1998 Orthia GX-S Aero 2.0L

We did a bit of an impulse buy on the weekend and bought this..

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Its a 98 Orthia GX-S Aero 2.0

Bought it off a kiwi bloke who imported it to NZ before he moved to perth and brought it in as a personal import.

It's basically a long wheelbase EK civic wagon with a B20B out of a CRV. Unfortunately this is just the front drive version, there is a 4wd version in japan.the front end of an ek will bolt straight on and the fenders even line up to the creases in the doors, all suspension is apparently same as ek's but they have the female style LCA's as EG6/DC2R.

Its got all the standard issue JDM bits like folding mirrors, window visors, oem bodykit, oem privacy glass, climate control, abs, dual front airbags, black interior with red highlights, oem carbon interior trim, oem leather airbag steering wheel with red stitching, amber lights with 180km speedo, oem foglights.

Interior is like new, exterior is pretty perfect except for some rubbed off paint on rear bumper, only 119,000kms, motor seems very tight, timing belt etc has been done not too long ago.

Has some plain-jane 5spoke 15" alloys, not sure what brand, the guy said they were on the car when he imported from japan but the arent to my liking and the rubber isnt up to my standard so will get some new tyres on my old spoon sw388 replicas on there and definately need to lower that thing...

PS. anyone recognise my rims ? they arent Rodney Jane T-Mart specials haha.

will be keepinga lookout for you

looks very nice

plans? vtak head?

Wow looks good! Talk about unique. Thanks for sharing.

Has the unique factor for sure,pretty ugly though.Bit too soccer mom spec

only plans are to lower it and fit my SpooMs, It's for my GF so has to remain auto etc. hence 'soccer mom' as it may become a familly wagon in a few years HAHA. I would lean towards boost on this one rather than a VTEC head I think as the auto kinda dictates that. it has a lot of torque though, who knows.

it's the first car that's had more than 3 doors we've owned in 13 years HAHAHA - time to get practical since my EG is completely impractical.

yeh it's a bit ugly - but it grows on you.. it took 2 days and I then was loving it.. these phone pics dont do it justice though, and the rims are butt-ugly so i'll take some proper photos once I swap my rims over :)

..plus need to get coilovers on thar ! waaay too high !

THIS CAR is my inspiration but it will be a comfy cruiser not a caged track beast like this one:

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I think it looks cool. Does need to be lower, and have some better wheels xD
With a bit of love, you'll have this looking awesome :D

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I think it looks cool. Does need to be lower, and have some better wheels xD
With a bit of love, you'll have this looking awesome :D

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I have my old SW388 replicas to go on but need to save coin for new rubber first.. stupid expensive tyres in australia :(

Need to get under it and check the LCA's and confirm what the suspension matches to, have read that it's identical to all ek's but then also read that it's setup is from jdm dc2r/eg6 not ek.. typical internet..

Finally fitted the eg/dc2R konis and king springs lows.. front on lowest setting, rear on mid height setting.. have to raise the front to the mid height next week as with the lip kit its too low.

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Havn't taken it for a drive yet though, should be interesting with all the speed humps round here..

dude thats awsome .. they remind of a Toyota Caldina front with a Nissane Stagea style rear

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dude thats awsome .. they remind of a Toyota Caldina front with a Nissane Stagea style rear

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i was thinking the same!

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I had a set of dc2r konis and kings lows a few months ago, this was with konis all round but on their highest settings lol..

It was so much fun to drive like this but loads of speedhumps in my area and not a chance it was legal.. only scraped a tad on full lock.

Had to go konis on rear on highest setting and stock orthia shocks up front with the kings to get it level and not too low. It now has 2 finger gap :(

These photos are the first height, will take some new shots soon.

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Looks mad as. B20VTEC? :D

looks really cool man!

face lift ek9 front end would set it off mate

Love seeing rare hondas!

Definitely keen to see the progress of this!

I have always likes the idea of an EK wagon.

Little bit of an update, since she's the GAIJIN-GARAGE Delivery Wagon now.. so Spoon'd her up a little..

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lmao it would be funny if ur an actual jdm person and ur plate says gaijin

looks great, surprised to see one in oz. i agree a facelift front with ek9 lip would look great, does the paint match champ white?

does it have the p8r head? 9.2 compression from memory. vtec sized ports and valves compared to the smaller p75 head. most dynos of stock block b20's ive seen with cams show parallel increases across the board, i hypothesized this is from a restriction and the cams let more air in at all rpms, whereas if the ports were too big they would loose velocity at low rpm, i doubt they are for the b20 but on the other hand a b16....

the cams in this are smaller then ones in the 9.6 comp b20(b8/z2) but i wouldint bother putting them in unless you found some for free. 402's would be great bang for buck without valvetrain upgrade but i hear the 403's are where its at.

im sure you know more then me about these cars, im just excited, you dont see many nontec builds and with the same ports and valves they can see simular # to there vtec brothers.

HAHA glad to see someone is into these also !

Personally the Orthia front has grown on me, to fit this with an EK front would do no justice.. how many EK's do you see on the road and how many Orthia's ?
Being so Rare and original, I intend to keep it that way with the exception of practical upgrades like Coilovers etc. perhaps a cat-back for a little more engine note, but that's about it for now.

it is frost white not Champ white so would require complete respray also, but this thing's paint is perfect apart from a little scuff on the rear bumper from previous owner.

This one has the P75-2 Head.. but has 6,700RPM Redline.. i cant find a build date anywhere but I think it is a late 98.

No plan on modifying the motor as it is Auto Trans and rarely gets above 3500-4000RPM and has no trouble off the line. Even a simple VTEC head wouldn't be much point as like i said, the RPM never needs to get that high on this thing, even on-ramps and overtaking on Highways is no problem with the torque this thing has.

Down the line it might get *something* thrown under the hood as it is exempt from ADR's... :P
it might also pop through the hood.. and exit out the side ;)

Can you guys import me a Ej1 from NZ? :D