RabidTRD

#361

They polished up well!



The work crew.



Before polish.

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kurt95gt

#362

Like the vw

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Box

#363

Yay Blue Magic!

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RabidTRD

#364

I love having a work crew that actually works on cars. James (my buddy that owns the Corvair and knows the most about body work) has the VW Diesel Coupe Jetta, Raquon (knows a lot about subies) owns the 1.1 Carb 85 RX7. I was getting sick of having a parking lot full of stock cars. We're parts guys... we should have crazy **** for rides lol.

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Box

#365

I'm a huge car guy, and work on them all of the time. My car is about as stock as it gets. Something isn't adding up.

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RabidTRD

#366

HIC window spoiler!

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Box

#367

That's twice the spoiler action!

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RabidTRD

#368

Finally got around to doing a photoshoot with my best friend:















Also, video:

http://youtu.be/D11ASdlptLs

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richee3

#369

Not sure if the Civic has 4x4 ride height or if it just looks that way when sitting next to your car.

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Box

#370

^That. Hmm, find a CR-X for a shift in that balance.

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RabidTRD

#371

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QUOTE (richee3 @ Oct 4, 2013 - 7:17 PM)

>Not sure if the Civic has 4x4 ride height or if it just looks that way when sitting next to your car.

My car kind of makes everything look tall lol. Her next step is coilovers and she's rather touchy on being at stock height.

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Fate

#372

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Red123

#373

I like this pic. sexy

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Batman722

#374

Ted, looks good.
JDM tails needed.

Maybe more bandaids too.

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my st205 swapandour Beams swap

Box

#375

Tackle that rust. Rust free, way to be.

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cheela

#376

Your car's got so much character! I love it!

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RabidTRD

#377

Rust and paint fix is next on the list. Using my tax return money to do that come spring. Then I'll concentrate on power increase. I'm thinking due to my heavy work schedule, low funds and lack of place to swap an engine, I may not do BEAMS but do cams and an SAFC instead. I've got a decent burn going on with the exhaust valves, so I'll be swapping out heads too. (Since rebuilding one is actually more expensive than buying a reman one from my work lol)

So I'll have a brand new(sort of) head to put on that I can tinker with in my room of my apt and put the cams in that before installing it.

Anyone know if reman heads are decked? Decking it would increase compression and performance as well right? Also, head gaskets, I've heard the 98+ ones are the ones to go with.

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QUOTE (cheela @ Oct 11, 2013 - 3:16 PM)

>Your car's got so much character! I love it!

Thank you! It means a lot. I'm on a quest to be different, and Dustin, that's also why I haven't gone JDM tail and just painted the amber corners red like the rest of the light. Seeing that everyone at the meet had JDM tails, just further fueled my dislike for them haha.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Oct 11, 2013 - 7:26 PM

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kurt95gt

#378

I had no JDM lights thank you very much lol

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Box

#379

Shaving heads will raise the compression. Depending on how far you raise the compression you'll have to use premium, though it's a good way to add in some power. Off the top of my head as an example the L28E used in the 280ZX gained 10 hp by going from 8.3:1 to 8.8:1, though it's a larger engine. Would just have to find someone that's gone with a N/A to see what they recommend. Could possibly go 10:1 or higher along with cams etc... and see a noticeable increase in performance.

This post has been edited by Box: Oct 11, 2013 - 7:39 PM

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RabidTRD

#380

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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Oct 11, 2013 - 8:38 PM)

>I had no JDM lights thank you very much lol

That's true haha. But I meant hatchbacks.

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QUOTE (Box @ Oct 11, 2013 - 8:39 PM)

>Shaving heads will raise the compression. Depending on how far you raise the compression you'll have to use premium, though it's a good way to add in some power. Off the top of my head as an example the L28E used in the 280ZX gained 10 hp by going from 8.3:1 to 8.8:1, though it's a larger engine. Would just have to find someone that's gone with a N/A to see what they recommend. Could possibly go 10:1 or higher along with cams etc... and see a noticeable increase in performance.

