416/2000 offical build thread !!!!!!!now with pics!!!!!!!

[THEKID]

so on 5/20/2008 i bought the vr-4. 2 weeks after buying it i stripped her down and started to order partsto build it back up. now im starting to get down and dirty. here is a build sheet of what parts i am using and what i will do to the car as i build it up.

block

- bored .020 over/decked/alighn honed painted sublime green
-eagle 88mm crank
-eagle h-beam rods
-weisco 9:1 compression pistons
-acl alumaglide rod & main bearings
-new oil squirters/bolts
-arp main studs
-arp crank bolt
-new oe rear main seal houseing
-new oe frontcover with oil pump
-new oil filter houseing
-new oe water pump plugged to run electric pump
-ati dampiner pulley
-stainless bolts for front cover, rear main houseing, water pump, oil filter houseing, oil pan,

head

-decked/port&polish 5 angle valve job
-shaved valve cover powdercoated signal green
-si stainless valves
-new oem spring seats
-ferrrea valve stem seals
-bc springs & retainers
-ferrea valve keepers
-bc 272/272 cams
-fidanza adjustable cam gears
-arp head studs
-sbr heat barrier intake manifold gasket
-sbr 4 layer exhaust manifold gasket
-mls headgasket
-stainless valve cover bolts

drivetrain

-dogbox racing 1g trans w 4 spider center diff and evo 3rd and 4thgaers double syncros painted jet gloss black
-three speed scatter shield powdercoated signal green
-act flywheel
-act 2600 clutch kit w street/strip disc
-new oe shifter cables
-tel shifter
-new oe master & slave cylinders
-stainless clutch line
-driveshaft shop driveshaft
-driveshaft shop front and rear axles
-4 bolt lsd rear diff powdercoated signal green

engine bay


-gloss black paint
-honda civic aluminum radiator
-signal green powdercoating all motor mounts,power steerring bracket,
-all vacume lines,hoses,and couplers samco sport green
-greddy oil catch can powdercoated metallic green
-jm fab coolant overflow catch can powdercoated metallic green


exhaust / turbo / intake

-dnp tubular header / coated with jet hot 2000 coating
-bullseye performance 50-trim bolt on / coater with jet hot 2000 coating
-sbr stainless o2 housing with tial 38mm external waste gate and dump tube / coater with jet hot 2000 coating
-cmp 3" stainless exhaust with test pipe and dual tip muffler coated inside and out with jet hot 2000 coating
-tuner nation urethane exhaust hagers
-ets intercooler with stainless pipes powdercoated metallic green
-tial 50mm bov powdercoated signal green
-1g ported 65mm throttle body
-magnus street intake manifold powdercoated metalic green

fuel / management / monitoring/electrical

-150 amp alternator
-wire tuck
-fuse box relocation
-engine harness custom wired with mil-spec firewall connector
-20 gallon fuel cell cstom mounted in trunk
-stainless line -8 from tank to filter
-fuel lab fuel filter
-stainless line -8 from filter to rail
-fic fuel rail powdercoated metallic green
-rc 900cc injectors
-stainless line from rail to regulator
-fuel lab adjustable pressure regulator
-stainless return line -6 from regulator to tank
-aem ems
-tuner nation cop plate powdercoated metallic green
-m&w cdi wired to fire sequential
-aem 3.5 bar map sensor
-gm iat sensor
-autometer gs boost guge
-autometer gs fuel pressure gauge
-autometer gs oil pressuer gauge
-autometer gs oil temp gauge
-autometer gs water temp gauge
-autometer gs volts gauge
-autometer gs egt gauge
-autometer gs wideband air/fuel gauge
-autometer gs fuel level gauge
-autometer gs tach
-autometer gs speedometer

brakes / suspension / steering

-4ws removed
-solid adjustable track arm bushings
-1g steering rack
-hotbits dt1 coilovers
-1g 5 lug conversion
-1g baer front big brake kit painted black with green letters
-1g rear drilled slotted rotors
-1g rear calipers w hawk pads painted black
-suspension tech 21mm rear 19mm front sway bars
-all subframes front & rear powdercoated signal green
-stainless brake lines
-abs deleted
-prothane eurathane motor, subframe, controll arm, track arm, tie rod end mounts and bushings
-energy suspension front & rear sway bar end links
-tuner nation rear subframe, mustache brace mounts

body

-re painted (the color is top secret)
-amg smooth sides
-amg wing
-jdm front bumper
-jdm rear bumper
-jdm rs carbon fiber hood
-carbon fiber trunk lid
-rs projector fog lights
-jdm glass headlights w running lights
-92 vr-4 tail lights with custom lighting
-1 set bixenon hid's hi/low beam 6000k white
-1 set h1 auxilary hid's 3000k green
-1 set h3 hid's 3000k green
-jdm power fold mirrors
-all badges shaved
-shaved antenna
-all 4 door handles shaved
-fuel door shaved
-painted custom green interior trim

-manual seat belt conversion
-evo VIII seats re upholstered two tone black/green
-suede head liner
-suede a'b'c pillars
-new black carpet
-vr-4 floor mats

so as of right now i have worked on the motor i painted it and dropped the crank in.

as for the body i have removed all the outer door caps,dog legs,hood,trunk,all door glass,windshield,rear window,sun roof.
i also removed al the wire harnesses and stripped out all the unnecessary wires and will be re looming it in the next few days. i also rewired the engine harness and set it up for speed density and sequential spark which i will be controlling via the aem and m&w cdi.

i will post some pics tomorrow and keep the post updated daily as i am always working on it every day .

