Rice Rocket: Tims B18c1 Turbo EK Hatchback Project........

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Member ID: 00ocivico00

Location: Dunlap, Tennessee

Vehicle Info

1997 Honda Civic

Bought: Apr, 2008

Bragging Rights

Top Speed138 mph
HP207

Major Upgrades

bore-increase
port and polish
engine swap
turbo

Modifications

Performance Parts

Car Audio & Video

Interior

Exterior Styling

Ratings

- Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
Overall Rating
- Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
Overall Exterior
- Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
Custom Paint
- Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
Performance Mods

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Honda 4 life!

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First off let me thank everyone who has voted and commented my ride!I made it to NUMBER 1 as of 12/10/08!!!!Thats out of 61,000 hondas.Thats insane,After a year of blood sweat and tears.Thanks so much for all the help and support!!I have many more plans for this car so stay tuned....Thanks again all cardomain users out there!!!

Come check out my ride at turboaddict.com.To see my ride and other great turbo'd rides click the link below http://turboaddict.com/tims-1997-turbo-civic-ek/

I know many of the people that come threw here arent going to read this,But it needs to be said.I love cars all cars not just imports.Im a honda guy always have been always will be.I was before hondas were cool and I still will be when they arent cool anymore,but the hate has to stop!Some people like stock some jdm,some show,some go,But I'll never hate on anyone who works hard to have a nice custom car.I understand that poeple who goto autozone buy a wing and try to race everyone is very embarrassing,and give real tuners a bad name,but lets face it thats life.Where I come from I know people who buy s10's and try to race everyone,Not many hondas where I live:)Give credit where credit is due!If it isnt your taste,Thats cool.I dont like salads but I don't hate people who do.I just wanted people to know im not going to hate on anyones car even if they hate on mine.I take pride in what I do and im not changing,and I dout anyone else who builds the cars how they like will either.Now that I feel better about that on with the pictures....

~~Anyone with myspace is welcome to add me.My url is myspace.com/timsredcivic~~

---Please vote 5 stars,and show alittle love to all the blood,sweat,and tears ive put into this thing.I'll do the same for you.THANKS---

The day I bought this riced out pos.It wouldnt even start if it was cold.haha.This thing was in bad shape.Nothing worked but heat and one headlight.Had to replace almost every fuse and light bulb,No speedo,no window roller handles,no cd player,no blinkers,no reverse lights,no horn,no sunvisors.You get the ideal.BAD SHAPE........

Big ricer wing had to go.Nice taillights tho.No big fan of the rims either.Sue me.....

If you think this is a good looking bumper please dont buy a honda!last day this was just another sohc piece of shit......I got another itch.....lol

I did change the front bumper to the bw 2 front before I decided to just redo the whole damn car.I thought it looked just as bad the blitz so..Look at the full blown race motor it used to have in there:)

The day I rolled it in my friends shop....

After we removed the body moldings.last time i seen these wheels

Doors welded up....

fenders welded up also....

Everything welded up,no cheap fiberglassing shit here!!!

After car was blocked about 4 times....

Striped to the bone....

Doors and fenders in primer awaiting paint....

All jams spayed.

Wasn't going to go with a body kit this time around,but I just like the way a civic looks with a clean kit.Plus I thought I might piss some haters off,So I decided to go with a r34 front buddy club side and back.Shaved off the antanna and body moldings replaced the gay m3 mirrors and put stock mirrors back on.Removed all dents blocked the whole car and its getting painted Plymouth prowler orange...

We reworked the whole side skirts...

Had to rework the whole front bumper too.

Test fitting the front bumper.

In primer ready for paint

Base coat going on..Thanks to my best friends shop PinPoint Customs!

6 coats of clear on.Damn thats shiney!!!

This is right after paint.

Needs alittle buffing is all...lol

Getting ready to be buffed!!

Notice the ricer wing is gone and the stock wing is on.Alot cleaner looking now....

I got a great deal on a totaled gsr so I bought it for 2 grand,as soon as body work is done FULL REBUILD AND BOOST!haha
I love RICE!!!!!!

Shitted old d series out

Cleaning up and painting gsr motor.

Bolting up the gsr with new honda oem si motor mounts.

Valve cover painted

Please vote 5 stars!!

New FULLY BUILT b18c1 gsr motor in!

Anyone with myspace is welcome to add me.My url is myspace.com/timsredcivic

A bad pic to show the custom 2-1/2 inch catback

OBD1 conversion kit and skunk 2 modified/socketed/chipped/programmed ecu with the following specifications.
Vtec 4,800 rpms
SECONDARY open 6,000 rpm
Redline 9,200 rpms
No Knock sensor
Speed limiter removed
Aggressive fuel and ignition timing

New radiator brackets welded on for the gsr radiator conversion

The gsr radiator in and working great!

Skunk 2 front camber kit installed today!The old matrix springs that used to be on there....

Rear disk brake conversion off a 2000 civic si.Went ahead and threw on a skunk 2 rear camber kit and new struts also!

Heres the new skunk 2 lowering springs!!

