I'll play ;) Just your run of the mill Grocery Getting 4dr Integra

Just gonna warn you, this is going to be a very long thread as I am copying and pasting from my Honda-Tech build thread.

Well this started out as a stock GSR that I had intentions off keeping that way....well those intentions quickly turned evil lol

Car: 1994 Acura Integra GSR 4dr
Chassis Code: DB8
Car Name: The Grocery Getter
Project Name: "Project Shit and Get"
Goals: Mid 10s!

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Steve Wilson@ RGen Racing (thanks for the great tuning)
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Specs:
Bottom End
84mm Benson Sleeves
Pauter Rods
CP Pistons
ACL Bearings
ARP Main Studs
Polished/Balanced Crank
Moroso Oil Pan
OEM Oil Pickup
Type R Oil Pump
Rotating Assembly Fully Balanced and Blue Printed
Speed Theory Block Fittings
Torco Break in Oil SAE 30

Top End:
Full Port and Polish
Deburred and Re-Worked Combustion Chambers
01 ITR Cams
01 ITR LMA's
Crower Springs
Crower Retrainers
Supertech .5mm Oversized Valves
KMS Bronze Guides
BDL Cam Gears
ARP Head Studs
Golden Eagle Headgasket
Edelbrock Victor X Intake
Hondata Intake Manifold Gasket
Professional Products 68mm Throttle Body
Blox TPS Sensor
NGK Plug Wires
NGK Spark Plugs
OEM Cap/Rotor Button
Shaved & Powder Coated Valve Cover
(4) -10an Fittings Welded in Valve Cover
Vision Carbon Fiber Spark Plug Cover

Drivetrain:
Built by Mista Bone aka Tranzex aka Transbone
97 GSR Transmission
MFactory Helical LSD
MFactory Magnetic Drain Plug
MFactory Differential Bearings
Gear Speed Carbon Coated Synchros
Torco RTF Fluid
Go-Autoworks Braided Clutch Line Kit
New OEM 3/4 Slider (synchrotech FTW)
New Bearings/Seals/Dust Boot/Springs
Resurfaced OEM Flywheel
Cpmpetition Clutch Stage 5 w/Extreme Pressure Plate
ARP Flywheel Bolts
ARP Pressure Plate Bolts

Boost Goodies::
Precision 6262 Journal Bearing T3 Vband .82ar
Precision 46mm Wastegate
Deatschwerks 1000cc Injectors
Go-Autoworks Topmount
Go-Autoworks Hood Exit Downpipe
Go-Autoworks Dumptube
PWR Intercooler
HKS Limited Edition Black Blowoff Valve
Speed Factory 4 Bar Map Sensor
Go-Autoworks GT Series Oil Catch Can
Go-Autoworks Pro Series Black Oil Line Kit
Go-Autoworks Intercooler Piping Kit 2.5" w/Black Couplers
Autometer Sport Comp Black Faced Boost Gauge
AEM Uego Wideband
PWM Boost Solenoid
Hondata s300- Tuned by Steve Wilson


Fuel/Mounts:
Innovative Racing Mounts 85a Bushing (Powder coated same color as valve cover)
Full-Blown Twin Walbro Setup
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator
Aeromotive Fuel Filter
Edelbrock Pro Flo Fuel Rail
Jegs Liquid Filled CF Fuel Pressure Gauge 0-100PSI
Jegs AN Fittings (Black)
Jegs SS Line (Black)

Suspension/Wheels:
Ground Control Coilovers
Koni Yellow Struts
Skunk2 Upper Control Arms (Front)
Skunk2 Lower Control Arms (Rear)
LS Meshies (Painted Gold w/Silver Lip)
Kumho 712's 195/50/15

Cooling
185 Thermostat
C&R Radiator
SPAL Fan

Exterior:
2010 Infinity Midnight Mocha Paint

Interior
Quad-Pod Cluster Bezel and Clock Gauge Bezel
Autometer Sport Comp Black Faced Oil Pressure Gauge

Engine Bay
Shaved/Tucked
Kens Kustom Chassis Booster Delete
ABS Removed
Jegs Battery Relocation Kit
Jegs Remote Battery Terminals
Manual Rack Conversion
Energy Suspension Rack/Pinion Bushings
A/C Removed
Power Steering Removed

So far the best time ran is a 11.82@124mph with a slipping clutch, 16psi/pump gas/street-tuned!

Now lets get down to business:

Dec/26th/2008: I trade away my G22 powered EJ1 for this 94 DB8 straight up. The GSR is clean and virgin!! I put 1000 miles on it before even thinking about modding it just to make sure no little bugs pop up.






Jan/23rd/09: The building bug strikes!! I acquire my old CRX in a deal. I am to pull the motor and put it into an Integra and he gets to keep the turbo kit. In return I get to keep my old crx. After thinking about it for a while I decide to scrap that car and use the money and remaining parts for my DB8. Here are some parts off the CRX that will be going on the Integra.


