Corvette powered ls1 civic h/b My project that i thought i would share

[George Knighton]

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welding/fab

[qat727]

Some of this may have been posted up already, but I just found these and I don't want to look too far into it, given the sheer volume. That said, here is the info I have.

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by h8ted ek

haha, lol yeah rich people are the craziest. i mean eccentric. what you do for a living? your a young dude.

lol.....rich????? ummm no.....im a mechanic at a wholesale dealer repair shop......i just turn like 60- 75 hours a week flag time at anywhere from 27.50 to 37.50 hr.....i work alot ever since i got divorced....got my mind off of things if you know what i mean.....my ex wife was really good with money....which got me off to a good start early.....other than my close friends screwing me over lately, its been pretty good now......

well back to the car....

i bought my factory corvette radiator today and started working on it when i got home at 7..... i got it sitting in there......welded the frame in the front....and cut the frame sticking out......remounted the radiator support.....and the headlights.....

[qat727]

The following reply was posted by Civette:

coolant tank.....remember its not a honda anymore......lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

actually....these are the plans at the moment.......all parts will be 2000 front end parts......

stock carbon fiber hood......recleared
stock carbon fiber front bumper.....recleared stock carbon fiber fenders......recleared carbon fiber hatch.....recleared carbon fiber spoon wing.....recleared carbon fiber mid-wing.....recleared stock carbon fiber side skirts stock carbon fiber rear bumper....recleared type r carbon fiber grille new roof skin.....you guessed it.....sheet of carbon fiber......cleared....lol black housing headlights......with black candy over them.....with hid's stock rear tailights with black candy over them 5% windows.....35% front window black replica c6 wheels

AND IF ANYONE CAN FIND SOME CARBON FIBER DOORS......HOLY SHIT....NO ONE MAKES THEM????


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by ke98248

Space issues? I don't foresee any probs.. GL with the rest of the build. I really want to see the final outcome.

the only space issue i have so far is the dash being to far back and i dont know what to do with the fuel cell yet......i dont want it in the trunk compartment.....i want it underneath.....might have to go behind the seat under the frame....and if i do that i will run one on the other side and just use the stock corvette fuel pump setup.....it has 2 tanks in it too....

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by ZanderGTS

If you cant find carbon fiber doors you can always have someone make some for you!

lol.....what do i look like.....made of money......lol......actually if i dont find the doors soon....the car might just get painted candy pink......ha ha ha


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by killerB16A

thats just the door panel on the inside of the car.

no they just show door panels for 1996-2000....no actual doors.....


The following reply was posted by Civette:

if i get all the carbon fiber parts it will be ....ummmmm....carbon fiber......lol......and the non parts will be black or dark charcoal.....if i dont get them it will either be black, black with a silver top.......or crazy ass deep candy pink.....lol....im dead serious.....it will be cheaper to do it pink than carbon fiber.....

oh yea......holy shit......my ex wife is on here now......lol......u drive it???? ha ha...u wouldnt even drive my 4g63 colt.......it scared you....ha ha ha.....and now you are stealing my page.....lol.....just kidding......

and she isnt the ones in the pics on the other page you know????

Originally Posted by ek forever guy

OP: Any idea how much this whole swap has cost you? For future reference if anyone else wants to do something similar?

ummm civic......$200 (blown engine)
corvette wrecked should have been $15,000 (paid $2000, actually sold old parts from shop for $2000, have $0 dollars in corvette)

4x2 square tubing 20ft $140

other tubing.....given to me by my boss.....

various pieces of metal i bought from lowes and tractor supply $30, $30, $30, $30, $30, $30, $30, $40, $30 lol

saw blades $40

drill bits $40

mig welder had for 3 years and never even installed a plug on it until a month ago....lol $1300 but that doesnt really count in build....

tig welder bought 3 months ago.....still havent used it......$1500

corvette radiator $175

cam $400....not really needed for build

headers $1500......not needed too

intake $600......not needed too......

unbent corvette wheels......friend loaned me some......will cost me $1000 when i get the new ones.....

ha ha this swap is still cheaper than the ex wife boobs.... ha ha ha ha ha

[qat727]

The following reply was posted by Civette:

The following reply was posted by Civette:

any big companies want to sponsor this........will be finished for nopi atlanta......want the car in a booth....not in the crowd.......if not i might just have to get one myself.......