 

[THEKID]

looks at home on jackstands

look ma no sub frames

cut the floor out to make room for the custom 20 gallon fuel cell

stripped out every wire that i dident need (abs,cruise,a/c,alarm,door locks,power antenna, factory stereo)

and a whole lot of parts to pit her back together

 

[boostx]

Man you are going to be having some fun..

 

^^agreed

 

[Woody]

Thats alot of work,do you have a dead line to get it all done? G/L.



Woody

 

[THEKID]

no real deadline i don't want to rush it that's when it starts getting sloppy. working on this project is like recovering from an addiction you just got to take it one day at a time.

 

[THEKID]

so i have been working on a lot of wiring lately. since i am shaving the door handles i wont need power door locks. so i used the four wires from the power door lock actuator and re wired them to intercept the power window motor in each door. and wire up a window automation controller to each window. now i have one touch up and down on all four windows. i will also be able to roll the windows up when the alarm sets and down with the alarm controller through an auxiliary unit. i also started mounting the door poppers and wired up the jdm power fold mirrors.which will also fold in when the alarm is set.


starting to look a little better


these help so much


front door popper mounted low in door

down ward shot of front door


rear door poppers mounted

down ward shot of rear door


i will take some pics of the motor and post them later today

 

[iLLeffeKt vr-4]

Looks like its coming along nice but I hope you don't plan on doing any type of racing with it. You will have a very hard time doing so with shaved door handles. Most tracks won't let you compete.

 

[THEKID]

not tracking this one maybe take it out on the road course for fun

 

[THEKID]

so got some more done sanded down the inner fender wells in the front and primed them.

before


sanded




after





and some shots of the motor crank installed new rear seal cover with hardware arp mains and arp crank bolt.

 

are the crank and main bolts weak???i just put ross/ eagle pistons and rods in my 6 bolt and i did not use arp hardware will i be ok???

 

[THEKID]

stock should be fine im just crazy so i replace everything. every last nut bolt and screw on this car will be replaced

 

epic build /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif whats with the ninja turtle block?

 

[THEKID]

well originally i was going to powder coat it green. but when you powder coat a block it retains heat and these motors don't need any help retaining heat. so this is the only hi temp green that i found that i liked.

thanks its been over a year now that im building this car and its been a long drawn out process. that origonally started whern the crank walked two weeks after i bought the car. so it needed a crank and some bearings and it would have been all better.

but me being the way i am i figured if im in there doin the crank i might as well do the rods and pistons. then i thought since im doin the pistons i might as well bore it .020 over. then i thought since im building the bottom end i might as well build the head.then i thought since im building the head i might as well do the turbo 'inercooler and intake.then i figured i might as well do the trans. then i thought since the motor is out this would be a good time to paint the engine bay and since im doin that i should paint the whole car.

and so on and so fourth so pretty much this whole build stems from a common case of crank walk.

every time some one asks me why i am doing such a through build i simply tell them
" the crank walked,right up behind me and kicked me in the a$$ then while i was down it stomped on my head and nuts"

i still have alot of work to do but it's coming along

 

[Hksvr4]

Quote:
all 4 door handles shaved


This with the door poppers make a clean look, but from a function stand point, it's a nightmare. My friend had it on his 2G and he hated them. There were many times where the remote didn't pop open the door, "pusher" or "popper" didn't work. He had to climb through the hatch many times. Any back-up?

 

[THEKID]

i have had shaved door handles on a few previous vehicles i really dont need any backups. as long as it is done right it wont go bad. but in the event a a defective part i have 4 doors with remote poppers i highley doubt they will all go bad at once. plus i have window automation so i can roll the windows up and down by remote. so in the event that all 4 poppers go bad all i have to do is press one button and all the windows roll down.

 

[Hksvr4]

^^^Ditto. I guess my friend didn't do his homework.

 

There is a kid out here that shaved his GTI VR6 turbo and he put a little paddle hidden under the car so he could just flick it with his foot!

 

[THEKID]

no hand or foot operated devices that makes it easier to steal.

shaving the handles on a vw is the smartest thing you can do. or atleast just the keyhole those cars can be broken into with a flat head screwdriver.

 

[1990ggsxnj]

Damn!!!! Way to go, keep the updates coming.