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[badpenny]

I hope not to jinx it by posting, but I, hopefully, will be aquiring a sedan for relatively cheap this weekend. Its on ebay, (don't bid on it) and relatively close to my house.

My plan is to first get it running. Its an automatic, and from what I have seen there isn't much wrote up on what to do with an automatic. The only upside is the fairly decent interior.

After I get it running, My plan is to swap the head for an Si, now instead of keeping it carbed I want to yank all the vac stuff and make it FI, which means that I need a fuel pump and the corresponding wiring for the enginebay and the leads for the computer and the fuel pump. But now after seeing this post, I want to utilize the d16a1 automatic ITB and ECU.

Now if my hypothesis is correct, it should pass smog and, Run. If it does work it will make one heck of a daily driver and write-up. But if it doesn't then I have one heck of a story to tell.

[OVNi_CIVIC]

no no autOO

[JEFFtheJ00la]

well you know who to call when you need it transported. the sears in the shopping center that i work rents trailors and dolly's now...

[badpenny]

Well this stinks I emailed the guy and let him know when I was wanting to pick it up. (5 days ago) No response, and the add said,buyer must make all arrangements for shipping and monies collected immediatly at auctions end. Not to happy about this I have a dolly rented and a 6 hour window to collect and I feel he is dicking me around again.

[hoopty dx]

you should go to his place and jack that sh!t

[OVNi_CIVIC]

humm...that sux.. al the more reason to get one with a manual tranny

[badpenny]

Got annoyed and became a stalker and called everyone that he listed as a reference in his forsale post and said "HEY, I won the bid and he ain't talkin, WTF." The tow guy who was mentioned was PO'ed that his name and number even showed up on the FS post. He was more than happy to give me the info. I now go to pick it up in 3 hours.

[badpenny]

This is now my official build posting.

Just got back and man. The pics in my gallery will be updated. The interior is one of the cleanest I have ever seen. The vinyl roof liner will need replacing due to it setting for the last 3 summers.

My plan is to make it a LXi. Theoretically it can be done. As soon as I get the adapter plates I am set.

Initial inspection of the car has not tossed any red flags (yet, I am still inspecting it) I am out to make this one heck of a people hauler. Eventually.


Hey Nivek, do you want a center piece that says civic on it. I'll trade you for yours. Mine has no chips or signs of heat stress.

[1986CREX]

Do er up badpenny... you got my support and if I lived in that area I'd be more than happy to loan ya an extra pair of hands n arms. Wait! When I move to Houston in Dec. I'll be about 4 hours away. I COULD lend you those arms n hands after all. As long as you'll do the same for me when the '86 gets it's facelift

[badpenny]

Do er up badpenny... you got my support and if I lived in that area I'd be more than happy to loan ya an extra pair of hands n arms. Wait! When I move to Houston in Dec. I'll be about 4 hours away. I COULD lend you those arms n hands after all. As long as you'll do the same for me when the '86 gets it's facelift

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hell yeah bro. ya got it. We might have to have a Centerville meet or sumthn for all the Texas members. Why cuz its centrally located exept for OVNI. Even though he lives near an airport that he can fly Southwest for cheap and non stop to any place in texas.

[1986CREX]

I'm really excited about moving out there. UTI, a Texan girl, away from this place of vast nothingness, and now BADPENNY?! hell yea... I was made for Texas, but can Texas handle me?

Hey Badpenny if you use MSN or Yahoo hit me up.
Y!: jonathan_king_of_n0where
MSN: [email protected]

ok I'll stop whoring your build thread

[OVNi_CIVIC]

We might have to have a Centerville meet or sumthn for all the Texas members.  Why cuz its centrally located exept for OVNI.  Even though he lives near an airport that he can fly Southwest for cheap and non stop to any place in texas.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hey pay for my airfair

[badpenny]

We might have to have a Centerville meet or sumthn for all the Texas members.  Why cuz its centrally located exept for OVNI.  Even though he lives near an airport that he can fly Southwest for cheap and non stop to any place in texas.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hey pay for my airfair

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I will start a group buy. "The OVNI needs to find a better bathroom across Texas" charity and you could start a write up on everywhere you fly and the people you meet and any spotting of ............. Bah. Forget it. Youre probably too busy to leave your 3 jobs and the car projects to bother.

[OVNi_CIVIC]

hahahaha
so true, but now that im working in the school district i have paid vacations maybe a meet over winter break....

where's the build update!

[badpenny]

Yesterday I got up, the wife went to work and asked me to take care of some stuff. This made me so MAD, I couldn't go back to sleep. So I put like 4 hours into it yesterday between 10am and 2pm (I work nights)

I wanted to see if it had any front end damage due to the painted bumper I was suspicious.

The bad: 6lbs of leaves in the engine bay.(still haven't gotten all of them out) Radiator needs to be flushed (no cap) I am going to pull and clean just about everything that needs maintenance. Wiring AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I don't know what they thought they were doing but UGGGHHHH. No breather cap. No oil cap. Found a 3inch long black fuzzy caterpillar, Parts of a squirrel Carb, and intake is dismantled, missing nuts.

The front end: Has slight frame damage in core support (typical of hitting a barricade with a bumper at 2 mph) the passenger side of the core support is pushed out maybe half an inch. The drivers side is pushed in at the base of the core support about as much, there is a small wrinkle in the sheet metal.

I will take pics of these to show how I correct it. Unfortunatly before I got to working on it I could not find my camera. Thus the reason I am just now posting about it.

The bumper. was being held on by 2 large bolts on the fenders. Painted to match the painted bumper. Gotta get a new one. The corners are bad. the passengers is good but the drivers is busted. Blinkers need to be replaced, I am going to suck it up and purchase a set of clears off ebay. The head lamps are good except the chrome on the passengers side had been replaced with RTV sealant and had snapped. The drivers side is good though.

Thats about it. I slept all day today and didn't get out there. As soon as I get a couple of days off I will put in a lot more time on it. But as it appears this week I am pulling doubles at work and wont get around to it till next weekend.

I will probably have enough time to just clean out the engine bay.