Jan/31st/09: Today we got a little break in the weather finally. I had some suspension parts lined up in Cincy so it was time for a little road trip. 2 1/2 hours later I purchased this:







For those that don't know what your looking at its Ground Control Coilovers, Koni Yellows and Skunk 2 Upper Control Arms



Feb/13th/09: Realizing that the look of steelies on my car was making it look like shit, I decided to do something about it. I had a set of Integra Meshies laying around that were in need of tires desperately, so next step is to get tires. I decided to wrap them in Falkens. I think they make the car look alot better. It also makes me realize that its time to drop it

2/17/09: A deal pops up that I cannot refuse. I pick up a set of Pauter connecting rods for a hell of a deal.



3/13/09: Today I find a deal on pistons that better suit my needs. After some researching the 85mm pistons I had originally purchased just weren't right for me and my needs. ERL had a crackhead spring cleaning sale and had a set of 84mm 9:1 CP pistons on sale for a price I could not resist.

3/16/09: Realizing that my stock motor mounts are on their way out due to busted bushings and finding a good deal on a replacement set, I quickly pick a set up. I call Brian at swapshopracing.com out in California to see what kind of deal he will give me. Being a pretty good customer lands you baller deals lol.

I went with Innovatives 85a bushing and gold anodized coloring to give the engine bay that little Bling. These will be here in a couple weeks.

3/19/09:Today the man in brown makes another appearance!! My CP pistons arrived that I ordered from ERL in Indiana. I basically have everything needed for my bottom end now except for a donor block. Time to source one!!


3/25/09: Today I pick up my donor motor. I found a GSR motor locally for $500 bucks. Already got it disassembled today, found out that I need another crank because this one has been destroyed by a chewed up bearing. Already found another crank though!!






Motor is set to be shipped to LaskeyRacing in California next week if everything goes accordingly. It will take 4-6 weeks for the short block to be shipped back to me, but well worth the wait.

Just thought I would toss in a couple pics of my mounts since they arrived:





4/3/09: Suspension Day!! Today I head over to my buddies house to get my damn suspension on. I have had it for a while and honestly got tired of looking at it. Anyways heres the pics:













Its not at the exact height I want it to be but I will mess with it a little tomorrow before heading to get an alignment.

4/18/09:Got bored and painted my rims. Best part is the price tag. Only cost me 12bucks at lowes too lol. Even put the gf to work masking off. I tihnk they turned out good and I like em so **** what you think lol


1. Masked off and 1st coat of Gold applied over white primer





2. 2 Coats of paint, 2 coats of clear and unmasked




3. Back on the car

5/5/09: The stock oil pan is replaced with a Moroso. The advantage of the moroso is it is pretapped for turbo and has a oil temperature bung already. Also it sits higher then the stock pan so this will help avoid bottoming out on the pan.


5/9/09: Today is a great day!! I finally get around to shipping my block off to Laskey Racing in California to have it built. Included in the build will be Benson Sleeves, Polished crank, balanced and blue printed to 11k rpms, type R oil pump, bearings, ARP main studs, and all bottom end gaskets. Should be back in 4-6 weeks

5/11/09: Today the Moroso oil pan arrives. It is pre-tapped for turbo and oil temp gauge. On top of that it sits higher then a stock pan which will help avoid bottoming out hopefully



5/14/09:Today my oem oil pickup finally arrived. Also boredom struck so I busted out the old paint can and heres what became of it:

Remember my Moroso oil pan I got a couple days ago? If you don't heres a refresher:


Well like I stated boredom got the best of me and I did some painting:

In Primer



2 coats of gold applied



Stickers put back on and clear coated

5/15/09:Today the block arrived at Laskey. Upon inspection Mike discovers that my main journals are a little out of round. No big deal an align hone should solve this issue.

I also got around to painting my wiper arms. They were silver, now they are a nice black, nothing major but one of those little things that has been driving me nuts



5/26/09:My friend bought a set of Gold BDL cam gears but ended up not using them. His loss is my gain lol.




5/27/09: Originally I was going to send a head out to Laskey to have it built by Portflow. However I came across a baller deal a couple weeks ago and passed it up. I thought that this deal would be gone in a matter of hours, however I was pleasantly suprised to find 3 weeks later it was still around. So instead of passing it up again I jumped on it.

Enough talking lets get to the specs and pics:

-Crower Titanium springs and retainers
-KMS bronze valve guides
-Ferrea standard size valves
-OEM Honda seals and keepers
-01' ITR cams
-01' ITR LMA's
-Skunk2 cam gears
-STR silver cam seal
- Deshrouded & Polished Combustion Chambers
- Street Full Runner Port & Polish
- Back-Cut Valves
- Competition Radiused Valve Job
- Hand-Lapped Valves
- Vacuum-Tested Valve Seats
- Installed Valves, Springs and Retainers
- Deck Resurface to Spec
- Cylinder Head Deburred
- Base Flow Bench Test
- Final Flow Bench Test
- New Valve Seals

6/2/09: Game over!! Got word from Laskey today that the block I sent out is no good. So instead of trying to buy another block and paying to ship it out there I will just say **** it and part my build out and sell my car.


2hours later....I calmed down, talked to the gf who encouraged me to finish the ****ing car lol and have came to the conclusion that its party time. Mike Laskey is hooking me up with a block for basically free so I can finish the damn thing.

