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Per our Facebook convo, my little pony and hello kitty better make its way on the car! Maybe some hello kitty seat covers.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Per our Facebook convo, my little pony and hello kitty better make its way on the car! Meijer has HK seat covers, floor mats and a steering wheel cover.
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Jun 14, 2014 06:44
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HK, why not do it properly for a civic and get HKS ones* *from ebay
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Jun 14, 2014 07:47
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Rhyno posted:Edit: revmoo, can you find out where your buddy got his ECU from? http://www.xenocron.com
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Jun 14, 2014 15:47
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Similar to the H O N D A on the windshield you definitely need a 3 foot tall H logo in the back window. And a huge pink/orange anodized recovery point.
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Jun 14, 2014 16:29
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Rhyno posted:Edit: revmoo, can you find out where your buddy got his ECU from? Do you know what you're going to use software wise for tuning? Most options for a honda use the same 28 pin socket but if you want to go with Hondata it takes male pins you install a daughter board on. Also if you want to use the ecu for boost control you'll need to install additional bits. If you set the ecu up right electronic boost control solenoids are only about $75.
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honda whisperer posted:Do you know what you're going to use software wise for tuning? Most options for a honda use the same 28 pin socket but if you want to go with Hondata it takes male pins you install a daughter board on. Also if you want to use the ecu for boost control you'll need to install additional bits. If you set the ecu up right electronic boost control solenoids are only about $75. I do not, I was going to address that in a future post and look for the best/popular options. Should I buy an ECU set up for for that now or just buy the P28 ECU? Can that be later modified for boost control?
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Jun 14, 2014 21:11
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kastein posted:Similar to the H O N D A on the windshield you definitely need a 3 foot tall H logo in the back window. At that point, you can't forget the NIN and Tool stickers.
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IOwnCalculus posted:At that point, you can't forget the NIN and Tool stickers. My car in high school but it was a third gen Z28 :/
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Went to the PnP today. New arrival Civic is a 95 DX in red. Interior is trashed, massive rear damage but the hood is better then the original and the white one. If it's still there next 50%A off day (4th of July weekend) I'll probably get it. And so I'm looking through the red car for a window crank and a horn button, there's an inch of water in the car. I realized that is hasn't rained in a week or so on the drive home. I think they hosed the car out. Can you scrap a car for parts if somebody died in it?
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Jun 15, 2014 02:39
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I'm not sure but I've seen some car interiors with blood that look like some serious poo poo went down and moved on even if I needed something from it. gently caress pulling a potentially haunted part
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8ender posted:gently caress pulling a potentially haunted part Don't you guys want this thread to get exciting down the line?
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Rhyno posted:Went to the PnP today. New arrival Civic is a 95 DX in red. Interior is trashed, massive rear damage but the hood is better then the original and the white one. If it's still there next 50%A off day (4th of July weekend) I'll probably get it. Many years ago in the yard, I saw a pretty tarted-up turbo Eclipse. Knowing that parts on DSMs are relatively valuable and this one probably has some high-margin aftermarket parts I laid out my tool roll and got to work. My buddy comes up as I'm busy pulling the mangled wreckage of the hood free from what's left of the front fenders and points out that the car has a "biohazard" warning sticker from auction on the windshield, the passenger side of the roof is caved in about two feet, there's blood on the shattered windshield and both front airbags are deployed, with the passenger side one soaked in blood. If the passenger didn't die in that car, they sure had a hell of a fight to make it out of the hospital. We left it be.
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Rhyno posted:Don't you guys want this thread to get exciting down the line? Duh, yes. With the different body panels and rust repair going on it makes me think you should harlequin out your civic. It would be amazing if you think about it.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Duh, yes. With the different body panels and rust repair going on it makes me think you should harlequin out your civic. It would be amazing if you think about it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pink-gloss-...=item233a0445c9 Edit: Progress will be slow for the rest of the month other than cosmetic work. I spent a bit too much on this and I have some other expenses to take care of. Rhyno fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Jun 15, 2014 |
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Rhyno posted:I do not, I was going to address that in a future post and look for the best/popular options. Should I buy an ECU set up for for that now or just buy the P28 ECU? Can that be later modified for boost control? Cheapest option for getting your mini me going will be buying a p28 and leaving it stock. It won't be perfect but it should be good enough. That being said, you could also socket the ecu you have now and use it for both the minime swap and later on the turbo setup. Both can have the hardware for boost control added while the socket is being installed. Here is a helpful list http://www.hondata.com/ecus.html What you will need hardware wise depends on what tuning software you end up using. The software you use will depend on a couple things. How much you're willing to spend for ease of use, do you want to tune it yourself, and if not what software does the closest dyno to you like using for hondas. Personally I love Hondata. It's the most expensive of the options (about $600 with hardware, software, and the socketing) but is by far the best aftermarket tuning solution I have ever used. This is what you should buy if you want to do any tuning yourself. The other options will run you $3-400 if you want to be able to poke its brains just for the romulator and chip burner. Cheapest tuned option is finding a dyno shop that deals with hondas and letting them use the stuff they already bought to tune it and burn a chip for you. That will cost about $100 plus dyno time. Edit: Or go full time period correct  and use a boost retard box, a rising rate fuel pressure regulator, and an apexi vafc.
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Thanks for the info dump man. I was unaware I could have the existing ECU modified to work with the Mini-Me or boost. I seriously don't have any idea which software to use at this point. Hondata doesn't seem like a good idea, that's a hefty sum to invest. I'll start looking around for a Honda specialist, if memory serves there's one very near my mother's house.