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by acura_el2000

what were those numbskulls saying? probly hatin' so much on the civic


imho, the civic interior will be a better look, im sure it can work with the tunnel there.

ummmm. civic interior went in the garbage long time ago....lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by si_bat

rwd traction >fwd....
and since most honda's are about pwr/wght ratio...
i doubt a 200hp k series fwd... will be just as fast a 350ish hp with matching tq..
all he needs is traction and this car is gonna move...
besides like the other guys just said he is doing something diff.

lol ummm its no longer gonna be 350ish

bought a new cam today.......and a fast lsx intake, and bought lg long tube headers the other day......and afr 205 heads.....lol....um those mods on other cars are pushing 480 to 560 whp<-----wheel horse power....not flywheel.....lol.....

OH YES THIS IS GONNA BE FREAKING AWESOME NOW!!!!!!


The following reply was posted by Civette:

you will see it......at nopi......i will be staying in marietta....is that close to you????

The following reply was posted by Civette:

lol.... i know.....ive done it for like 5 years now....its not a big deal.....its fun in traffic though.....especially if im DRIVING the civic to the show from marietta.....


The following reply was posted by Civette:

i dont know if you noticed.....but the factory airbox still fits......ha ha ha......not staying on the car but thought it was funny.....




The following reply was posted by Civette:

damn i post the pics right after i do some work....lol....this thread is only like 7 days old.....lol......i can only work so fast......ha ha

i might not get much done this weekend though.........i have a testarossa all weekend.....ballin!!!!!!


The following reply was posted by Civette:

lol......wow.......26,000 views in just 7 days.......ok...im done.....going back in the garage to work on it......


The following reply was posted by Civette:

memphrica.....lol.....home of that weirdo elvis presley.......


The following reply was posted by Civette:

dont worry it will be towed there, already bringing it and a really hot asian girl....lol

The following reply was posted by Civette:

look back like two posts, i answered that question allready.....lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by si_bat

just wondering why not the patriot head/cam package?
and what cam did you end up going with? lift? didnt you say it has borla exhaust already?(on ls1tech) and either way its gonna be a monster!! cant wait to see it

im not using the borla anymore....... .595 and .598 lift

The following reply was posted by Civette:

well come over and ill show u my thing!!!!!


The following reply was posted by Civette:

sorry havent gotten much dont the last two days.....been kinda busy at work..... just thought i would show a side by side comparison.....lol.....ill try to get some done tommorrow after work......waiting on a few parts to come so i can get more done......

[qat727]

The following reply was posted by Civette:

lol.....testarossa's are all h12's

348's look like testarossa's and they have v8's

The following reply was posted by Civette:

thats for me to know.....and you to never find out......ha ha ha ha


im a grease monkey........i am a mechanic

The following reply was posted by WhiteSol:

Originally Posted by Civette

guys i could do that swap in 2 weeks.....there is so much more bullshit to deal with in a front engine rwd setup......and take the v8 prelude for instance......he had it harder than me because he only had the motor and transmission....he had to engineer everything else.......and if i wanted to spend a year on this car and spend $10,000 on it......yes i could make it look like it came in there .....but you know what.....i really dont care....its a toy....something to take up my time.....and if i wanted to keep the emissions and everything else its not that hard to do.....its just that i dont need them where i am....so why should i waste time with it......and dont worry the car will still have a/c....

i guess its just that if you have done these kinds of things for so many years......some things seem too easy.......

dont get me wrong his integra is sweet...... just dont compare the two.....he wanted a rear drive stock feeling integra.....id have to give it to the rwd del sol....its more my style....he has way more time and effort into a car that will show a big enough difference in the way it drives.......

i have now decided that when i finish this civic.......im buying another del sol......and im going to do a mid engine swap on it.......and i promise you it wont take more than 2 weekends of working on it......and i wont spend more than $2500 on the whole thing....