7/15/09: Buddy of mine calls cause he broke an axle in his car. Unfortunately for him he doesn't have the money to fix it, forunately for me I do lol. So I pick up a Professional Products 68mm throttle body for a crackhead price




8/24/09: After months of ups and downs with this build I get great news! My block is finished and coming home. It will be here friday so i'll post pics then



8/28/09: I get a voicemail at 7:03 am from FedEx. They are calling to inform me that they have a package supposed to be delivered to me on Monday that has arrived damaged. What might that pakcage be? Only my 3k dollar bottom end coming back from Laskey Racing in California!!!! They inform me that there is a tube sticking out the side of the box that appears to be bent up pretty good. So I will be going to local fedex as soon as the wife gets home so I can inspect it and see what damages they have caused yet again.

Hopefully its just the water tube on back of the motor because I have a few extras laying around the garage. Either way its a [crummy] deal that they handle stuff so carelessly. They told me they could have it sent back to CA to be inspected there and file an insurance claim....I have only been waiting 4 months for the damn thing.

Ill post pics when I get home later.

8/28/09: Well good news, it wasn't anything major!! Now lets get to the pics:

























Spec Sheet as far as Machining and Assembly goes:

Cylinder# 1 2 3 4
Bore Diameter 3.307 3.307 3.307 3.307
Clearance .0035 .0035 .0035 .0035

Piston Ring End Gap:
Top Rings .020 .020 .020 .020
Second Ring .021 .021 .021 .021
Oil Rings n/a n/a n/a n/a

Bearing Clearances:
Main Journal OD 2.1650 2.1650 2.1650 2.1649 2.1650
Vert Clear .0015 .0015 .0016 .0015 .0015
Crank End Play .008"
Main Torque 49lbs girdle.....56lbs end caps
Bolt Lube 30wt oil

Rod Jour OD 1.771 1.771 1.771 1.771
Ver Clear .0016 .0016 .0016 .0016
Rod Side Clear .008 .008 .008 .008
Rod Torque 50ft/lbs....(Pauter 3/8 diameter bolt)
Bolt Lube Oil

Note: Assembeled with ACL main and rod bearings
Note: <1lb force to spin crank
Note: <7.5lbs force to spin assembeled crank, pistons and rods at highest side of load
Note: 0lb additional breakaway for required to turn assembeled engine

Miscellaneous:

Deck Sleeves equal with deck
Pistons CP 9-1 CP rings, Dish Volume -11.1cc's
Rods Pauter 3/8"
Bearings ACL
Crank Benson 1010 OEM balanced and micropolished
C/R 9.15:1 with b18c5 stock head 42l.7cc's and .029 headgasket
9.3:1 with B18c1 stock head 41.6cc's and .029 headgasket
Rod/Stroke 1.582
Crank Run Out .0008"

New pics










9/3/09: Feeling like I haven't done much to the project later I decided to freshen some stuff up and mock others up. Painted the starter, alt and vtec selinoid. Also put head on block just to see how its going to look

Long block mocked up:




Starter, Alt and Vtec Selinoid painted:








Oh yeah painted vtec selinoid cap too:



9/4/09: Stock motor is now out!! Also picked up a Cometic headgasket

10/10/09: Picked up a set of ARP head studs, now I can finally bolt the head to the block




10/24/09: Boredom struck today!! I got tired of the block sitting on the engine stand with no head on it. I had the headstuds and headgasket laying around, just didn't have the free time to put it together until today. Just need timing belt tensioner and sprocket that goes behind crank pulley in order to make it a complete rotating assembly

Arp studs going in:




Cometic Headgasket on:












Head finally on the block:






Mmm look at those Intake ports:



Valve cover on the motor:




Finally all bolted up!!:



Oh yeah figured i'd toss in a couple pictures of the the mine and the gf's motors:

11/10/09: Feeling like this project has been a little neglected lately I decided to spend some cash. Today I went to a local shop and picked up some goodies!! Those goodies included a Edelbrock Victor X intake manifold, 2 Aeromotive fuel filters and a Hondata intake manifold gasket. Lets just say I got everything for less then $500 bucks out the door. Intake manifold will be here tomorrow so pics of it will be posted then.



11/11/09: Manifold came in today!! Started taking stuff off the old stock manifold and swapped it over to the new one. Also bolted up my 68mm throttle body, then put the manifold on my motor. Starting to actually look like a motor now

Edelbrock Victor X:






Old vs New:




68mm TB bolted to the Edelbrock:



Manifold/TB bolted to the motor:




11/13/09: Well another good deal falls in my lap so I had to jump on it. I traded an LS ECU and $20 bucks and picked this up....Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator






11/19/09: A buddy had a turbo integra, he sold it...somehow another buddy of mine ended up with the car due to it being wrecked. He is parting it out and has a couple things I want from it. One of those things was a C&R radiator w SPAL fan. I went ahead and picked it up off him

11/30/09: Ordered some parts today from Honda that I was missing. Those parts included:
Valve Cover Gasket
Vtec Solenoid Base Gasket
Vtec Solenoid Gasket
Spark Plug Tube Grommets

After that I went to a buddies garage and shaved my valve cover. Didn't turn out too bad

This is what it looked like to begin with:



Hit it with the grinder and got it down to this:



After that some hand sanding came into effect and it ended up looking like this:



Once I was done with that I decided while I am at it, might as well get it tapped for a catch can. Called up Jegs to see if they had any -10an fittings at the closest store. Guy on the phone said they had 6 of em in stock so I headed that way. Once I got there I was informed they only had 2 in stock...not a big deal I guess since the guy working ordered me 2 more that will be here tomorrow. Gonna try and get them welded in tomorrow so I can send the cover out to the powder coater later this week.





