Hey all, ANOTHER DA9 owner =)

[DA9-47]

Hey guys, thought I should say hi =p
had a DA9 for a few years till she started to **** up all the time so ended up getting a new car ( that currently sits on my mechanics hoist waiting for a new tranny), so decided I was sick of looking at her getting spider webs all over it and just looking like crap, anyway so was looking around and found a DA9 for $100 off eBay ( was also listed on here) so now I have one good body and tranny with a B18A1 with 255xxx k engine about to come out and be replaced by the newer B18A1 with 160xxx k engine, never done this befor, but I am gunna get through this ( I hope) and I'll end up with my old engine to play around with n try to rebuild down the track maybe.

So yeah hope to eventually get ma DA back on the road, b great to come to a meet to see all ur beast's =)

Thanks guys

[DA9-47]

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_6807.jpg
Side shot of good car with Shiiite engine ( i know it needs to be dropped, lol)

[DA9-47]

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_5249.jpg

Inside the Grey teg , this needs alot of attention.

[DA9-47]

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_6807-1.jpg

Rear view, converting to a 2 seater, trying to figure out how to make it look neat though and fit a sub/tire ect

REALLY need to find a good boot floor that doesnt move, or locks in or somthing, any ideas??

[DA9-47]

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_5249-1.jpg

Old Engine, (255k) want to extend the intake down through the hole

[DA9-47]

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0073.jpg

Newer Enigne from Parts car, crap is everywhere, Soz =(

[stevo716]

good luck with it all man,
def need some lows haha,
best way to learn is just play round with things and ask questions haha

[DA9-47]

Cheers mate, I know all u worked/mint DA9 owners might look at this and see a dump, but it all starts somewhere , it's more fun if u watch step by step all the diferent shit I do till it actually looks ok lolz, after all it's all about the build, Isnt it ?
and stevo I think ur right about the metal look in rear, if all excess metal bit in the way are shaved and it got a nice paint job inside, with a cross bar and back lights covered, would still look clean as long as it got a nice spray, will have to check my book to see were the fuel pump is as never replaced it, and make it accessable , gunna see if I can find some pics tonight at work to give me inspiration for inside the rear =)

[stevo716]

i took a pic when i went racing, of stripped back but idk where it is.
fuel pump is underneath rear seats, well the top cover is,
haha im not used to stock height anymore, its cuz the da chassis is so low, they had to go so 4wd spec with the oem ride height.

[DA9-47]

Ohhh dude tell me about it so retarded how high it sits stock, they should have made a 4wd version lol, if u Eva find the pic pm me , love to see it, and so that thing with three screws holding it in with wires coming out is the top of the fuel pump? Might have to make a removable box to go over it or something

[stevo716]

ya thats it thats the cover and power for it,

[DA9-47]

Sweet cheers dude =)

[DA9-47]

awesome, got an engine hoist for this weekend so new engine comes out this weekend, so excited!!!, i thought removing a engine would be so much harder than this.one question i have, with the drive shaft........ does it need to be removed befor the engine comes out or does it come out as i remove engine..????

Thanks guys =)

[stevo716]

remove the driftshafts first u dont need drom the hub, just disconnect the arm so u can pull it out, then unbolt intermediate shaft

[DA9-47]

hey guys,

Got the engine out last weekend,

Had a little issues with the drive shaft on the passengers side, but ended geting it out ok, didnt take long now just need to clean the hell out of the engine and add new ,sparkies ,leads ,seals, belts, batt ,fluids etc etc, for now looks like this tho, http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_6807-2.jpg

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_5249-2.jpg

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/DA9-47/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0073-1.jpg

was thinking of painting the rocker cover, will see,

parts more important than paint at this stage lol

[stevo716]

paint the rocker cover!!!
goin well man

[DA9-47]

paint the rocker cover!!!
goin well man

I WANNA!! hard to do ? i imagine not,

thing is, i have a grey teg, and about a 2 years ago i painted my pod pipe blue, so i was thinking of going blue rocker cover, maybe paint the Honda emblem Red or black or sumthing,

thought id ask if u mind, as it is similar to your colour setup,

just tryn to avoid anything like what happens when 2 chicks rock up at the party in the same dress- ends in a bitch fight LOLz

Not that we are bitchs but was the first thing that came to mind LOLz

[stevo716]

lol i dont care man go for it, ull never get the exact blue
my cai piping is black neway
i got a red engine bay now anyway itll look diff

[DA9-47]

Awesome bro! Red?!? That's mad, u doin whole engine red? Like ur cam gears?

[stevo716]

nah mean the chassis is red,
my block is black, head is the metal finish, blue rocker, red cams, black cai, blue strut, then wire tuck, so u will see alot of the engine bay which is the red

[DA9-47]

Ohhh I c , dude wire tuck looks mad on da9's , u goin full tuck? Should do a diy !! Lol

Were ur cam gears much$ ?? If u dun mind me asking?

[stevo716]

yeh i gotta convert to obd1 harness so pretty mcuh full tuck will be done
haha im not patient enof for diys, theres one of G2iC

my cam gears set me back 400 bucks

[DA9-47]

Nice bro , might go look at the Write up:thumbsup:
cam gears are mad, do they do other colours? Blue lol ?

Just got rear upper tower strut, Megan 4-2-1 headers and a short shift;)
want my teg to be done about now lol
will be worth the wait tho

[stevo716]

want an exhaust to match those headers ;)

yeh they make some in blue,
not the brand i got but some others do

[DA9-47]

So I swapped my old dark blue dash and carpet over to the black ones today!! Was heaps of fun actually, and now I got that outa the way I can focus on engine,

Ordered 8.8gauge leeds today, (spelling) and I got sparkies, oil filter already,

Going to order a skunk2 intake manifold and 68mm skunk2 throttle body pack next week,

Then just want a secret weapon R intake which I'm trying to source.

Good thing is I found $10 under old carpet, $2 was like part of the floor tho lol,

Good times