ROFL
Ouch.. Glad mine has two engines..

To be honest it's not a hard swap to do (mid-engine).. its a hard swap to do right. Just like anything, if you put the hours into it, it shows with the final product. I'm sure you could do a project like that in 2 weekends, but it would look like you spent 2 weekends doing it, not to mention the thought process to do something different (like this civette) wouldn't be there.

For what it's worth I hope you go with something other than a sol, what else can you work from that wasn't already done [b HERE or HERE [/b]LOL

PS. this swap looks easy.. I bet I could do it in .. 1 weekend and a wednesday.

Keep up the good work
-Scott


The following reply was posted by Civette:

the whole pedal assembly is not a problem at all.....dont worry about it....there is a ton of room......battery....wtf.....who needs a battery.....lol....jk.....there are 1001 places to put the battery....the question is where to put the fuel cell(s)....lol.....without them being in the hatch area......dont worry ive actually got that one figured out too......now remember the hatch area will look pretty normal when im through.......will just be raised a bit......can still fit groceries back there.... the only issue will be the distance of the steering wheel to the seats....will be very close......oh yea and the shifter assembly will be moved forward about 8 inches too.....so remember that when looking at the seating position.....


The following reply was posted by Civette:

no...the wheel and seat are farther forward in the first pictures....


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by tek_civic

can you do something like shorten the steering shaft? might give you a little more clearence.

like i said i got it......the reason the dash has to come toward the driver is the pedals...if i dont the gas pedal will be touching the headers.....

Originally Posted by drtjmpr197

looks like there might be a problem gettin the shifter throu the stock location on the center consol

no.....not a problem at all......


guys its ok.....i know what snags there are....and i have already addressed them......dont worry about it...

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by Ri5e

will this car be street legal? (pass safety inspection?)

hell no....lol....no wipers....no cats....oh the joy of living in the county in tennessee......no inspection!!!!!!......besides i have dealer tags.....hee hee


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by inspireAZN

Come on guys, stop talking like that about his ex-wife

lol the girl on the lotus was a EX- GIRLFRIEND...LOL.....NOT EX WIFE......ex wife was in the other pics......


The following reply was posted by Civette:

well i just about got the rear suspension fixed......i did narrow it 2 more inches so i should be able to fit some 315's in the back.....hee heee heee.......

i spent the entire time after i got off work cleaning out the garage......i was tired of looking for stuff when i needed it and the garage was kinda hard to walk through.....im sure the neighbors will appreciate not having to look at my hoist and metal laying in the driveway anymore.......now i have room to work again......yeeaaaa!!!....and no more metal particles all over the floor!!!

The following reply was posted by Archidictus:

Originally Posted by Civette

yea but i cant have the car very low like that....and u did notice i fixed that problem now right?........im really not sure how low it will actually get.....i bolted a 18 to the back tonight....with the stock tire....i think it might be to big.....so i might just have to go with 17's all the way around.....but i am debating the whole fender flare thing.....i think its a must on the front anyway....i really want to find a pic of one with flares but no body kit.....i have 3 sets of fenders so my friend can make stock looking rally style fenders for the front....

OMG...stop...using...ellipses...between...every... word. When you want to pause, use a comma or a period You have yet to properly implement that particular piece of punctuation

Sorry, I'm a writer/editor by profession and watching people type like that drives me nuts


The following reply was posted by 95jeremie:

Originally Posted by Civette

it will for the moment....but i think im going to run it into a 3 inch fartcan out the corner....lol....

well than at least for the moment it's going to be loud as expletive... g ahead and start telling your neighbors your sorry o ya didn't you mention that they don't like you???
expletive them lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by spectacle

i'll be back in 6 months when its running....

ummmm....how bout 2 weeks lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

intake and throttle body came in on thursday....thanks to joeygc5 on ls1tech.com

Got the new tires installed on the wagon wheels today....

