Jeffaj20
New Member
Hey guys, never fully introduced my self on here but I'm going to definitely have more activity on it now. My names Jeff and this is the progress i've had of my car since day one. I just pulled it from another forum, so here it is raw. I don't get butthurt over opinions so say what you want good or bad, rather get some feedback then none at all.
DAY 1: 1/12/2011
Hey guys, so for awhile now I have had a DB1 but always had a love for DA9s. But, over the weekend my dad and i got a deal that we couldn't pass up. It was a 1992 Integra DA9 with 205k miles, and the girl that had it, had already moved on to a different car cause, she said it would overheat and 3rd gear was hard to get into and that she hasnt driven it in awhile.
Today i cleaned it out and washed the carpet and of course to pictures :]
Of course it has some cosmetic issues, It looks like the roof and hood clear is peeling but wont be hard to fix :] Also, she had this controller hooked up for her PSP, and unfortunately DRILLED HOLES through the dash to hide the wires :ugh: There is also a small dent on the trophy piece above the bumper on the driver side.
Cleaning the engine bay
Engine bay :]
Vacummed and waiting to be shampooed
Whats a integra hatch with out carpet rot.... lol
The holes in the dash, oh yeah they also had a sticker under it thats what the giant ugly block is. Just need some goof off and should be good on that part, but as for the holes.... Anyone have ANY ideas to make them look reasonable?
And the lovely top of peeling clear coat...... a simple sanding really, still a neusaince.
oh and the hood
Now heres the dent on the filler piece, right under the driver side tail light.
Besides the hood, the roof, the trophy, and the dam dash, i'm quite impressed with this car.
Now I want your opinions on the car and some ideas with what to do with it, also I paid $200 for this jem. Thanks in advance folks!
2nd Update: 02-18-2011
So, i picked up these lights from a guy looking to get rid of them. Got them for $50! and the are cleaaaaannn! good buy amber corners, hello 50/50!
3rd Update: 05-13-2011
Switched exhausts with my old 90 4 door integra before i sold it to my friend.
sold it to him 2 months ago for $2k and yesterday he ran it out of oil, never had i heard a car screaming for someone to end its life until that day. Never again do i want to hear such horror lol
waiting on seeing what he wants to do with the car junk or put a new engine in, cause if hes gunna junk it he said i can have whatever i can pull out. So im gunna salvage the crap out of that car and have a nice leather interior haha
Picked up the leather seats from the car, so now i'm sitting pretty in a nice leather bucket seat lol
4th Update: 06-09-2011
Got these rims the other day (for free) and i am impressed, cept i only have 3 dammit, so trying to find another one/or two.
Just a test fit btw, to see how they'll look on it! :thud:
Had to junk the other 2 since they were cracked :*( so now i either gotta find 3 more or sell this one. Its life, oh well.
5th Update: 09-20-2011
Well, I haven't been doing much. I went to the dentist to get my wisdom teeth removed (luckily only born with 2) so that's taking my money atm. But I did put on the valve cover I stripped, and i must say, I like it.
6th Update: 10-19-2011
I was searching through Craigslist and found a guy with a brand new Emusa GT28 turbo for sale or trade.
So, i offered him my old gaming computer which still does pretty decent.
I got the computer for free, and just upgraded most of the internals I had laying around the house, so not a dime was spent to make it. (which i kept to myself lol)
Anyways, I met the guy and he was really chill, and when we traded, he said, "want a blown turbonetics t3/t4 turbo as well? I don't want it."
It was a "tough" choice to accept a $800 turbo with bad seals for free.... haha
So now I have 2 turbos, 1 new and the other "blown" turbo, with no shaft play, my dad and i are positive that it just needs new seals, but who knows.
I'll find out soon enough lol Great day lol
Also, the Emusa turbo needs an internal wastegate actuator, thats all that seems missing from it, which i can get for less than $60 on Amazon, but i might just weld it shut and go external wastegate..... we shall see.
(Selling these now)
7th Update: 11-10-2011
Well bad news, was at my shop and decided to look under the car make sure everything is fine.... well its not.
I noticed on the passenger side a section of oil coming from the output shaft. Well apparently the bearing is going bad since i can take the passenger axle right by the tranny and wobble it around a fair amount. There was a few drops of oil leaking from it, so we checked the oil level and it wasn't very low. So i topped it off. Looks like i'm going to have to find a used transmission soon.
looked online for rebuilt ones, almost $2000!
So, i'm going to look for used ones, and maybe rebuild this one later?
Who knows, but I do know that finding a transmission is now priority number one.
That or find another cheap car that i can drive and just take this car off the road and make it a full time project. lol
Don't suppose any of you folks have a spare b series transmission that works laying around you'd like to donate or sell cheaply? haha
8th Update: 11-11-2011
Just thought about this,
Money i've spent on car:
Car - Free
Valve Cover - Free
Exhaust - Free
Turbos (yes 2) - Free
So i've literally no money so far for my project, not bad. lol
And tires are getting bald so since its going to be snowing up here soon that'll be my other important purchase besides the tranny.
And since I work at a goodyear, i get great tires for huge discount!
Also, I've decided to make my car a "sleeper" and going to go with a water to air intercooler. Since I plan on relocating the battery, it'll go right there. See the pictures as a reference!
I'm doing it mostly because i'll get more horsepower, better throttle response, and it makes it look more stock, atleast on the outside
Yes, i'll have more plumbing to deal with, but I think it'll be totally worth it!