Will have pics up tomorrow as the parts from Honda come in. Might also goto Acura and pick up some more parts for the motor


12/2/09: Well the gaskets I ordered from Honda arrived today. I will be placing another order for more parts from them in the next week or so. Hopefully local welder calls today and lets me know that my valve cover has been finished




12/3/09: Well the motor is one step closer to being a fully rotating assembly. Picked up my timing belt tensioner and spring. Also called and ordered some random bolts from Honda that I needed as well as the crank pulley guide plates.









12/4/09: Well another shipment of OEM goodness has arrived. I ordered new bolts for the plastic timing belt covers and also the Crank Gear Guide Plates or washers basically lol.






12/4/09: Came home and was bored so I started putting the new gaskets on the motor. Pulled the vtec solenoid and put both the top and rear gasket on. After that the shop welding my valve cover called to tell me it was done. Went and picked that up and headed to powder coater. Picked out the color for my valve cover, should be done middle of next week. If it turns out good I will be taking my complete suspension into them to have it all done as well as random brackets and such. Heres some pics


Got the old gasket pulled off:



New one put in:



Top part of solenoid pulled off, gasket removed and new one put in:



Put it all back together and re-bolted it to the motor:



Heres the front of the valve cover with the bungs tapped and welded in:



And a shot of the back bungs:

12/6/09: Its always nice having buddies that either work at parts stores or have warranties on parts at part stores lol. Picked up the 1 missing piece from my motor that makes it fully rotating and actually complete as far as the engine goes...My water pump!! Best part is it was FREE!! Bout damn time I get a free part after all the free parts the gf has gotten for her crx lol. Just gotta find some bolts to put it on with tomorrow and it will be finished. Who knows might just goto Honda and buy new bolts lol





12/8/09: Got to talking to a friend of mine last night about my motor and he asked me a question that I had totally over looked. He asked "if I had taken out the oil plug on the head, since my head came off an LS/Vtec". Of course I hadn't taken that out lmfao. So today me and my dad ventured up to a friends shop and tried taking it out. First we tried an allen wrench, that resulted in the allen wrench twisting at the head lol. Then we tried a Snap On socket with allen key fitting on the end, that also twisted at the head. So we finally said enough with that and just put it on the drill press and drilled it out. Should've done that to begin with haha. Also placed another order with Honda for some odds and end shit I need

Here is the plug that was in the head:



Now the head on the drill press being worked on:



The fitting is out!!:


12/9/09: Yet another batch of OEM bolts has arrived lol. Believe it or not I had less then $3 bucks in this go around. These are the bolts for my water pump. After picking those up I came home and bolted the pump on, then went to autozone and picked up a Bosch oil filter. Might get around to putting my timing belt on tonight, depending on how motivated I feel.










Hopefully i'll have another update tomorrow but there might not be another one til this weekend when I buy something big hehe

12/10/09: The motor is finally fully rotational!! I put my BDL cam gears, timing belt and covers on today. Went ahead and tossed the Innovative driver side mount on just for shits and giggles










12/10/09: Well I got another update for ya lol. About 4pm today I got a phone call from the powder coating shop letting me know my cover was done. Now I have never used this shop before so I was hoping for the best....and I am happy with the results!! I will be taking my motor mounts and oil pan in more then likely to have them color matched as well as my suspension to be powder coated.










12/25/09: Santa came and brought me a couple goodies!! I got a Benen fuel rail and a Go-Autowrks vacuum manifold. The fuel rail is gold, but will be going to powder coater to be color matched to my valve cover. The vacuum manifold is black and will be hidden under my wiper cowl I believe


12/26/09: Its time to start building a transmission!!! I picked up a GSR transmission tonight that has a bad 3rd gear slider. I am going to pick up another transmission later this month from another friend that has a LSD in it. Going to combine the 2 along with some other goodies and have 1 nice transmission lol. I'll post pics up tomorrow once daylight shows its face again

12/27/09: Today I put the Benen Industries fuel rail on the motor just for mock up. It will be going to the powder coater in the coming weeks. I also sprayed the transmission that I picked up yesterday down with some oven cleaner, let it soak for a while and then hosed it down. Pictures don't really do it any justice. Oh yeah tossed in a picture of the Go-Autoworks vacuum manifold as well.

