Slow moving progress....my DB1 integra...(56k may have EPIC FAIL)

[DB4LYFE ™]

I PASSED my emissions today to lol! but prolly not the way u did (i didnt change my cat yet) lol so u know wut that means

~DB4LYFE

[teh_mugen18]

I PASSED my emissions today to lol! but prolly not the way u did (i didnt change my cat yet) lol so u know wut that means

~DB4LYFE

[teh_mugen18]

update......

Due to the amount of space i have to work with on the intake manifold's runners, i think i might skip on the 310cc injectors and just stick with the stock ones. But i'm not sure...we'll see how it goes when i get everything installed...

[G2iowner]

just needs some TLC good choice on the ride tho

[teh_mugen18]

^^^^Thanks. tomorrow, i think im going to take pictures of my ported/polished intake manifold and pics of another attempt to install my stuff.....Also, i may possibly be getting an axleback exhaust custom built as well tomorrow depending on the funds.

[teh_mugen18]

AH yes....another update....
lol since IA has been down the past few days, i did quite a few things to the DB1 and i've still got more comming....i did:

-new exhaust
-tinted tail lights
-HONDA badges.......( )
-finished porting the intake manifold
-got 310cc injectors for the ported manifold
-new ignition coil
-replaced oil pan
-spaced my hood
-did a cylinder compression test...average cylinder=140psi=I Need a rebuild before i boost.

anyways enough of MY clacking on the keyboard...PICS FOR YOU ALL!!!!!!!


5/10/08 - current...


Got myself a new "Ractive" muffler, welded in from the axle back, with 2.25" piping..its got a slight JDM tilt to it but nothing too crazy.





Here's how it sat right before i tinted the tail lights



W0ot for tinted tails!!


Here it is, after tinting the tails....but BEFORE the honda emblem...


HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA FTW!


And the front too...honda emblem





Moving on....

Here's the deal with the ignition coil... On Saturday, right before i went to get my exhaust, my car ran out of gas on some small little back road. I sat there for about an hour before anyone helped me. Finally, i got some gas in my car, and what do ya know-- my car still won't crank. So now im like WTF, and i somehow got it running after taking apart and puttin back together my dizzy. Got it to the exhaust shop, got that done.... Drove up to pleasant Hill road and parked in the HobbyTownUSA parking lot, and guess what?? my car STALLS again. Cant get it cranked once again. Good thing my mom was with me, we took a couple trips to Autozone, picked up a brand new ignition coil, and installed it right there in the HobbyTownUSA parking lot. Been running great since then. Turns out my old ignition coil was the original from 1990. It was all cracked and rusty and stuff. No wonder it didnt work anymore. But yeah...... more pics fer yall.




Moving on once again....

The oil pan. The oil pan that was on the car before the replacement had a bad drain plug nut. Basically, it wouldnt stay tight in the bottom, so it would leak oil alllll over the place, and i basically ran with nearly no oil for ~a month. Im glad i finally got that fixed. The oil pan i pulled out of the junkyard had some nasty like metal/shavings/melted residue in the bottom of it. I got that thing so clean you could pretty much eat jdm steamed rice out of it lol.


YUK! oil all over....



Oh, and last but not least.... the P+P intake manifold!!
all the runners have been widened a total of 1mm, and have been lowered 1mm as well to essentially make the vertical diameter bigger as well, and have been polished to be almost mirror smooth. I pulled the injectors from a v6 acura legend, those injectors are 310cc's i believe?? at any rate, it should alll work out once i get this installed and when i get the money for an AFC and FPR.




Man, i was looking around the junkyard for some DSM injectors, but EVERY DSM in the yard had its injectors ripped out already! Had to get the Legend ones...

[teh_mugen18]

but, believe it or not; i finally have another update.

5/17/08 - Finally got the exterior painted and lookin somewhat sexxy




Stealthy...cant even see it..and this is WITH the flash too


Matte black spaced hood and ghetto home depot lip FTW



tinted tails and "jdm" skewered pikachu in the rear lolz....


