Project from wreck to vtec

[Val]

Hey guys, i've recently bought an ED3 with BHG off a forum member. His name is George, sorry i can't remember the user name. Im planning on doing some work on it to make it run and fun to drive & get some hands on experience. I'll be doing all the work myself.

So far the plans include:
d16y1 conversion
EFI conversion
manual conversion
p28 ECU
da9 disk brake upgrade
da9 sway bars
da9 brake cylinder/proportioning valve/booster upgrade
custom exhaust
DIY airbox/cold air intake

the outside i'll most likely leave stock for a more sleeper look. Its got a few dents in it and stuff but that would just add to the image. The body itself is pretty straight. I'll update some more info and pictures at a later stage.

[tseesinngwailo]

Awesome, see Peter (jdmb16a)and MarkusMaximus's threads, they have already done the most amazing things along these lines, you will find everything you need in there!

Look forward to seeing another build progress!

[Val]

Cheers, i have read peter's thread, it does cover his work in great depth. I've also seen a few other ED build threads around. I will no doubt be using them as a guide. I have considered restoring the ED the same way Peter has, however then i would be worried about leaving my car everywhere, as i am now with my other car. Hence, coming to a conclusion i will be leaving the outside stock, and working on the engine/suspension, as i need my cars to handle well even for daily driving.

[markismaximus]

Haha building EDs must be contagious. If you do a build thread please change the thread title. It's a little too similar to mine. Cheers

[tseesinngwailo]

Just give it a name, Peters is Blue Streak, I think MArkisMaximus's is silver, so that can be Silver Bullet haha, i cant see pics at work, so can't think of a name until I see the colour

Makes me sad in a way I got rid of my ED, but at least the car drove away under it's own D15B injected power.., but thats OK, once the move to a new house happens around the end of the year, I will be doing an S600 restore, and it's either gonna be White, or Red.

Maybe we need a new category on Ozhonda, the ED build one??

[Val]

This one had to be towed had to get a trailer and use the winch to put it on. Plus the tyres were deflated to 12 psi so it wasn't that easy to push. I pumped them up on the way home and now its easy to push around.

Also tried to make a build thread, but couldn't post there for some reason. So i'll just continue on here.

[Val]

Alright so it started with me being sick of my old white civic sitting in the drive way for the last 2 years. It had a front end accident, i wasn't at fault, but the guy who i hit refused to pay and at the time i was a few weeks out of insurance. So for me to get my money i would have to drag it through court, and having done alot of work at the courts i know what it costs, meaning I had to cut my losses.

Anyways, i had to borrow a car trailer as chances were the car i would be buying wouldn't be drivable/out of rego. The first one i had a look at ran, but had shitloads of rust and body damage.

The second was alot better body wise. It didn't run, but thats why i had the trailer. Loaded it up and was a big drive home (about 2 hours). I was carefull with the trailer, but not having much experience with towing it took a bit of getting used to. Taking corners wide, gear down to slow as breaking alone wasn't adequate. The worst thing was going down the hill! Got death wobbles once haha had to drop it down a gear and speed up down the hill to pull it straight.

Here's the tow rig i used and the 'new' car.





bit of a bump:


Here's the inside:


its not pretty, but the one in my donor car is damn near perfect.

Standard shit under the hood


And here's the donor car:


pretty dirty under the hood. Went on about cleaning up the front abit

[Val]

In the mean time, here's the daily im driving around lol:

[m.o.d.aus]

LOL whats with supra drivers owning honda's ? haha
Your deffinately heading on the right track!
And from your plans should be an awesome daily.
JUst hope you don't 'rice' it out like the while one in the back ground haha
PS. Nice supra

[Val]

lol we were all young once haha. Nuh with the new one im going for more of a sleeper look, im even thinking it looks better with the faded paint and dents
cheers!

[m.o.d.aus]

True true, i'm still young so i got that as a cover haha.
Sleeper ftw! Plus the low attention means that you shouldn't have to worry too much about it being stolen or the like.
Good luck, wish i could follow the current trend of ED resto's just dont have to cash

[Val]

Opened up the sump to drain the oil, some nasty shit came out.



Then started removing everything i could see that was stopping me from pulling the engine out. Some of the bolts were rusted to the body, i wrecked a T-wrench trying to undo them.



Off to bunnings to get a nice Sidchrome 1/2" drive breaker bar, extension bar & various adapters. Thought it was time to get myself a nice set of tools.



Also bought an engine lift/hoist. Had a bit of fun putting the thing together.

Pic of the engine, almost ready to be pulled out.



I removed the drive shafts and had transmission oil go everywhere. Just letting you guys know be prepared for it haha. I pulled the drive shafts out and then put all the rest of the suspension together. I need to drop the car back off the stands as i need to hose out the engine bay after the engine is out, and then the garage as there is oil everywhere. I've laid down some plastic, but it seemed to have gotten under and its been carried around on the shoes.

Also started stripping the interior. Had a bit of a guess about removing the steering wheel, there were 4 bolts on the back side. I put a camera there and took photos to see what it looked like and then had to get a long thin screw driver and feel out the bolts to undo them. Also found undoing the auto shifter cable bit tricky. In the end, all i had to do was with the shifter apart was to unscrew it.

Also took out the whole dash out. I didn't like the look of the early model civic dash with the emergency lights on the steering stork, im gonna pull out the dash and seats out of the white (91) civic and put them in.

Here's the interior: