Hello, I'm Shuudoushi, nice to meet y'all.
Now that the intro is done, onto to the fun bits!
Around 2 years ago, I bought my first teggy, a USDM 1991 GS 3-door (Da9) with a little over 200k on the OD. And the most rednecked USDM B18B1 swap I have ever seen... For this reason, I nicknamed my car "Franky". But hell, I only paid 1500 (USD), so not much skin off my teeth. And it's a 20 something year old car, I knew it was going to need work.
Franky's motor seems to have come from a 94~95 USDM Integra LS. The wiring is a mess... There is still wires that I have no idea what their for, but I'm scared to cut any of them for they might kill me... The piss poor wire jobs that I have fixed was a random power wire, I guess it was for an amp at one time? That ran from the fuse box on the driver side, under the rear seats, under the passenger seat, and ending behind the center of the radio din... Why they didn't just run the wire behind the driver side kick panel then down the middle of the car to the amp? Not a clue...
Franky had some idle issues that was fixed by taking the TB off and removing, what I think at least, was some bits of rubber jammed into the fast idle valve and a port on the TB itself. This also fixed a few other issues, like bad mpg.
About a week or so ago, Franky's dizzy died T.T But I had a "spare" in the trunk! So Franky lived again for about two days... Then when checking the timing, the rust filled dizzy that I put on it to limp it home, snagged for a fraction of a second... Intake cam jumped around 7 teeth... But it at least looks like I got lucky enough that the valves didn't get bent! Still need to pull the head off to confirm though...
Plans for Franky in the future:
Oh, and it may, or may not, help to know that I'm known as "The Mad Scientist" at local meets lol.
Quick links:
The test pipe issue...
The spark plugs issue.
The plan!
New stuff part 1.
Redneckin' done right.
The crank pulley incident...
The dizzy 'fix'
Franky's mod list:
Done by other people:
Lowered ~3 inches (unknown brand of springs, but feel cheese grade [Yeah... They were stock springs that were cut...])
B&M short throw shifter
Megan Racing stainless 4-2-1 headers
Full stainless exhaust (unknown brand, but I'm thinking it's Megan Racing)
B18B1 swap (Rednecked as hell) [Now Gone]
GSR Y80 with LS 5th (according to a previous owner) and hydro to cable clutch conversion (which I'm going to try to go back to hydro)
LS/RS cloth front seats (I'm guessing the GS leathers were ****ed)
Back lit white gauges and white cluster facade (the back lighting doesn't work on the gauges anymore, no idea why tbh)
16x7 gunmetal rims (I hate gunmetal, so if anyone wants to trade for some black ones or something, PM me)
"Stage two" clutch (at least the pressure plate is, unknown brand, but guessing ACT judging by the yellow pressure plate)
Aluminum crank/main pulley
A/C delete (done very badly...)
"Push button" start (again, done very badly... It's not as bad anymore...)
Some kind of ******* intake with a K&N high flow air filter jammed into the stock intake after it had the air box end of the intake ripped off...
Some kind of ****ed up battery setup using amp wire (mostly fixed)
Done by me:
OBD1 conversion (including 4 wire O2 sensor)
Radio w/ new speakers
A ****ty plastic Spectre intake... Same K&N filter though (it's better than what was on the car...)
Hood pins (the front of the hood got damaged and wouldn't latch all the way anymore...)
High flow cat (The guts of this thing got knocked out of it due to how low the car is, I'm using it as a test pipe now.)
Cruise control has been reworked to be a push button start
New accessory circuit
Drilled and slotted rotors
Ceramic compound brake pads
Re-loomed engine bay (it looks so~ ****ing much better now)
Loomed ECU harness and sub harness (for the most part at least)
JDM 9.6:1 B20B swap (Has a shocking amount of torque, I think the motor I got has aftermarket cams in it.)
Soon to be done:
ABS delete (that prop valve is a pain in the ass to find...)
Things that have been "fixed":
My engine bay before the time jump.
The "control panel" I rigged up do to the ******* way the starter is done...
The wiring behind the "control panel"
My cams after Franky jumped time on me...
Yes, I know my car is dirty, oh well, it's a project in the rawest form, deal with it :icon_twisted:
Don't expect any pic of the outside anytime soon, it looks like a turd, but I don't really care. I'm more of a "Go over show" kind of guy, if you will.
Now that the intro is done, onto to the fun bits!
Around 2 years ago, I bought my first teggy, a USDM 1991 GS 3-door (Da9) with a little over 200k on the OD. And the most rednecked USDM B18B1 swap I have ever seen... For this reason, I nicknamed my car "Franky". But hell, I only paid 1500 (USD), so not much skin off my teeth. And it's a 20 something year old car, I knew it was going to need work.
