My '89 CRX Si Progress Thread

[ef legacy]

YAY! Rubbers!

[jessi00]

Damn straight. Honda rubbers FTW!!!

[SohcsR4feet]

That's some expensive rubber I'm sure

[rallypoint_1]

Congrats on that hunt D...good stuff!!!!

[dmlemus]

^^^Thanks guys!

I went to check out the car in the beginning of February and pretty much remained the same from the last visit.
Some of the dings on the quarter panels seemed to be getting some attention. Very minimal body work by the looks of it.
Antenna and rear nozzle have been have been welded shut. Interior is pretty much sanded down and ready for primer.
Work has also begun on the welded areas on the engine bay.








Still going to look like an engine bay. Just the welded holes will be smoothed out and nothing else.





I'll be checking the car out tomorrow morning, so hopefully I remember to take my camera and take some pics of the progress. lol

[SohcsR4feet]

Me likey so far! I just hope this beauty is all done when ever I decide to go back to cali again. I only got to sneak peaks of it last time

[rallypoint_1]

Looks good Dani!! Where are you going to run the fuel/brake lines and harness?

[my91tealhb]

D,

Hope none of those feathers end up on you new paint job? Whats up with all the feathers?

[rallypoint_1]

I just noticed all the feathers too. Ya, whats up with that?

[jessi00]

whats up with that quarter panel rail? Is it gonna get painted? WTF you call that stripped!!?? Half ass job if Ive ever seen one, thats it this build has gone to shit I just rated this thread one star F THAT!!! Garbage!!! Im flabergasted at the atrocity I saw today!!!

OHH and the feathers lol How do you think Danny is paying for this that guy is plucking his ass every time he visits

[dmlemus]

Originally Posted by SohcsR4feet

Me likey so far! I just hope this beauty is all done when ever I decide to go back to cali again. I only got to sneak peaks of it last time

For sure dude! Come down whenever.

Originally Posted by rallypoint_1

Looks good Dani!! Where are you going to run the fuel/brake lines and harness?

A hole will be made at the bottom of the firewall close to the small bracket that holds the brake lines (bracket will be removed). It is the small bracket that is right above the crossmember and close to the front sway bar. Harness will be running next to the L-bracket practically. Still thinking of going mil-spec.

Also, the prop valve will be relocated to the cabin and new lines will be made coming from the 1" ITR mc, so two small holes will need to be drilled out on the firewall to enter the lines inside.

I still need to go over the fuel lines though.

Originally Posted by my91tealhb

D,

Hope none of those feathers end up on you new paint job? Whats up with all the feathers?

Originally Posted by rallypoint_1

I just noticed all the feathers too. Ya, whats up with that?

What feathers? lol

Originally Posted by jessi00

whats up with that quarter panel rail? Is it gonna get painted? WTF you call that stripped!!?? Half ass job if Ive ever seen one, thats it this build has gone to shit I just rated this thread one star F THAT!!! Garbage!!! Im flabergasted at the atrocity I saw today!!!

OHH and the feathers lol How do you think Danny is paying for this that guy is plucking his ass every time he visits

the thread went to shit cause the rail hasn't been removed. hahahahahaha...

[ef legacy]

If you place the prop valve inside the car you will have an awful lot of plumbing/holes to make to mock up the system. I think you should go milspec on the harness.

Two lines comig from the M/C to the prop valve. One line back out to the front left brake one out to the front right brake.
Then what will you do about routing the two hard lines to the rear brakes? Route them through the car (floor pan, yuck) and then cut two more holes to ge them out of the car to the calipers?

Seems like a lot of work.... And holes.

[dmlemus]

Originally Posted by ef legacy

If you place the prop valve inside the car you will have an awful lot of plumbing/holes to make to mock up the system. I think you should go milspec on the harness.

Two lines comig from the M/C to the prop valve. One line back out to the front left brake one out to the front right brake.
Then what will you do about routing the two hard lines to the rear brakes? Route them through the car (floor pan, yuck) and then cut two more holes to ge them out of the car to the calipers?

Seems like a lot of work.... And holes.

There will only be a total of 4 tiny holes to be made when relocating the prop valve, firewall(2) and front brakes(2). Hard lines already run stock aside the floor pan to the back brakes on a CRX and go through existing holes. I won't have any issues there. All you have to do is flare the lines and add the new plumbing where it will meet the prop valve at its new location. The Rywire kit already brings everything you need to relocate the prop valve; lines and plumbing. You just have to supply a flare tool.

Eh, I don't mind the work as long as it is a clean setup. I've already made 12 big ass holes inside my car for the roll bar. 4 additional tiny holes to relocate the prop valve? that's nothing.

[dmlemus]

So it took about 3 months to receive my custom oil dipstick from Hardware. I cross-checked it with my stock oil dipstick and it the oil reading lines up perfectly. Only thing is with these is you cannot touch it with your bare hands when it obviously hot. Aesthetically is a nice piece and well crafted. Worth the wait in my opinion.

[ef legacy]

Ahh i didnt know you had a relocation kit. That made life 10x easier. Dont mind my rambling then....