I finally put my new skunk 2 springs on.

lower strut brace.Yes it handles like its on rails!

Front being put back together.BTW Someone had cheap chrome hoodpins on this thing.I replace them with stainless steel hoodpins and replaced the license plate bolts with stainless also.Alot cleaner now,no rust....

Clean as hell and I dont care if you hate or not!

Perfect fitment on the whole bodykit alot of long nights!

Damn Looking mean gsr huh??

Please vote and help keep my stars up!!

The hood had alittle wear and a yellow tint,So we decided to wet sand and buff it.

Looks so much better after buffing!

Picture of interior after black paint(Was painted some gay blue color,It was awful)

My apexi v-tec controller.Neat little tool used for leaning or riching your air fuel mixture and v-tec engaugement.

My new tail covers I got from a local junk yard.They guy that had this car before me threw the old ones away for some reason....

First pictures since ive had it on the road.

Not the best pictures ever,but they'll do for now.

                                                          No matter how clean,
                                                           No matter how fast,
                                   No matter how many people say "damn thats clean as hell"
                                               Its still a honda! lol Whats wrong with that????

Please vote 5 stars!!

Tring my new skunk 2 ecu.Stop and decided to take some new pics..

Dunlap,Tennessee!

Ass shot..

Fresh and Clean!

Looking mean....Look at that valley I live in!

Looking clean as hell.Damn I love this car!

Flawless buffing!!!You could see the nuts on a humming bird flying by in this paint!

I cant wait to turbo this thing,but ima put a full roll cage in first...lol...This was the first top end run I did.Trust me it would run faster but this was from 4 to 5 gear.I dont think 5th gear is going to accelerate much more without a turbo tho..

Fuba antenna installed

New pic showing the new fuba antenna

Great looking car if i may say so myself......

In further attempts to derice this car.I recently took out the glo gauges,Which I hate and installed a stock gauge cluster.It will do till I can find a si gauge cluster....

My new Pioneer head unit.By far the best cd player ive ever owned.....

New kicker 6 1/2s they are LOUD!

New Kicker 6x9s they sound great also.....

My new aftermarket tweeters I added to the car off a 2000 si.Since hatches didnt come with these...

New gas shocks.$75 bucks but damn the old ones wouldnt even hold the hatch up...

New hatch cover I ordered from honda $100.00 Money well spent!!!

The kicker system,Im deffently Livin Loud!
Its just threw in the hatch,So if I goto the strip I can just jerk it out.

Cleaned up the wiring alittle bit

This picture shows my new sunpro gauges that replaced my old shitty glo gauges with they look alot better...

Please Dont forget to vote!!!

This picture shows my new ctr side markers lights.These were very hard to install on a painted car!

Another shot of the side marker lights..

Look at this paint!Look how clear that shit is.......

This color really shows off in the sun!

Another shot of the car after I installed the side marker lights..

Most people remove the emblems.Im proud of what I have created,So I reinstalled the "H" and CiViC emblems...

I just install a spark plug wire cover which really set the motor off I think....

The ass shot...

New limo tint..

New window tint installed today

Did a pretty good job if I say so myself...

A few new pics........

After a good washing......

Painted the calipers red today!

Painted the rear also...Cleaned all my suspension parts also....

Tinted taillights....

Nice ride height!!!

I love this picture!!!!

Right after I got done repainting all my suspension

"Rice Rocket"

Well today I added a mugen oil cap,mugen raditor 1.3 cap skunk 2 overfill covers and a chrome oil dipstick......

Got my oil,volt,boost,and a/f gauges in.Shift light and turbo timer are installed also.

I installed slip in polyurethane motor bushings today..

Putting in my 450hp rated axles...

Time to replace the heater core...

and the airbag system...

All panels being put back in right.(because whoever owned the car before me took them out and half assed put them back in)

last little bit put back together...

Real CF airbag cover made out of a civic hood:)

Hardwired radar detector.

V-tec activation light

New pictures as of 2/13/09..

New pictures as of 2/13/09

My ride is featured on turboaddict.com.The owner chris done a great write up on my car.Check it out at.... http://turboaddict.com/tims-1997-turbo-civic-ek/

My new turbo setup.T/3,T/4 turbo.Obx header,sport jdm wastegate.

Well here it is.I'm only shooting for 300 or so hp on this cheaper setup,since im new to the turbo seen.I'm Going to tune useing the v-afc hack since im only going to run 8 to 10 psi,and I hate cheap fmu's.My setup will consist of..T/3 T/4 turbo,RC 440's,Walbro Fuel Pump,Skunk 2 intake,Aem fuel rail,Aem fuel pressure regalator,MSD Ignition with rev limter,28x8x2.5 intercooler with 2.5 piping,3'' downpipe and exhast,sport jdm wastegate,Obx turbo header(which im worried about,Some people say they dont last but some do?)Plus other little things like Oil catch can,Turbo timer,Adjustable boost controller.After I get the hang of this turbo shit I plan on upgrading the turbo and turbo header....