B20 EF Civic

[EF Ian]

91 Civic 1.6 i-VT (EE9)

I've had my Civic for 6 years now, its gone through a lot of changes and I've learnt a lot from working on it. I got it almost stock with the stock B16A1, less than a year later I changed it to a B16B and its now got a built B20.

B16B was putting out 196hp and 9000rpms, the B20 was putting out 243HP but I've just made more changes to it, new rings, valve guides, stem seals, ATI crank damper, bigger injectors, slightly more compression and it will be mapped on my new Hondata S300 ECU, I'm hoping for 250hp.

These photos are from when it still had the B16B.

Looks more like this at the moment but its not finished yet:

Current Spec List


Body and Misc

Resprayed Original Colour – Rio Red
Smoothed off Aerial
Smoothed off Rear Wiper
Smoothed off Rear Badge
Smoothed off Rear Fogs
Smoothed off Bootlock
Fully Undersealed
OEM Mudflaps
Honda Access Rain Visors
EK Throttle Cable
TenzoR short shift gearlever (Dual Bend)
ITR Gear Gaiter
Type R Key
Momo Boss
OMP Steering Wheel
Panasonic Head unit
Alpine Speakers
CG Lock
Custom Airbrushed Rocker cover
Jazz washer Jets
Bonnet lifters
PWJDM Bolts and washers
All other Bolts/washers changed to SS
Wire Tucked Engine Bay
EF9 Headlights (Lightweight Plastic)
Earls Fuel Fittings with Braided Hose and Inline Fuel Filter
Custom Reg Number



Performance

Quaife ATB LSD
Koyo Racing Radiator – Polished Aluminium
Slimline Fan
Odyssey PC680 Racing Battery
Customised PWJDM Holder
PW Magnetic Engine and gearbox oil Bolts
Honda MTF 94 (gearbox)
Silkolene 5W-40 (Engine)
Energy Shifter linkage Bushes
Competition Clutch – Stage 2 Carbon Kevlar clutch



Performance – Engine – B20 VTEC

B20 Block - Honed 84mm
Knife Edged & Balanced B20 Crankshaft
Golden Eagle B20 Crank Girdle
Wiseco Pistons - 11.7:1
Total Seal rings
Eagle H-Beam Rods
ACL Race Bearings
ARP Main Stud kit
ARP Head Studs
ARP 2000 Rod Bolts
Golden Eagle VTEC Conversion kit
Golden Eagle head gasket
OEM ITR Oil Pump
OEM ITR Water Pump
OEM ITR Timing Belt Kit
ATI Crank Damper
Competition Clutch Lightweight Flywheel
Baffled ITR Oil Sump
ITR Oil pickup and windage tray
Ported and Polished B18C-R Head
OEM Honda Stem Seals
Ferrea Bronze Valve Guides
Crower Stage 3 cams
Crower Valve springs
Crower titanium retainers
Buddy Club Adjustable Cam gears
Hondata Insulating Intake Manifold Gasket
Edelbrock Victor X Inlet manifold ported to 70mm
OMNI Power 70mm Throttle body
Blox Max-flo 4-2-2-1 (Tri-Y) Header – Heatwrapped
Custom Prospeed 3" Manifold back Exhaust
AEM Hybrid Intake
BPI Velocity Stack & K&N Filter
345cc Injectors
AEM FPR
Rywire OBD0 - OBD1 Conversion Harness with lambda sensor extension
Rywire OBD0 - OBD2 Distributor convertor
OBD2 Dizzy
OBD1 ECU mapped with Neptune
Custom Crankcase breather setup
Precision Oil Catch tanks with breathers
NGK Platinum Plugs
Magnecor KV-85 ignition leads
Custom Earth leads



Handling

Meister R Coilovers
Tenzo R Front Upper strut brace
Cusco Front Under Brace
Tenzo R Rear upper strut brace
Beaks Rear Lower Tie Bar
Energy Anti-roll bar bushes
New OEM RTA bushes
Energy Poly Strut Rod bushes
Goodyear Eagle F1’s all round



Brakes

ITR Callipers and Carriers
ATR 1” Master cylinder and servo
Goodridge SS Brake Lines
Castrol DOT4. Fluid
EBC 282mm Discs
Hawk HP+ pads
EBC 242mm Discs (Rear)
Ferrodo Pads (Rear)

 

[gcon45]

Lovely! A real credit to you mate.

If you're ever thinking of selling up drop me a PM.

 

[Con]

love it

 

[Curt]

Looks great. That's some power for such a small car.

