Haunted CA3's Honda Accord 2.0Si Exclusive

[Steve_Si]

Well here is one of the rarest types of sedans ever made. A Honda Accord CA 2.0Si Exclusive.

It's work in progress, I'm sure Haunted CA3 can tell you lots more about it.

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[Cheeseburger]

wow nice!!!!

[A18A]

i want that car :O

[Hazwan]

mad tyte JDM yo!

[Sporno]

that would look nice with the VIGOR grill , and the yellow fogs..... i love dem yellow fogs

[mushroom_toy]

Outside looks nice but....

[carotman]

IT needs a little TLC but it should be a nice project.

What brand of exhaust header is that?!?

[Civic Accord Honda]

wow beautful
needs a a bit of work on the interior but other then that beautful

[thegreatdane]

sweet car, too bad the leather is a bit worn. does it have climate control or digital dash?



What brand of exhaust header is that?!?

x2

[Hauntd ca3]

hey there
Cheers for the remarks.
the panel work looks better in the pics, is 20 years old after all.
same with the leather.
dont have climate or digi dash.
Dont like the digi dashs anyway.
had to loose the air con to put the headers on.
Ran it on a dyno and makes 105hp at the wheels.
gettin a bit tired i think.
Sounded mean as hell tho at 6500rpm.
as far as i know it has mild mugen cams and chip.
Egr disabled as well.
Interior just needs a dam gd clean

[Hauntd ca3]

Sorry carotman
headers are by autobend in chrisrchurch, new zealand.
cost me $200

[MessyHonda]

105hp to the wheels...man my a20 makes 109 with just a intake, exhust and cam gear.

[AccordB20A]

105hp to the wheels...man my a20 makes 109 with just a intake, exhust and cam gear.

blacktop b20a for the loooooooooose get a gold top hahahaha. anyways thats a nice car, aint seen a 2.0Si in the fixed headlight format before, let alone a exclusive 2.0Si. The interior does need a clean out but thats what happens when your cars your daily driver. you would prolly spew if you saw my car currently. full of rubbish, shit everywhere, one of my doors doesnt have a skin on it and my stereos hanging out.

Whys steve got the pics of ur car for anyways???

Did you get those extractors custom made?? are the tuned for the engine?? My mates got a guide on tuning the runner lengths for power where you want it and im going to get custom ones made for peak power at 6500rpm

105whp? i wdnt know what a stock b20a should put out whats your 0 to 100km/h time?? mines 6.5 - 7 seconds depending on the air temperature. and my engines stock and tired......

[carotman]

Mugen ECU huh? I would reaaaallly like to see that.

If you ever get a chance to snap a picture of the ECU, feel free to post it here :D

[AccordB20A]

Mugen ECU huh? I would reaaaallly like to see that.

If you ever get a chance to snap a picture of the ECU, feel free to post it here :D
i missed that^^^^^

yeah feel free to post it to me!

if you wanna know that u have mugen cams take your crank sensor or dizzy off and look at the ends of the cams. they should have the lift and duration printed on them i think. definately pull up your seat and take the lid of your ECU and get a pic of whats inside it.

otherwise you cant really tell. your cars 5 speed aye.. i cant see a kickdown cable coming off the bracket so it must be... did you convert it

[Hauntd ca3]

Will try have alook at the cams in the weekend. ditto for the ecu.
I know the guy who sold me the car and he worked as a salesman at the local honda dealer for years.
He suspected that it was fiddled with in japan before it came here.
just he way it drives and dosnt wind up until 5000rpm, it dont bother me whats n it. have blown up two left side cv's so it must have some decent power.
I didnt give it 100% throtte on the dyno which is fifty years old and not terribly accurate.
Cam belt is due to be replaced and is few thousand kays overdue for a service.
Better safe than sorry.
headers are just an off the shelf item for a gen 3 prelude si.
stevesi posted them for me cause i'm a complete idiot when it comes to this
fangled internet thingee,gimme an engine/car to play with anyday

[carotman]

headers are just an off the shelf item for a gen 3 prelude si.
stevesi posted them for me cause i'm a complete idiot when it comes to this
fangled internet thingee,gimme an engine/car to play with anyday

Oh ok. That's what I got too. The front pipe needs to be modified and the flange a bit too in order to fit. I wan wondering if it was an actual item made for the Accord.

[AccordB20A]

have blown up two left side cv's so it must have some decent power.


my car likes blowing right side CVs. I have a BA1 lude axle in mine currently cause the last one died. but they only die when u abuse them.
give ur car a tune up and then dyno it :):) Dont let messy have more whp than you in his a20a :P thats shame on every b20a owner on the board :O :P

[MessyHonda]

my car likes blowing right side CVs. I have a BA1 lude axle in mine currently cause the last one died. but they only die when u abuse them.
give ur car a tune up and then dyno it :):) Dont let messy have more whp than you in his a20a :P thats shame on every b20a owner on the board :O :P


its ok....on friday i will dyno again...with videos this time.

[Hauntd ca3]

Yeah i did convert it from an auto, mite also explian lack of power.
Not sure if honda detune them for the auto tranny.
As for the headers, I had to lose the air con because the hugh pressure line from it would have run straight thru number one primary tube.
Didnt have to mod anything else tho.
i think i mite have hurt it on its dyno run tho.
When i finished,It stalled and was abitch to restart.
Possible crown seizure but i hope not.
jUST REMEMBERED, the god damn fuckin mechanic who done the last cam belt fucked up the cam timing. Cant remember if he fixed it but will check it this weekend.
I remember seeing two sets of timing marks when i snapped the last belt
and the factory ones didnt line up but the other set did.
bloody idiots some of them are.

[AccordB20A]

the ecu is different in the gold tops. i even noticed the power increase when I swapped to a manual ecu from the dumb auto one i had been using forever. im sure there may be some difference in the cams as my auto b20a that had a manual engine on it ran like shit till i swapped the cams for some out of an auto then it worked better. but being a blacktop yeah i dunno i dont specialise in blacktop b20as aparently they are less powerfull and therefore ftl.

you snapped a belt? hope the engine wasnt running at the time otherwise the valves will be bent and letting air in when it shudnt be. i agree when mechanics do cambelts they allways seem to be one tooth out at least on one of the pulleys, i do all mine myself now. its awesome having the knowhow can do :D

[AccordB20A]

pics of his valve Cover. Shiny aye. i dont thinks complete yet...

