civic-catch

thanks for the quick reply just wanted to know roughly what they idle at on cold start as i dont know what is high and what isnt lol ! mite clean my iacv and fast idle valve to to make sure they are clean

what should the rpm be at on cold/fast idle on 1.4 civic?

wouldnt worry bout it going to half way as my mates civic sits at half all of the time and his car is sweet. dont fix aint broke lol famous quote

thermostats on our mb2`s are left hand side of the block behind the distributor! follow bottom hose and it will bring you too the thermostat housing 2 10 mm bolts takes the housing apart and voila behold the thermostat staring at you hope this helps

are you doing it yourself?

this is from another forum mods if breaking any rules please delete! this might help a bit http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2945567 or this http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070403082403AAjGNbH

as far as im aware most honda`s are interference engines (dont quote me on it) but pretty sure as i was looking this up a while ago myself. i got skf timing belt kit from ebay for bout £83 which was pretty good compared to motor factor prices and havent had any trouble from the kit so far.

yeah saved myself £500 going by the quotes i got ! just hope it stays fixed lol

yeah got the head skimmed the place that done it said it wasnt too bad and didnt need much taken off had to get the car towed to my mechanic as we couldnt get the crank pulley bolt off ! im pleased with the results from doing it would definately do it again this time will take less time as i know what to do and what not to do. and didnt bother painting rocker cover was more concerned getting the work done and back together lol

long story short was getting oil in my coolant and was like that for a while so me and my mate bit the bullet and stripped the engine down to do the head gasket. (1st time aand took longer as a result of this) so here are some pics start to finish couldnt get loads ! tools used were 19 or 20 mil sockets and extendable magnet to get any lost keepers that fell. blunt wallpaper scraper and green scouring pads (5 pk) as recommended by a friends dad as he used to work for metal craft and that combination was legendary as it worked really well for cleaning the block up and getting it smooth, ps make sure you plug all holes if doing this method as the scouring pads leave bit of a mess i even put kitchen roll in the coolant passage that runs round the piston liners just to make sure most of it never got in there. hope you enjoyed reading this, and another thing make sure you can get the crank pulley bolt loose before even starting this if your replacing belts etc made the mistake of thinking getting the crank pulley bolt was gnna come silently ended up having to tow the car to my mechanic to do the timing just a heads up. bottom pics show how clean the block has to be aswell. hope this helps someone. thanks for looking.

think they from a rover 200/214 from what i can remember lol ! i have lost interest in the alloys and thinking bout changing them! dont know what to yet but as funds are tight atm unfortunately.

yeah i love it quiet while idling then pretty loud when accelerating lol nice rasp especially from stand still if i have been sitting for a min idling

i would of preferred all four but the fella only had the 2 unfortunately

not long in from washing and polishing the car here are the results THE NEW EXHAUST WHICH IS CURRENTLY CAT BACK AND IM STARTING TO GET THE SOUND I WANT FROM THE CAR, ITS ANOTHER GT EXTREME JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STYLE WILL TRY AND GET A VID SOON OF IT

small update dechromed the grill and got front wind deflectors. have a vti lip there but no pics till its painted unfortunately. also changed exhaust for 3rd time and reckon im going to stick with this one lol ! and also an interior shot with vti-s seats.