SamKidney

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Weeeeyyyyyyyy I get too involved in finishing the job to take photos all the time

I finally have a complete exhaust on the coupe! Still too loud. Will do for the moment, I've ordered another larger centre silencer.

Marmite is awesome. Toast - White/Granary loaf. Lurpak/Kerrygold butter. Lightly toasted, generous amounts of both the butter and the marmite. Cheese toasties, add marmite, excellent.

Yeah i think once it's all black it'll suit. Im not a fan of a spoilerless coupe as it looks like they're missing something. It's more subtle than the other BGW it came with.

Undecided on the DC2 spoiler.

Chris (the painter) rang me today to say the paint has reacted on the bonnet Went down to take a look and the supplier had given him the wrong paint (Night Hawk Black instead of Starlight Black) so everything is the wrong color and needs doing again. The fabricators over the road from work are also taking the piss to weld my exhaust up for me. Only ended up needing the back box lengthening, two welds, and that would have been job done. Different story when their vans have run out of MOT and we drop everything to make sure theyre done... Long story short: I miss my Civic, and hate my Peugeot.

CRX plans backfired as I'd assumed I was getting a Mk1... it's actually a Del Sol CRX VTi. Still 49k miles, B16 and all that jazz but not too sure what to do with it all.. likely break it for parts. Yeah its a tall workshop! It's the old mill boiler house, had 3 or 4 Lancashire boilers in there when it was a working mill. Edit: If anyone's interested in some photos of the surviving mill engine next door I can grab some... seriously impressive engineering!

Really cracking on Dan, will be a right beast when it's done! Hopefully the final week of waiting for me before I can drive mine. Bonnet/bumpers are away being painted as of today, and my exhaust should be back from the fabricators on Wednesday. Just an o2 sensor to wire in and its play time! I swapped my Yokohama AD08R onto the wheels I'm using tonight, and messed with the tracking/camber set up to as close as I can without going for a full laser alignment. All pretty neutral for the time being. Keep meaning to fit the rear arb links too... but I'm thinking I'll change it to a DC2 item.

After a week or two off doing anything too major I've had a productive evening! My rear lights are wired in. I had wanted to get the correct looms but I had that many hatchback rear bulb holders I've wired them in using those. Exhaust is now chopped to length and only requires the reducer welding to the end of the exhaust manifold flexi, and the rear silencer* welding onto the back pipe. Everything under the bay is now 100% complete and as it will remain... I do need to refurbish the cam cover. * I use the term silencer loosely as it really offers no silencing qualities at all. I'm on the hunt for an alternative.

Some close family friends started their own business in metal work/fabrication and its really taken off. If you have the CAD know how, talented/equipped with the correct tooling and most importantly ENJOY that kind of work, you're onto a winner straight away really.

By Danny Im assuming you mean MacAskill? He started like anyone of us did... by swinging a leg over a bike and giving it ago, got pretty good at it, reputation grows, big company sees potential = boom, sponsor. Not necessarily freebies I'd imagine, discounted perhaps. I know Ali C seems to change his bikes often and sells them off for whatever they make on ebay/social media, so I cant imagine he's just drawing off Inspired to make a quick few quid while gaining a new bike in the process. (Sorry to pick you Ali, you were the first example I could think of. The vlogs are good stuff!)

Ive decided the Coupe is too rough to be worth spending more money on track parts for it so I'm concentrating those efforts on the Civic hatch back instead with a view for it to receive either this K20 or another one in a few months time. Tonight I refit the front half of the interior, namely the carpet, center console/armrest and door/sill trims. Also wired in my head unit and horn! Was suprised the DC5 shifter fit underneath the OEM center console. Ive had to lose the tray in front of the shifter but thats it, although Im going to try retro fit some plastic sheet in there on top of it to either blank it off or serve as a shallow tray.

Yeah that's why I asked him again. When he said it was a b16a2 thats when I twigged (after a while) it couldn't have been a Mk1. Still well cheap for what I could make back out of it.

Got the photos through of the "CRX"... It's not the one I hoped It's a Del Sol CRX VTi... still B16 and all that jazz but not as sweet as a proper one. Bonus is that the parts are easier to get and it'll make an ace summer toy with the removable roof. Failing that I'm just going to break it for bits. Now sorely tempted to use the engine gearbox and driveshafts to revive my old blue Civic VTI as it's worth more in the long run as a complete motor compared the the Sol.... time will tell.

Should already be pretty fun out of the box. Weighs next to nothing and has a B16a2 VTEC lump in it so they're like a little rocket. Plan to get it all cleaned up, possibly drive it for a while and then flip it on. Though it would make a cool daily...

CRX is mine. £300! Proper bargain.

That's true in the case of say, front headlamp washers (as Dan found on his Clio) but the rear washer/wiper/wiper blade isnt compulsory

Shouldn't have been mate. Class 4 (Van and Cars) fall under the same regulations MOT wise... how does a transit (or similar) without a rear washer or wiper pass.... Not an MOT requirement.

It doesnt. It's not part of the criteria you have to meet during an MOT

Rear wiper and washer are not compulsory during an MOT test. Should pass.

Nope, actually mint. All that lets it down is the damage caused by the bump. He (uncle) is a Honda nut too and knows what to look out for. He said he'd have loved to keep it for himself as he's never seen one in as good condition structurally for almost 10 years but he's far too busy with his dealership at the moment... and his current collection means he has no space haha (x2 JDM DC2 Integra Type Rs, 93' Accord, DC5 Integra Type R, JDM Ep3 Type R, NSX...) All being well I'm collecting it in the last week of next month

In talks with my uncle in Bristol about a car he's had in for part exchange that needs some work. 1991 Honda CRX 1.6 VT VTEC 49k miles! Completely standard, mint for the most part but has had a little hit, hopefully something I can repair as they're becoming so rare and sought after now.

If that's my old bike it shouldn't be, I bled the brakes about a week before hand. Did nip it fairly tight with a decent Allen key though

The 306 definitely isn't a motorway mile muncher. Great on fuel plodding around town and to/from work but guzzles it on the motorway! Only doing around 65/70 so hardly caining it either. Need to try a thermostat in this week as it seems to struggle to warm up past 70*