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i've been waiting to see these finished pics forever!!!!! SICK as always
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like i said...------ amazing...too bad u cant win COTM cuz ud get my vote for sure :rockon:
i think u ran over a box :lol: |
---- thats nuts. ur a damn baller.
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:drool: nice... can't wait to see it at the regular meets when the weather gets better.
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I've just caught up on all 5 pages of this thread now ... dunno how I missed it but WOW ... never seen a Del Sol look so GOOD! :drool:
You do great work Vince! Congrats on the finished product for sure! Colour is amazing and the rims really help set it off :yeah: :beer: |
Thanks again to everyone for the kind words...
I documented everything as we went along, I'll post some progress pics if anyone's interested. |
Lookin good, nice work.
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looks sick as hell! progress pics stat!
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I also like how you haven't -----d it all over H-T
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^^ baaahahaha.....p000000wned...
i reeeeeally wanna see the progress pics vince!!! :yeah: |
wtf Vince?!?! HOly ---- mang, car looks amazing. Paint is perfect!
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car looks good vince!!!
k series, the future... |
that looks beautiful. i'm generally not a fan of bodykits, but it flows very well with your wheels. does it have a transtop?
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Mike> Paint isn't perfect, believe me haha, but I am VERY picky and the job was good enough to keep me happy. No matter what, it's a LONG way from the crap paint job it had when I bought it.
Jeff> I'm not a fan of body kits either, this is the first car I've owned with side & rear skirts... I'm still getting used to that haha. Transtop, I WISH, I hear you basically have to weld the rear of a JDM Sol to your car for it to work properly. Okay so here are some progress pictures & my story (56K don't even think about it) Some of you saw that car last year, it was basically just asthetics and suspension work: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...l/IMG_0133.jpg October 1st, I dropped in a JDM B18C (GSR), ACT clutch/flywheel/pp, msd ignition, ITR valve cover, and a few other tid bits. I took the car to Montreal for SCP and on the way home, I got spanked on the highway by my friend's K20a2 01 Civic coupe. I'm not a racer, but we were trying to stay awake so we did 3 highway pulls. The first 2 runs, I got a jump start on him but he beat me all 3 runs. I was cruising in 5th, dropped into 3rd and punched it... by the time I hit top of 4th, he was in 5th and pulling away from me. I was SHOCKED... my car's WAY lighter, rolling on 16"s, I had 2 people and a couple bags. He has a boat coupe with 4 people, full audio, 18"s, full body kit and just pulled away from me. So yeah, I don't think I should have tested my car because after that, all I could do was think K. But if I was gonna do K, I may as well go all out hahaha. I posted up my motor at the beginning of November, found a buyer, started ordering parts and waited till after my exam to pull it all out. The second week of December I drove her to the shop and the madness began. |
Pulling out the motor (Dec 10)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../121005031.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../121005034.jpg I spent about a week after work just cleaning & stripping the engine bay and re-routing the wires for the wire tuck. Towing her to Velocity (Dec 19) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../121905002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../121905007.jpg |
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Got the car back a couple days later and a bunch of parts arrived
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I started painting some brackets, the ITR MC & BB, Steering Rack, etc.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../122805002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123005001.jpg I get some more parts http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../122805012.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../013006006.jpg |
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Install the mounts and throw that sucker in (Dec 30) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123005014.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123005020.jpg I'm using an RSX rad, so I have to cut and weld the lower rad brackets http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123005017.jpg |
Saturday morning (Dec 31), we install the Karcepts shifter kit. It's basically a mounting kit made to sit underneath the car so you can use an RSX shifter box and retain a normal shifter position. Another option would be to use a CD5 Accord or BB1 Prelude shifter, but the feeling is no where close to an RSX box.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123105004.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123105003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../123105006.jpg I finish off the motor wiring, it's very simple with the Hybrid Racing harness. I just had to keep it clean so I rerouted & lengthened the charge harness to run alongside the wiring harness. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../010506006.jpg |