I've got a good longtube header too... So I can increase airflow

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Box

#381

I'm actually kind of curious as to what you could get out of it from raising the compression up to 12:1 or so, larger cams, and full exhaust. Though the heads are the real limiting factor, stupid FE heads. Hmm... Perhaps could get a 3S-GE head to work in the way you can get a 4A-GE head to work with the 7A-FE. Might make for a worthwhile alternative to swapping, outside of the 3S-GTE anyway.

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RabidTRD

#382

I've been really curious as to making a hybrid engine. I feel like it's a lot of work but pretty cool concept. A 3S-GE head on a 5S-FE block. Could call it a 5S-GE or a 2.2 3S-GE. Lol idk. If I changed the head to a 3s, wouldn't I have to change engine computers too? How would that work... The distributors are different too.

Reading the "how to" now

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Oct 11, 2013 - 10:02 PM

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Box

#383

5S-GE, FE or GE just designates the head's valve angle etc... I'd imagine it'd be similar to what's needed done with the 7A-GE hybrid. I looked into a 7A-GE at one point, but it didn't really seem it was worth all of the trouble for 20-30 horsepower. Though if a 5S-GE were worthwhile you'd think a lot more people would be doing it. Meh if it adds 40+ I'd say it'd be worthwhile, then could add more by raising the compression and camming it, exhaust etc... Even with not doing the head swap, if you could get it into the 170+ range I'd say it'd be worthwhile. Should put it into Integra GS-R territory at the least, so maybe low 7's to 60.

This post has been edited by Box: Oct 11, 2013 - 10:52 PM

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RabidTRD

#384

Which is possible with cams, raised compression and a full exhaust with a proper extractor header. I remember talking to an MR2 guy a while back about building the 5S, and he had one pushing 200hp. It was nuts. I'd love to do something like that.

In all honesty, I'm pretty happy with the power(torque) the 5S provides, as all I do is city/suburb travel on twisty roads at speeds between 30 and 50. I almost never do any highway traveling, at least not for fun. It feels great in the corners but would be cool to get just a little more oomph out of it. Reliability is a factor to me so I'm almost leaning more toward a just building a reman 5S head up.

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Box

#385

Yeah I know what you mean, my car never sees over 55 unless I'm attempting to pass an idiot. That being the case I say perhaps a mild cam setup and mildly shaving the head along with full exhaust. A little more grunt, but shouldn't hurt reliability or mpg too much. I hear the 5GC had more aggressive cams, so may look into pulling some from a junkyard and using them versus spending much more on a custom grind. Apparently it already has a 9.5:1 compression ratio, so maybe take it up to 10:1 or 10.5:1 perhaps.

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kurt95gt

#386

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QUOTE (Box @ Oct 12, 2013 - 2:55 AM)

>Yeah I know what you mean, my car never sees over 55 unless I'm attempting to pass an idiot. That being the case I say perhaps a mild cam setup and mildly shaving the head along with full exhaust. A little more grunt, but shouldn't hurt reliability or mpg too much. I hear the 5GC had more aggressive cams, so may look into pulling some from a junkyard and using them versus spending much more on a custom grind. Apparently it already has a 9.5:1 compression ratio, so maybe take it up to 10:1 or 10.5:1 perhaps.

5th gens did come with a slightly more aggressive cam setup
Idk how much better they are but you might find that those with some good head work an a safc might do the trick

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RabidTRD

#387

That would make it cheaper... Hmm. If they weren't what I wanted, I could always change later too. Anyone know if I need helper shims on the 5GC cams to make them work in the 6gc head?

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kurt95gt

#388

I don't think you do
Maybe just pick up the buckets for a 5th gen too

Fine the can specs before you get them
I can't remember if its the whole year range of the 5th gen or just a couple years

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RabidTRD

#389

Blah. I hate winter. I also hate the fact that Haynes has torque specs wrong... Everywhere. It told me 140somethin for the front hub nuts... Apparently it's 162... Had to buy a new torque wrench and now I've got to tighten both before they blow out.

I also hate that I've got no motivation in the winter since I have no place to work on my car anymore but spring will bring new paint, new tires and hopefully a new head to build on the side.

Anyone know where I can source a set of Euro risers? I could have sworn Vincent had them, but they're gone now.

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Box

#390

I always just get the service manual for whatever car it is, forget the Hayne's or Chilton's garbage.

No idea, as I've looked before and found nothing.

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