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[MessyHonda]

mirror shine it

[Hauntd ca3]

not going to get to flashy with this one
is more a trial runn than anything
once i can fig out how to post pics
i have some more of my progress on the body work
and have started to sand my alloys for painting even tho i dont know if i'll keep them yet
am thinkin bout 17s

[AccordB20A]

not going to get to flashy with this one
is more a trial runn than anything
once i can fig out how to post pics
i have some more of my progress on the body work
and have started to sand my alloys for painting even tho i dont know if i'll keep them yet
am thinkin bout 17s
emailed you with some tips on posting, hope you can sort it out. otherwise mail me your images and ill post em up.

[Hauntd ca3]

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3888/honda004hd5.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=honda004hd5.jpg)http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3888/honda004hd5.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=honda004hd5.jpg)right, hopfully this one worked
sould be my cam cover back on the motor
sorry bout the size guys, still havnt figured how to shrink them down

[AccordB20A]

swet. lucky we have broadband

[Hauntd ca3]

cheers for the help aaron
am wrapped can do that now eh
found rear shock bushes
ef civ ones are just bout identical
only the crush tube is diff and only needs trimming by bout 3/4 mm each end
have some frunt uca urethane bushes on order aswell
only like $40 for both sides
now can do it will post pics as i get the in
and i run vista fuck it all
old pc had xp but the motherboard went poof and got this one with vista premium given to us
so will i need a vista photo resizer or is that one you mentioned compatible with vista?

[2oodoor]

what kind of header is that?
and no homo jokes but how long is your dipstick...lol
seriously, my B20 is missing the dipstick and I see yours appears to be missing.. I was going to use the A20 dipstick but with 4 qts it still reads short.

[Hauntd ca3]

they are made by autobend here in nz
for a poolude si and 4-1 with 2.25 inch collector down below sump gasket level.
dip stick is there, just behind the cc cable which will go in the bin today i think
will check the measurement and get back to you later

[Hauntd ca3]

dip stick is bout 320mm from where the rubber seat sits on the dip stick tube to the high mark and prob nutha 15-20 mm to the end of the stick roodoo

[AccordB20A]

vista should have its own image resizer. i suggest you PM forrest89sei he knows all about windows pissta

[Hauntd ca3]

heres one of my nice straight bonnet
that wee dip at the front of the bonnet bulge took friggen ages to get righthttp://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1382/honda010wg9.th.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=honda010wg9.jpg)
agian sorry bout the size
hope you all have a good broadband connection so it dont take to long

[Civic Accord Honda]

sweet!

[AccordB20A]

good good i recon.

[Hauntd ca3]

now for the nasty bithttp://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2899/honda3009jl6.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=honda3009jl6.jpg)
this is guna cost a few bucks to get done, but the guy doin it is an absolute friggin artist

[A18A]

i remember i had a rust hole like that, i just rivited a piece of metal behind it and stuck body filler over it, though that was just to get a wof, i didnt really care lol. getting it done properly is always good

[Civic Accord Honda]

i remember i had a rust hole like that, i just rivited a piece of metal behind it and stuck body filler over it, though that was just to get a wof, i didnt really care lol. getting it done properly is always good i still remember that haha

[AccordB20A]

i have a rust hole the same as that but guess wherre it is?? on the INSIDE where no water can get to it. talk about cheap japanese shit metal fault lol

[Hauntd ca3]

But wait... theres more!

[Hauntd ca3]

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2590/roaringmeg003ir3.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roaringmeg003ir3.jpg)
the old girls had a punt in the back some time in its life and this is the result.
is a bit along the bottom of the boot opening aswell and int the lh front door under the bump strip

[AccordB20A]

damn you have rust up there? never seen that lol but some of the cars i have seen allways have dents up there.

even my car has rust done the bottom thats not fixed yet lol

[Hauntd ca3]

looky what i got todayhttp://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9086/hondasusp003ea9.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hondasusp003ea9.jpg)
have some rear shock bushes for a ef civ at work am modding to fit aswell

[A18A]

man those look nice~!

[Hauntd ca3]

What happened to my pic?
was there last night!
nice urethane front uca bushes
of course 5 min later they show up.
that dam server must be on the fritz gain
you eatin at the computer gain matt

[Hauntd ca3]

actually managed to get something done todayhttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondawheels001.jpg
horrible old curbed wheel
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondawheels002.jpg
nice better lookin wheel
just gotta give it a few coats of colour and clear it
then only 5 more to go

[A18A]

cool! I was gonna paint my wheels today too, but i didnt have any paint lol

[Steve_Si]

5 more coats?!? I hope you dont curb it again :P

[Hauntd ca3]

five more wheels
just chucked a few coats of primer and a few of the same grey as the one below.
so four more wheels to get to this stage.

[AccordB20A]

cool. and yes it reminds me ti paint my wheels on my gfs car. one dau i guess. good to see you have done some work on the beast

[2oodoor]

new life to bunged up wheels ftw!
I used a surface prep tool to mine to get those nicks out before painting. It is not sandpaper but abrasive disc resembles scotchbrite but way more durable.

[A18A]

our cars are gonna be like twins when they're done lol what size tyres are those? i cant tell from the pic (i must have shitty eyes) oh yeah i would advise putting your rego back on hold, seems to have expired 7 months ago

[Hauntd ca3]

the tires on it are just some shitters i had lyin round the shed.
they're 195/60 or 65/15
only 7 months ago, means i still have 4 and a bit to pay it up to date lol

[AccordB20A]

better do it too otherwise it will lapse and ur car will be useless

[Hauntd ca3]

gotta reg the dd SIR first.
it will be done tho, it will be done
have given up smoking so that'll free up some cash

[Hauntd ca3]

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaupdate005.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaupdate007.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaupdate008.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaupdate006.jpg
finally got some thing done to the old girl
moved coil from near brake booster to the chassis rail
threw the cruise control and dumped the air con compressor
scuse the mess
sanding filler and primer makes a mess as you all know
font end is finished for paint bar a few nicks on the bumper and the post hole to fil up
hopefully of to have rust removed in the next fortnight

