James' Civic Rebuild Thread + High Power ER Motor Theory

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Postby James » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:37 pm

Very tidy motor Dean!

Slowly making progress, the roof is all faired and ready for final prime. The rear 1/4s are ready for final sand and then basecoat. The Engine bay should be getting painted, like actual paint, this weekend! Then I can put the engine back in, and have a break from the monotony of sanding.

This is what $1200 (!!) of painting stuff looks like!!

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Bloody base coat is about $130 a litre.

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Postby James » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:27 pm

Engine bay and interior are painted, so some major steps in the right direction. Most of the filling and fairing is done, mostly just sanding, a bit of priming and then painting to go.

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At the moment just organizing a bunch of parts to go off and get black powder-coated, and I am getting my entire bolt collection cleaned up and re-plated so they will be as good as new.

I have also chosen my wheels, and I am going to buy those some time this week.
http://www.konigwheels.com/Konig-Home/Konig-Passenger-Wheels/ECO_1-TITANIUM
The lightest, affordable 17" wheel I could find, getting them for $600 NZD new.

When I get the bolts and the powder coated parts back it will be time to start putting installing the engine and doing the wiring :D
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Postby James » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:35 am

Didn't end up getting those wheels, got some different Konig ones, here is a Photochop of basically how I want it to look very soon.

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These wheels
http://www.konigwheels.com/Konig-Home/Konig-Passenger-Wheels/STARLITE

Only 6.8kg in 17x7, pretty light for cast wheels. Cost me $800NZD

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Postby James » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:47 am

New addition to the family:

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Postby turbocab » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:55 pm

Haha I am trying to convince the missus to buy an sti,so I can drive it

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Postby James » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:18 am

Hah good luck! They are nice to drive, love that subie rumble and they are a great compromise of comfort and handling. Feels good to be driving a boosted car again!

On a rebuild related note, I got my parts back from the power coaters yesterday and they look amazing, highly recommend it to anyone rebuilding their car. I got:

Crossmember
Swaybar
Pedals + Pedal box
Bumper mounts
Engine mounts
Bunch of little things

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Amounted to 20 parts I think, and it was $140 nzd from http://www.powdercoatingnz.co.nz/

Was about $5 each for the little parts. $25 for the cross member, $15 for the swaybar.

Also my whole bolt collection and door hinges and a few other parts have all be stripped an re-plated which was only $40 at http://www.zincandchrome.co.nz/, which is their base charge for up to 20kg.
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Postby civic_zr » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:55 pm

Thats a very sharp price! up here I paid $210 for exhaust manifold, turbo dump pipe, and a heat shroud

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Postby James » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:43 pm

Is that for ceramic coating tho? Power coating would just burn at exhaust temps wouldn't it...

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Postby aja540i » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:10 am

I would hope it's ceramic for that price, I only paid $120 for 4 wheels powdercoated!
Yep, powdercoating will melt right off an exhaust manifold way before it gets to max. temp.

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Postby James » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:46 am

I should add my powdercoating price included sand blasting everything.

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Postby AVJOE » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:44 pm

updates??

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Postby James » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:14 am

Bought wheels.

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Got all my bolts and everything back from the platers.
Sanded and primed the roof and the slam panel.
Started sorting out the wiring.

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Postby civic_zr » Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:45 pm

nice project

had a laugh about CYB693 in the background of the other photo - has long since between repainted - sold - rebought and wrecked

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Postby James » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:52 am

Haha yup that picture is a few years old now, considering my car has been off the road for 4+ years now.

Planning to do some more painting, and some work on the city suspension this weekend.

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Postby James » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:09 pm

Guards filled and faired:

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Hole for key lock in door:

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Patch:

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TIG Welded up and ready for fairing:

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Found some ugly rust underneath the drip rail :(

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Probably going to have to fabricate / have fabricated two new drip rails / gutters. They are a fairly complicated piece of sheet metal.

Door and guards primed up. Guards should be ready for colour after a final sand. Door needs a bit more love.

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