YACT: So the fun has begun...... (engine swap)

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: boyRacer

Originally posted by: MangoTBG

My neighbor has an 1989 Supra TT. I'd kill for it. That body owns the late (1993-the end) Supra bodies. Fscker doesn't even drive it, he drives his Corolla or Focus

Wow. I want what you're smoking.

It was a custom T3/T4 hybrid. After all the internal work and custom piping, and electronics it cost me about 7K before labor. I was running 12psi and running mid 13s. Then it was stolen last July, the engine was stripped, I got the car back minus the 7K worth of parts, got a good deal from a neighbor on his 97 Supra TT and sold my Civic for that. Then just recently, lost my job, had to go back to college, so I sold the Supra to make ends meet, and now I'm driving a Civic again....though not nearly as fast as my last one. In fact, it's just downright slow.

What a small turbo the T3/T4 is . Atleast you had the pleasure of owning a Supra TT. Any mods to it? BPU? If not, you really didn't gain much if your other civic was running mid 13s, except for my respect .

lol... whenever i ask that... they look at me like this ...i guess only supra people know what that means. not that i have one... yet

Hell even some of the Supra owners down at the track don't know what it means

 

[MangoTBG]

Don't go thru SupraStore, man. Nero is a fvcking piece of sh1t. He held my buddies supra for over 2 months just to install the XS FrontMount. After doing that, they were supposed to send it over to a body shop to put a bomex front and AB Flug hood on....they were just letting the car sit there. We had to go get the damn car ourselves, after contacting the bodyshop w/o Nero's permission (Nero kept saying he was waiting on the body shop)...Turns out he never called the bodyshop to begin with. My friend billed Nero for all the time and tow truck expenses, so Nero tried billing him for 4 hours of labor (All they did was install the FM...the front bumper was already off, along with the passanger quarterpanel.

Damn asshat. He didn't care about the car because my friend payed upfront. He already had what he wanted.

Edit: Call Larry or Adam Gambuza (sp?) up at AutoTurner if you want anything.

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: MangoTBG
Don't go thru SupraStore, man. Nero is a fvcking piece of sh1t. He held my buddies supra for over 2 months just to install the XS FrontMount. After doing that, they were supposed to send it over to a body shop to put a bomex front and AB Flug hood on....they were just letting the car sit there. We had to go get the damn car ourselves, after contacting the bodyshop w/o Nero's permission (Nero kept saying he was waiting on the body shop)...Turns out he never called the bodyshop to begin with. My friend billed Nero for all the time and tow truck expenses, so Nero tried billing him for 4 hours of labor (All they did was install the FM...the front bumper was already off, along with the passanger quarterpanel.

Damn asshat. He didn't care about the car because my friend payed upfront. He already had what he wanted.

Edit: Call Larry or Adam Gambuza (sp?) up at AutoTurner if you want anything.

Little late now that I don't own it anymore.

Here's some pics from August 2002 when I first got the car. It has the BPU at this point. 480hp of Supra goodness.

Pic1
Pic2
Pic3

I'm the queer in the drivers seat in Pic3, and the older guy is my neighbor, who I was buying the car from since he was moving back to England.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: MangoTBG

My neighbor has an 1989 Supra TT. I'd kill for it. That body owns the late (1993-the end) Supra bodies. Fscker doesn't even drive it, he drives his Corolla or Focus

Wow. I want what you're smoking.

What, a guy can't like a classic longnose sportscar body more than a bubbly looking sportscar body? Old vs. new

The curviness doesn't do it for me.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: MangoTBG

My neighbor has an 1989 Supra TT. I'd kill for it. That body owns the late (1993-the end) Supra bodies. Fscker doesn't even drive it, he drives his Corolla or Focus

Wow. I want what you're smoking.

What, a guy can't like a classic longnose sportscar body more than a bubbly looking sportscar body? Old vs. new

The curviness doesn't do it for me.

Old >>>>> New

Oh, NutBucket, don't forget them mAd h3ll4 tYt3 TypeR stickers, body kit, and WING y0!

yu0 = teh anti-ric0r

- M4H

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Oh, NutBucket, don't forget them mAd h3ll4 tYt3 TypeR stickers, body kit, and WING y0!

yu0 = teh anti-ric0r

- M4H

Yep, that's the look I'm going for. I already have a tasteful exhuast (read: not annoyingly loud) and wheels. The only other thing I was thinking was to get the correct (Honda OEM) SIR badge since I'm basically building a SIR. Not sure on this one yet.

EDIT: Quit hijacking my thread!! I've waited a long time to be able to post a cool YACT!!!!

 

[zCypher]

congrats..

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Oh, NutBucket, don't forget them mAd h3ll4 tYt3 TypeR stickers, body kit, and WING y0!

yu0 = teh anti-ric0r

- M4H

Yep, that's the look I'm going for. I already have a tasteful exhuast (read: not annoyingly loud) and wheels. The only other thing I was thinking was to get the correct (Honda OEM) SIR badge since I'm basically building a SIR. Not sure on this one yet.

EDIT: Quit hijacking my thread!! I've waited a long time to be able to post a cool YACT!!!!

eBay tends to be awash in OEM badges. OR go to your Honda dealer. Whichever one is less lame in your opinion.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: dtyn

Originally posted by: m2kewl
nice honda engine!!!


just worked on mine today - all new fluids, brake bleed, new pads, winterizing and set of new dunlop sp5000 tires
/pampers me b16a like a good pet

2000 Civic Si or just the engine from one? I used to have one a long time ago, turbo'd and everything. It was a fun car just because it was so light with so much power.

my friend had a turbo 2000 Si (regular model) the high end is SiR in Canada.
it was an automatic, but it ran 13's.. it was a very quick little car!!!

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Oh, NutBucket, don't forget them mAd h3ll4 tYt3 TypeR stickers, body kit, and WING y0!

yu0 = teh anti-ric0r

- M4H

Yep, that's the look I'm going for. I already have a tasteful exhuast (read: not annoyingly loud) and wheels. The only other thing I was thinking was to get the correct (Honda OEM) SIR badge since I'm basically building a SIR. Not sure on this one yet.

EDIT: Quit hijacking my thread!! I've waited a long time to be able to post a cool YACT!!!!

eBay tends to be awash in OEM badges. OR go to your Honda dealer. Whichever one is less lame in your opinion.

That's not even what I was pondering. It was more like, do I smoke them in my DX (tho it has wheels and exhaust) or should I just get the SIR emblem (since it's correct anyway). Then somebody would prolly steal that ~$40 emblem first time I turn my head away. Basically, which way is less ricey.