[AccordB20A]

at least your still working on it, should be a good finished project

[Hauntd ca3]

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/th_hondavidoes001.jpg (http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/?action=view&current=hondavidoes001.flv)
hope this works
please excuse noisy child

[AccordB20A]

sweet sounds like it runs mint

[Hauntd ca3]

and this
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/th_hondavidoes002.jpg (http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/?action=view&current=hondavidoes002.flv)
this thing hasnt started in two years and all it took was a couple fuses that pilferd for something else

[Hauntd ca3]

got some stuff done today
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress004.jpg
windscreenout
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress001.jpg
aint that clean
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress014.jpg
reason to take window out
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress005.jpg
ph3 soon to be for sale when i get my poolude ecu
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress006.jpg
majority of an interior and a rear screen
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress002.jpg
showing her naked arse
she's off for rust removal next weekend
guy doing it used to work restoring classic F1 cars so he's GOOD!!!

[A18A]

nice stuff!!! good to see some progress!!

[Hauntd ca3]

just cleaned up the urethane from the window frames
a couple wee rust bubbles but it aint through the metal so sweet
a good clean up with a stripper wheel and some rust killer and she'e good

[AccordB20A]

good work, i notice your car only has a heater not climatye control? its an easy swap maybe you should go to a junkyard and swap itt

[Hauntd ca3]

threw my a/c bits away so it wouldnt really be climate control.
just heading out to clean the frames up now
might even remove the dash to save getting dust and shit in the vents

[AccordB20A]

i got no ac and mine works fine. i have a NZ new AC radiator delete for my heater boxes under the dahs, Autimate weight reduction!

[Hauntd ca3]

LOOK! NO SUN ROOF!
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress001-1.jpg
the extent of sun roof rust, no much considering the rep these have for rusting
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress002-1.jpg
got most of the window frame cleaned up to. no more to be replaced than i thought, so cool!

[AccordB20A]

sweet now weld that sunroof hole up lol, Man your doin a HEAP a work there

[Civic Accord Honda]

yeah should swap the roof skin from an accord with out a moonroof, ive seen it done before not to hard. just drill out the spot welds and pull it offf and weld teh new one in

[Hauntd ca3]

i like the sunroof so i think it can stay.
only took it out so i dont have to mask it all up, and i have the roof lining out
took bout 2 minutes.
dont care if it weighs 10kg

[AccordB20A]

yeah why not keep the sunroof i found it good for throwing things out of hehe its niot like you cant pull the weight you dont have a d series in there lol

im trying to equalise my weight addition by reducting. i have all this heavy audio gear so im removing things to make it weigh back to stock lol

[Hauntd ca3]

anuther days work,bumper,headlights,bonnet and guards off
rust round screen not to bad bit is a wee bit at rhs top mudguard mount which was expecting coz the rhf got a mitsi galant in it a while backhttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress003-1.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress006-1.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress005-1.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaprogress001-2.jpg

[AccordB20A]

Licence expiry: 2008, April 11th (expired more than 11 months ago)
Latest licence issued on: 2007, April 12th at 11:52
Licence type: X (Exemption)
Continuous licence: Yes

PUT YOUR REGO ON HOLD

[Hauntd ca3]

might get on to that tomorrow eh

[A18A]

good to see you have put it on hold!

[Hauntd ca3]

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaaccord010.jpg
got bored at work today so polished the oil catch can
not a bad shine for marine grade aluminium

[AccordB20A]

neato man!

[Hauntd ca3]

minor updates
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magoo012.jpg
there's an accord there somewhere!
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magoo013.jpg
headers awaiting painting
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magoo004.jpg
block a bit cleaner after killing a tooth brush and 2 cans of degreaser
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magoo003.jpgnice shiny cam cover. gave up on polishing it . have also painted cam gear cover

[2ndGenGuy]

Aww your car looks so sad all being used as a parts bin. :(

[AccordB20A]

cool stuff man but yeah get ur a into g and get that car repaired haha

[Hauntd ca3]

am also working on gettin the boot lid nice and straight and the spoiler smooth enough for my liking so can paint it.
have freed up the seized bonnet hinges, sand blasted and painted them also.
am making a point of spending an hour or so each night on her at the mo.
as we all know, doing up a car is all in the small detail and the leg work.
yes it duz look a bit sad under all the parts, but they only there coz i had a booze up in the weekend and needed somewhere to put all the bits instead of having a garage covered in parts for drunk people to stand on. its not like i mind if the paint gets scratched at the mo eh.

[Hazwan]

Block isnt clean enough :p

[Hauntd ca3]

it'll do in the mean time i thinks hazwan.
will be steam cleaned after the car is painted
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondastuff007.jpg
just painted the headers in a ceramic paint today
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondastuff006.jpg
boot spoiler with a few coats of dulon for filling scratches etc.
a bit of sanding and a few more coats and she'll be good for colour

[AccordB20A]

cool stuff dude

[A18A]

headers are looking mint

[Hauntd ca3]

just had to see what the motor looks like with he painted headers,cam cover and timing gear cover. not too shabby eh
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaheaders006.jpg

[MessyHonda]

clean

[AccordB20A]

looks pretty good mate (Y) i shd really box up that intake for you. man im lazy haha

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah, ya might just have to do that eh man. will give me a chance to clean the back of the motor with out having to climb under the car. am going to have to make a bracket to mount my catch can on with the b16a inlet on it.
dont have to tell me bout lazy, i havnt done anything to the car in a few weeks.

[AccordB20A]

haha its all good. your slowly getting there, you will be happy when you can drive it again.

[Mellexx]

Block isnt clean enough :p

:repost: Haha but yes it needs more cleaning :p Hopefully you'll get it back up soon :D

[AccordB20A]

updates?? hurry up and get it working again!!

[Hauntd ca3]

work started again
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/morehonda004.jpg
sort of started on the boot awhile back
sum total of dents on the passengers side
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/morehonda003.jpg
no more windows or trim so i can blow some primer on in a week or so
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/morehonda002.jpg
want happy with the bonnet so started again
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/morehonda001.jpg

oh and still waiting for an intle mani and g top ecu :)

[Hauntd ca3]

dont you just hate finding shit like this
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondadoor001.jpg
more cancer to kill

[Hazwan]

I've seen worse but yeah hate them.