235/40/17

275/35zr18



and my boss bought a new hauler for his race car.....maybe i can borrow it to go to nashville and atlanta with the civette......

[qat727]

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by generalBEEEF

are you okay with the height of the car as it stands right now, or are you gonna try to bring the body a bit lower? might as well throw a slushbox on it and make it 4x4 for that high up off the ground

the front will be a little lower.....but the back is as low as it goes......you do realize is still like a inch and a half lower than stock right? it look high without the sideskirts....

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by 95DxSi-R2

what about leaving the rice muffler on and using a bypass like the old school drag cars, u know what i mean? (dumping it before the rear axle maybe), by the way, loving those 4 by 4 coil overs in the back. where did u get those from, i've been meaning to do a sus. upgrade

yea yea i know....lol......havent got the right ones in yet....wanted to set the car on the ground.....

u remember i was looking for carbon fiber doors......well......i found a one piece carbon fiber front end, doors and the roof skin......so this might happen again...and i might be able to get the front end made wider to fit the wheels....yeeeaaaaahhh!!!!

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Special Thanks from Snootch from ls1tech.com for this.....this will be the raised emblem on the back of the car......



The following reply was posted by jz98ctr:

Originally Posted by Civette

u remember i was looking for carbon fiber doors......well......i found a one piece carbon fiber front end, doors and the roof skin......so this might happen again...and i might be able to get the front end made wider to fit the wheels....yeeeaaaaahhh!!!!

is that one-piece front end a flip front design???...cuz if so that would be ill nasty... just like the nose on the vette

oh and for that emlem
i though you were gonna use the CI...then the vette's V...then IC again but it still looks good


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by yoffer

Videos!!!

of what.......the car sitting in the garage.....lol.....wow....exciting!!!!! lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

look what we been doing all day.....My friend shaun came to help.....aka RUDY!!!RUDY!!!!RUDY!!!











dont say nothing yet.....not even close to being done.......got any curb feelers!!!!!! lol


The following reply was posted by 2wheelhunter:

Originally Posted by Civette

Bad news.........i wrecked the lotus on the way home from work today.......

bummer dude... pics details... how bad?


even wrecked i'd still model my hairy white ass on it like ur ex


The following reply was posted by thehatchninja:

Originally Posted by Civette

ok the headers are on......ill post pics when i get back home......

broke all four wheels, bent some suspension, and front edge of bumper messed up.......hydroplaned......into a median.....lucky the median curb was a 45 degree angle.....ill post pics too....

oh noes!!!

The following reply was posted by CooBlueDAB:

Originally Posted by Civette

remember my car is all aluminum....the frame bends easily....

Here's to hoping it didn't.

The following reply was posted by JasonGhostz:

Originally Posted by Civette

lol....thank you you are awesome jasonghostz......actually i wouldnt mind taking it on there after i get comfy in it.....but right now i dont know......let me see how it drives first and if i will be ok going 130+ mph in it.....lol......

Completely understood. By all means, TAKE YOUR SWEET TIME!!! The only rush will be the one you get when you feel it's DONE!!

Originally Posted by Civette

good news........ The headers came in.....so i can get a lot more done now.....

As the picture was downloading, I started wondering why they were lined up "the wrong way"...

Originally Posted by Civette

Bad news.........i wrecked the lotus on the way home from work today.......

Gall-dang Greenhouse Effect... Good to hear you're safe.

GOOOOOOOOOOO CIVETTE !!!!!!!1111!!!llll111|||OneoneON3!!

JasonGhostz


The following reply was posted by Xtream_V:

Originally Posted by Civette

ok here is how u can tell where u will be sitting......

open your driver door......
lift forward your front seat and scoot it all the way up......
sit in your back seat......
scoot to the front edge of your back seat......

thats where the seat will be........lol......

ok i want to see pictures of you doing this!!!!!!!!

lol as far back as you'll be sitting it'd be like driving this.