Benen Industries Fuel Rail and Go-Autoworks Vacuum Manifold:



Fuel Rail on motor:



Transmission:





1/4/10: Starting the new decade off with powder coated goodies!! I dropped these off before xmas, but with the holidays just now got them back, no big deal. I am happy with how they turned out. Got the following parts done:

Thermostat Housing (Silver)
Water Tube (Black)
Strut Forks (Black)















1/5/10: Placed another order with local Honda dealer today. Just picking up stupid little odds and ends to finally wrap up the motor. Ordered thermostat and all the bolts to bolt it together and to the block. For anyone wondering why I am using oem Honda bolts, its because 1. They are the correct size, 2. They are brand new and 3. They are pennies on the dollar lol

1/6/10: Buddy of mine had an extra knock sensor laying around, I asked if he wanted to get rid of it. Sure enough he did, got it with the plug for free!!

Knock Sensor and Plug:




Sensor and plug cleaned up:




Sensor installed on block:


1/7/10: Order from Honda came in today. Its nothing major, but one of the little things that I feel better getting out of the way now.

Thermostat and Bolts:



Thermostat installed:



Thermostat housing bolted together:



Thermostat housing and water tube bolted to block:



1/16/10: Well today I got something I had been waiting on for 4 months now lol. No its not a clutch, its not a set of Drive Shaft Shop 1000hp axles, no its not that Bullseye Power turbo I plan on getting....you guessed it, its my Baby On Board stickers lmfao!! I got not 1 but 2 of these bad boys, and to make it even better, I got a portable bottle warmer. This badboy plugs in the cigarette lighter and heats bottles on the go lmfao!!

Oh yeah I also got the upper alternator bracket bolts that I ordered from Honda a couple days ago:






1/17/10: Janurary in Ohio, gotta love it!! Nothing else to do so I started tearing apart the stock engine harness to get it ready for tucking. Figured it was easiest to mock it up while its out of the car. I noticed I am not gonna be using a couple plugs due to the Victor X not having places for all the stock sensors.

Here is the harness mocked up on engine stand after cutting the old tape and loom off. I haven't started to "tuck" it yet, just got everything mounted and labled so I know what plug goes where.




Heres some of the old tape and loom that will no longer be needed. You would be suprised just how sticky this shit is 15 years later lol.




I already have some tube shrink and wire laying around from the gf's CRX wire tuck. I will be ordering flame retardent kevlar loom for the entire harness next month most likely.

1/18/10: My buddy whom I bought my transmission off of went through his box of transmission parts yesterday. In that box he found several sliders, which is what is wrong with my transmission. Freebie!!! Hopefully one of these bad boys is the correct one, we shall see once I tear my trans apart.



1/25/10: Well since I am going to be doing my wire tucked engine harness this coming weekend, I figured I might as well start buying supplies. I found these nifty little things at Radio Shack, wire labels. I also ordered 10ft of 1/4 in and 10ft of 1/2 in Flame Retardant Kevlar wire loom from www.cableorganizer.com







1/28/10: One hell of a deal falls into my lap today. A buddy falls into shitty luck and is forced to sell his Full Blown Twin Walbro setup. This setup goes intank which is nice since I really don't wanna hassle with running an intank and inline pump, plus I don't want to run an external pump like a Weldon or Aeromotive and just have it hanging under my car. We'll just say the price I paid for this is what the hanger sells for alone










1/29/10: Wire tuck supplies...check!! The kevlar loom that I ordered came today.

1/31/10: Wire tuck day!! Only worked on it for a couple hours but pretty happy with what I got done today. Got the fuel injector harness all done and mocked up on the motor.

Here is what I started with today:



Borrowed my buddies Haynes manual and started going through the wiring schematics to figure out which wire goes to which plug. After figuring out what went where I started to cut wires label them:



I decided to start on the fuel injectors first since there is only 8 wires for them. I started with injector #1 and worked over to #4, soldered every connection point that I had cut, electrical taped it and heat shrunk it as well. (I changed how soldered the wires together after this pic was taken so it lays more flush instead of pointed upwards):





Then I took the labels that I had bought from Radio Shack and started to label the injectors individually (also labled the entire loom later on for future reference):



Got the fuel injector harness soldered, taped, labeled and loomed:



Then it was mock up time:







And finally just a shot of what it now looks like looking at the motor with the injectors and plugs installed:


I will be finishing up the rest of the harness this week, gonna work on it at night after work, so bare with me. I'll have updates as progress is made

2/8/10: While I was at work today, I had the gf who was playing hooky from work take my stock flywheel to the machine shop to be resurfaced. It will be done tomorrow, but I prob wont be able to pick it up til later in the week due to work schedule.

2/9/10: One thing is for sure, traction is going to be an issues with this thing! So I took a step in the right direction to help solve those issues, called up MFactory and picked up one of their Helical LSD's. Mista Bone is supposed to come up this Sunday and tear my trans apart. After we get it all torn apart the internals are going up north to be Cryo Treated. The casing will be going out to my powder coater to be sand blasted and sprayed silver. Next up on the "to buy" list is Carbon Synchros from gear-speed and some bearings/seals and the trans will be done!!