[AccordB20A]

rust in places like that really sucks ass

[Hauntd ca3]

the useless panel beaters that fixed it after a chick crashed a stop sign and hit the rh front wheel, used acid cure rtv behind the hinge and it ate the paint work as you can see.

[Hauntd ca3]

the lastest work done.
removal of rear susp for a bead blast and repainthttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarearsusp003.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarearsusp001.jpg
just need a toe adjustment bolt and 1 control arm bush and she goes back in.
well, once i take the tank out and finish undersealing

[A18A]

hell yeah that's looking mint, top stuff (Y)

[Hauntd ca3]

got bored so decided to take the inlet off and see how the itbs will lookhttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/quads2003.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/quads2004.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/quads2002.jpg
you can see there will have to be a small manifold made so they will fit and a relocation or deletion of the engine stabiliser.
going to try and fool the ecu and see how it runs first, if it sux, megasquirt are cheap

[A18A]

sweet!! makes me regret selling mine even though mine where only silver top ones. how well do the ports line up?

[Hauntd ca3]

not perfect but nothing a short manifold wont fix.
the injectors are 12 ohms ones so will be bypassing the injector resistor, modding the tps to fit ,and since the blacktop runs map sensor, the toyota manifold is set up for going straight to the factory honda map.
just got to figure out how to work an engine stabiliser

[A18A]

cool. just need a front engine mount that wont rip apart under load & you should be able to get away with not having that torque rod there

[AccordB20A]

looks awesome br0, shame its blacktop bearing runner motor parts on another blacktop but im interested to see the finished result if you actually go through with it :):)

[Hauntd ca3]

an dust what do you mean by that aaron? i've got this far so i may as well keep going with it eh. dont worry bout the b16a mani at the mo eh.

[AccordB20A]

okay its still going to be here tho

[Hauntd ca3]

this is a copy of the 4age gasket with the b20a one over the top. you can see the diff in the bits coloured in with sharpie. this is one reason for needing to make a short manifold.http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/quads3003.jpg
the other reason is that the toyota manifold wont get closer to the head than the end of the mani studs, and the fact that those thin wee grooves you see come one from each runner and meet up at the rubber hose at the top for the map sensor. the holes on the other side of the injector cut out are for the pcv hook up. one end of teh manifold is going to be the same as the honda flange and the other will be the same as the toyota on. am going to port the injector cut outs as much as possible , just because they are going to be a couple inches further away from the valve head than i would prefer.http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/quads3007.jpg

[Hauntd ca3]

YAY! won an auction for a Microtech standalone ecu yesterday.
NZD$800 for ecu and handset controller.
will be just the thing for running the itb equipped b20a.
only bitch is its mapped for an mitsi evo 6.5 so will have to get the tuning done from scratch.
will post pics as soon as i pick it up

[bullard123]

Cool. Great news man! I'd like to see how this ecu works with the B20A

[speedpenguin]

This thread's been around for years, and somehow I missed it.

Well great stuff. (subscribed)

[Mellexx]

Sweet man can't wait for more updates

[AccordB20A]

sweet your getting there!

[Hauntd ca3]

dropped off the itbs and the remains of the honda manifold off at the fab shop today, should have a working manifold back in a day or so.
talked to the local microtech ecu agent today, and since its programmed to run an evo motor and use mitsi sensors, i'll have to have it sent back to the manufacturer for reprogramming to accept the honda sensors etc because of the diff signals. thats gunna cost me a couple hundy but is still cheaper than buying the nz made equivilent ecu.
hopefully have pics of both up by the end of the week

[Hauntd ca3]

got flash new ecu today!http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/microtech002.jpg
and i like the look of the standard inlet port enough not to touch ithttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/microtech003.jpg

[A18A]

lol i notice in a lot of your pics theres always a woodys bottle lying around. that ecu is pretty small!

[A18A]

lol i notice in a lot of your pics theres always a woodys bottle lying around. that ecu is pretty small!

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah , there are the odd woodie bottle round eh.
i do enjoy a drink while winding down in the garage, and beer makes me bloat.
the microtech is pretty small eh.
duz heaps tho
will do sequential injector fire, sequential 4 coil set up, anti lag, launch control, flat shifter,vtec control, boost control up to 28 psi, injector pulse width in 100th of a millisecond intervals.............
and te fact that its only 2 years old, not 20 odd, modern electronics are great for being so small.
i think i could prob fit the whole ecu in the mystery black box with no worries.
on a shitty note, the fab shop wanted like $600 to mod my manifold to suit the itbs. ummm not fuckin likely i thinks.
so i went and bought a die grinder for match porting it all up, and i will be getting the welding and machining done through one of our out work suppliers at work for a quarter of the price.
might take a wee bit longer but will still get done soon.
am going to try and start wiring in the microtech loom into the honda in the weekend i hope

[AccordB20A]

awesome stuff

[Hauntd ca3]

have just about got the toyota-honda manifold adaptor finished.
just got to tidy up the port shapes a bit more.
got my paint organised today.
bout $600 for everything i need to do the job.
base coat,clear,primer, thinners,degreaser and sand paper.
already have compressor and gravity feed spray gun.
am looking forward to many late friday and saturday nights in the garage doing panel work.
cant wait to get it all together and running again.

[A18A]

sweet, that sounds like fun. take heaps of pics of the painting process :D

[Hauntd ca3]

will do eh.
still abit of panel work to do, but now the weather is warming up i wont be so worried bout freezing my nuts off being out in the garage.
was meant to get the paint today, but the paint place didnt have enough jet black to get the colour right. so it will be monday instead.