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by Dulluthkid_19

You must be a meth head to work 60-80hrs a week then to come home and work like a madman on this beast...and not only make it actually work, but do it well! lol

just kiddin, I don't think you're on meth, but seriously you must work your ass off, I am totally astonished as to how much you get done!

That's it, you got an extra room? I'm moving down there, I'll pay rent and I'm great in the kitchen....deal? lol Teach me your ways and I'll be forever in debt

Read all 37 pages....tiring!

Subscribed and anxious

if u were female maybe lol


The following reply was posted by Russ713:

Originally Posted by Civette

yes...i finally had to give it up...had it this long......it got sold.... ......on its way to canada..... oh well.....time to find another noble!!!!!

That's the model that I fell in love with as a kid. That was years ago and it's still an attractive work of art.


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by MADEinJAPAN

wow!

so what are you going to do to the motor?

does anyone actually read the posts???lol

Originally Posted by 92BluEH-3

anyway back on topic this is one crazy build and that testerrosa is ballin, if you dont mind me asking what did it go for?

$60,000

Originally Posted by black7hatch

Awesome!! i was just wondering tho, and i dont think its been asked, but is visibility gonna be a problem?

no why should it....


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by vadya0

hey Civette
i am interested in buying your wrecked lotus, if you want to sell it email me at vadya0@hotmail.com thanks

dude its not even bad....insurance is paying for it.....its just suspension damage....ill sell it for $38,000 fixed or not fixed lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

OMG!!!!! LOOK WHAT I FOUND!
<embed src="http://www.fastlanedaily.com/embed/player" width="425" height="340" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="video_file=http://www.fastlanedaily.com/embed/play/fld_20070706" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by acura_el2000

ahah when i watched that, I thought the story "coming next" was gona be about you. cause you had a tesstarosa in your driveway before

you did watch it all right?????? the civic is on there

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by eg6sirll

thats badass!! you didnt send them a video or anything?? fuking awesome

i didnt send them anything.....

[qat727]

The following reply was posted by Civette:

da dum



da dum


da dum da dum



da dum da dum da dum

ahhhhhh!!!!!!


THE CAR FREAKING RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!
VIDEO AS SOON AS LUKE BUYS A CABLE FOR HIS CAMERA!!!!!!!


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by solerizr

Oh snap!!!!! Shred a set of tires yet??

i said it runs.......not drives......lol...no axles....still needs a lot of work....but i wanted it to run for the show in nashville

The following reply was posted by MADEinJAPAN:

Originally Posted by Civette

does anyone actually read the posts???lol

$60,000

no why should it....

should i put this widebody kit on the lotus.....not the wing......and not with the vents








and i used to have these on my MR2 a long time ago!!




Modified by Civette at 3:35 PM 7/7/2007

i didnt see anywhere what u had planned for the motor ???? besides a giant v8 that throws off the entire weight balance of the car and would get blown away by a factory motor with a cheap turbo kit so you must have bigger plans i assume

fill me in

nice welding by the way

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by MADEinJAPAN

i didnt see anywhere what u had planned for the motor
???? besides a giant v8 that throws off the entire weight balance of the car and would get blown away by a factory motor with a cheap turbo kit so you must have bigger plans i assume

fill me in

nice welding by the way

damn its in my sig........and how does a giant v8 throw off the weight balance of a "vette" when the motor is fully behind the front wheels.....and the tranny is just in front of the rear wheels......yea it doesnt have the weight balance of a civic......what is that like 80/20 it has the weight balance of a vette....like 65/45.....hrmmmm......and i want to see a cheap turbo kit civic with 200hp beat a (stock)350hp 375ft/lbs rwd civic ......and this one will be close to 500whp......try again buddy.......like i said read the posts before you decide to act smart......


sorry kinda in a pissy mood.....women......you know.....car makes me happy......women piss me off! lol


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by Turbo-LS

They were originally supposed to come with k series type r motors. Honda did not want to debut there k series engines in someone elses chassis and lotus wanted to produce the vehicle before honda wanted to debut the engines so they decided to go with the toyota motors which were already being used in the celica's vibes etc...

ehhhhh.....wrong lol....ill explain the story later....lol

here you guys go


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The following reply was posted by Civette:

we decided to "try" something on the axles.......and they are in the car!!!!!

just found out that we will have to drop the rearend down a few inches to make a little less angle on the axles.....no a biggie.....but not doing that for a while.....

