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MC2 Project - Chassis prep


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so whats your next plan dave

nice work so far

Cheers :D

Integra DC2 Torque mounts turned up today, as well as a Momo steering wheel & boss from eBay (I hate airbags :twisted: ). I picked up a set of Buddy Club front camber arms last night so those items will take up all of Saturday to install. Once this is done I can get the alignment done - so I've taken a few days off next week and booked it in to a friends garage. We can run through all the nuts and bolts to make sure I've got it all done right, another pair of eyes and all that. New Alpine/iPod head unit is almost in so I have some decent tunes to listen to. Now debating on which Intake system to go for, AEM v2 long RAM or K&N Typhoon. Busy busy busy. I'll post up pics as I finish the next few stages :ugeek:

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Alot of people stay clear of open filters for the b18. A very good mod is to use a DC2 airbox with panel filter and cold air feed. I just have the std airbox with resonator removed and K&N panel filter.

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Alot of people stay clear of open filters for the b18. A very good mod is to use a DC2 airbox with panel filter and cold air feed. I just have the std airbox with resonator removed and K&N panel filter.

Okay, I will bear that in mind. I have read a few forums on the DC2 airbox, good and bad. In the past I have used Typhoon kits, but built a Carbon/Aluminium heat shield in the engine bay to isolate it from hot air. Haven't decided yet which way to go.

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i had the same prob with my ignition, thought it was something serious but a mate said it was a common fault 47quid 2yr ago an never had a prob since loving all the suspension mods looks first class

Cheers. Yeah I thought it was a big problem, even more so when it wouldn't start after I changed the switch but it was all good in the end. At least it's only a few screws to swap the switch out

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Okay, quick update. Front suspension was all finished over the weekend and the car is finally back on its wheels (yeay!)

New upper arms from Buddy Club. QC could be a little better but they went on okay in the end. I test fitted everything before changing all the bushes

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Assembled the front coilovers and fitted everything to the car

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Finally, put the wheels on and check the ride height - Before

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After -

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Car is sitting 2" lower than stock at the first check so too low for what I want. The fronts adjust really easily, just jack up the car and use the C spanner - don't even need to take the wheel off. The rear is a little more fiddly but not hard. The car is now sitting 1" below stock. I've taken it around the village and it's not too harsh a ride, but is a hell of a lot sharper. This week it goes in for a full geo, so I can lean on it a bit more after that :mrgreen:

Clearing up - quick pic of some of the bits swapped this last few weekends

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Going to move onto the body next as I've found a little bit of metal worm around the back of the car that needs sorting, then I can re-fit the rear door decals and worry about the engine over the winter.

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