[AccordB20A]

fir enough, then you can come do mybodywork and paint, cause i HATE that sort of shit haha

[Hauntd ca3]

i find panel work is quite relaxing and rewarding.
you concentrate on what you are doing and get to see the end result.
next car after this will be either the SiR or my dads" soon to be mine" 1957 jag mk 7 sorry aaron, otherwise i would. i need a holiday eh

[Civic Accord Honda]

body work is very enjoyable take heaps of pics :S

[AccordB20A]

im glad you enjoy it, that means your going to do a good job :)

Im just going to simply sand, and paint, dents can stay haha

[Hauntd ca3]

i plan on having fun with it and hoping it will look a fair bit sharper than the day it rolled off the line, and with the microtech and itbs it should go a fair bit harder than that day as well.
am still trying to track down a front lip for it so i can make it look just right

[Hauntd ca3]

picked up the paint today!
started work on getting the bonnet nice and straight. fuck i hate big flat panels.
bloody hard to get looking straight. going to blow some primer on it in the weekend and give it a sand to see how good my eye is.

[A18A]

mint, how much was the paint?

[Hauntd ca3]

$567 including.
4 liters colour. desert silver mist in the resene santano colour book
4 liters clear
4 liters primer
2 liters degreaser
20 liters thinners
4 rolls masking tape

[A18A]

oooo so it's getting repsrayed a differnt color to stock? does 4 litres cover all the bits like engine bay, under side of bonnet, door jams, and so on?

[Hauntd ca3]

nah, its staying its standard, or as close to standard as the paint guy could match it .
thats just the name in the resene santano book
i gave him the fuel filler cap and he went through the colour book and matched it as close as he could.
its so close that you'd be hard pressed to pick the diff.

[Hauntd ca3]

minor update
dropped off the radically shortened remains of the honda intake manifold off at the engineers to have the runners milled flat today.
with any luck i should have it back tomorrow or thursday which means i might be able to have the flange welded on before the weekend :) so should have a nice set of 4x 45mm throttle bodies on the motor by next weekend!!!!!

[Civic Accord Honda]

ftw :thumbup:

[AccordB20A]

good to hear, all this on a stock engine?!

[Hauntd ca3]

yes , all this for a stock engine.
i could get some big cams etc but the front suspension would miss out on new shocks and a caliper overhaul.
and it would be nice to see just what can be squeezed out of a standard motor.
was hoping to pick the manifold up today but it wasnt finished at lunchtime , so hopefully tomorrow.
spent lunch break cleaning up the quads and the toyota manifold.
is all nice and shiney now

[AccordB20A]

lets see whos motor makes more power yours or mine :P

[A18A]

mine of course :)

[Hauntd ca3]

is that a gauntlet being throw down there boys?

[AccordB20A]

i dont even know what that means haha

[Hauntd ca3]

is that a challenge?
got the milled manifold back today and dropped it off to have the toyota flange welded on
sholud have it back tomorrow
YAY!!
should have it bolted up for pics on saturday, just to show off of course :)

[A18A]

looking forward to seeing that (Y)

[Hauntd ca3]

so am i eh
a mate in canada told me how to make trumpets for them, so i think that may be one of the next projects :)
is nice having a lathe and a press at work to do such things

[Hauntd ca3]

got the manifold back from being welded today.
spent my spare time at work tidying up the ports with the die grinder.
have it sitting in place at the mo, and to tell the truth i just want to sit in the garage and look at my handy work its just so sexy!
and since i just feel like being an arsehole, i'm not going to post a pic til tomorrow.
and i cant find my camera so i couldnt if i wanted.
it is THE SEX tho

[AccordB20A]

meaannnnn pics ftw..

[Hauntd ca3]

hope you all find these exciting
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaitb2002.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondaitb2001.jpg

[AccordB20A]

looks miiinntttttt now make it run ;)

[A18A]

yeeee boi thats flash as

[Hauntd ca3]

have to get it milled again since it warped when being welded, a bit more porting and that will be finished.
then have to make a throttle cable, make a fuel line, block off some coolant lines,get a new pcv valve, since i broke the old one taking the manifold off,make 2 / 1 adaptor for the brake booster vac hose, get some toyota injector and tps plugs, have the microtech reconfigured,wire the microtech in and have it tuned, all while finishing the body work and painting it.
so hopefully be running in less than a year.

[AccordB20A]

thats mint good work for a car that was nearly de-reg :)

[Hauntd ca3]

speaking of which, i think i prob owe ltsa a couple months of reg now.
think its suspension lapsed in june or july

[A18A]

most of that stuff should only be easy (Y)

[AccordB20A]

Licence type: X (Exemption)
Licence expiry: 2010, March 15th (expired 5 months 3 weeks 1 day ago)
Latest licence issued on: 2009, March 16th at 12:50
Continuous licence: Yes

you owe them a good 100 bucks there

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah eh!
might pay that next pay.
but in the mean time at work, i've been making the former on the lathe to make up some trumpets for the itbs.
will hopefully have a prototype trumpet tomorrow to show you all :)
oh and got some foam sock airfilters to suit the trumpets as well

[Hauntd ca3]

here is some hard core B20a pornhttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/snowandhondaitbs006.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/snowandhondaitbs010.jpg

[MessyHonda]

broken links

[Tdurr]

pics work for me.

cuz i just came.

[A18A]

those look so damn cool. now throw away that black box that's still sitting in your engine bay :D

[Hauntd ca3]

made the trumpets myself. just trial fitting before i weld them up properly tomorrow.
the black box will go soon.
the microtech has its own map sensor

[AccordB20A]

Looks good but you need to tidy those spark plug cables a bit (Y)

[Hazwan]

My buckets!!!!!!!!! OMG so sexy

[Hauntd ca3]

dropped the adaptor manifold at the machine shop to be milled flat since it warped during welding, they are also going to TIG weld the trumpets up properly.
and i picked up some nice new HT leads as well

[A18A]

new ht leads, how much did they cost?

[AccordB20A]

and pics

[Hauntd ca3]

new ht leads, how much did they cost?

my cost, $70 for 7mm eagle leads.
and i'm not putting them on til its ready to start so they dont get all dirty

[A18A]

haha sweet, i remember looking up how much honda wanted for them, they wanted some stupid price like $240 for a set

[AccordB20A]

very true, i bought the cable and connectors seperately from appco to build my set of new leads, 8 or 9mm y0

[mykwikcoupe]

damn you beat me to a working set of ITBS on a b20a. A few questions for you though. Why did you seal the stock injector location and keep the ITBs position instead of the other way around? What ITBs are those, wow those leave a ton of room in the engine bay. The intake mine is replacing is one of the largest we can even install. Very nice

[Civic Accord Honda]

sexamusplatipus!!!!!!! bukets are everywhere.