Plus, you don't really see a lot of Turbo'd Integra's with Water to Air setups
Future Purchases:
Tranny
Tires
Civic Radiator
Water to air intercooler
Charge piping
BOV
Wastegate
Gauges
^Just to name a few of course lol
What i'm going for:
DAY 1: 1/12/2011
Hey guys, so for awhile now I have had a DB1 but always had a love for DA9s. But, over the weekend my dad and i got a deal that we couldn't pass up. It was a 1992 Integra DA9 with 205k miles, and the girl that had it, had already moved on to a different car cause, she said it would overheat and 3rd gear was hard to get into and that she hasnt driven it in awhile.
Today i cleaned it out and washed the carpet and of course to pictures :]
Of course it has some cosmetic issues, It looks like the roof and hood clear is peeling but wont be hard to fix :] Also, she had this controller hooked up for her PSP, and unfortunately DRILLED HOLES through the dash to hide the wires :ugh: There is also a small dent on the trophy piece above the bumper on the driver side.
Cleaning the engine bay
Engine bay :]
Vacummed and waiting to be shampooed
Whats a integra hatch with out carpet rot.... lol
The holes in the dash, oh yeah they also had a sticker under it thats what the giant ugly block is. Just need some goof off and should be good on that part, but as for the holes.... Anyone have ANY ideas to make them look reasonable?
And the lovely top of peeling clear coat...... a simple sanding really, still a neusaince.
oh and the hood
Now heres the dent on the filler piece, right under the driver side tail light.
Besides the hood, the roof, the trophy, and the dam dash, i'm quite impressed with this car.
Now I want your opinions on the car and some ideas with what to do with it, also I paid $200 for this jem. Thanks in advance folks!
2nd Update: 02-18-2011
So, i picked up these lights from a guy looking to get rid of them. Got them for $50! and the are cleaaaaannn! good buy amber corners, hello 50/50!
3rd Update: 05-13-2011
Switched exhausts with my old 90 4 door integra before i sold it to my friend.
sold it to him 2 months ago for $2k and yesterday he ran it out of oil, never had i heard a car screaming for someone to end its life until that day. Never again do i want to hear such horror lol
waiting on seeing what he wants to do with the car junk or put a new engine in, cause if hes gunna junk it he said i can have whatever i can pull out. So im gunna salvage the crap out of that car and have a nice leather interior haha
Picked up the leather seats from the car, so now i'm sitting pretty in a nice leather bucket seat lol
4th Update: 06-09-2011
Got these rims the other day (for free) and i am impressed, cept i only have 3 dammit, so trying to find another one/or two.
Just a test fit btw, to see how they'll look on it! :thud:
Had to junk the other 2 since they were cracked :*( so now i either gotta find 3 more or sell this one. Its life, oh well.
5th Update: 09-20-2011
Well, I haven't been doing much. I went to the dentist to get my wisdom teeth removed (luckily only born with 2) so that's taking my money atm. But I did put on the valve cover I stripped, and i must say, I like it.
6th Update: 10-19-2011
I was searching through Craigslist and found a guy with a brand new Emusa GT28 turbo for sale or trade.
So, i offered him my old gaming computer which still does pretty decent.
I got the computer for free, and just upgraded most of the internals I had laying around the house, so not a dime was spent to make it. (which i kept to myself lol)
Anyways, I met the guy and he was really chill, and when we traded, he said, "want a blown turbonetics t3/t4 turbo as well? I don't want it."
It was a "tough" choice to accept a $800 turbo with bad seals for free.... haha
So now I have 2 turbos, 1 new and the other "blown" turbo, with no shaft play, my dad and i are positive that it just needs new seals, but who knows.
I'll find out soon enough lol Great day lol
Also, the Emusa turbo needs an internal wastegate actuator, thats all that seems missing from it, which i can get for less than $60 on Amazon, but i might just weld it shut and go external wastegate..... we shall see.
(Selling these now)
7th Update: 11-10-2011
Well bad news, was at my shop and decided to look under the car make sure everything is fine.... well its not.
I noticed on the passenger side a section of oil coming from the output shaft. Well apparently the bearing is going bad since i can take the passenger axle right by the tranny and wobble it around a fair amount. There was a few drops of oil leaking from it, so we checked the oil level and it wasn't very low. So i topped it off. Looks like i'm going to have to find a used transmission soon.
looked online for rebuilt ones, almost $2000!
So, i'm going to look for used ones, and maybe rebuild this one later?
Who knows, but I do know that finding a transmission is now priority number one.
That or find another cheap car that i can drive and just take this car off the road and make it a full time project. lol
Don't suppose any of you folks have a spare b series transmission that works laying around you'd like to donate or sell cheaply? haha
8th Update: 11-11-2011
Just thought about this,
Money i've spent on car:
Car - Free
Valve Cover - Free
Exhaust - Free
Turbos (yes 2) - Free
So i've literally no money so far for my project, not bad. lol
And tires are getting bald so since its going to be snowing up here soon that'll be my other important purchase besides the tranny.
And since I work at a goodyear, i get great tires for huge discount!
Also, I've decided to make my car a "sleeper" and going to go with a water to air intercooler. Since I plan on relocating the battery, it'll go right there. See the pictures as a reference!
I'm doing it mostly because i'll get more horsepower, better throttle response, and it makes it look more stock, atleast on the outside
Yes, i'll have more plumbing to deal with, but I think it'll be totally worth it!
Plus, you don't really see a lot of Turbo'd Integra's with Water to Air setups
Future Purchases:
Tranny
Tires
Civic Radiator
Water to air intercooler
Charge piping
BOV
Wastegate
Gauges
^Just to name a few of course lol
What i'm going for:
