my RWD CRX project
08-14-2007, 04:48 PM
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my RWD CRX project
ok... for a while i've been rumbling a bit about this project for those that know me. i have finally started the ball rolling. now don't get too excited because i am no hurry to finish this project because i want to do it right and only do things once. i have a soft target of 2 years and a budget hopefully keeping cost under $6k. it will be boosted as well so it isn't going to be easy, but doing 100% of the work myself will keep costs down. hopefully. i also have a couple different ideas i want to implement on this project as well.
finally got my car towed to the shop since the engine was pulled out over the winter. sold the engine and everything i had under the hood and all the parts i was collecting to build the motor. i even sold the turbo setup... i was able to scrape together almost $6k from the sale of everything. no way i would have even got that for the complete car probably. i still have a couple small items to sell but i'm not really worried about selling them right now.
so here is where i am:
car is in the shop, i have the complete drivetrain together other than a few small details. i picked up an F20c complete with the whole rear end and everything but i've done some research and i've opted to go with a silvia S14 rear end since they are stronger than the s2k's AND i can almost get double what i paid for the s14 by selling the s2k rear end... just need to sell it first. anyway, i picked up the rear end off a local guy who deals in a lot of jdm nissan parts. he sold the spindles off this rear end because they were 5 bolt and i'd actually prefer 4 bolt... that way i won't have to buy new wheels, but i'd like to put wider wheels on eventually when $ allows.
why f20c? because it was a good deal and i really wanted to keep the power under the hood coming from a honda mill.
so far i've started stripping the engine bay... i think a great deal of work is going to be tearing the car down! i have a great deal of respect for anyone who does a complete rebuild. it is very time consuming. and i'm only getting started!
i will update this thread, but it is going to be a slow process.
finally got my car towed to the shop since the engine was pulled out over the winter. sold the engine and everything i had under the hood and all the parts i was collecting to build the motor. i even sold the turbo setup... i was able to scrape together almost $6k from the sale of everything. no way i would have even got that for the complete car probably. i still have a couple small items to sell but i'm not really worried about selling them right now.
so here is where i am:
car is in the shop, i have the complete drivetrain together other than a few small details. i picked up an F20c complete with the whole rear end and everything but i've done some research and i've opted to go with a silvia S14 rear end since they are stronger than the s2k's AND i can almost get double what i paid for the s14 by selling the s2k rear end... just need to sell it first. anyway, i picked up the rear end off a local guy who deals in a lot of jdm nissan parts. he sold the spindles off this rear end because they were 5 bolt and i'd actually prefer 4 bolt... that way i won't have to buy new wheels, but i'd like to put wider wheels on eventually when $ allows.
why f20c? because it was a good deal and i really wanted to keep the power under the hood coming from a honda mill.
so far i've started stripping the engine bay... i think a great deal of work is going to be tearing the car down! i have a great deal of respect for anyone who does a complete rebuild. it is very time consuming. and i'm only getting started!
i will update this thread, but it is going to be a slow process.
08-14-2007, 04:57 PM
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Re: my RWD CRX project
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08-14-2007, 05:52 PM
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Re: my RWD CRX project
siiick. update update update haha
i really want to see this project come along
-Luke
i really want to see this project come along
-Luke
08-14-2007, 05:57 PM
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Re: my RWD CRX project
Do you think it would be easier to use an S2000 firewall/trans tunnel, or will you be fabbing your own?
08-14-2007, 06:06 PM
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Re: my RWD CRX project
Originally Posted by klyph
Do you think it would be easier to use an S2000 firewall/trans tunnel, or will you be fabbing your own?
08-14-2007, 06:07 PM
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Re: my RWD CRX project
put a v6 in it! j/k
cant wait to see it finished! itll be wieriffic!
cant wait to see it finished! itll be wieriffic!
08-14-2007, 08:00 PM
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the S14 vlsd kinda sucks, it suck enough that you might want to step up to a 1.5/2 way. And sell me the vlsd 
08-14-2007, 08:30 PM
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Thats one of my goals, honda engine + rwd
08-14-2007, 09:05 PM
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looks good aaron when you start chopping it up, i might drop by down by ur shop ... see the beast in person
Pm. me your shop address if you dont mind
Pm. me your shop address if you dont mind
08-14-2007, 09:23 PM
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Re: my RWD CRX project
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