[Hauntd ca3]

Sexamusplatipus indeed Eh!
takes all my will power not to slip MR winky in eh!lol

they arnt working yet, still have the ecu,injectors and tps to wire up,a few coolant hoses to delete and fuel and a couple other lines to sort out.
but i spose for all intents and purposes they are pretty much ready to go.
i only filled up the oem injector holes coz where the injectors would be is where the port spacings are the same, and also because the toyota injectors are 270cc and were with the manifold.
the itbs are a complete manifold and all set up off a toyota AE111 levin.
4AGE 20 valve black top motor.
the black top and silver top differ a wee bit.
the black top have 46mm throttle bodies and run a map sensor where the silver top are 44mm throttles and run an air flow meter.
it was a simple choice really, and for $200 bucks, a no brainer.
grand total, excluding the ecu is $350 nzd on the motor.

even with the trumpets and filters on, i prob still have 6 or 8 inches to the fir wall.
to tell the truth, i'm absolutely fuckin wrapped that its turned out like it has.
i looked at it as an experiment that might have cost me a few hundy if it didnt work out. and as luck would have it, its worked out well so far.

i could have made the leads for less $$ but for $70 it wasnt worth fucking around

thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated!
gives me motivation.

oh yeah, matt and aaron, will a gold top bolt straight in place of the black top? no mods at all?
a wrecker here has one i can have for $150 and it has about 150k on it.
has been there for years and he wants rid of it.

[A18A]

yeah it will bolt right in. if it's from a poolude, you might wanna swap the rear mount that bolts to the block/gearbox though

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah its a poolude motor, but for $150 i cant realy turn it down eh!

[AccordB20A]

yeah go for it just use all the mounts off your engine

[MessyHonda]

really impressive...tell us how you are tunning that engine?

[Hauntd ca3]

i have a microtech standalone fuel nd ign ecu to run it all.
am going to have to trailer it 2 hours up the road as there is no one in my home town that i would trust to tune it.
gong to keep the factory distributor and coil. will be using the toyota injectors, just coz they are heaps big enough for my needs.
i think for the small outlay, i'm going to get the gold top as it only has 90k on it.
it will prob go in at a slightly later date since i am going to do a mild port job and stick some bigger cams in it. i know i'll have to retune for new cams but since the base mapping will be done from using the black top, it shouldnt take to long

[guaynabo89]

looking good man. with that microtech you should be alright. Plus since theyre close to you any problems should be worked out quickly.

Cant wait to hear how this sounds. :D

[Hauntd ca3]

cheesr eh!
the microtech should be a great ecu for this motor, i know they have a pretty awesome reputation in the race and drag circles so it should suit me fine.
i still have to send the ecu back to them to be reconfigured to accept honda sensor inputs but thats not much really.
it dosnt look to hard to wire in which is a bonus.
once my tax refund comes in i'm going to get this gold top to go in it while i build up a hot b20a.
i'm looking forward to hearing it run to

[Hauntd ca3]

sory no up dates for awhile guys n gals.
for those that havnt read ny thread in OT, have bought a house and have spent every spare minute after work packing. all thats happen since last update is, i have the manifold finished, have trumpets finished and have half the rear suspension back in for the shift in a few weeks.

[Hauntd ca3]

an update at last, even nothing has been done aprt from a change of address.http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magooandcar048.jpgthe cars new abode. not quite as big as before , but its the last garage it will live in for the next 25 years.
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magooandcar046.jpgthe other thing thats been taking up my time.
would you believe this was written off and i've done nothing other than new front tire and bars to get it legal!!
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/magooandcar053.jpgand all i need to do is do a throttle cable and hook up fuel/wiring and a vac for the brakes and these are done

[Hauntd ca3]

just finished shortening the throttle cable to suit the itbs.
just have to solder the new wee tit on the end and give it a try.
going back out to pull the rear susp out again, and maybe the front so i can put my nice new monroe sensatrac shocks in.

[A18A]

sweeeeet

[AccordB20A]

soooooOOoOoo have you got the engine running yet?

[Hauntd ca3]

nah its not running yet.
still have to wire in the microtech, injectors and tps,make up some fuel lines and put the tit on the throttle cable yet.
but just put the itbs on for the final time,sorted the vac hose for the booster and cam cover breather .
had to shorten the throttle cable by about 2 feet so it looks right and works properly.
am in the middle of painting the house, so am only getting maybe an hour a night on the honda
and that dont go far doing a bit here and a bit there eh

[AccordB20A]

thats cool at least its getting some time haha. i shd get my ass into gear and get my cylinder head rebuild

[Hauntd ca3]

got the throttle cable finshed and on the car tonight.
with some minor tweeking of the pedal height i have full opening of the throttles!
no binding of the cable or linkages on the itbs.
my brother asked me if i can have the car finished for his wedding in november, so i have some work to be done.
watch this space

[A18A]

awesome. did you get your microtech all reprogrammed and stuff or whatever it was that needed to be done?

[Hauntd ca3]

still have tosend the microtec away, have been trying to do that all week, but have been to dam busy at work.
have been eating lunch while i work, its so busy.
organised the injector and tps plugs today, pick them up tomorrow b ut wont have a chance to put them on till next week.
have tires sorted out, the dunlop direzza dz101s that are on my SiR.
have organised the help for sanding filler and putting the car back together once painted.
just thought today that i have to convert the alt regulator to a 3 pin or a 2 pin plug since the microtec dosnt drive the fr or c teminals.
might run mine up at work tomorrow with out the fr and c teminals connected to see what happens.
its amazing how much motivation you get when your brother wants your car for his wedding.
also need a headlight and a rear brake caliper if anyone can help

[A18A]

don't lose your motivation lol. I has rear brake calipers too

[AccordB20A]

the alternator will work fine with the 4 pin regulator just dont hook up the 4th wire, has allways worked for me, but if you want to swap it anyways any old obd0 engine honda reg will work

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah, but which one.
the fr or the c pin?
being in the trade that i am, i have access to heaps of diff regs.
if i can find a reg that fits and that have just ign, light an sense pins i'm sweet as.
also found on the shelf at work full of exchange units. there is a number matching B20a alt.
handy for a spare me thinks

