just from the way it comes out of the hole on the low cam right now. I'm excited at the prospects. I'm about ready to go ahead and change out the oil pump tho, it's been 250 miles! Maybe I'll give it another 20k or so, who knows.

[BABY J]

OIL PSI GAUGE SON!! Should be a part of a balanced Honda's breakfast. Break down and get the setup I have on my EF:

NOS PSI (u want it - I know u do - get it!! get it!!!)
OIL PSI
A/F