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If you can buy a parts kit to do the ECU mods (or find a walkthrough that includes a parts list), feel free to mail it plus an ECU to me and I will solder it up after work some evening. Through hole work is cake, I can do it basically in my sleep. I can do SMT work down to a 0.5mm pin pitch too, it just requires being awake.
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kastein posted:If you can buy a parts kit to do the ECU mods (or find a walkthrough that includes a parts list), feel free to mail it plus an ECU to me and I will solder it up after work some evening. Through hole work is cake, I can do it basically in my sleep. I can do SMT work down to a 0.5mm pin pitch too, it just requires being awake. Thanks dude, I'll start looking into that as well.
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Yes, take advantage of Kastein's offer.
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Walkthrough http://www.hamotorsports.com/ecu-chipping-basics.html Parts https://www.moates.net/honda1-honda-ecu-chipping-kit-p-42.html?cPath=69 (get the through hole us version) Boost control https://www.moates.net/pwm-egr-boost-control-for-ectune-and-s300-p-175.html?cPath=69 Boost controller parts come with instructions. You might want to go manual boost controller if you're not going with something you can adjust yourself. Turning boost up or down would require a trip to the dyno shop without the stuff to edit the rom chip yourself. If you take pictures of the serial number on the circuit board in the ecu I can tell you what kit you need to add the factory vtec hardware ($20) and now you've got a poor mans p28.
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God drat, your username is very fitting! I'll pull the ECU tomorrow if I have the time.
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Oh yeah, that poo poo is cake. That is like five or ten minutes of soldering at most, even easier than I expected.
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kastein posted:Oh yeah, that poo poo is cake. That is like five or ten minutes of soldering at most, even easier than I expected. Awesome. I'll get on pulling the ecu and contact you on FB soonish.
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I'm in a lovely mood today and totally blanked on pulling the ECU. This is where I stand with the passenger door.  This door ran me $25 and I figured I could live with this dent. The new car in the yard has large scratches but minimal dents. The lock mechanism is pretty tweaked so it might not be worth doing again. I might take it off and try adding a few layers of bondo to build it back up as I'm getting pretty good with filler. Two applications of aircraft stripper on the hood  I can see every dent and I think it might be easily fixed with filler. And found this looking through old photos Here's the car pulled over in front of my complex last summer.  I did an oil change on the loving Beetle last night and had to move the Civic, holy hell are the brakes bad. I might have to move that up on the schedule. Oh and got a letter from State Farm. There has been an increase in accidents on the main road in front of our complex so my loving insurance is going up $20 a month. Edit: Also the local Honda place no longer does cars, they're bike only and sold their dyno last year. The closest places that specializes in Honda tuning is over an hour away. I don't want to invest $600 in Hondata for a car that may end up as a joke. Very frustrated today. Rhyno fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Jun 17, 2014 |
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Maybe don't turbo it then? Just go with the vtec head and call it good
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Get megasquirt, and that way you can do the tuning yourself, and resell or reuse it on any other project when you crush this abomination. I keep forgetting to grab that manifold, I'll try and remember this week.
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My Rhythmic Crotch posted:Maybe don't turbo it then? Just go with the vtec head and call it good Agreed. I'm seeing signs of biting-off-too-much syndrome. Make simple reachable goals and move the goalposts once you get it in good shape. With all the bodywork, do you have solid plans for paint?
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He's doing vinyl I thought
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Yeah its getting a wrap but the hood was such a mess i didn't want to wrap it with so many dents. We'll probably do the head swap and let it ride for a few weeks. I'm in a bad mood for other reasons and had no enthusiasm for the car today.
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revmoo posted:Agreed. I'm seeing signs of biting-off-too-much syndrome. Make simple reachable goals and move the goalposts once you get it in good shape. With all the bodywork, do you have solid plans for paint? I don't think I've bitten off more than I can chew, I'm just trying to plan everything out in advance when I should be going step by step. Like I've realized for what I've spent on chemicals and sandpaper I probably could have bought a brand new hood. I have everything for the Mini-Me swap coming from Ebay and Amazon so I just need to get the ECU taken care of. I'll get that pulled and off to Kastein so I can do the head swap and get it sorted and running. I'll worry about boosting and tuning later.
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Rhyno posted:I don't think I've bitten off more than I can chew. Quotin dis' Also stuck a set of these in my buddy's car last night: 
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revmoo posted:Quotin dis' That seat is in amazing shape, especially for a driver's side seat. I have the same seats in my car but they were so hosed up that I had to get them re-upholstered with regular fabric. If they looked like that one, I wouldn't have bothered. 
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revmoo posted:Quotin dis' Very nice. An Integra just landed at the pnp, I'll have to see what shape the seats are in.
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You probably should already be there if you want there to be anything left when you get to it. poo poo like that is stripped within hours or days, at least around here. It's like watching someone toss a dead animal into a school of piranhas.
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kastein posted:It's like watching someone toss a dead animal into a school of piranhas.  "A ferocious predator, deadly in its own environment. In mine, though? Just a helpless little fish..."
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"The feeding frenzy may at first appear to be a chaotic swarm of activity, but there is a very complex hierarchy within the ricer pack mentality. Notice here as the lead ricer deftly snips the hood release cable to prevent his rivals from accessing the engine components while he takes his time stripping apart the interior, unconcerned with the maelstrom around him."
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kastein posted:You probably should already be there if you want there to be anything left when you get to it. It poured today and I got off work the same time the lot closes. I'm heading there first thing tomorrow though.
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kastein posted:You probably should already be there if you want there to be anything left when you get to it. Hell around here they're half stripped before they even make the general population area of the pnp yard. It is fun to watch all these guys pop up seemingly from no where when they drop a new civic down.
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