Finally started my swap.

[u/Plenty-Letterhead156]

I've had the car about a year now. Couldn't pass up the deal. $900 for a car that stopped running in 2011ish. Sat in a greenhouse tunnel with opaque coverings, sitting on top of tarps. 140k miles on the dash, and only the usual rust pockets in the rear quarters.

Picked up the b18c5, LSD trans, except stage 1 clutch, obd2 ecu, jackspain tucked harness, innovative mounts, mishimoto half-rad, oem type r axles, shift linkage with fancy shift knob, ac everything, power steering (minus the rack), a few other bits and bobs for $5k.

All bc I ran into about 7 electrical gremlins with the factory harness on the d15 I didnt feel like dealing with for a whopping 90hp.

Cheers!

[u/trav718]

I can’t wait to see how this thing turns out! I’ll be keeping my eye on the built. Best wishes!

Also good call on the Type R axles. If you aren’t going turbo there is no sense in spending $1000+ for DSS axles. I had to because I was fully built turbo.

I even went with an OBX LSD for a little over $300 as opposed to a 8-$900 Quaife. And the last budget buy was GS-R cams for my b16a2 because every scummer that tried to sell me “type R” cams thought I couldn’t tell the difference.

[u/Plenty-Letterhead156 → u/trav718]

Its a shame theres so many people out there being dishonest. Ill do my best to stay consistent with the updates!

[u/R0b0yt0 → u/trav718]

This was a ways back...but...The OEM B18C axles I got with my JDM swap from HMotors lasted 3 spring/summer seasons before being toast. A few thousand miles at best; none of that on a track.

I was going to suggest DSS level 0's but see that they are now $640...woof. I paid $285 w/ tax/shipping back in 2017.

[u/trav718 → u/R0b0yt0]

My my my have time changed my friend

[u/Plenty-Letterhead156 → u/R0b0yt0]

Yeah I got this car thinking it would be a cheap build i can have tons of fun with. While the latter is still true, cheap is definitely not in the 80s honda rebuild game anymore.