2/11/10: Happy early valentines day to me!! Courtesy of the gf ARP flywheel bolts are ordered from Jegs. Just 1 more small thing taken off my "to buy" list. Future father in law is picking my flywheel up from machine shop for me tomorrow due to my work schedule, also hopefully parts at the powder coater and done and hopefully my lsd arrives. Could be a big day tomorrow

2/12/10: Well today wasn't as big of day as I was hoping for, but.....i did get a couple things today! My ARP flywheel bolts and flywheel came in today. The flywheel turned out really well



2/15/10: The man in brown suit arrives!! What has he brought me this time? Why its just my MFactory LSD!!!! The best part of this purchase by far has to be the sweet ass stickers they sent lol. Only thing I can complain about right now is they didn't send me a T-shirt like we had discussed, guess they will be getting a call from me haha.

2/17/10: Some parts came back from the powder coater today. Everything looks good except my fuel rail, its just too light compared to my valve cover. So it will be taken back tomorrow to be fixed. Other then that its all good. I had the following things done this time:

Upper Alternator Bracket
(2) Transmission Braces
(2) Transmission Brackets


Pics:











2/22/10: Trying to widdle the list of "things to buy" down a bit, I started to order a few of the smaller things on my list. First I called up Speed Theory for one of their block fitting kits. I got it in black, but they do offer them in anodized purple. If you haven't seen these kits I highly reccomend you check them out here: http://www.hondamarketplace.com/showthread.php?p=41659779#post41659779. They should be here by Thursday!!

Next I placed an order with SummitRacing for a set of ARP pressure plate bolts. I love everything ARP has to offer and don't think there is a better quality bolt on the market. I chose summit because they are local to me and should be here in a day or so.

Heres a picture of what the block fittings look like:





2/23/10: The order for ARP Pressure Plate Bolts placed with Summit yesterday arrived today.






2/24/10: Package from Jegs arrives. Nothing major, just the remote battery terminals I had ordered 2 days ago.

2/25/10: The block fittings that i ordered from Speed Theory arrived today. The quality seems to be very good and the logo on the freeze plug is pretty cool lol. I will post pics up here in a few

3/1/10: Gotta start the month of right lol, tonight I placed my order with Gearspeed aka Synchrotech Inc. What did I order you might ask, well let me tell you what I got:

1-5 synchros 1st/2nd brass 3/4/5 Carbon coated
1-5 synchro springs
Counter shaft bearing clip
Top and bottom bearings for both shafts
Dust Boot
Seals

http://shop.synchrotech-transmissions.com/BSK-SYN101-Type-R-GSR-B16-Bearing-Seal-and-Carbon-Synchro-KIt-BSK-SYN101.htm

3/4/10: Synchrotech FTMFW!!! The order I placed a few days ago arrived today. Everything was packaged nicely and securely, and they even tossed in a T-Shirt lol. I highly recomend using this company!! Anyways heres the pics:















3/9/10: I arrived home from Georgia to parts. MFactory magnetic drain plugs and t-shirt had arrived while I was out of town. lts not a major thing, but its one less thing needed now










3/9/10: Well I said another update would be coming today and here it is. Headed to Slowmotion today to pick up the wifes clutch, while there decided to just go ahead and order mine. I went with the Competition Clutch Stage 5 w/Upgraded Pressure Plate. It should hold up well for my power levels this year. Since I ordered parts I got a free t-shirt, my collection of car related t-shirts is growing, this make 3 in 10days lol


3/11/10: I had the day off today and the weather here was absolutely perfect to work on cars, so thats what I did. I started by removing the fusebox from under the hood, stock fuel filter and evap canister from the engine bay as well. After that me and my dad installed the twin walbros. Let me tell you, those things are a whore to get in the stock tank. We had to remove each bracket, drop the arm and pump down in 1 at a time, move the hose around to get it from twisting the bracket. After some muscle, grunting and a few choice words that pumps are in. Also for those of you that plan to go with the full blown setup, twist the 2 red wires together and connect them to the yellow wire on stock harness, the 2 blacks twist together and connect to black wire on stock harness. Pretty simple but might save someone time down the road.

I plan on making a thread for wire tucking as well or atleast group everything together in this build thread once I start doing the whole tuck. But for now i'll show you some of the progress:

Here is the fuse box installed in the car from the get go. Start by removing the 3 screws that hold it into place. There is 2 in the front and 1 up on the firewall attatched to a mounting bracket:



After you get the box unbolted lift it up and flip it over. The box is actually 2 pieces and the wires simply de-teach at that point:









After removing the harness pull the box out and thre ya have it. You are now ready to relocate it inside the car:



Like I said I also removed the Evap canister and stock fuel filter while I was under the hood:



Now for the fun part, the fuel pumps.
1.I started by removing the back seat, there is a 10mm bolt damn near in the middle between the top and bottom piece of the rear seat (helms manual does not show you how to remove lower half of seat fyi).
2.After removing the 10mm bolt, lift up on the bottom half of the seat, then slide the seat belt buckles down through their slots.
3. After doing that lift forward to get the clips that hold the seat in place to pry out.
4. Once you have done that remove the 3 phillip head screws that hold the cover over the stock pump.
5. Disconect the stock relay to the oem fuel pump and the remove the 6 10mm nuts that hold the pump into place.
6. Once you have done that take a 17mm wrench or socket and remove the stock fuel line and pliars to remove the other line.
7. With the lines disconnected pull up on the pump to remove it from the tank, it may take a little wiggling but it comes out pretty easily.:





