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I have 2 4th gen Civic & a CRX that have had people ignore the factory jacking points & applying Trolley jacks to the front passenger floor, severely crushing their reinforcing rails & pushing up the floors around 2". Not looking forward to repairing that.. & open to suggestions.. 1. Cut hole in floor above & hammer rails down before welding shut floor again. 2. Cut off old rail & weld on handmade ones.. possibly not so easy given rails taper from 25-15mm deep. Possibly cut replacements from other cars. 3. Drill out old rail spot welds, remove & straighten rails to weld back on.
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Found some more work the Civics will require.. Both of them (& my CR-X SiR) have had people ignore the factory jacking points & applying Trolley jacks to the front passenger floor, severely crushing their reinforcing rails & pushing up the floors 1-2". Not looking forward to repairing that.. & open to suggestions.. 1. Cut hole in floor above & hammer rails down before welding shut floor again. 2. Cut off old rail & weld on handmade ones.. possibly not so easy given rails taper from 25-15mm deep. Possibly cut replacements from other cars. 3. Drill out old rail spot welds, remove & straighten rails to weld back on. I must admit I was also VERY tempted when a neighbor was selling his scruffy '95 DC2 Honda Integra VTi-R (175hp B18C 1.8 DOHC VTEC), similar spec. to the Japanese SiR, or USA GSR as the tamer, less highly tuned companion to the Type-R. He Had it advertised for A$1500 which the drivetrain alone can easily command given the demand from those wanting to upgrade lesser Civics, though unfortunately that may have been its future given the rough body.. & it sold quickly. Not long after I spotted another in a cheap local self serve wrecker & they advertised 50% off their usual price for engines, so dragged father along to help remove & buy its drivetrain. ( after repairing the Mitsubishi Verada wagon he shares with my brother.. who had recently driven it into the back of truck in heavy rain) I think I got it for $360 with associated close ratio g/box, driveshafts, starter & manifolds, though unfortunately missing Cam-cover, Distributor & ECU which will be a challenge to get cheaply. Not sure what I would like to do with it yet. It will fit into the 4th gen Civics but it is a squeeze requiring hammer work upon the frame rails of those not given a related B16A engine by Honda. It could upgrade a B18 non-vtec Integra that are 1/2 to 2/3 the value of Vtec variants, but why not just to buy a factory one.. Or it could be fitted to 5th or 6th gen Civic, & I think a friend implied his EG hatchback might soon be available.. I had already collected a 'dead' EG Civic d16y1 (1.6 SOHC Vtec) engine for its cylinder head as a possible upgrade for my ED Civic since it seemed a more sympathetic upgrade, though the d16a8 DOHC non-vtec like the white CRX is equally tempting & powerful.
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Oct 30, 2016 11:58:52 GMT
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Bought these fiberglass seats 2nd hand from Ebay with CRX in mind, even though I'm not such a fan of the red bits, Shape & relative light-weight appeal.. Thick fiberglass & the mountings supplied with them new show someone was overly worried about making sure they met regulations & or lazy designers when steel plates were welded together to 15mm thick @ mounting areas! Tested out Civic frt guards on the CRX given the scarcity of CRX parts. Obviously they may fit.. though Civic corner light must be used & obvious 10-15mm gap to bumper I can make a trim piece to fill. Kit covers slightly different bottom rear tip. The Civic wheel arch flare is also a little more tightly defined where the CRX is softer. I also got these '02 Civic 15" alloy wheels I think I like most upon it: even if someone has fitted overly high-profile tyres to them highlighting the too low ride height provided by cut springs. .. If only the morons had stopped there.. They must have been worried about body structure contacting tyres, so attacked that with the angle grinder as well....
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Sorry this thread is still many months behind; the next related event was a shocker.
It was about this time I randomly gave my friend (from high school) with the '91 Civic a call for a general natter & see how he was getting on with plans to put his back on the road after it had been sidelined by a Discovery for some off-road fun (& inevitable maintenance that required), not to mention marriage & a baby... Next day he went for a bicycle ride & didn't return. Found the following day with bicycle, dead in a creek pond at the bottom of hill by the cycling track. Indeterminably attributed to a possible combination of heart problem, steep hill, bollards, pond & clip-on shoes. Leaving wife & 8mth daughter.