But yeah, Thats how the car sits NOW. From here, i can go on to doing mechanical upgrades. I need an engine swap or rebuild, and then i can boost.. I almost just want to go ahead and get a turbo, and boost the current motor til it blows. Since its already so weak i figure i might as well...

[SandM]

wheels/drop/fix the trunk & side molding

[teh_mugen18]

wheels/drop/fix the trunk & side molding

lol, the drop might not happen for a good bit of time, because im gonna try to save up and splurge on some TEIN coilovers w/camber kit too.

[.:Stirfry:.]

bump:. starting to look good now:.

[wannab20hatch]

looks good. makes me miss my old db1

[Truegiant]

i picked up a db1 last weekend also.. i am in the middle of swapping the motor out for a fresh b18b1 with seriously low miles.. anywho.. good progress so far.

[teh_mugen18]

lol, thanks to all of you all who have looked at, and left comments on my build thread.

I know i havent posted in the thread for quite some time, but its due to the funds being somewhat low and i just havent been taking pictures of all my parts. I DO on the otherhand have one sort of "upgrade" that i installed recently, and thats an Aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator. I waited for 3 weeks for it to come in the mail all the way from California. It was a really good deal though.

When it got here though, it was slightly damaged in the fact that one of the fittings that let the gas flow through had a bit of a leak and the fact that the gauge on the regulator doesnt work either.

Also, i recently had to change my intake manifold back to the stock one due to the fuel rail brackets snapping off the P+P manifold . Overtorque-ing FTL..... But believe it or not, i felt better with the stocker on there. No more jerkiness.

PS..... DSM INJECTORS? ~INSTALL THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK...
(they did NOT work for me....long story....)

Also, we just recently ordered me a custom tag as well. It'll be here in August.

Enough talking though... here.

[d_day87]

projects coming along nicely.

[teh_mugen18]

Next Few Mods to come (before engine rebuild) will be:

-Upgraded motor mounts, whether they be solid welded or inserts
-drop (on something cheaper than TEIN...). I think ill get Eibach lowering springs instead.
-more weight removal
-chassis stiffening. (strut tower bars, sway bars, frame welding, etc.)
-HiD head/fog lights....courtesy of Nitro, more than likely.

[teh_mugen18]

Heres just a couple more small things i did...that i forgot about...
-a little weight reduction, in the front bumper..(dont lecture me, i KNOW about the 'safety risk'...)
-Sunpro oil psi gauge.




Notice how you can see ALL the way through to the ground now....



Yeah, No air conditioning condensor...notice how you can see all the way straight to the radiator.... ...and Yep! thats the HomeDepot lip...


Sunpro mechanical oil pressure gauge. That thing was a PITA the first few days i had it in the car, cuz on the 1st day i had it, it sprung a leak. got oil EVERYWHERE, and my car drained out completely and had smoke everywhere too....


And my dash setup with the new gauge....

[teh_mugen18]

Heres a bit of an update:

finally i have some concrete plans for the rebuild of the engine. I'm going to start out with the head, and valvetrain...... In the end, after i spend all the money and put the time, blood, sweat, and tears into it, im hoping the motor will be able to handle at the max, 16psi. I'm not sure how much WHP that will net me but, i can only guess it would be in the area of 3 - 400(?) Any of yall who comment, do you think that the some of yall could give me a bit of guidance and positive feedback as to if the list looks good? Some of this stuff i've already gotten as well. I'm just taking it piece by piece.

Here it is:
(instead of using a checkmark to represent what i already bought, ill use this: . So anything i've already bought will have one of those next to it...)

HEAD
-new oem headgasket
-new oem valve stem seals
*intake
*exhaust
-ARP head studs
-Ferrea Competition Plus valves - part no. F1449P
-Ferrea Radial Valve locks "7 deg." - part no. K10034
-Ferrea Dual Spring Turbo valve springs - part no. S10056
-Ferrea Titanium Retainers - part no. E11031
-Ferrea Spring Seat Locator - part no. SL1026
-oem camshafts

[COGCaviZ24]

niiiiiiice

[teh_mugen18]

-Picked up my valve stem seals from Autozone the other day...
-lowered the front of my car yesterday...
-fixed the bolts/nuts in my rear bumper/did more weight reduction

I am thinking about painting my steelies....RED.
or
painting them some other color... Should i do it??????