[AccordB20A]

i carry spare regs in the car with me now cause they like to fuck out haha. it must be just old regs dieing cause ive had one i got from a b16a alternator in my car and tis been good for ages.


the 4 wires that go to the alt are white/green which is the sence wire, white/blue which is the light black/yellow which is ign power for some windings in it and white/red for the ecu

[Hauntd ca3]

i found a toyota reg thats a perfect fit in the honda alt.
its a light,ign,sence type 3 pin and is all of $80 genuine denso.
requires a change of plug to suit but should work fine.
will post the denso number tomorrow.
been busy tonight.
have the exhaust and heat sheilding off so can do some undersealing.
and a trying to get the dash out coz there is a wee bit or rust at the top drivers side guard mount that requires the dash out to fix properly.
am hunting for screws now.
have got all the easy ones, now is the hard to find/get at screws and bolts

[Hauntd ca3]

why are honda such wankers as to hide a bolt behind to clock in the dash?
took me an hour and 3 beers to suss that one!
but have the dash out, and half the heater trying to find that last bolt.
checked out the main relay while i was there and its good as, but will still resolder it while its out.
just got to get the MIG from work and a bit of panel steel and the rust repairing can begin!

[AccordB20A]

haha all hondas have one dash bolt up there, some behind a vent, clock etc but theres allways one there. glad u found it, these dash's are easy to remove when uve done it 120 times

[Hauntd ca3]

got teh gas tank out tonight so i can finish the undersealing during the week.
good to see there is no rust under there, and the inside of the tank isnt all that bad either.
i guess having 15 liters of petrol in it and not being out in the elements helped keep the rust at bay.
back under tomorrow with the wire brush to get all the dirt nd crap off i spose.
would post pics, but have run out of broadband and am back to fail up connection :(

[A18A]

lol watching too much porn aye. I wish I had 15 litres of petrol in my car

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah, a bit was porn , but having a facebook happy wife and teenage daughter on holiday dosnt help.

[Hauntd ca3]

have all the rust cut out and patches all made up.
just need to grab the MIG from work and will be done on that front.
with some help from my brother i might still be able to paint at easter.
have been tidying up the wheels and they are ready for painting and then fit the direzza's from the SiR on them.
have bout 2 ft of the underside to underseal and can put the tank,rear susp and exhaust back in.
still waiting for a rear caliper tho.
progress at last!
oh, and found some headlights for it for 160 for the pair.
so i have a spare passenger side one

[AccordB20A]

mean so the car is still progressing. need more pics!!

[A18A]

woops forgot about the rear caliper. i should pull that off my car already

[Hauntd ca3]

am going to a busy boy this year
have to have the accord back on the road for my brothers wedding at guy fawkes and have my apprenticeship done by xmas.
will post some pics soon eh

[Hauntd ca3]

at last i've started work on the old girl .
have just been doing some filler work, cleaning up some trim bits, started to wire the microtech, a bit more undersealing, new alt to batt cabling.
have about 5 minutes welding to finish the rust repair work.
still waiting for a rear brake caliper and a pcv valve tho.
will start running stereo cabling this weekend with any luck as well, depending on what else i get done during the week.

[AccordB20A]

good to hear you have started to make progress finally lol!

[A18A]

still waiting for a rear brake caliper and a pcv valve tho.

oh shit i keep forgetting

[87roach]

good to hear you have started to make progress finally lol!

x2!

[Hauntd ca3]

now i'm off the drink, i've been out there all but 1 night doing stuff.
it actually feels good to be sober, which is something i thought i'd never hear myself say.
i think tonight is going to be a door night

[87roach]

Good for you man, really good :)

[2ndGenGuy]

Fuckin' A! Good stuff! Also PICS! :D

[fmn716]

another rusted ca3 lol

nice work need latest pics

[Hauntd ca3]

unfortunately there has been no work for a month now, is a bit hard to get motivation when its -2 degrees in the garage at night . now its warming up a bit some more will happen.
have just caught up with an old school mate who is a gun welder and will do the rest of the rust repairs for a toyota motor and gearbox i have lying round.
dont think it will be finished by november, but wife is 3 months so want to have it finished for the new kids ride home

[Hauntd ca3]

work is finally starting up again now the weather has turned good.
have a bunch of wee bits at work that i'm bead blasting and painting.
have finished undersealing the rear half of the car and have the rear suspension back in.
have some 13 inch alloys of my brothers old nissan sentra on it so i can finish stripping and painting my 15's and so that the 15's dont get paint on them when i finally get round to painting it.
just have to wait a few weeks til the guy doing the rust repairs has some room in his garage.
have removed the remains of the evap emmissions set up and have the hose hook up for the itbs sorted.
just need to make some fuel lines and they are finished.
am just plodding away on wee thing til the rust is done and can finish the panel and paint.
will get some pics up later in the week.

[AccordB20A]

great stuff. your rego stil on hold? lol

[Hauntd ca3]

great stuff. your rego stil on hold? lol

as far as i know its still on hold, may have to pay a bit to bring it back up to date tho eh

[Hauntd ca3]

righto, since today was quiet at work, i pulled my front shocks to bits.
bead blasted and painted the fork bits at the bottom, cleaned up the springs a bit and put it all back together with some nice new shocks.
the best part is, the thread on the shock shaft is longer than the oem ones, so they pulled up nearly half an inch shorter, a bit extra lowness for free!
also pulled on of the front calipers to bits for new seals etc,andfound the pistons are nice and pit mark free, no rust in the bores and not even a rip in the dust seals.
will pull the other to bits tomorrow and get a seal kit ordered.
sorry no pics, camera is flat and cant find the charger
work still continues albeit slowly, but it is still moving along

[A18A]

schweet. progress ftw

[gfrg88]

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/images/smilies/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pics.gif

[Hauntd ca3]

well today the rust was all replaced with nice new steel.
will post pics soon

[obdriver6]

A rust free CA3 is a happy CA3!

[AccordB20A]

picspicspicspicspics haha

[Hauntd ca3]

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarust004.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarust003.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarust002.jpghttp://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarust001.jpg
heres a few pics of the areas where rust has been removed. still a bit of shaping to do round the tail light to get the line right, but not to much

[A18A]

even making the unseen bits look nice, mean

[Hauntd ca3]

Oh god how i hate repairing bonnets!
am now on the 3rd attempt at getting that bit above the honda badge right.
would buy another bonnet, but have no money so have to fix what i have.