Installing the Full Blown setup proved to be quite a task. The first thing you will notice is that there is no way in hell 2 Walbros are going to drop down in a stock tank assembled on this hanger. The solution to getting it to fit is to:

1. Remove the 2 allen head screws from both the left and right side brackets that the pumps are attatched to on the hanger.
2. Loosen the clamps that hold the rubber line from pump to hanger head (barbed nipple fittings on the head)
3. Rotate the clamps to allow more clearance
4. Retighten clamps
5. Drop 1 pump in at a time with it not connected to the hanger head
6. Once you have the first pump in there drop the 2nd one down next to it
7. Lower the hanger head down towards the brackets
8. One bracket at a time force the bracket onto the hanger head and reinstall the 2 allen head screws
9. Repeat step on on other side
10. With the 2 brackets installed on hanger drop it down and put the 6 10mm nuts on
11. Take the stock relay plug and cut it off
12. Strip the Yellow and Black wires
13. Take the 2 Red wires, twist them together and connect them to the Yellow wire, this is your power
14. Take the 2 Black wires and twist together then connect them to the Black wire, this is your ground
15. The pumps are in!!

3/12/10: Another day off work meant another day of doing stuff to the Integra. It wasn't a whole lot, but every little bit helps in the end. I took my Innovative Mounts up to my dads friends shop and pressed the bushings out. After that I headed straight to the powder coater to drop them off so they can be color matched to my valve cover.




After that I came home and put the most important and badass mod on the Integra. Yes folks the Baby On Board sign lol:



3/12/10: I went and visted a friend today that I hadn't seen in a few weeks. While at his garage I started looking around to see what random parts he had haha. Laying on the floor was a manual rack, a little whealing and dealing later and I came home with it, he got 1 of my Aeromotive Fuel Filters in exchange. I was originally planning to just loop the power steering line and keep the power rack, but for what it cost me its well worth just putting the manual one in there instead.



3/15/10: Good news came today!! After a few emails back and forth with Mike from quad-pod.com about a couple of his products, I landed a sponsorship deal. Can't really disclose the terms of this agreement, but needless to say I am a very happy man!! I will be proudly rocking 1 of his Clock pods and 1 of his Dual gauge cluster pods. I am going with the carbon fiber face on the clock pod just to help break the tan up a tad bit.

Be sure to check him out, they make cluster pods for DC and EK's. They come with your choice of 1-4 Gauge pods built in. Its a direct bolt in with no modification needed. Also for the clock pods they come in Black and Tan!!

www.quad-pod.com

Here is some pictures of the products I will be getting from quad-pod (the clock pod shown does not have carbon fiber facia)







3/16/10: This afternoon I was bored and felt like wrenching on the teg. I started by removing the worn out stock torque mounts. By worn out I mean trashed torque mounts lol.





Next I took out the ABS components. Heres a couple pictures to show you what bolts you need to remove in order to get it out:

3/17/10: Trying to get this wire tuck knocked out so I unhooked the corner lights today to free up the harness from engine bay then removed the dash.









3/19/10: Whie I was doing a little side job today, the kickass gf of mine headed to Slowmotion to pick up my clutch for me.

Competition Stage 5 4pad Unsprung w/Extreme Pressure Plate:





3/21/10: Bone Strikes!! The Unicorn (mythical beast that is often heard of but rarely seen) as I just started calling him aka Mista Bone came up today to tear my trans apart and prepare it for build. I was told that the trans had a bad 3rd gear, the original owner of the trans failed to mention 1st, 2nd and 4th being bad as well. We also came to the conclusion that this trans had been torn apart before due to the ammount of red sealant gunk that was found upon opening.

So now I will have to get ahold of Synchrotech and see how much this is going to cost me..hopefully its not very painful being ass raped!!

Anyways lets get to some pics since everyone loves pictures lol

All the guts torn out of trans:



The inside of the case gutted:





All the junk parts (1-4th gears, sliders and hubs):

3/22/10: Got a phone call from David @ Davids Powdercoating to let me know that some of my parts were done. Went down there and picked up my Fuel Rail, Rear Trans Bracket and Lower Alt Bracket. My mounts were done but he wasn't happy with the quality so he is going to do them agani for me (I thought they looked good personally).








After that went to Autozone and picked up a 14mm Hex Head to take the oem block fittings out. Came home and took those out.

Heres how ya do it for those that don't know, its pretty easy, just gotta use some muscle to get the stock fittings out.

14mm Hex head and ratchet:


Put the headhead fitting inside the stock block fitting and then loosen it (this is where the muscle part comes in):


This is what the block should look like once the stock fitting is out:


Then simply install the Speed-Theory block fitting:


This is what it looks like with both installed:



I also installed my new MFactory magnetic oil drain plug. Let me tell you this sucker is strong as hell lol, so strong that it took me a min or 2 to actually get it to go in the hole and screw into place.




3/23/10: After shipping some parts out I headed to Honda. Once there I went ahead and placed an order for some random things that I need. I got the following:

Lower Alt Bracket Bolts
Bolts that hold transmission and block together
Clutch Fork
Clutch Fork Spring and Bolt

3/24/10: Parts came in today that I had ordered yesterday from Honda. After picking those up me and the wife headed to Jegs to pick up some gauges and fittings for the back of my head. After getting home I realized that my dumbass bought the wrong size fittings so I'll be going back to Jegs tomorrow to exchange it.

