hello new to site, vtec automatic swap

Started by joakwin, November 25, 2017, 12:26:06 PM

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joakwin

i finished the metal panel work on this one side

the flare is solid, i made mounts on the underside of the flare to connect to the body

and i welded the sheet metal to the body, and i started to lay fiberglass over that
and starting to get into body work to smooth it out

i hope this weekend to start the other flare

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joakwin

front flares by joa kwin, on Flickr


did a little work on the right front flare tonight

i cut the line to space the flare out some

2 layers of mat on it, tomorrow i will do the other side

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joakwin

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MiniDave

Are you planning to meet the lower edge of the arch to the front spoiler?
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joakwin

Quote from: MiniDave on March 26, 2018, 08:45:45 PM
Are you planning to meet the lower edge of the arch to the front spoiler?

yeah, im going to make something, just not sure what yet

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joakwin

i think im going to make the lower front valance a flat style panel


im almost done with body work on the two rear flares
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joakwin

extra auto trans by joa kwin, on Flickr


picked up a extra obd1 Honda automatic trans, pedal box, and p28 auto ecm for $30

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MiniDave

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joakwin

Obd1  Honda parts are getting hard to find in the junkyards here and
People s hit can Honda automatic trans parts because they have no value
Because they did a manual swap

And my current auto gearbox has 200k miles on it
So sooner or later it's going to give up the ghost

Facebook market place has another auto box, the guy wants $50 for it
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joakwin

right rear flare by joa kwin, on Flickr


did a small amount of work on the flare today

i still need to fix the outer edge and the bottom of the flare

the bottom flows like dirt going into the rear valance


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joakwin

front valance by joa kwin, on Flickr


I started to work on the front valance, lots more to go

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joakwin

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MiniDave

Is there a reason you went with the taller aspect ratio? I run 175/50-13's on my car. Are those Yokomama A539's?
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Bahowe1

Joakwin, I had the same size tires on mine for a while... but in turns, it would just barely foul on the radiator so I had to step down to 50's.  Yours is a different setup, but sometimes, just a smite matters.

joakwin

Quote from: MiniDave on April 25, 2018, 03:29:08 PM
Is there a reason you went with the taller aspect ratio? I run 175/50-13's on my car. Are those Yokomama A539's?

the tires are 20.7 inches tall, about a inch or so taller then the 50 tires
honda del sol si came with a 185/60/14 and those are 22.7, so 2 inch shorter tire makes the engine spin a hair more into the power band, and the automatic gear ratios are awesome for the smaller size tires we use on our minis  vs the honda manual trans and the cost of tires vs the yokomana is night and day

these tires have alittle more side wall over the 50's, so they should give a nicer ride
https://www.amazon.com/NEW-ACHILLES-P165-60R13-TIRE/dp/B00VV0H4MU
i paid $38 a tire shipped with fedex, so for the price, im willing to give them a try
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joakwin

Quote from: Bahowe1 on April 26, 2018, 06:24:21 AM
Joakwin, I had the same size tires on mine for a while... but in turns, it would just barely foul on the radiator so I had to step down to 50's.  Yours is a different setup, but sometimes, just a smite matters.

i'll keep that in mind for my stockish 998 lhd mini


but what offset wheels did you have on your car with that size tires?


my radiator is mounted up front on the passenger side, if anything i would rub on the automatic gearbox or subframe
but my front suspension is also wider then stock
i haven't posted pictures of it et, but i kind of changed directions in the middle of my build

i wasn't going to go wide body at 1st, i had planned on keeping the old arches, group 6 or 7's, whatever they are
but plans changed and im going all out now


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joakwin

front lip by joa kwin, on Flickr

i started to make a small lip at the bottom
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joakwin

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MiniDave

Whoa! You weren't kidding about the wide body look!  :-\
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joakwin

Quote from: MiniDave on April 27, 2018, 05:59:44 PM
Whoa! You weren't kidding about the wide body look!  :-\

yeha, and those are only 13x6 +12 et wheels, not even a deep dish wheel
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joakwin

bye bye del slow by joa kwin, on Flickr

bye bye del slow,


im getting ready to cut it up
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MiniDave

Can't sell it or give it away to someone with a rusty one?
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joakwin

Quote from: MiniDave on May 02, 2018, 11:26:52 AM
Can't sell it or give it away to someone with a rusty one?

im cutting it up and keeping the part of the body the suspension connects to

my buddy has a lhd mini van that im trying to talk into selling to me,
he's never going to rebuild it because the floor of this van is rusted up like crazy

my plan is to build it with stock Honda suspension and Honda drivetrain
and stock honda axles
and a few other body mods to it


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joakwin

cut off wheels and saw zaw blades were being super slow at getting this job done,
so i ordered a plasma cutter last night

it comes in Friday
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joakwin

del slow by joa kwin, on Flickr


the del slow chassis, today the windshield came off of it
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