*ED. - Are half the photos in this post not showing up for anyone else? They appear fine for me in the Edit>Preview, but not in the final post. I've tried two different browsers on my laptop, and on my phone. The code is fine, so I have no idea what's going on.
The main focus is of course the engine and just getting the car back on the road so I can register it, but of course I can't help myself when it comes to grabbing harder-to-find parts when they pop up for sale, like this cargo cover:
Picked up a coupe/sedan bumper to lose about an inch in overall car length and a noticeable amount of weight in hand, then set about cutting the holes in it to mount the fogs:
Finally finished my years-long on-and-off project of polishing the Accord Type R/Euro R intake manifold:
I just really like this photo:
Say goodbye to the single overhead cam F22A. If I was interested in turbocharging, I would have stuck with this engine because this head actually flows incredibly well. It's now strapped to a dolly for storage; maybe I'll do something with it one day.
The nearly 300,000 mile engine bay was disgusting, so I took it completely apart and gave it a good detail.
A hydraulics shop made this power steering line for me, so I can run a cleaner-looking 5th gen Prelude power steering pump:
I'd previously run aftermarket engine mounts with 70A polyurethane bushings and they were
awful when the engine was spinning anywhere near idle, so this time around I want a more comfortable driving experience. OEM mounts are discontinued, and aftermarket rubber mounts never last long, so I filled some aftermarkets with this 3M 50-55A windshield urethane. Vibrations should be minimal, and this has surely added some longevity to the rubber.
New wires. Gauges, VTEC, fog lights, reverse lights for the transmission conversion.
Clutch line and exhaust temp wires neatly secured out of the way.
Engine/trans put up a bit of a fight, but it's finally in.
K-series intake manifolds can be mounts to an H22 with an adapter plate, and aftermarket options offer larger plenums and throttle bodies, so that's a future possibility. I sat this RSX Type S manifold in the bay to check clearance, and fitment's looking very good. My Spoon Sports header is also mounted for start-up testing, since the header I'll actually be running needs further modification to fit how I want.
Luckily the smaller power steering pulley unbolts from this aftermarket crank damper, because a belt will not fit between it and the body when it comes time to service that.
The glove box gauges needed further wiring work inside the cabin but, short of getting the exhaust system welded up so I can plug in the wideband O2 and exhaust temp sensors, they're finally ready.
My intake system taking shape:
These NACA ducts that feed the space behind the bumper where the intake draws its air from arrived a bit smaller than I had imagined, but I was at least able to use them to figure out this idea I'd thought up. I'll be ordering slightly larger ones after the car's running and properly blend them into the bumper, but I'm very happy with this result.