The following reply was posted by Civette:

ok guys please remember when you see this car this weekend, it is thrown together so you guys can see it......it still has a ton of work to be done......its on a trailer going to my work tommorrow to get a windshield, the floorpans made....hopefully the frame in the rear moved for the seats.....and the filler panels on the dash made......and the clutch bled and brakes bled.....got to buy a hood tommorrow and a window regulator.....and get my friend to tint it.....cause i might just have to keep the car closed up.....lol.....but please dont knock the ghetto fuel tanks sitting in the back.....its the only way i could get the car to run on such short notice......remember the car is only 50% done......so if you see something weird on the car, please dont laugh and ask me about it.....if it looks strange its probably not how its going to be.....lol......

The following reply was posted by Civette:

havent decided yet......most likely be there around 6 pm on saturday


The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by Slow*Jim

for the 50th time, NO

read the f*cking thread people

street legal enough around here.......i dont have to inspect it.....and i have dealer tags anyway.....but it will be tagged.....and it will say 8URVETT

The following reply was posted by mr.coupe:

Originally Posted by Civette

sorry guys, i got a little burned out on the car so i have been taking a week off from working on it....

you need a break! hha....so much work already and so little time man....it will be done when its done

The following reply was posted by Civette:

ok the transmission is about 5 inches lower now......yeah!!!!!

now just need my REAL axles......

shaun got the left rear quarter panel straightened out......now the other side needs to be done....

it sucks i had to cut off the exhaust that we just made.....but oh well ill just have to get them done again.....

going to start on the seat and gas tank area tomorrrow.......


and the lotus is in my driveway with no front cap on it.......should get the suspension pieces in next week......and the body shop is painting the new front cap...

now my new loaner car is a 2002 Mercedes S500.....lol.....ballin.....my neighbor said now i really look like a drug dealer coming down the street......ha ha ha


The following reply was posted by Civette:






















got the heads-up display working






shaun started the body work

[George Knighton]

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[qat727]

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by misanthropist

What happened to the fender flares?

And did you tint the windows or just spray paint them

i cant believe you just asked me that.......lol...... 5% sides and 15% front windshield

flares will come soon........all the pics welding were before we took it to nashville

The following reply was posted by Flier129:

Originally Posted by Civette

sorry the b series lotus swap is old news.......i drove one......


i decided yesterday what the next swap will be............... LS2 S2000

will be called the S6000 lol

measured up the car i was working on at work.....fits just fine.....

haha theres kits out there for ls1's into miatas now. im just waiting for an ls7 swapped into sumthing small....

The following reply was posted by Civette:

Originally Posted by MustWonder

being an autoglass tech i was wondering how you got the heads up display to work on the civic windshield being that the reflective strip was not made on the civic windshield. im curiouse how you got it to work like you did. and also does it look as good as it did in the corvetter or is it blurry. non the less props on it either way.

and props on the whole car goodluck

there is no reflective strip on my corvette windshield.........it just reflects....and no its not blurry at all.....i have to readjust the mirror a little bit to get it lower.....but its actually not that high.....just looks that way in the pics.....

The following reply was posted by Civette:

ok guy......im getting back on the ball as of tonight......so updates are coming.....

The following reply was posted by Civette:

wow.....im pissed as hell.....why the expletive did you delete all the other posts.....including the rest of the pics...

you just ****ed me on my sponsorships.....i used this as a reference to how hype it was getting......

im not posting anymore on here then.....that was a dumb move.......all that work and now you want me to spend hours redoing all the links to the pics and stuff.......screw that.....why the hell didnt you just delete the dumb crap that they just posted.....



i have too much shit to do than sit here and post all of that again......

The following reply was posted by Civette:

and who the hell changed my name......why does it say "my ls1 civic owns your b18"....i never put that shit......wtf!


