mportedcivicsi's EM1

[Jams_ek]

no problem...I ended up picking up a ping bag last week

[mportedcivicsi]

^^ any luck on that golf bag?

yeah, so i need to stop buying parts long enough to put what i have on...just picked up an ap1 steering wheel. hope to start getting this stuff on the car here soon!

[99civicB20V]

Sorry to dig up old threads, but I am searching for a CF headliner for my car. If you still have it, would you be willing to sell it? Please let me know either way. PM sent also... Thanks.

[Jams_ek]

good luck he hasn't been on here since that last post lol

[mportedcivicsi]

Long time since I've been on here...lol. And oddly enough dude found me on another board and is now the proud owner of that headliner

Have a safe New Year everyone!

[.saint]

woah, ha. welcome back.

[mportedcivicsi]

Man...been a long time. I'll have to do an update Hope all is well around here!

[mportedcivicsi]

Jan 2010…

CTRs and HIDs. These are all night shots showing the lighting.

Citylights/Parking lights


Citylights/Parking w/ Fogs


All lights HIDs=6k




And a black/white of the last pic just because I like it








Both of my toys together...



April 2010
Wife’s tranny was pretty much shot and I picked up a Spoon LSD tranny sooo…Start of getting the tranny swapped for both our EM1’s. So here are a few shots the wifey snapped while I was working...





Both!


And the Vibrant header...out of hers and in mine.


Buddy of mine with an EBP EM1 was rockin' the full stock exhaust and wanted a WS2...we wanted stock on the MR...we made a deal




July 2010
My bay dress up...really dirty and needs a VC to help set it off. Got something in the works though


Jacked up and ready to pull the LCA's


Finished...well still need the sway bar but the LCA's and ASR are in place...


Spoon torque damper, check!




I know we have torqueless rides, but I’m a sucker for Spoon parts

Filler’ up!


September 2010…







And yes, I know the Beaks is over kill...but I like it













Moved up from Rota to "legit wheels" with a set of RC Carving Starks. Got them in the usual silver w/ polished lip. They were in good shape just needed a little TLC. Had them powder coated white. Pics right after the Starks went on.







Dec 2010...
Checked the brakes for the upcoming AutoX weekend. Front pads looked new with 70k miles on them Driver front caliper was shot so I just replaced both fronts. Also put on the Earl's SS brake lines I bought years ago and never put on. I did replace the rear pads and also cleaned and put a coat of high temp flat black paint on all 4 calipers. Looking perddy now. Oh, and put the RC stickers on the spoke faces. Still looking to find proper placement pics for the new barrel stickers.

And a pic for fun


Feb 2011...
Well I thought I would update my indash electronics. I made the step up from an OEM 1999 CD player to my old school 2000 Mini Disk player w/ 6 disk CD changer (in trunk). The MD player is JDM at its finest as I purchased it back in 2000 before moving back to the US. And what makes it great is that it was designed with the military in mind as it is in English and has US spec radio stations. When I was over there they had an International type section where you could purchase the Japanese product with kind of the big picture in mind. I ran this for a long time and it has just been sitting on a shelf. Thought I would dust it off and rock it again for a while




Feb 2011...
Well, I want to keep the Starks proper and keep the rubber as long as possible. So since I am now doing AutoX and HPDE it was time to source some track wheels. Found a great deal on some Kosei K1's from a local guy on NASAForums. Delivered last night

15x7 w/ Toyo Proxes RA1's 225/45/15


Feb 2011...
Went down to Wilmington, NC to run an AutoX on Sunday. Placed 3rd in Novice with a time of 38.705sec. Second AutoX ever and first running with the SCCA. Good group of people down there, very much enjoyed it!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBKvIBa8Gw&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br9T66eanAM&feature=plcp

March 2011...
Went out with the people I AutoX/HPDE with for a drive on Sat. Here is some of the crew...



Some of my shots...






April 2011...
Well had my first HPDE weekend this past weekend. I was at NCCAR, google that to see their site, and it is a great place to learn! I pushed the car harder than I thought it could go and learned so much about how to use the car in that environment. I had HUGE improvement from my first lap on my first session to my last of my last session on Sunday. My instructor after the first day said my driving was night and day. Sunday we worked at getting more aggressive and finding more in the car. I was tearing up the S2000's in HPDE 1 with me and I ate a 350Z several times. And we had a GT-R that was in HPDE 2 on Saturday get bumped down for Sunday to DE 1 and yeah I ate him too...lol. He was def scared of his car...lol. I out ran lots of cars that you wouldnt think possible. I know a lot of it comes down to driver and them not pushing the car as hard for whatever reason. But I built mine to push!