[AccordB20A]

is there a dent there? mine has one there too and other places from being taken away by the wind one night. good to see your still at it!

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah there is a dent there, from some arse hole pushing down to shut the bonnet to hard.
the rest of the bonnet is flat as and looking good.
and bar the bonnet and 2 other wee dents, all i have to do is sand it down and i can prime the whole car

[Hazwan]

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/h4untdca3/hondarust001.jpg

Looks like a lot of fun getting the shape to look good. I hate working on corners like that!

[Hauntd ca3]

sorry, no picks this time but they would be a waste of time.
with any luck, i'll be blowing some primer on the shell tomorrow.
spent most of the arvo and evening til now finishing of the final few wee annoying dents and have spent the last few hours wet sanding it all down ready for the gun tomorrow.
so with any luck i'll have a primed up shell tomorrow night and the colour on the shell next weekend.

[AccordB20A]

progress is starting to move now. mint

[Hauntd ca3]

after a long period of no work on the old girl due to boss having secondary cancer and having to work stupid hours to compensate for being one trades man down, finishing the last couple exams in my trade cert ( yay , am now officially qualified ) painting the house etc i've finally started work on the girl again.
have had to redo the right rear due to sitting to long without paint on it, surface rust was starting to show through the thin bits of filler.
keep giving me a hard time guys so i will get stuff done instead of playing with my other new toy.

[2oodoor]

:slap: jab jab give her some 3 geesus love mister...!
Good to see you check in, life is life or it would be boring.
Sorry about the bad things going on but its good you're making progress where its important.

[AccordB20A]

Slacker!

[A18A]

iirc, i was supposed to send you something ages ago but i never got around to it and i can't remember what it was. and yeah, shaping those corners is a shitty job!

[Hauntd ca3]

iirc, i was supposed to send you something ages ago but i never got around to it and i can't remember what it was. and yeah, shaping those corners is a shitty job!

a pcv valve it was.

[AccordB20A]

motor done yet?

[Hauntd ca3]

just gotta wire the injectors, and make fuel lines to suit.
then get ecu re configured and its go.
so not really much further ahead

[AccordB20A]

pics?

[Hauntd ca3]

dosnt look any different to last pics

[AccordB20A]

haha sweet.

[Hauntd ca3]

should i spend 10k on a new motor bike and a few more guns, or build a real fuck off, wont idle at 2k motor?

[AccordB20A]

you could build a motor like that for less than 10k ahaha

[Hauntd ca3]

could do a motor that wont idle for free eh!lol
i miss my bikes, i want more guns but they are harder to hide from the wife, also want 200whp N/A B20a .
pulling the motor would give me an excuse to repaint the engine bay and hide some wiring etc...
just dont want to blow up a rare as fuck b2k5.

[AccordB20A]

buy an LSD. im gunna get my ITR diff "machined" to fit into mine.

[Hauntd ca3]

tried looking for an lsd,no one wants to split a box for one. all want at least 2k for a box, so that puts paid to that idea for the mean time.
also, had a talk to a cam shop today, 272/264 regrind, 350+gst and 160+gst for springs. not to bad.
just waitng to here back from engine shop bout price on pistons,rings etc etc.
found big injectors, 2jzturbo items are a straight swap for the black top ones in the itbs, 440cc so no lean out problems there eh.
righto back to the garage

[Dr_Snooz]

Are you looking for a used lsd from a scrapyard?

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah, i have ben talking to a wrecker that we use at work. no one wants to part with just a diff which sort of sucks.
on another note, pulled the head of the old girl last night, because i am going to give it a freshen up.
honda cant do me pistons in first over size, and because of there daft parts program, cant give me a price on b16a pistons cause i dont have a vin to look up a part number.
a local engine builder wants 1500 dollar for a set of wiseco forgies, to which i told him to get bent.
can any of you yanks give me an idea on price and availablity on .020 over pistons?
i did see some srp forgies for b18a/b on the net for bout 500usd which sound ok to me.

[AccordB20A]

wish i knew what was done to my motor. it apparently has some variety of high comp pistons in it

[Hauntd ca3]

whoo hoo, found some h23 h beam rods for $150. need bolts tho

[AccordB20A]

long time no hear. STILL havent finished your motor. geez

some arp rod bolts wont be too badly priced.

[Hauntd ca3]

yeah, still round.
just wait til you have 3 kids and a mortgage man, cars come down the list a bit.
for some peace , i've taken up hunting to get away from life.
cant hide from the wife and kids in a garage eh
still plodding along on the old girl.
waiting for some skim coat filler to turn up for all the imperfections in the body.
got some 2k primer ready to seal the body work.
had a guy sort the bonnet out so she's pretty dam straight.
but, now its winter , the garage is bloody cold( tis southland after all) so the multi fuel gets more attention than the car
motor and gear box are out, motor off for a measure up prob next week to decide on how far i need to bore it.
head is clean as and just waiting for new valves and springs to arrive so can put it back together.
also, b18a head gasket, same as b20a or no ?
if so, jap race supplies have gasket sets for like 250 bucks.
is great if they same, just charge it to work account
have guy organised to tune it on the dyno at SIT
he's a tuner thats decided to go teaching, so that cuts the $$ per hour for tuning in half.
and my wife works at SIT so may get it cheaper still.
and he's a microtech approved tuner to boot which makes it even better

[AccordB20A]

thats good you have a plan. cant wait to compare dyno sheets :)

[Hauntd ca3]

found some thing nasty while at work today.
pulled the sump and girdle off and found big arse flakes of what looks like copper or brass in the sump.
got the rods and pistons out and looked at the bearings, all good. buggered but not the source of the flakes.
am thinking i may have a spun main. hope like hell there is no crank or block damage. will find out tomorrow i spose.
pistons are going in the bin and prob the rods as well since they are pretty bloody weedy looking and dont know if they'll hold up terribly well past 200hp.
but since found some h23 h beams for stuff all, they will prob be history

[AccordB20A]

thats no good. lets hope its not spun a bearing and just worn one