RaisedHaze's First Integration Rejuvenation

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I'll keep this as a placeholder for when I dig up my old posts of my build.

[Mr NW Classic]

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I picked up this car back in 2007 from the U of M with less than 100 total miles on it since it was donated new back in 1986 from Bloomington Acura. The car was used as a kinesiology drunk driving simulation car without any running gear and a whole bunch of sensors and stuff wired up in it for the simulation so the driver got feedback like the car was actually moving. At the time, I was rebuilding a motor from my first car ever (still a special place in my heart) which was a 1988 Integra and had to pick it up since it made so much sense. Please excuse all the crappy cell phone pictures.

Here's how it sat as of 2010:



Interior:


But I decided to pick up all the necessary parts for a B-swap:



Found a guy on a local honda forum selling this motor (B18C1):



Picked it up in my 1998 Integra!



...and this tranny (B16 with quaife lSD):



...to replace this:





With this:



This thing is has been a blast!
Here's the baseline dyno results



...and a photo of her airing out.


That's as far as I got in summer 2012. I will try to find pictures of the steps leading to that point.

Next stesps in the process are finalizing the turbo build with a goal of 300 whp - then off to paint - hopefully end of the season 2013.

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Fitting the manifold and turbo:


Making a sweet stainless 2.5" exhaust fit that used to be on a DC Integra. It took a couple hours but fit very well in the end.

[Clindayen]

Very nice, inspirational!

[Clindayen]

Very nice, inspirational!

[VAPRAI]

Clean B swap. Really interesting background on this 86.
Did it come with that 88-89 style wheel and interior?

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Clean B swap. Really interesting background on this 86.
Did it come with that 88-89 style wheel and interior?

No, I decided to swap in the dash and steering wheel from another Integra I owned (my first car, 1988 4-door) to get AC and Cruise control. The dash that came with it had some issues since they just hacked through the firewall to route some wires and such. I spent a LONG time filling in and smoothing out all the holes on the firewall where they had hacked things apart.

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Here's how I fit the hydraulic clutch master set up on the pedal assembly. I ended up cutting the part the cable mounts to down a bit so the ratio would be correct for the stroke of the cylinder I was using. The rest was just playing around with steel until it all fit right.

Before PC (powder coat)



After PC



More pulling things apart, including relocating the underhood fusebox to the glovebox.

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More progress with the bay. A little bit of welding and grinding.



This is where I had to add clearance for the B-series alternator pulley finally boxed in.



mmm...Zinc weld-thru primer.

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I spent a TON of time wiring up a mil-spec connector at the firewall, but it turned out nice.











This gives me an appreciation for what is charged when ordering a harness from Chase Bays or Rywire.

This was before filling and smoothing that section of the firewall out. After I finished filling it in, I ended up drilling new holes needed for the milspec connector and two thru-panel connectors I'm using for the starter and alternator. I moved the thru-panel connectors down so they wouldn't be visible.

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Some more progress on the firewall.



Shaved AC hole:



Routed the power cable through the frame rail.



And filled the chassis harness wire hole on the driver's side of the firewall.

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Made a little spray booth in the garage.



Then I sprayed primer, base and clear to get this:
(I am in no way a professional painter, but I figured I can always keep the hood closed if I messed this up)

Prepped:


Primed:


I didn't get a picture after base coat since I only had like 25 minutes to get ready to clear and that meant I had to quickly clean up and change over the spray gun to clear coat.

Cleared:

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New battery mount inside passenger side of front bumper:

And a half-sized radiator bracket:

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One side of the chassis harness routed around the fender rail:

[Clindayen]

Great progress! It's looking crispy

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Great progress! It's looking crispy

Is crispy good or bad?

[Clindayen]

Great progress! It's looking crispy

Is crispy good or bad?

To me, crispy is a 11 out of 10. So it's great! LOl.

[MugenBOI]

very nice i love how your car is coming out

[raisedhaze]

Great progress! It's looking crispy

Is crispy good or bad?

To me, crispy is a 11 out of 10. So it's great! LOl.

In that case, THANKS!

I hope to get the turbo finalized this summer and get her painted this coming fall/winter. Should be a bundle of fun.