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Does look nice that

Nice tidy one that.

Made a start tarting the bay up today. Not doing the bulkhead. So busy back there and paints not bad tbh. So masked out everything and prepped and primed.

Was worried to take the skirts off knowing what the back of the sills looks like on most mbs. But was pleasantly surprised.

Yes bit of a bummer tbh. Hope I've done a good job of engine. First ever build. Should be Interesting. Assuming it's happy and healthy. Will be a nice car with plenty of grunt.

Engines built. Ready to run in. Just want to paint the bay and tidy a few bits before putting it in

I stripped the engine and it quickly became apparent that red cam cover had been shot blasted and blast media had made it into the engine. Once I'd got the crank out it was obvious the main crank bearings were scored and a real mess tbh. It is also possible the bearings were too tight aswell. 0.25 oversized but apparently the mains had not been ground. So who knows. Whatever the case. It needs a new crank. Basically everything is toast. I managed to get as new crank in good condition and started collecting bits. As much genuine Honda parts as possible. Head gasket. Head studs. All new seals, oil pump etc. Since the car was destined to have a turbo on it. I figured while it's in bits may aswell build it. So purchased a set of eagle con rods and CP forged pistons. The head has bee refreshed. Dual valve springs, new stem seals pressure tested and skimmed. Block has had the cylinders refreshed and check for the new pistons. And been decked and cleaned. The engine is now ready for installation but I want to do some work in the engine bay when I get chance. I have been collecting parts for the turbo setup aswell. Should be a gooden. BWR ramhorn manifold. Tial 44mm wastegate. JBE 6370 turbo.

Progress is a little slow tbh. Doing a house up and working etc at same time. But renewed lots of little bits and bobs. Headlight washer, Spoiler, Door seals, side repeaters, stripped and cleaned the whole interior and refinished the headliner in black suede. Refurbed the seats and fitted a momo black magic wheel. Engine pulled for inspection as well.

jan 2020. Got a bit of time so thaught I'd start another project thread document my progress with my latest honda. My last civic ended up quite a machine. But unfortunately I had to make the decision to let it go to buy a house. Once got my finances back on track. I really fancied another mb6 as always had a soft spot for them. A another member offered me a clean car so went on a bit of a road trip down south to pick it up. It has just had an engine rebuild fully documented with every receipt and ran sweet as a nut was very happy with it. Unfortunately it only made it 100 miles back towards the Midlands and the bottom end developed a knock. Was pretty p**sed off tbh. But what can I do.

Cheers for tag.. I should be picking up a car in couple of weeks. It's one from a user here. Looks very good in the pics I've seen.

Haha yeah many moons ago.

Was it a genuine cat? I'm dubious about after market. And obviously a used oem item could also have limited life span.

I run mine at 0.6mm but I have a turbo. So not sure on a stock setup. Possible Closing the gap could help mask a failIng item in the ignition system?

Glad to hear all is well

Pretty weird. Could it be that the cat is on its last legs. And replacing those parts last year just squeezed it through?

Well at present it reads as tho you've called some ones car "s**t" in car of the month. And the way your harping on now, Making yourself sound a prize twat tbh.

Man really no need to be so rude mate. keep comments like that to yaself and play nice.

A for effort. Some nice ideas. I have a spirit level you can borrow if you do any more cutting.

Good work mate that's a ballache tho on the torque mount jezus.

You can't change them on the m's part of the rack. Unfortunately ( since found they come off but have no flats for a tool.)

Well done phillll

Seriously tho assuming the car it's come from was in good health. A used matrix will be fine. I had to do this job myself a number of years back. Had a leak in the passenger foot well. Paid around a tenner for a used rover 45 matrix. And changed it across 2 evenings. Full dash out job.

Wow copper Price through the roof. Best do a weigh in.

Not to mention. They use cables to shift the gears.

Wow well smart mate