Once I'm happy with the wiring, I started to strip the car down. Removed all the weather stripping, interior panels, tucked away any wired in the trunk, etc. (Jan 5)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../010506009.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../010506013.jpg Back to the body shop... they start off with the trunk, door jambs, fix the rust along my roof weather stripping http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../012006001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../012006006.jpg |
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Some new parts come in as I'm waiting for paint http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../020806016.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../020806002.jpg I also ordered some new stipping from Honda, and basically scraped off all the red paint on the trims (worst paint job ever). |
It felt like forever at the body shop. I dropped in every other day and it seemed like nothing was getting done (as usual). Then one day, I walk in... and she's painted haha.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../021506003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../021506006.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../021506011.jpg So I tow her back to the shop (Feb 17) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../021706015.jpg |
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Spent the next couple days putting the car back together... stripping, engine, etc. New parts are arriving http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../022406001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../022106002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../030306007.jpg |
We start the brake install, spray all the wheel wells (wet in the pictures), AEM BBK in the rear & Wilwood DynaLites in the Front
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Sitting pretty (Feb 28)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../022806003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../022806001.jpg By night time, the suspension bits are all installed... ITR F&R Sway Bars, Energy Suspension Bushings, etc. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../022806012.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../022806008.jpg |
Crunch time... We have to modify an exhaust to fit
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Show day... heading out for roll-in at Performance World
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Overall, the swap is very simple... it's really just a waiting game. If anyone plans on doing a K, start planning months in advance. Give yourself a good 2 months time for all the install parts to arrive. The biggest items arrived FAST, while the small things took FOREVER!
If anyone needs help or advice with a K-swap, just shoot me a PM... I compiled a complete list of parts needed to do the swap. And now for my speech: I'd like to thank God first of all, the boyz at A.R.T. Motorsports, Precision Rim Repair, Ignited Performance, the kids at OptionJDM, Velocity Autobody HAH, sorry for the long ass post |
mad props, your cars just keep getting better and better. One question, do you think you can spank your friends k20 civic now? Is there a blower in your future? What did everything cost? (you know you were gonna get asked this question)
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Geez Vince...I think you've become the Idol on TI...your car looks amazing and I can't wait to see it in person!
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wow amazing write up man...the sols come a LOOOOONG way...looks crazy now :yeah:
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haha about time! the secret was kept away good for a pretty long time. told you i wouldn't say anything :P
i still got the vid of the first fire up on my cell if you want me to post it up. "fireeeeeee!" haha |
Nice car Vince....
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Wayne> I'm sure I could beat my buddies car now... he's running a similar setup, but he's still using a stock RSX-S header so he's loosing alot of power right there. He's probably in the 200whp range while I'll be in the 210-212whp. We'll see in a couple weeks when I bring her out to the dyno.
I really don't think I can handle a charger on this motor, guys on the K20a board are getting numbers close to 300whp with chargers... that's just insane. I was thinking of MAYBE dropping in a set of cams, people are seeing about 250whp with valve train upgrades. The car is just so fun to drive now, not like any other EG/DC/EK... It just wants to keep going and going. 5th gear and the 407 are my new friends haha. Cost... I'd rather not talk about it, especially since I did everything at one shot. If anyone really planned on doing a K swap, they should expect to spend more than $10k. There are short cuts you can take here and there and if you did labour yourself, I'm sure someone could do it for about $8500-9000 with a a2 motor. Amanda> Don't say that... it's not a teg Sujeev> I thought it looked pretty good before haha John> Send that!!! |
damn vince car looks great! cant believe you finished a complete rebuild so quick. awesome job.
i thought you werent into performance? lol finally swapped one of your many cars. congrats cant wait to check it out. |
wow.. i cant believe 10k for a k20 swap.. eeeeeesh Looks awesome though and im sure it moves pretty good in that little car! Great job vince!
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john post up that vid mang!!! lol
and ya vince u sol was pretty good before but now its like no other sol on the road :rockon: |
very nice work...congrats!!!!
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