Here y'all go:

1.


2. Ahh, nothing but SPACE in the rear bumper....

3.This is basically what holds my rear bumper on now... One of these on each side. (the nut/bolt combo)

[teh_mugen18]

I have also come to the conclusion/revelation about my car as well..... Due to its strange behaviour this past weekend, with wanting to shut off randomly and due to the fact that i have a rough wheel bearing in the front, and due to the fact that one/both of my axles are on their last leg, i decided that "I'm going to BABY it til its BUILT!"

[FasTech]

Coming together bro, looks alot better since you got it and I like the Home Depot lip...NICE...lol, but G/L on the rest of the build and can't wait to see more updates.

[teh_mugen18]

yeah, the HomeDepot lip.....

Thanks

[Arm&hammer]

i miss this car

[eg mike]

keep up the hard work! I wish I had the motivation to get back out in my garage to work on mine!

[DB4LYFE ™]

man reps, ive been through almost all this if not more with mine.....nice u need 2 get sum jdm onepiece that wud look good!!!! I saw ur car at the V just not u lol! well i dont think dont really kno wut u look like lol! ne ways keep it up!


~DB4LYFE

[teh_mugen18]

lol thanks, its all gewd bro maybe next month ill see ya

[teh_mugen18]

UPDATE:

I now have yellow fogs, and the Apex'i VAFC is on its way. It should be here by Wednesday or Thursday.... Also, i got my hands on another stock intake manifold, so im going to be attempting to port and polish it again. The last port and polish went okay, but i couldnt tune for it and it made my engine jerk a little through the rpm range up to redline, and the port/polish came out with slight grooves in it because instead of me using some type of electric device like a dremel or something like that, i used a manual file. This time when i do it, ill be using something better than what i used before so hopefully it'll come out better this time.:boobies:


I'll have pics of the fogs later on when i get a chance to take them.....

[itsnotarex]

Dude your car looks great! The flat black works really well for your car. Keep the steelies black, I'd say.

And reps for doing all your own work!!

EDIT: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GM_TUNER again. Sorry dude.

[teh_mugen18]

lol, slow moving progress thread is moving along still VERY slowly. My most immediate mod to come will be a trunk latch so that ill finally be able to close and LOCK my trunk in a "non-ghetto" fashion .

The main reason i've been procrastinating so much on writing in the thread or even working on my car is because 1st of all, i didnt/dont know exactly how a trunk latch works so, im going to be learning HOW it works at the same time whenever i can get my hands on it.

Second reason is because my local junkyard, PullAPart, has been kinda low on supplies.... I went there three or four times in a row looking at all of the 88 - 91 Integras for something that i need, and they didnt have it. And, its not like major parts such as axles or engine parts or anything like that, but just cosmetic things like a turn signal cover or trunk latch , and i cannot believe they didnt have it. Not only is the yard low on parts for my car, 99% of the Integras in there have already had their engines removed....

but anyways...let me stop complaining and making excuses. More pics will be up VERY soon!!! I've got pics of my electronics work/interior gutting process on the way... I am trying to remove the HVAC system, because it serves basically NO Purpose to me, and its just excess weight to be removed.

And, also, most/all of my parts that i remove from my car will be up for sale very soon here on IA and/or on eBay.

[teh_mugen18]

UPDATE~~ 6/26 - 27/2008 -

The other day, my oil pan sprung a leak, because Honda decided they wanted to put 2 drain plugs in the Integra pan. One made of metal, the other made of rubber. The rubber one is the one that popped out, and made oil spill all over Buford Highway/Jimmy Carter. So, i finally got the correct sized bolt that i could basicallly create some threads in that hole, and installed a couple of rubber o-rings around the bolt. I think it should hold the oil in nicely. (Hopefully....)

