****first and foremost, this is my first online build! I've been in the scene since 2000 and have learned quite a bit lol. Everything you see before you was/will be done by myself. All paint/bodywork, the midori green pearl, any wiring/conversions, wiretucks, brake line tucks and relocations, swaps, upgrades etc. I'm doing myself. Whatever I don't know how to do I LEARN it! The car will go to the shop for any welding and alignments(for now) and of course tuning/dyno. Any comments/feedback are appreciated! You can literally say anything you want. Just remember, don't be a jerk about it! Major shout outs go out to N1 concepts, jdmunlimited, password:jdm, anplumbing.com, jhpusa, summitracing.com, modacar.com, everyone keeping me going, joe DK, mikey, khuong, my fiance BO, my moms, MAJOR UPS AND THANKS TO GOD!******updates and pictures on every page!
ok well after alot of years of messing round with different ef's(this is the 8th one) i finally found the one i wanted. a 1988 crx dx! but first, a few of the past ef's ive owned more recently:
ok. anyway, a deal presented itself to me. a freind of mine had a 1990 crx dx that was t boned on the front passenger side. other than that, it was in pretty good shape. we agreed on $500 so i cashed him out and got it towed to the house. here is the only pic i have of it. it was all stock with the acception of some ground controls.
ok now still another freind of mine (joetdk) had another crx. this one was simply a shell. but it held a clean title, was put into non-op status, and had da front and rear brakes, ef8 sir doors, and that was pretty much it! we agreed on 400 for that car. here it is when i bought it. the wheels on it were mine i brought from home because he didnt have any wheels for it.
now once i got the wrecked car home i completely stripped it down planning on putting all its parts onto the 88 dx. so i did and junked the shell. and i also put on some parts from my ditched ef hatch project.
i had planned to go h2b with my hatch and so i had a y1 lsd cable trans sitting around and everything i would need to go b series. a freind of mine had a pretty cheap b16a for sale so i figured i would slap that in temporarily. BUT! before i did all that i went ahead and painted all the jams and engine bay i did a wire tuck on the engine bay. Here is how it looked after I put all the parts from the 90' dx and my extra parts I ad collected for the hatch
jdm ITR cluster mugen racing II wheel
jdm fenders. i had the jdm headlights also but i needed the hood and bumper still
ok in this picture, the rear is actually converted to 4x114.3 96 spec itr. only the rear is like that because i sold the rear discs that were on there lol and needed to put wheels on the car.
now the car never ran with the b16a. it was setup as obd1 with a boomslang jumper harness. but it had issues with the wiring. before i put the interior in i went ahead and sourced a complete harness from an si crx to make my swap life easier. but the harness i bought had internal issues and i had to actually change the complete harness a number of times. i actually did 3 wire tucks on this car! boy did that suck and i also wired up the jdm cluster twice!
anyway, sometime later a freind of mine had his gsr engine lose compression on one cylinder. so i ended up trading it for this b16a longblock seen here. there was nothing wrong with my b16a, his gsr had low compression. i needed a motor for my sedan so we traded(i was going to rebuild it). i came up because i bought the b16a for 500 and later just sold the gsr for 650.
so after that i just slapped the single cam motor from the dx into the car but first bought am si mani, dizzy, and ecu for it.
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Here is my parts/mods list. This list will be updated whenever the parts are added so you know what yur getting into lol!
PARTS LIST___________________________
interior:
-mugen Racing II steering wheel
-mugen polished shift knob
-mugen sports pedal kit
-tom's motorsports cf bucket seats
-jdm ef8 sir door panels
-jdm ef8 sir climate control
-jdm ef8 sir bumper pole switch
-jdm ef8 sir fog light switch
-dakota digital gauges(oil pressure, voltmeter,and coolant temp)
-jdm ITR 96 spec cluster conversion
-blk/red stitching shift boot
-power mirrors
exterior:
-jdm ef8 sir front end conversion
-carbon fiber ef8 oem style hood
-jdm ef8 sir doors
-jdm ef8 sir rear bumper
-jdm ef8 sir non-power folding mirrors
-jdm ef8 sir rear emblem
-jdm ef7 tailights-outer sections only
-honda access japan jdm ef8 sir window visors
-honda access japan bumper pole
-jdm ef8 sir pdgm f dohc vtec door decals
suspension/wheels/engine bay/brakes:
-16x7 +37? jaknife m8's (I believe)
-tein superstreet 16 way adjustable dampers
-polished function/form rear lca's
-explicit speed performance traction bars
-passwordjdm 3 point front strut bar
-wire tucked/shaved(in progress) engine bay
-10.2" da9 front knuckles with arp extended studs
-earls stainless steel braided brakelines
-da9 rear disc's
-40/40 brake proportioning valve
-1990 honda prelude master cylinder
-mugen reservoir cover
-mugen oil cap
-mugen radiator cap
the car is currently under the knife1 right now im shaving my engine bay and i'lll have before and after pics. the bay wont be repainted again though until i drop the single and put this in:
here is what my engine setup will consist of:
-1992 jdm h22a
-explicit speed performance h2b 4-2-1 race header
-toda 7lb flywheel
-act 6 puck clutch
-p28 chipped and tuned on a wide band
-y1 lsd cable trans
-q.s.d. h2b kit(whenever they are in stock lol)
-Hasport mounts
-Stock axles
-custom obd1 plug n play harness using a boomslang jumper made by myself
-kaizen speed balancer shaft eliminator kit
-explicit speed performance alternator relocator kit
-removed butterfly plate
-h23 manual timing belt tensioner conversion
-crank pulley shaved down to a single belt pulley and moved 1/2" inward
-ngk iridium spark plugs
-ngk spark plug wires
im hoping to make at least 200whp on just this header, an e/cutout, and a nice exhaust(before turbo)
Here is a wishlist/parts that I still need list:
-4 or 6 point io port racing roll bar
-hondata s300
-13" slicks of some sort
-powerslot slotted rotors up front
-shift linkage
-skunk2 pro series camber kit
-might buy a CUSCO mc brace if I don't spend too much on the other stuff
-midori green pearl!
so here is how the car sits now.i literally have everything i need to drop the h2b in except for the h2b kit itself and shift linkage. i actually live close to the founder of the kit so hopefully once he has more i can go pick one up and drop this sucker in!. sorry for the cell phone pics! will have real pics up soon. im tired of typing .
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My crx build: 12-second jdm midori green machine!
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2297165
All work done by me using all HT resources and info!Jesus christ FTW 
