Monday 31 December 2012

Soaking

Roll on Spring so I can get a move on with fitting the new parts.

Thursday 29 November 2012

Polycarbonate Windows

These just arrived from Ireland today, the front windows are fantastic quality, they have a really nice finish and the factory bronze coloured tint too. The sliding window part is also nicely finished and very precise. The rear window portions are just a generic piece of polycarbonate cut out from a template but the weight saving should be substantial.

I will weigh the old windows and electric window motors when I fit these in the Spring.

You can buy this window kit from DMRR in Ireland for a very reasonable £250 with shipping to the UK.


Monday 26 November 2012

New ULTRA Ignition Leads and APEX'i Power Intake

A few more parts arrived this morning, these parts will enable me to turn the engine over after 6 months of it being dormant. I'm hoping there won't be any issues with it after being sat so long, last time I left the distributor unit attached and when I got back on the road after 4 months it gave up on me. So I've removed the distributor unit this time around so no condensation can disturb it.

Going with the new theme for the car I'm sticking to Blacks and Blues for the colours, the old ignition leads were Red and a little worn out, they were also ULTRA but their older model. I purchased a set of ULTRA Blue Point ignition leads to fit in with my colour scheme.

For the air intake side of things, I regretably sold my BMC CDA intake kit, which pretty incredible really. I've decided to keep it simple and go for the old reliable APEX'i Power Intake in 75mm. These are still highly regarded filters as they use a mesh and cotton design and don't go crusty and dry like the HKS Mushroom filters. I've had about 3 of these in the past and they've always held up well over the years. This is only a temporary intake set up until I can afford the ITBs from Jenvey.


Sunday 25 November 2012

Carbon fibre boot lid, Spoon style spoiler and mirrors fitted

I got round to temporarily fitting the new parts I ordered recently, the carbon fibre boot lid from 12Tune is fairly decent quality, some of the fittings aren't perfect and it was a bit of a fiddle to get the mechanisms to line up correctly.

The Spoon stlye mirrors and spoiler were also a little bit fiddly to align and to get them to sit correctly on the car, though for the price I paid I can't really complain, their function is to save weight over the OEM parts which I've removed, they do that very well.

Once the weather improves I plan on painting the rear spoiler and the mirror mounting plates the same as the body colour, Grenada Pearl Black, then I will paint the mirror covers in Satin Black to match the front splitter and canard set up.

Sorry about the quality of the photos, I only had my phone on me at the time and it has a seriously shite camera built in to it.



Tuesday 13 November 2012

New Parts Have Arrived

So after a massive gap in not doing anything with the EG6 I finally bit the bullet and splashed out on some new parts. Having already sold my boot lid, wing mirrors and rear spoiler it was time to purchase the replacements for these parts.

I decided to go for a carbon fibre boot lid as the original one was extremely heavy and this would really make quite a difference in terms of looks and weight reduction. The mirrors are Spoon style and are fully manual and also very lightweight. The roof spoiler is also a Spoon style item and is just simple FRP without the LED brake light too, extra weight saving also compared to the original item.


Friday 27 July 2012

Powerflex PFR25-113 Rear Trailing Arm Bushes

One of the failing points of my EG6 is the rear trailing arm bushes being completely worn out. I found a set of brand new Powerflex PRF25-113 bushes for only £40 with delivery so really it was a no brainer. Fitting them might be a little more work but obviously it will make my car road legal again and improve the handling and rear stability of the car.

Not sure why they're Purple but I'm sure they'll do the job.


Sunday 22 July 2012

Brembo Sport Disc Brakes

So after my pretty scary experience on the Nurburgring with standard old disc brakes last year I decided it was time to upgrade the front dics to something more substantial. I found a set of new Brembo Sport Disc Brakes on a clearance offer so I snapped them up, it was Brembo or Tarox and obviously I believe Brembo would be the better of the two with its motor sports links.

Here are a few detailed shots of the product, I'll get some feedback on here when I fit them later in the year.



Monday 21 May 2012

Interior Stripped Out

Last Saturday I made an effort to completely remove all the interior parts which I won't be needing from my Civic. This is in hope of saving weight and making life easier when installing the roll cage in the near future. I haven't got round to weighing the parts and coming up with a total but I will get round to it before selling them.

I also need to remove the sound deadening from the floors and the roof lining too. I've decided to keep the stock dashboard and possibly modify sections of it to fit the rollcage and other gauges and displays.

Honda Civic Interior Stripped

Thursday 17 May 2012

1000hp Honda Civic EG

I'm not normally a fan of this type of tuning but it's pretty kool nonetheless.


Jose Jimenez's 1000HP Drag Honda Civic from MayDay DavidD on Vimeo.

Sunday 12 February 2012

B&M Race Shifter

Here is the next part for the B16 Bomber, I heard good things about B&M from the States so I decided to splash out and purchase the race model quick shifter. The shaft is made from Stainless Steel whereas a lot of others are made from Aluminium and are prone to bending or snapping I'm told so it was an obvious choice for material. This is said to reduce the throw by 2" which is very substantial.

Thursday 19 January 2012

B16 Stealth Bomber - New Parts

It has been a seriously long time since I posted on this blog, since I started my own company and working solely for myself it has become rather hard to break off from work and take some time to blog and work on my EG6. Recently I ordered a few more parts from the huge list which I had created before Christmas.

These are only a few small parts of the project but I really enjoy this part of a project the most, like a magpie collecting shiny objects, it is great to appreciate the engineering behind the racing parts from Japan. There is no compromise for quality when it comes to TODA, even the cam pulleys are finely engineered, precise and well finished coupled with functionality.

As for the Sparco racing gloves, they are a much needed piece of apparel for gripping the steering, if I'm going to be serious about racing the Civic, then I might as well look like I'm serious.

Sparco Flash 2 Racing Gloves



TODA Racing Adjustable Cam Pulley Set