On my last lap of my final session coming out of turn 4 I heard a back fire sound and shortly after it didnt feel right. At turn 13 (final turn) I knew something was way off. We got the checker for our cool down lap and at about 3k rpm I was hearing a blow by type sound. Sounded like an exhaust leak. We get it back and let it cool down because idle and everything was fine. Only at 3k up was it weird. Turns out I pretty much torched my cat and it plugged up causing me to blow my gasket at the header/cat. So, Sunday I ran open header and tore it up all day! I then had to drive the 1.5hrs home with an open header...lol. DEAF!!!...lol.

Here are a couple pics for now. Maybe have some more a little later

Coming down the front straight at about 110mph. By the last couple sessions on Sunday I had a sweet line coming out of the turns before it and was able to get 120mph near the end and bang rev limiter. There was no reason to up shift as the front straight comes up to a hairpin turn. And I was getting close enough to the brake zone that it was safer to just ride it out than take more and dig the brakes even harder.


Toyo Proxes RA1
Before (Stock photo)...


After two days and about 210mi on track...Oh, and that torn up side is not from inner camber because thats the outside of the tire


And a short clip of me heading home on the open header...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ82VcHzm5c&feature=plc

April 2011...
And a couple pics from this evening...




O-E-M Fressssshhhhhhhh...


April 2011...
Cool it!




Fill up shot this AM as the sun was coming up. Just thought it was kinda cool for a cell pic.


June 2011...
Thought I would go ahead and try one of the two after market exhausts I'm willing to put on my car...

Spoon Gen 1 Street muffler...




Sept 2011...
"Official update" of the wheel change and random pics that have already been posted...lol.

16x7 +42, Work RSZ-R's. Found this set BNIB...some say the last known set never mounted...who knows though...lol. Rubber is 215/45/16 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11...





Couple of the latest AutoX pics...



And the latest Spoonaholic purchase, Authentic Spoon racing team jacket


Oct 2011
Dragon run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP475zkoMPo

Spoon! Yeah, we all know I'm a Spoonahaulic...lol.
B Series Spoon VC signed as well as a S2000 Spoon VC signed



Nov 2011...
Our team hosted a time attack type event at NCCAR the past weekend, one of my runs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB8Zx2b8nI&feature=plcp

Dec 2011...
Well, the car is off the road until sometime next year. One of the Tein's started leaking this year and my trans has been crapping out. After about 8yrs, 80k miles and 1 race season I'm shipping the shock sections back to Tein for a full overhaul. Minty fresh for next year. Trans wont go in first a lot of the time, 2nd has issues going in from 1 sometimes and all the time from 3-2. Grinds at higer revs into 3-5 and R can be a pain to get in as well...lol. I bought the trans being told it was in good shape but really it didnt matter since it had the Spoon LSD in it. As long as that was working proper I made out like a bandit, and it works just fine So, my original trans will get an overhaul and the Spoon dif put in for a nice fresh trans for the new year also.

Yesterday the car was put up on stands and the tear down began. Of course the wheels were first to come off and I pulled the front coilovers, cat and mid-pipe are down and trans as well. Trans goes under the knife this week and I should have the rear coils off tonight. Pull the springs off and pack up the shocks and off they go.

There are a few things I know will happen but a few that are up in the air. Pics to come on how the car looks and what is going on

Dec 2011...
Wheels up


Trans out



Suspension out




Taken apart, shock assy's ready for ship and all parts ready for storage


Stuff to be done





Jan 2012...
Well, last weekend the UR flywheel went on and I wired/installed the slim fan. Plan on dropping the header in and a couple other things on Sunday. Nagger dropped off the trans last night, fresh from getting new GearSpeed SS+ synchros, cleaned, inspected dif changed over and back together. Now I will again have my OEM VIN matching trans in the car after having the junked trans w/ dope dif...lol. Also I put in a decent order with a friend for some stuff from Honda. On the way will be...
- New tierod ends
- Pass tierod dust boot and new clips
- Axel oil seals
- Wheel bearings
- Trans dowel pins
- Clutch fork boot
- Washer fluid hose clip on shock tower

Jan 2012...
KiddRacing header in place...stack of OEM parts in...