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Oh, got some pictures up of my sad CRX since last time, so better add them here: Obviously attention required. Still haven't managed to get it running though it hasn't been a priority, but at least the 13" Corolla wheels & aftermarket wheel covers are gone. Original Tail light damaged & not so easy to find so bought some tacky Altezza lights cheaply last month to experiment upon & try & make look respectable...
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Always interesting seeing the construction/structural ideas of various cars, especially those that have to be light & frugal with their metal.
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Oct 28, 2016 11:54:43 GMT
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What was flat on the BX goes curvy on the Tigra! Sad to see the work & effort required but good to see the dedication, progress & quality.
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Oct 25, 2016 15:06:49 GMT
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Probably too subtle for you, Though in good condition these colours can have beautiful iridescent peppermint qualitys.
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Oct 17, 2016 10:47:21 GMT
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Better to send her on the extended holiday so she doesn't get upset by the new mistress, hope there are no tantrums when you visit.
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Oct 17, 2016 10:31:39 GMT
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Must have very small/thin trees where the 'log' manifold nickname originated! Though certainly the most basic manifolds possible. I thought all our sixes got the bonnet bulge to clear the Falcon air cleaner. Glad to see the progress.
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Oct 11, 2016 23:41:44 GMT
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Would it be better to get the later TF Cortina/ XE Falcon alloy head. Alloy heads would usually have hardened valve seats better suited to unleaded fuel so long as octane / compression ratio are appropriate & alloy also conducts heat better also reducing detonation.
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Oct 10, 2016 13:19:30 GMT
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Saddle was the dark/mid brown, with Parchment creamy beige vinyl, have one with Black too. Top spec XLE went tastelessly overboard with weird cloth vinyl combinations, vinyl roof, side rub strips & the body coloured hubcaps . Aside from the vinyl roof Ford also offered an off-white painted roof option early on, & even a bench seat with floor shift. TC XL with GS frt fender stripes( the Ebay pic. has a bad copy), painted roof & early option wheel covers in Mulberry, Calypso green or Cosmic blue my favorite. uniquecarsandparts.com/brochures_ford_cortina_tc.htmI don't think our TE/TF front suspension could be directly fitted to other cars as Ford revised the front rails to suit. Their vented frt brakes should be used but there must be better options if you wanted larger wheels anyway.
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Plenty of potential there, & the wagons would be so much rarer than sedans now. Why on earth did these attract brown so well!? I collected 4 in the mid 90's when people were dumping them on-mass (didn't manage to get a really good one), & 2 were metallic brown & another had been painted brown from gold!
Love the Mulberry & a 'parchment' interior would contrast nicely, 'saddle' unexpected. Looks like XL trim with the chrome window trims which I found made for a shocking improvement over the base L with the extra sound deadening & ctr console. Thought '74 very early for the TD facelift, though the (raised) frt suspension certainly looks high enough for TD. Assume it lost the ugly stick-on rubstrips with the repaint. Love the early sloping dash & anodized alloy grille before the facelift. Not a fan of the Falcon six personally but I made sure to get the revised (late '72-), body with the notched firewall in case I wanted to move the 4 back further. Shame import duties & costs killed the v6 here against the local straight 6, but certainly plenty of torque & it dominated sales, even though a workmate described his as either under-steering or over-steering with little in-between. Our mk4/5 (TE/TF) also had revised frt suspension to eliminate the frt subframe & put the upr A-arms above the frame rails for more suspension travel after early (low) TC were cracking their reinforced sub-frames bottoming out under the weight of the 6. So TD/late mk3 raised the suspension 2-3" & reinforced the frt rails as a stop-gap. Plenty of dirt roads still in the '70s apparently.
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Great to see it shiny again, sad to loose the stripes though.
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Certainly wild, hope the extra weight won't wreck its balance completely.
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Putting it on the road with the 16v for winter use still?
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Lots of progress to be proud of!
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Great to hear of the progress/achievement of getting it on the road! Love the restrained contrast of the wheel refurb. Seeing the rubberless chrome old bumper reminds me I still want de-rubber some of my cars bumpers though.
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So much better to see them on something interesting! Still need to see them with the standard rim width/offset though.
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Sept 27, 2016 12:48:37 GMT
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Kerosene? Softens/dissolves & doesn't evaporate like thinners. Messy. Though you can brush it on & let it soak in to scrape off softened layers later. Clean up with more on a rag after.
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