Franky's motor seems to have come from a 94~95 USDM Integra LS. The wiring is a mess... There is still wires that I have no idea what their for, but I'm scared to cut any of them for they might kill me... The piss poor wire jobs that I have fixed was a random power wire, I guess it was for an amp at one time? That ran from the fuse box on the driver side, under the rear seats, under the passenger seat, and ending behind the center of the radio din... Why they didn't just run the wire behind the driver side kick panel then down the middle of the car to the amp? Not a clue...
Franky had some idle issues that was fixed by taking the TB off and removing, what I think at least, was some bits of rubber jammed into the fast idle valve and a port on the TB itself. This also fixed a few other issues, like bad mpg.
About a week or so ago, Franky's dizzy died T.T But I had a "spare" in the trunk! So Franky lived again for about two days... Then when checking the timing, the rust filled dizzy that I put on it to limp it home, snagged for a fraction of a second... Intake cam jumped around 7 teeth... But it at least looks like I got lucky enough that the valves didn't get bent! Still need to pull the head off to confirm though...
Plans for Franky in the future:
- Do a FULL rewire of the car!
- RWD conversion + J35/J37 swap (and yes, I know how much work this takes, wouldn't be the first FWD that I've converted.)
- ABS delete (It's just 28 lbs of dead weight atm. Though, it is still good as a prop valve. If anyone has a 30/30 prop valve, let me know.)
- Chip the ECU with this kit
Oh, and it may, or may not, help to know that I'm known as "The Mad Scientist" at local meets lol.
Quick links:
The test pipe issue...
The spark plugs issue.
The plan!
New stuff part 1.
Redneckin' done right.
The crank pulley incident...
The dizzy 'fix'
Franky's mod list:
Done by other people:
Lowered ~3 inches (unknown brand of springs, but feel cheese grade [Yeah... They were stock springs that were cut...])
B&M short throw shifter
Megan Racing stainless 4-2-1 headers
Full stainless exhaust (unknown brand, but I'm thinking it's Megan Racing)
B18B1 swap (Rednecked as hell) [Now Gone]
GSR Y80 with LS 5th (according to a previous owner) and hydro to cable clutch conversion (which I'm going to try to go back to hydro)
LS/RS cloth front seats (I'm guessing the GS leathers were ****ed)
Back lit white gauges and white cluster facade (the back lighting doesn't work on the gauges anymore, no idea why tbh)
16x7 gunmetal rims (I hate gunmetal, so if anyone wants to trade for some black ones or something, PM me)
"Stage two" clutch (at least the pressure plate is, unknown brand, but guessing ACT judging by the yellow pressure plate)
Aluminum crank/main pulley
A/C delete (done very badly...)
"Push button" start (again, done very badly... It's not as bad anymore...)
Some kind of ******* intake with a K&N high flow air filter jammed into the stock intake after it had the air box end of the intake ripped off...
Some kind of ****ed up battery setup using amp wire (mostly fixed)
Done by me:
OBD1 conversion (including 4 wire O2 sensor)
Radio w/ new speakers
A ****ty plastic Spectre intake... Same K&N filter though (it's better than what was on the car...)
Hood pins (the front of the hood got damaged and wouldn't latch all the way anymore...)
High flow cat (The guts of this thing got knocked out of it due to how low the car is, I'm using it as a test pipe now.)
Cruise control has been reworked to be a push button start
New accessory circuit
Drilled and slotted rotors
Ceramic compound brake pads
Re-loomed engine bay (it looks so~ ****ing much better now)
Loomed ECU harness and sub harness (for the most part at least)
JDM 9.6:1 B20B swap (Has a shocking amount of torque, I think the motor I got has aftermarket cams in it.)
Soon to be done:
ABS delete (that prop valve is a pain in the ass to find...)
Things that have been "fixed":
- The push button start is at least no longer just a momentary toggle switch straight wired to the starter... It at least now has a real button and an inline toggle switch to keep me from bumming the starter while the motor is already running...
- The radiator fan is no longer straight wired from the fuse for the radio (btw, the wire WAS just wrapped around the fuse and jammed back in), it's now straight wired from the fan relay fuse using an "add-a-circuit". Still has the toggle switch, but it's moved to a better place for it now at least.
- The battery and engine WAS just grounded with some 6 or 8 awg amp wire... I replaced it with a proper battery ground cable, and a proper motor ground cable, both 4 awg.
- Fixed the HVAC blower - For some reason, someone cut the wires for the blower then twisted and taped them back together. Needless to say, the wires came undone again, I just used a crimp connector to fix it.
My engine bay before the time jump.
The "control panel" I rigged up do to the ******* way the starter is done...
The wiring behind the "control panel"
My cams after Franky jumped time on me...
Yes, I know my car is dirty, oh well, it's a project in the rawest form, deal with it :icon_twisted:
Don't expect any pic of the outside anytime soon, it looks like a turd, but I don't really care. I'm more of a "Go over show" kind of guy, if you will.