So I got another EF...new winter beater/daily driver

I found this car and just had to have it. Its my current project soon to be winter beater/daily driver so I can park the Integra and really start working on it how I want.

I picked this bad boy up for 900 bucks and some spare parts off my other integra I'm parting out. I know its not anything special, hence it being a beater car.

Stuff I have already to go on:

Integra front and rear brakes
KYB AGX shocks
Skunk2 springs - in the mail
Short throw
Repaint the wheels
Neuspeed front strut bar and generic rear strut bar
Integra master cylinder and booster
probably a few things im forgeting

What I'm waiting to order/find still:

Energy suspension master bushing kit
SS brake lines
40/40 prop valve
88-89 civic si interior
4 new tires + 2 blizzaks for snowy weather
Toyota front lip
Timing belt
Water pump
valve cover gasket
Cam seal
vtec solenoid gasket

I plan on painting the car myself and fixing the rust on the passenger side 1/4.

Anyway heres the pics

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/generictricycles2/driveway.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/generictricycles2/driveway2.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/generictricycles2/driveway3.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/generictricycles2/drivewayhoodup.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/generictricycles2/b16.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/generictricycles2/vtec.jpg

$900 with a B16? what's wrong with it? either way, good find :thumbsup: now find me one

Nothing is really worng with it. All it needs to pass inspection is to fix the exhaust leak. But like I said I'm putting more aftermarket stuff on it to make it fun.

The motor runs great. Loves to rev just like any other b16. Has good compression across the board. The trans has has no grinds and its a b16 trans so of course thats a good thing. The kid I got it from recently got a integra and bought a house so he was looking to get rid of it. I was lucky enough to find it and pick it up.

Nice buddy!
That's a hell of a find, for a wicked ass price!!
Sure will allow alot more spare cash for parts :grinyes:

Thanks man. Its not getting too much money put into it like I said, its just a beater, but I want it to be a fun beater. The integra is getting my money dumped into it this winter.

Very nice man, looks sweet. too bad the interior is missing, but at least youve got SI seats! Looks like a fun zippy car.

Nice beater :thumbsup:

Very nice man, looks sweet. too bad the interior is missing, but at least youve got SI seats! Looks like a fun zippy car.

Well its not missing all the interior. It has a crx dash/console and crx seats. it also still has the door panels but someone recovered them and they look ugly. and brown carpet. it also has the rear panels but they are brown. mainly all its missing is the rear seat and speaker pods, it just doesnt match in color.

Ok, not to threadjack you..but how the hell do you get speakers in the rear of a hatch?

Um. Speaker pods, duh. they go next to the cargo cover.

Mine has no shelves, its a std..and I found a dx with shelves but no pods that I could see..

is that smog inspection cause if it is then that cold air intake is illegal unless it has a carb number just to let u know and save u a hassle of reinspection and ive seen alot of cars pass with exhaust leaks. so be careful which smog station u take it to

smog stations...glad we don't have them

u dont live in cali then huh its bad out here and u can see like a brown blanket when u look towards l.a.

is that smog inspection cause if it is then that cold air intake is illegal unless it has a carb number just to let u know and save u a hassle of reinspection and ive seen alot of cars pass with exhaust leaks. so be careful which smog station u take it to

Yeah we have smog inspection here, but we aren't so strict around here to fail cars that don't have carb #'s.

Also, I'm a certified inspection and emissions mechanic, so I can do my own cars, which means they always pass the visual test LOL, and after I own it for more than a year my cars will always be operated u nder 5000 miles a year, if you know what I mean.

Smog? Inspections? We used to have inspections, but they got rid of them(both Arkansas and Oklahoma)....don't know exactly why, but its nice in a way, except for the cars that leave their parts everywhere. Still waiting to see a couple of drunk rednecks driving a truck with no headlights, hanging out the windows with a pair of flashlights. I wouldn't be surprised one bit.

Nice find btw...wish I could come across something like that around here.

woooooo primer makes me feel all fuzzy inside..

sweet find!!

LOL primer makes me want to vomit. I really need to get my ass in gear and start working on this car and get a layer of paint on it. I've just been collecting parts so far.

Nice car. I currently just bought a 90 DX 5 speed all stock for a beater, but I'm thinking about doing the same thing you are doing (making it a fun beater). I wish I had a better engine than the stock D15B2 that is in there, but oh well. It is a gas saver. How much money do you feel is too much money for a beater? I am having this problem. I want to add shocks, springs, rims, and re-fix the bad interior parts but I keep telling myself it is just a beater. I've even thought about doing an engine swap (I have never done one before).

Where do you draw the line? I sure and the heck can't find it. My list of items is almost at about $1000 bucks! Almost the price I paid..! I haven't bought anything yet. What do you think about this...

Thanks.

Also I know this might be a weird question, but how old are you? I'm 23. Just seeing what you think and if our priorities are the same...


EDIT: I also have crappy stock sky blue on my 90. I kind of wish I had primer, but after hearing you say otherwise I've thought twice. How will you be painting it yourself? Spray paint or actually using the right tools? Just curious.

Thanks

Nice car. I currently just bought a 90 DX 5 speed all stock for a beater, but I'm thinking about doing the same thing you are doing (making it a fun beater). I wish I had a better engine than the stock D15B2 that is in there, but oh well. It is a gas saver. How much money do you feel is too much money for a beater? I am having this problem. I want to add shocks, springs, rims, and re-fix the bad interior parts but I keep telling myself it is just a beater. I've even thought about doing an engine swap (I have never done one before).

Where do you draw the line? I sure and the heck can't find it. My list of items is almost at about $1000 bucks! Almost the price I paid..! I haven't bought anything yet. What do you think about this...

Thanks.

Also I know this might be a weird question, but how old are you? I'm 23. Just seeing what you think and if our priorities are the same...


EDIT: I also have crappy stock sky blue on my 90. I kind of wish I had primer, but after hearing you say otherwise I've thought twice. How will you be painting it yourself? Spray paint or actually using the right tools? Just curious.

Thanks

Well I got the car for 900 bucks and so far i've put about 500 into just suspension parts for it and I had a lot of parts laying around from my integra that I'm using for my big brake conversion. I'll probably put another 500 into it for my bushing kit and SS brake lines and timing belt kit and tires. But once its done I'll still be able to make 800-1000 off it if I decide to sell it.

I'm 23 years old, so same as you. I have a bunch and bill and I live with my aunt and uncle and pay rent here. Priorites do suck and its why I can only spend 100-200 a paycheck on car parts. Its not like I'm poor, i make 16 an hour as a mechanic at the dealership I work for. Just sucks cause I'm a flatrate tech and the shop is starting to get slow.

I wish my hatch was still the stock color. Primer is seriously ugly. As for me painting it I might rattle can it with army paint but im not sure yet, give it i nice rat ride look. But I was also considering taking the time and building a spray booth and getting a gravity feed gun and spraying it for real. Depends on my cash flow by that time, it will be the last thing I do. And if I do it that way it will be painted rio red.

Rio red ftw. If/when I get my hatch painted it will be the stock rio red, I just wouldnt be able to deal with the engine bay being red and the rest of the car another color.