Also, Yesterday, i FINALLY GOT some NEW RIMS on my car. I got them for $350 from one of my friends who had them on his car previously. He said they're basically buddy club replicas (?). But, not only did i get the rims, with tires on them, i got an EXTRA set of basically brand new tires on the side. One of the rims had a bit of a flat tire on it though, so at the moment my car is only running on 3 rims, and one steelie. I'll be getting pics of the rims and the little ghetto oil-pan bolt that i installed tomorrow, and i'll be getting the 4th tire mounted on the rim hopefully tomorrow as well. I also finally fixed my trunk latch as well, so no more bungee cords or shoestrings holding my trunk closed! I'll keep you all posted!

More Pics to come tomorrow afternoon (6/27/2008)......

[ash7]

good postings bro

keep us updated, I'm watching this thread!
-jonathan

[teh_mugen18]

"You must spread rep around before giving it to se7en again." sorry bro, maybe in a lil bit when i can get back to you with some reps for posting up in the thread~~

EDIT: i would/could get y'all a teaser tonight, but personally, i hate seeing teasers of cars....esp. project cars. It drives me

[itsnotarex]

PICTURES OF WHEELZ NOWZ

or gtfo.

[Revmaynard]

Yea, where are the pics?

[SandM]

yea, sorry, got distracted last night and forgot to check the car out.... hurry up with the pics

[fresh fit]

yo joel you my boi!!!!! your rides looking sick! dude i wana see it with the new wheels. when we gonna go skate man.

[teh_mugen18]

Hey, all of you, 1st off, let me just apologize for taking so long with the pictures of the rims on there. I had a bit of a problem with the tires that were originally on the rims. I had to keep changing a rim or 2 almost every day for the 1st 2 days i had them, because a tire would go flat. I was rolling with 2 steelies, and 2 rims for a minute, and who would want to see pics of that?

But also, lately, i've not only been working on getting the rims situation straight on the car, i've also started a little bit more weight reduction. I began removing the sound deadening material from the car. MAN who would've thought that stuff was actually heavy? I also started removing the HVAC system, because it was ~99% useless to me anyways, it had no A/C and the heat wasnt all of that. So, that equals, excess weight to be removed!

But now. ON TO THE PICS!!!




1) Heres the rims for all of you voracious wheel whores out there!!
Lol, its right after that hurricane style rain that happened yesterday up on Pleasant Hill....




2) Here's the same thing, only the rear. Also, im sorry for the pics being so blurry, maybe i should go buy a tripod or something...?



3) Here's the rear, with the headlights/parking lights on....




4) And here's earlier in the day, before all the rain started coming down, and pouring and draining, blah blah blah......Got my tires changed out and mounted up for $20.00! They're really fast over at this place too.




5) NASTY OLD BASTARD!!


6) Here's the other tire.... It wasnt flat, but it was definately on its way~ Look at that big GASH in it.... Where'd THAT come from?



7) Getting them changed in a FLASH!!



Well, as far as the wheels/tires go, thats all i've got!! But now, here's the second part.... A bit more weight reduction. Here's removing the sound deadening material.... Who would've thought that stuff was actually heavy?? I know how they always say that it weighs ~10lbs. and personally, i never believed it could actually weigh that much. But, now i can believe it. After just removing one section of it, i think i got out ~a little less than 4lbs from the car. Next step = get it weighed....

8) Let's get started!


9) Bag of ice, heard it helps a lot more than a heating gun would...


10) And, here's what i got after ~an hour of working with the hammer and screwdriver...


11) ~4lbs right there in that bucket. I'm going to weigh the bucket after i get finished taking out all of the material and storing it here.

[teh_mugen18]

I know, y'all probably dont want to see this, but here's the reason why I was taking so long to get pics up....

1) Steelies and Rims FTL

[teh_mugen18]

Suddenly, i also have a CEL in my car, code 13. Atmosphere Pressure?

WTF is up with that.....??? I know what the BARO sensor does and everything, but im not so sure where its located in my car.... It would be really helpful if someone would PM me some information on that sensor, like where it's located in my car...
Reps will be given for information!!

I think what i'll do first, is just see if i can reset and clear out my ecu by disconnecting the battery, and see what happens...

[dkjohnson04]

coming along nicely! +REPS