Make sure you keep it well hidden and secure

 

[StephenDc2]

Really does look the part and its a credit to yourself, one of the best shapes of Civic imo and lightest with a serious engine to match

Are you ever going to put it on the track or is it too clean and rare for that?

 

[EF Ian]

Lovely! A real credit to you mate.

If you're ever thinking of selling up drop me a PM.

Thanks

Not likely I'll ever sell it, but I'll add you to the list of people interested.

Looks great. That's some power for such a small car.

Really does look the part and its a credit to yourself, one of the best shapes of Civic imo and lightest with a serious engine to match

Thanks guys, its got a great power to weight ratio, its not super light but it should weight around 960 - 970kg, if I can ever manage to do a tintop conversion I'd save about 20kg.

Very easy to embarrass much more expensive and more powerfull cars, compared to a MK5 Golf GTI which has 200hp but weighs around 1300kg its miles ahead.

Are you ever going to put it on the track or is it too clean and rare for that?

I plan to take it to the track if I get a chance, only place to properly drive it, I'll not be going to crazy though, don't want any harm to come to it.

 

[StephenDc2]

Thats easy to say but once you get onto the track you tend to push it harder each lap when the red mist decsends

My old fresh import EK9 stood me close to 12k when modified for the track and I drove it hard on the track but with your car its a lot harder to find an EF in that sort of condition etc

 

[Lewis.]

Awesome! Where have you been hiding this?? Lol never seen it at any meets or anything lol

 

[EF Ian]

Engine bay went from this just after swapping in the B16B:

To This:

While this project is nearly done and I'm concentrating on my 260Z Project there is still some work being done on this. I've got 6 years of updates so I'll just post up some of the more relevant stuff to get this up to date to where I am with it today.


Here is what see looked like about 4 months after I got her:

B16B Arrived:

Quaife:

B16A1 out, bay cleaned ready for B16B:

B16B in:

Bigger Brakes - 98 ITR DC2 calipers:

New Radiator:

Changed from glass to Plastic headlights, only saved me 1.6kg, but every little helps, plus they look much nicer:

 

[EF Ian]

Awesome! Where have you been hiding this?? Lol never seen it at any meets or anything lol

Thanks

Don't really get out much anymore, no where as much as I like, I've spent the last 3 years away from home most of the time, 6 months training and then my job, I only get home on Holidays, which at the moment is only about 10 weeks a year.

 

[andy_b]

that is stunning mate, nicest civic ever made and what an example you have! hope to see many more updates

 

[chrisd1]

Love it!

 

[euge07]

What a machine, must go really well!

 

[EF Ian]

Interior out for respray and check up:

Rear before:

Rear After:

Smoothed off; fog lights, badge, wiper, boot lock and Ariel. Also fitted a new windscreen while I was at it.

New Exhaust - Custom made by Prospeed 2.5"

Moved Intake to behind bumper, big improvement in power and sound and no more heat soak:

Removed stock fuel filter for fancy Earls setup:

 

[Woodcutter]

Great attention to detail, nice to see one of these that has been treated to some proper TLC.

Nice work on the rear bumper, freshens it up massively.

 

[Reno_LV]

Oh yes....

 

[Davey@Procar]

loving this good work.

 

[darragh793]

Very good build and great power

 

[Saunts]

Lovely!

Although I prefer the rear before you did all the smoothing.

 

[EF Ian]

New Suspension setup:

Polish job on exhaust:

From this:

To This:

New Wheels:

Shes stays in this when not in use:

 

[EF Ian]

B20 Build

Welded a bash plate to the manifold, as it hangs LOW, Nice welds courtesy of Alan @ AG Automotive

See how low it hangs, even had to raise the ride height to allow for it:

New exhaust, Prospeed custom again, this time 3":

Just fitted:

Almost there:

New Wheel:

 

[EF Ian]

Exhaust wasn't looking the best:

That won't do:

New Mats:

Hondata S300 ECU:

Engine out for more work:

That's all for now, bay is still empty, I'll be back in a few days, got lots of wiring work to do as I've been tidying my loom a bit and tucking my fuse box. Fresh updates in a couple of Days

 

[darragh793]

Look forward to seeing this go! Either in the flesh or in vids, can get coilover socks on ebay I see you like to keep it mint

 

[stu87]

Savage civic lad. Mind seeing it at a jap show a few years ago at junction one, was so tidy then when it had the b16b in it.

 

[stu87]

Savage civic lad. Mind seeing it at a jap show a few years ago at junction one, was so tidy then when it had the b16b in it.