That's all I could find of what Civette posted.

[Smoke4206]

<3 for civette and his fabrication ablitlites!
Please show us the end of this awesome build and atleast 1 burnout

[b20powereDA]

civette, i dont know what u do for a living but maybe u should open a shop doing crazy swaps like this. i am simply amazed by the amount of work and knowledge involved to make this happen. i am phucking amazed

Originally Posted by b20powereDA

civette, i dont know what u do for a living but maybe u should open a shop doing crazy swaps like this. i am simply amazed by the amount of work and knowledge involved to make this happen. i am phucking amazed

heavyline tech

[George Knighton]

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Exactly.

Originally Posted by SOHCD16y8

Wow, I havent been on in a few days and this whole thing is gone. What happened guys?

An over worked and cornered moderator deleted too much. He wasn't trying to be mean...he just made a mistake.

[DriveaHonda827]

someone should take a honda insight and do this to it.

[hatch_wanna_b]

Man what a crazy build. Seriously.
You have mad welding skills too lol.

I have one question. And maybe I missed the answer through all the BS people were posting, but what is your goal or intended use for this car? I know you want to do something different but what are you going to do with it competition wise? lol I know you aren't doing all this work just to win a trophy at Nopi. lol
Just curious.

Seriously, not anything I will ever try to build but more power to you man! Cant wait to see some rolling shots someday! lol

[CIVICLUDE]

Ok I just have one simple question. What are you going to do when you have to give it a tune up? I dont know much about LS1's so I really cant see how your going to take out the spark plug's arent they under that big cover thats going into the car? Anyways nice build man...Now turbo that thing and let's see some big numbers!!

[ek forever guy]

he's said previously that working on it in the civic is easier than working on a corvette.

I would imagine it's as simple as popping off the fenders and going to town.

[Bull_head360]

Originally Posted by DriveaHonda827

someone should take a honda insight and do this to it.

Funny you say that, I've always wanted to mess around with an insight, definatly not go this far, but at the very least drop a b or k series in it....I only know of one insight like this, all motor k, 300whp, full drag car. I forget who sponsors the car, skunk2 maybe?

And not sure if it's been answered, but was he gonna try to do anything about narrowing the front end? Or just flare out the front fenders and call it a day?

[driveahonda]

Bisi has been racing in an Insight for a couple years now.

[caspers_hatch]

That "Insight" was built by Mike Gerber Fabrications... Norris carries ClutchMasters sponsorship...or at leats he did. The chassis work was awesome.

[Probot]

anywho - anyone talk to Civette or knows of anything as far as if the car is drivable, any updates, etc.?

[instructor74]

Originally Posted by Probot

anywho - anyone talk to Civette or knows of anything as far as if the car is drivable, any updates, etc.?

I hope he does check back in. Civette any reason that you narrowed the rear end so much? It looks like there is one hell of a difference in the front and rear width. With all your fab skills I would have thought you would have welded fender flairs to the rear quarter panels.

[CooBlueDAB]

Originally Posted by instructor74

I hope he does check back in. Civette any reason that you narrowed the rear end so much? It looks like there is one hell of a difference in the front and rear width. With all your fab skills I would have thought you would have welded fender flairs to the rear quarter panels.

I am pretty sure that is in the re-post of his things, it was a multi-page topic for a while.

Basically, he debated for a while about just widening it, but decided on narrowing the rear to better fit. It was a 4" change I believe. The front, is likely to stay wide though. As he is keeping the whole drive-train, a front suspension that moves, turns etc... is a lot harder to narrow than a rear that only really has to worry about going up and down for the most part. Looking further down the road, it would not surprise me that he keeps this ride, and ends up modding the engine more somehow. Then he might need to get even wider wheels, and make that 4" difference up with more beef in the rear. But for now I am curious as to how it will affect the handling, I am sure it will be very interesting.

[instructor74]

I must have missed that section i thought I had read everything in the 60+ pages. You are right it should make for interesting handling. I kinda thought the front would stay the same to keep things simple.