Alt Bracket Bolts, Shift Fork, Shift Fork Dust Boot,Shift Fork Spring/Bolt, Transmission to Engine Bolts:




Autometer Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge, Jegs (Carbon Fiber) Liquid Filled Fuel Pressure Gauge, Plug Fitting




Some might be wondering what the plug fittings are for, well my head came off a LS/Vtec so they had the oil line running to back of the head externally. Since I put it back on a GSR block I now have to plug that fitting since I am not going to run an external line.

Also came home and installed my lower alt bracket. I noticed that 1 of the bolts from Honda is gold, wtf?! Lol oh well



3/26/10: Had a little extra cash from seling a few parts so figured I would buy something for myself. Called up JHPUSA and ordered a Vision CF Spark Plug Cover. Should offset all the gold thats going on in the engine bay as well as match my AN fittings and Hose (its all gonna be black), plus it'll match the CF Feul Pressure Gauge. The day didn't stop there, me and the gf ventured back up to Jegs to return the fittings that were the wrong size, picked up the correct size (3/8ths).

3/27/10: Well today proved to be a little more expensive then I had planned lol. Thats alright atleast I got 1 of the last major things off my list in order to get the car up and running. We'll get to that in a min, let me catch you up with a couple things I forgot to mention and a couple other things that were bought today.

I was cleaning out the basement the last couple days and came across some random parts that I had forgotten about. Amongst them was a weighted shift knob, not sure what brand this thing is but I like how it feels in my hand. Also in the randomness that is my basement, there was an Autometer black faced boost/vaccum gauge.







Once I became fully functionable me and the wife headed off to run some errands, while we was out I decided a trip to auto part store was needed. Picked up a set of NGK plugs and ordered some NGK plug wires (they come in tomorrow).





Why stop there right? I figured I might as well take out 1 big item off my list...Fuel System parts!!! Ventured back to jegs (they have to be tired of seeing my handsome ass lol), picked up all the AN fittings, AN wrenches and SS line needed to do my fuel system. Me being picky I went with all black fittings and line, should help break up the Green/Gold, plus it will match my catch can setup that I plan to order in the upcoming week or 2. If you have never bought AN fittings or SS line, let me prewarn you...this shit is expensive!!



3/28/10: I actually got this stuff late last night but didn't feel like posting up. I traded my buddy a 2040 proportioning valve off a crx for a 4040 he had laying around. Now I should be able to get the brake tuck done in the upcoming week.





Also a buddy of mine had a GSR gear set laying around that he didnt have a use for. Since mine was junk 1st-4th gear I needed parts to replace them, he gave this to me for free (Thanks Sam!!)



3/28/10: My spark plug wires came in today so went and picked those up. Also took the header that was gonna go in my gf's crx build and put it on my motor. I will be using it for my break in period and until I can afford boost parts. Thew my dizzy and spark plug wires on for mock-up and to seal the motor up completely to avoid anything from falling inside it.

3/29/10: Trying to knock out the "to buy list", so today I called up Greg at Go-Autoworks and ordered one of his GT Series Catch Cans. Parts should start arriving this week, waiting on my quad-pod, CF spark plug cover and the catch can now. Also went to Honda and got a new Distributor cap and clutch slave cylinder

If you haven't see the Go-Autoworks GT Series Catch Cans well then here ya go (btw Greg is very easy to deal with):





Dizzy and slave clyinder:



4/4/10: Mista Bone came up today and picked up my transmission and all its new goodies. It will be back from its stay in Cincy in a couple weeks.



4/5/10: Came home today from work to find that my order from JHPUSA.com had arrived. Inside the box was my Vision carbon fiber spark plug cover. This thing is nice as hell looking, not some cheap over lay or jank ass shit. I highly reccomend picking one of these up, my only complaint would be shipping time (10 days) but its whatever, atleast it arrived and in 1 piece.





I think it helps break all the gold up and will match my AN fittings nicely







I ordered my Blox TPS and Speed Factory Racing 4 bar map sensor (exact same as Hondata/Omni, made in same factory), got these parts directly from SpeedFactoryRacing, they are a sponsor on Honda-Tech

Once the wife got home we ventured back up to jegs (she really hates this trip lol). I had to exchange a couple AN fittings that were the wrong size (Benen Fuel Rail is 3/8 NPT FYI), while there also picked up the fittings and hose for my catch can:







4/7/10:Whew whoo parts parts and more parts arrived today. Got home from work and these were sitting here for me:

Go-Autoworks GT Catch Can, Blox TPS and Speed Factory Racing 4Bar Map Sensor




Put my fittings on the catch can just to see how it looks.




Speed Factory offers their map sensors in 3,4 and 7 Bars, they can be found here:
http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2723388


Major props go out to Greg at go-autoworks on the catch can. The welds are flawless and over all the catch can is a nice piece. Customer service is a huge thing to me and Greg's has been nothing but great thus far. Will be buying most if not all my turbo parts through him when the time comes. Check him out at: www.go-autoworks.com