CRX: my crx project car

[alexis oliveras]

does anyone have a 1st generation CRX that they are working on?  I have one that is gonna blow your mind.  Once I get a digital camera I will pictures for people to view.  It's a 1987 CRX originally had the SI motor.    It now will be running a 1990 Acura integra 1.6 liter DOHC.  I know most people are getting the newer rexes and going fuel injected, turbo, vtec, etc.  but I chose not too.  I wanted something simple yet effective.    Don't get me wrong, once set up completely a fuel injected car can be simple to maintain, but to me there is nothing like good old fashion technology.    It all started with the car.  My brother and I completely stripped the car.  We just left the shell of the car without the doors, hatch or hood.  We also took off the bumbers, lights, and front fenders   Sandblasted the engine bay and the hard to get to door and trunk trims and underneath the car.    If you have a 1st gen rex and you live somewhere with alot of moisture you will have rust.  We also sanded the car down.  Not all the way to the metal because that is not necessary to do if you have decent paint on the car already.  If you lightly sand that paint, that's good enough for a good base to start off with.    After all the prep work was done, we spray painted on the primer and then 2 coats of black.  We then applied another coat of black to all the trims of the doors, hatch and engine bay.  All of those parts receive 3 more coats of clear.  So if you look at the car right now it looks like it has a dull black paint on the outside, but if you look in the engine bay or the trims, you will notice the beautiful wet black paint.  The only thing left for the body is another coat of black and the three clears and the clears will be mixed with metalic flakes that change color with the sunlight.    Next was the suspension.  All suspension parts were sandblasted and painted black.  Except for the calipers.  I haven't selected what color combination to use to bring out the wheel well.  maybe white cause the inside of the car will be detailed in black and white, anyways.  The suspension bushings were changed to energy suspension bushings.  I bought kyb shocks and struts.  Suspensions technique springs in the back with a .8 inch drop.  Front are struts only and no springs, but the ride height is easily adjustable on 1st generation rexes and that is FROM FACTORY.   Brakes system:   oem calipers, stainless steel brake lines, ebc brake pads, cross drilled rotors, converted the rear drums to calipers from the 1989 acura integra.    Shifting the gears:  Adjustable chrome shifter from pace setter, energy suspension bushings throughout to make shifting more positive.    The engine:   swapped the 1.5 liter 12 valve for a 1990 1.6 acura integra dohc.  Because of the swap I had to get the axles and two front spindles from the integra**  JE pistons 12.5 compression.  Coated pistons.  Web cams set up for all out racing ( high lift cams, poor idle).  web springs and retainers.  Stainless steel valves.  ARP studs.  Block support installed.  Grinded crankshaft.  lightned flywheel  Race porting intake and exhaust. decked head. aem lower main pulley and adjustable cam pulleys   REMEMBER WHEN I SAID OLD FASHION TECHNOLOGY?  HERE'S WHY   intake:   CARBERATION  THAT'S RIGHT CARBERATION (<---don't even know if i spelled that right but you know what i mean)   TWO DUAL CARBERATORS BY NONE OTHER THAN WEBBER.  IN OTHER WORDS EACH INTAKE HOLE HAS IT'S OWN INDIVIDUAL TUNNELL cause each carb has two funnels (one for each intake hole).  The kit from webber is awsome.  it came with intake manifold which is only like 3 inches long and the carbs go right on there.  The kit also comes with the two side draft webber carbs (each hole is 45mm in diameter, total of 4 holes), and necessary linkage kit with throttle cable.  It just looks so cool and different from the norm...you know.  fuel rails, injectors etc.    This setup is made for full racing on nothing less, so don't buy this if you lookin to have a daily driver.   When you step on the gas all four butterflies in front of each hole opens simultaneously and you can see directly into the motor.   I will use the funnels or horns only when racing at the track, but when I take her to the street, i will use two k & n filters ( they are really small but cool lookin with the chrome tops and the k & n emblem engraved in them).  There is no way this car will pass inspection or emmissions, because of the high compression and the fact that I will have to run very high octane gas like 116 or something like that ( i will find out exactly when I get the thing dyno to tune for max power).  THERE ARE WAYS TO GET A CAR LIKE MINE REGISTERED THOUGH AND THAT'S WHY WE LIVE IN A GREAT COUNTRY.  IT MAY NOT BE LEGAL AND I DO NOT APPROVE OF ANYONE BREAKING THE LAW.   Exhaust:   DC sports header, 2 1/4 stainless steal pipe all the way back.  Not sure if I will use muffler or not.  That will be a fine tuning issue.   Ignition:   Electromotive Ignition.  Crank trigger, distributorless ignition...which i feel is the best to use.  You can run any type of motor you want with any car (so long as you can figure out how to get it in the engine bay) without having to get the computer or fuel injection system, if you go carberated.  The main thing is you have to mount a crank trigger somewhere so that it can spin the exact same amount of times as the crankshaft.  This allows the spark plugs to fire on the intake and exhaust stroke which makes this system burn fuel better and cleaner, which means more horsepower.  Most systems only fire on the intake.    This ignition allows you to hook it up to a lab top for fine tuning of fuel injection.  I will not be using the labtop since I am using carbs, but you can still tune using this ignition.  You can set your rev limits, and other important settings as well.  I just have to get a set of wires, but I will once I find where I am going to mount the base unit.    I suggest this ignition system for anyone who wants the best ignition system for your car.  Better than msd, jacobs, etc.    Those are the main mods that I have done.  There is much more i have planed like a hood scoop to get cool air into the intake side, slicks suspension tuning, the list goes on.    ALL THIS AND THE CAR IS STILL NOT DONE.  I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS.  PATIENCE IS THE KEY.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PERFECT RUNNING ORDER BEFORE I EVEN START TO RAISE HELL ON THE TRACK.   PLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR PROJECTS!