hippyross
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So I've been down kirkistown a few times this year and every time I go down I come home thinking I'd love a wee track car.
At the last track day me and a mate where standing watching the likes of mg zrs, St focus, protons ect all cars that can be bought under a grand and less going round all day with no bother and seem to go round pretty well for what they are.
We started looking for on Gumtree and found a 140hp 206 with 60k that needed a clutch for £300 sounded like cheap fun, so went to have a look a few nights later and turned out the rear axle was gone and was going to end up silly money to fix the axle, clutch and service etc so we went home and kept looking a few days later I found a b18 civic aerodeck and thought this could be good craic and as I've had a few mb6s I kind of know my way around them, also we are trying not to spend too much money so wanting be able to pick up cheap second hand parts and keeping 15" wheels will keep the tyre prices low.
We went and had a look mechanicaly it's really good for a car with 128k, it's had a respray not great but a good polish and it I'll look grand and it's going on a track so never bothered me and I've already got a car that needs my attention paint work wise
So we talked money and got a set of bilsteins, nuspeed springs and an itr anti rollbar in the deal and a deposit was left and picked it up the next night.
And there she is after a good wash.
We also picked up some used hankook slicks at handy money and some used ds2500.
So far I got they boys in work to change the timing belt for an oem Honda belt and koyo tensioner and take out the Aircon.
New belt and tensioner.
Belt on and on the build up.
And bits that we don't need.
I've a fuel, oil filter, plugs, rotor arm, distributor cap and 5.1 brake fluid coming so I'll do that next.
Plans are to gut the whole interior I mean everything to make it as light as possible, may even perspex in the windows we will see how much that cost first tho.
Get the shocks and springs in.
We want to make it a nice build so may get brakes powder coated as I've a rebuild kit for the fronts and they will be stripped anyway.
Make a front splitter out of ply wood or alloy sheet like this one below and try using the fog light holes for ducting.
Possibly a cold air feed from the head light.
Also thinking of taking the butterflys out of the inlet.
And what ever springs to mind while we are at it.
On the shopping list
96 spec itr wheels or similar
Buckets and harnesses
Wet tyres
Jdm 98spec manifold.
If anyone has or knows of any bits let me know.
Hopefully get on with with striping it out soon.
At the last track day me and a mate where standing watching the likes of mg zrs, St focus, protons ect all cars that can be bought under a grand and less going round all day with no bother and seem to go round pretty well for what they are.
We started looking for on Gumtree and found a 140hp 206 with 60k that needed a clutch for £300 sounded like cheap fun, so went to have a look a few nights later and turned out the rear axle was gone and was going to end up silly money to fix the axle, clutch and service etc so we went home and kept looking a few days later I found a b18 civic aerodeck and thought this could be good craic and as I've had a few mb6s I kind of know my way around them, also we are trying not to spend too much money so wanting be able to pick up cheap second hand parts and keeping 15" wheels will keep the tyre prices low.
We went and had a look mechanicaly it's really good for a car with 128k, it's had a respray not great but a good polish and it I'll look grand and it's going on a track so never bothered me and I've already got a car that needs my attention paint work wise
So we talked money and got a set of bilsteins, nuspeed springs and an itr anti rollbar in the deal and a deposit was left and picked it up the next night.
And there she is after a good wash.
We also picked up some used hankook slicks at handy money and some used ds2500.
So far I got they boys in work to change the timing belt for an oem Honda belt and koyo tensioner and take out the Aircon.
New belt and tensioner.
Belt on and on the build up.
And bits that we don't need.
I've a fuel, oil filter, plugs, rotor arm, distributor cap and 5.1 brake fluid coming so I'll do that next.
Plans are to gut the whole interior I mean everything to make it as light as possible, may even perspex in the windows we will see how much that cost first tho.
Get the shocks and springs in.
We want to make it a nice build so may get brakes powder coated as I've a rebuild kit for the fronts and they will be stripped anyway.
Make a front splitter out of ply wood or alloy sheet like this one below and try using the fog light holes for ducting.
Possibly a cold air feed from the head light.
Also thinking of taking the butterflys out of the inlet.
And what ever springs to mind while we are at it.
On the shopping list
96 spec itr wheels or similar
Buckets and harnesses
Wet tyres
Jdm 98spec manifold.
If anyone has or knows of any bits let me know.
Hopefully get on with with striping it out soon.