kacivic

I will be sending a pm/email to everyone who had asked me for parts. Thanks for your interest, but it turned out after having the car back in my possession that circumstances were different than I was led to believe.

Free stuff listed first...

13" steel wheels, 2 decent tires, 2 dead. free if you'll pick them up. dumpster gets them in 1 week.

front and rear '86 si seats, gray. fabric is coming unstitched at seams, but all seats free if you want to come get them

a/c components - when i get them pulled i'm probably just gonna trash them. let me know if you need anything (doesn't currently have a charge, don't know if there's a leak)

red center tail light panel. one of the reverse light lenses has come loose, don't know if it can be fixed. free + cost of shipping if you want it.

stock shifter. free + shipping.

center console - its got the cd/cassette pocket at the very front. i'll get some pics. don't know what it's worth, but make an offer if you're interested


cat in the background of first pic very lightly used, but free to a good home also, i have the piece that broke off of the front console section, don't know if it could be fixed, but also have the plastic cover that goes on the very back.

rear cargo privacy cover. very good shape, make offer (i paid around $50, so please no less) pics here soon too


if anyone has any front corners in good shape i need some ('86)

So... last sunday my wife's integra got hit. found out that insurance has decided to total the car and they'll give me 4200 or i keep it and get 3200...

Found a 4 door civic for her for 2400, so looks like i've got a b18b to drop into my car...

i guess now i'll be looking for a set of mounts, cable tranny, axles and an hf radiator...

i guess with the exception of the stress this has caused her, this has been a pretty good week!

pics of the teg...

Ok, I don't yet have an actual plan for my car, but I've decided that her journey shall be chronicled (if that's really a word...).

I purchased the car with 209k miles. The owner was asking $700, but the car had been sitting for 8 months, so naturally the battery was dead. Rather than coming to this conclusion, he assumed the starter was bad and told me he was dropping his asking price to $500. A simple jump start and we were on our way.

The bad:
-front end damage

-bad brakes

My first goal is to get the car to stop well, and then we'll see about making it faster.

First off, keeping track of what I've spent on this car:

Vehicle Purchase: $500

Brake Master Cylinder: $90
Brake Booster: $75
SS brake lines: $45
Brembo front replacement rotors: $48
EBC Green Stuff pads: $57
Integra rear calipers/brackets: $50

Front right fender: $40
Sunroof glass: $75
Rear Cargo cover: $20
Taillight center piece: $40
'91 Prelude seats: $80

If I can find a set, I'd like to put some 15" Honda/Integra LS mesh wheels on it.

Ok, so had my EW4 G3 for about 2 weeks now, and I think I've about gotten the brake issues resolved. Should just be a minor adjustment on the brake booster rod, then w/ my Brembo rotors and EBC green stuff pads & integra rear disk setup, I should be able to stop reliably.

So, now it's time to give her a little more "pick-up". It looks like my main options are to try and yank a D16/tranny/axles/etc. out of the local junkyard and retire my 210k ew4, or just mod this. That debate I'll be having with my wife... but anyway, I'm not looking to spend a ton of money, but have just a few (i think) pretty basic questions to start off...

Header options: What i've found so far are a Pacesetter header and a Chikara (hedman) header. Both of these are a 4-2-1 design and should bolt up directly to my existing exhaust setup w/ no major modification. Both are also right around $150 (really cheap for Honda headers, in my experience). So then my question is, are there any other options available, and what would be my best bet.

Intake options: Does anyone make a custom fit cold air style kit for this car? I haven't been able to find anything yet, but it looks like it shouldn't be hard to make my own. I'm kind of leaning towards relocating my battery to the trunk anyway, so I think I should have plenty of room to make my piping fit.

Suspension options: I've followed most of the links for parts listed in the How-to section, but it seems that most of the sites listed are manufacturer's websites and they don't actually sell the parts on those sites. I'm looking for a pretty simple rear setup that will lower the car about 1" and give a slightly stiffer ride. Are there any specific setups that you guys recommend?

I don't know much about front torsion bars and their stiffness/lowering capacity/etc. but I will do a search on that specifically before I ask any specific questions there.

Also looking for strut tower braces and sway bar options.

Sorry for making this such a long post, but it seems that there is not much of an aftermarket easily accessable for these cars. I've got a 1988 Jackson Racing catalogue and wish I could just order parts directly out of that. I'm gonna call them probably within the week and see if they still make any of those parts...

Anyway, thanks in advance for your paitence/help