EK Civic with SiR conversion and K20

[OliVTEC]

Very nice build, my girlfriend drives a 98 Civic and I really find all the details very accurate.

I planned to convert a Fujimi CRX Si into SiR to build a replica of my 1:1 ride someday, but I'll have to practice a lot before my skills allow me to do it as cleanly.

Nice work, the strut brace rocks!

Edit : a set of TE37 would definitely look nice to my mind.

[sugarfree]

nice build..... only, less $$ and less dirt.
keep it up. i quit my model making. cost me quite a lot. must choose which one I want to support, building the real car or the model. I choose the 1st one. I might come back later, but my hands are not as steady as before due to hard wrenching and what not.

[tonioseven]

Willimoclness.

[675datsun]

got VTAC yo?
that valve cover is amazing
will you add authentic mugen reservoir booties?
one of my favorite pwdjdm parts is the whale pen!s carbon fiber intake

[luchoteam]

suscribed! :P


Nice work

[willimo]

Thanks guys. I'm working so slowly and infrequently, I don't feel like I have all my skills, so it just slows down even more. I'm trying to get more done!

[willimo]

Actually, looking at the thread, I realize I've done a lot since my last update.

I cast a copy of the transmission from the Tamiya NSX (street version) and modified it.



I had to shorten the copy in the distance from the bellhousing to the end so that it would fit in between the frame rails and look more proportional. I also added the linkage to the top, and the clutch slave cylinder on the side. They will pop once detail painted and I will be adding the shift cables and a line to the slave cylinder.



I also decided on what wheels I'm going with. I'm going to use the Mugen MF10. They're pretty much my favorite wheel, bred for their skills and magic. I used the ones out of the Tamiya S2000 kit, but they scale out to 17". That's way too big for an EK in my opinion, so I had to make them smaller. I wanted to go down to 15" but I was afraid the spokes would look weird, so I made them 16". I just take the hoop out of some 16" wheel I don't want, cut the spokes out, sand the inside so it's got the right profile (starting with a similar wheel helps), then I cut the spokes out of the wheel I want to use, and place the hoop and center section on a centering jig (I should get a photo...) and glue it together. It's a pretty simple way to change a wheel size.



I also did a lot to the interior. I've got most of it built and painted... I don't have the parking brake lever made yet, nor do i have the harness bar, so I don't have the harnesses or the seats in yet. I'm going to use the PE hobby design harnesses, but I'm afraid about painting them and them chipping while installing. And tricks by anyone who's used them?



I've also done some paint work to the body. In this picture you can almost see the orange "foam" behind the seat and the seatback. I'm glad of that little detail. I used Tamiya tape to make the foam... right color, and right texture, and easy to apply. I've thought about adding the SiR rear seat headrests, but am on the fence about it. I did put them in another SiR model I'm doing, but it's going to a fresh-off-the-boat import, not a conversion like this one.





Crazy Honda photo angle!!



So now it's starting to look like something! I'm having a bull of a time trying to mask off the headlamps so I can spray them Alclad II chrome, BMF is even harder to get right! The car is sitting on the wheels, so that's not the ride height, and the tires will be lower profile. But it's starting to look like something!

Comments, criticisms welcome and encouraged! Thanks for looking!

[OliVTEC]

Very nice progress, I like the blue recaros with the grey livery.
Smart trick for the wheels size change, I will have to give it a try.

Concerning the hobby design PE harnesses, they SURE will chip away during installation, however if you're very careful and with a small touch-up work afterwards, they really look perfect.
Anyway, if someone has a better trick I'm interested too.

[accord2k2]

have you had a chance to work on this bad boy?

[crisjr]

Originally Posted by OliVTEC

Anyway, if someone has a better trick I'm interested too.

You can apply a mat clear coat, it doesn't help to increase the adherence but it create a layer that allow you to touch