Feb 2012
HardRace came in


Spare mounted


Feb 2012...
New wheel bearings and ARP extended studs


Feb 2012...
Tein came home today

In the box are the fully rebuilt dampers, new spring seats and front pillow ball mounts


March 2012...
Well it was a very good day today. Trans is back in and passenger side it back together. Driver side had a delay due to AutoZone not having my axel in stock for the warrenty exchange. It will be in tomorrow so I hope to get it all back in here very soon. I would think that if I do not get a chance this week, next weekend the car will be on the ground again.

Few shots of it coming back together...







March 2012...
Cables for EDFC are in and controller mounted in the cluster. Test run was good to go! Penlight shift light mounted to the side of the EDFC controller and wired. Rear Spoon tower bar in and rear carpet cut out. Exhaust together and good to go. Track wheels are on the car and.....

BOOM!!!


On the ground! Letting it settle some and then the ride height will be set at track wheel functional.

March 2012...
Bumper back on and driven for the first time since Dec 22!


March 2012...
First bath in 4 months. LOVE it being back on the road



Loaded up for the track tomorrow )


DOOK washed out cell pic of the new audio area Real photos soon enough.


April 2012...


April 2012...
First race back!...









And a few more :vtec:







:run:

May 2012...
Well good day of racing today Here are a couple vids...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsFgZANI ... ature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFuTfCP_ ... ature=plcp

And they gave out some of the awards from last season. There were about 60 people in the novice class last year and a lot of different cars with no mod restrictions to enter novice. Only way to run novice was just be first year...

Local show...May 2012. SumoSpeed's SpringFest!


July 2012...
Spoon wide rear view mirror? Yes please!


July 2012...
Unsigned Spoon VC for daily use...


Roll bar back from powder coat, neon yellow!


July 2012...
Spoon!


July 2012...
Picked up a few things lately...
"New" hood, but it will be delayed in showing since it came in damaged And Aerocatch plus flush pins w/ Aerocatch rear back plates.

Import Alliance was this past weekend and of course I was there I made my way into the K-Tuned booth as a friend was chatting with someone there. Good thing too as it reminded me about the new fully adjustable B series shifter that just came out. Spent a lot of time talking to Stunna Ben and he took me to N1 Concepts booth to check the shifter in a car. K-Tuned did me right and I walked about with one of a couple shifters they brought with them to IA


August 2012...
RAWR! Today was good Quick little drizzle on the 3rd of 5 runs.

Run 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeIDr0r8-wA&feature=plcp

Run 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWNQOtGcGQ&feature=plcp

Run 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRpjYakq_xs&feature=plcp

Past weekend...
Saturday, pulled out the interior to finally put my headliner back in. Got that done and all the upper parts in. Ready to start fitting the roll bar and then the FG Si coupe rear seats...

Sunday, fitted the roll bar with the holes all marked to drill. Rear plastics in to mark off the spots to cut for the legs. Should be cutting those out tomorrow and hope to drill out the holes...


A little more to come…I know this is a lot…lol.

[mportedcivicsi]

A couple friends came over to help finish the install. And as you can see I put in the newer Si coupe rear seats as well


Saturday evening, all back together and packed for racing today! Sucks though because I failed to check the GoPro battery level. I found out while in grid that it was dead No videos today...


Sorry for all the cell pics. Its been a rather busy weekend...lol.

And a few from a friend on the way to and at IA






From the race August 26



K-Tuned B-Series shifter installed!
Assembled to linkage...


Installed...



Inside the car before attaching the upper...


Upper section adjustment teeth for locking in place...




Locking hardware. You can see the pin that sticks down into the teeth to lock the position...



Height adjustment...


Assembled in the car...




Said goodbye to the RSZ-R's...


Did a quick shoot with a friend a couple weeks ago, here is a cell pic nose to nose...



Race Oct 7th…
Well, we had quite the threat of rain so our turnout was low. I ended up running in the second of 2 heats rather than my normal 1st. First heat had dry runs and had to stand in a freakin' monsoon while us in the second heat got one dry run and then 3 in that monsoon...lol. My outside camera ran out of memory card for the 4th run when it was the worst but I still had the roll bar going. Here are some inside and outside videos...

Run 1 via roll bar...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jlLF54EH-Y&feature=plcp

Run 1 via roof mount...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kreo8K51aU4&feature=plcp

Run 3 via roof mount...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvi6bb4LwPQ&feature=plcp

Run 4 via roll bar...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEt54AoXuuc&feature=plcp

Well, here they are...the new wheels...

SW388's w/ fresh anodizing



Dragon meet
Up...


Down...








Photo credit to the respective sites...

[.saint]

damn ill say you did some work!
welcome back, car looks fantastic!