My DC5 Build

[HONDAPOWER234]

looks like an absolute beast of a build

[type-Spaz]

So my buddy Phillip came down and we went to town on the bay last night. As I said we focused on filling the bigger holes.



cleaning metal to weld up


Testing fit


Tac in place


Weld


and walla


same thing with the old brake line holes


but placed the metal in the back side





The ultimate hole filled.....


traced out our pattern


cut it out


start welding it in



then started sanding it down



Then Phillip started some filler







also started welding and smoothing the motor mount



Not going to work on it tonight... but I'll keep cleaning up tomorrow

[type-Spaz]

Ok spent another four hours in the garage today working on this bay...


used a wire brush to clean up some of the back firewall





and here are my main two tools for grinding


So I cleaned up some of the new fill plugs

before:


after:



before:


after:


(we will fill in the middle)


and here is my bay as it sits currently

[type-Spaz]

So we decided that it would be better to weld everything verses weld some and mud some... so I spent the first part of the night trying to remove all the filler we had previously laid




then cleaned so we could weld




had a lot of troubles with the welder. I had to go get a new tank of gas an then had to go get new rod as I ran out of both... then we couldn't get the welder adjusted correctly at first so it was welding like crap. We eventually got everything smoothed out and it started welding smoother







spent hours grinding lol





I know it looks rough... my back was hurting

and then welded up the other side after I cleaned out the filler





as she sits

[type-Spaz]

So I spent around 5 hours today working on the damn car... man this is a lot of work... and I feel like I haven't even made a dent in it!

so here was where I started


pain in the ass and no where done


started griding and didn't like how it was looking


so I, yes I, rewelded it.


also rewelded the bottom of this section



and added more filler to the side



then started focusing on the other side



grinded down


started the sides





and spent a lot of time here







hard to tell but it's looking great IMO. Some filler will clean it up alot and smooth it out great!

[JPR28610]

cant wait till this is done... looks good

[WATAJK]

Looks fantastic dude, keep it up!
May i ask, the purpose of re-welding, what do you achieve exactly?
I understand the grinding it down so you can smooth it upon so you get a smooth finish but is the welding for structural integrity? or so you can achieve a 'shaved' engine bay?

Thanks bro

[type-Spaz]

Looks fantastic dude, keep it up!
May i ask, the purpose of re-welding, what do you achieve exactly?
I understand the grinding it down so you can smooth it upon so you get a smooth finish but is the welding for structural integrity? or so you can achieve a 'shaved' engine bay?

Thanks bro

The welding has several purposes. One is strength. Like on the strut towers and around the motor mounts. It adds extra strength to the factory pinch weldings.
The second purpose is to help add material so I can grind and smooth out the bay. This will also allow me to use less filler which has a tendency to crack.

[type-Spaz]

So I took a break from the bay today and focused on my engine. I just wanted to seperate it from the trans and get it on a stand. I will start working on it from here now


So here is what I started with:






Then I started pulling off the supercharger, harness and misc






and to be safe started boxing up all my parts lying around






Busted the engine hoist back out



lifted her up so I could take the trans off



then pulled the trans off



threw it up on the stand



and done

[type-Spaz]

So started pulling out my interior too....









pull out the backs next





poor car lol






Here are all of my bars lol

[type-Spaz]

redid my FPR again today while I'm finished up welding.

So I made a template


cut it out


smoothed it out


drilled the holes


test it out



bolted it where I'm running it



welded it quick


and sanded it down



I'll clean it up more later when I get to this side. Phillip went to town starting the driver side and I must say HOT DAMN




it is so smooth and gonna look sick

[Boznian]

Very nice build you got mate