Project "Special K"... Lets try this again

[Guglianoh]

Which leads me to tonight! right after work i went and began reassembly! this is how far i got tonight
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its hard to describe how good it feels to finally be excited about my car again! even though im exhausted and will not be having much sleep in the weeks to come, this makes it all worth it
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[Unknown303]

Wow that has really come together. This is definitely the best thread going on Beyond.

[EK 2.0]

Really happy to see the progress here and on Insta!!...

This will be a very nice hatch build and project once it is all back together...mad props to you Sir!.

[Guglianoh]

Thanks guys! It's been a long process to say the least but to see her come together is something truly special. I'm pushing to have her roadworthty before the first snow dump

[eglove]

Love that color, my buddy has been sending me pics during the progress at the shop. Been loving it

[95EG6P]

wow it looks sick good job :clap:

[ae92gts]

Such an awesome build!! makes me want to build my EK!!..... Would you happen to have an extra B series engine lying around? lol

[Fly Fishin']

So angry looking, I can't wait to see it on a track.

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by ae92gts
Such an awesome build!! makes me want to build my EK!!..... Would you happen to have an extra B series engine lying around? lol

Haha i dont unfortunately!


Originally posted by Fly Fishin'
So angry looking, I can't wait to see it on a track.

That makes two of us!

Tonight i played around with the fitment of the front end some more and im pretty happy with how it sits now. i installed the second rocker panel on the passanger side and installed the door handles and side mirrors. i readjusted the handle linkage wow do they ever feel great now haha

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Stay tuned!
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[eglove]

What sideskirts are those, they are wicked!

[Guglianoh]

WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSE!!!!

[Heru-Farukon]

Originally posted by Guglianoh
WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSE!!!!


:nut: :rofl:

[Heru-Farukon]

double post

[Guglianoh]

so this was my 5th late night working on the car and there is alot of progress!! Friday night i managed to get the engine in, such a nerve racking procedure trying not to scratch anything
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On Saturday i flocked my dash and under coated my rebar and pedal cluster to complete my manual conversion.
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bolted up both manifolds and turbo! had to do finish up some more welding on my intercooler pipe before i could install it
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Tonight i started putting the interior some what together
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Shes getting close. Its taken a really long time to get to this point, it hasnt been easy but to be able to sit in her today and shift through the gears it feels so dam good! thanks for viewing!
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[bowlofrice]

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

[tomt64]

:hitit:

[B16EJ8]

Such a wicked build! Love the color choices.
Keep up the great work, cant wait to see it done!

[ae92gts]

when my EK grows up, it wants to just like yours lol :love:

[mr2mike]

Beautiful!! Congrats.

[JustinMCS]

I am actually really impressed with your level of dedication and your colour choices. Just amazing.

[J.M.]

awesome build!!

[riceboy]

sick build man, what numbers are you expecting with this build? Always have a soft spot for the ek. wish mine was still around. but now i have a benson h22 in my del sol lol

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by ae92gts
when my EK grows up, it wants to just like yours lol :love:

Omg you know exactly how to make me blush :love: haha
Thanks for all the kinda words guys I really do appreciate it! I'm pushing to have it running within the next couple weeks! Waiting on a couple last minute parts to arrive.

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by riceboy
sick build man, what numbers are you expecting with this build? Always have a soft spot for the ek. wish mine was still around. but now i have a benson h22 in my del sol lol

On the previous turbo set up it was 400hp, with my cams turbo and fuel setup I'm hoping to tickle 500. I'm planning on changing out the HKS Vpro for a full AEM infinity setup with COP conversion.

[Charmander]

Wow this is so sick, I literally spent 2 hours reading your entire thread. Was never really a fan of Hondas buy you literally changed my mind.

And great come back from the messed up chassis. Really excited to see the finished work.

[Guglianoh]

It has been far too long since my last update! I suppose if you are following me on Instagram (IG: kidvtek) you would have seen that I managed to get my car running in late October! Been busy with life and trying to work the car as much as possible before spring, I apologize for the late update and lack of pictures! Here are a few pictures/videos I have, better pics to come this spring!

ill start things off with my custom plate, very original haha

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Made some good use of our scaffold at work.

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She's ALIVE!!!!! I apologize for my phone camera quality =P

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For my birthday i decided to spoil my self and do something I have been wanting to do for a while. I started off with a new Rywire harness

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I also made the decision to switch standalones. HKS Vpro is an excellent product, however i dont like the fact that you must be a dealer to have access to the software to make tuning possible. Opted for something much more user friendly, AEM Infinity!

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Let me start off by saying what a simple and painless procedure this was! It was almost as simple as installing and turning the key! The VE based software and simple setup wizards on the AEM make vehicle base calibrations extremely simple! The car has never ran better! The AEM alone with the Rywire harness made the COP conversion easy.

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Some very promising numbers going into my scheduled dyno session that following weekend.

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However the night before my dyno day i ran into some complications. Large amounts of oil were beginning to make its way to the floor. I found oil leaking out of the intake manifold base gasket.... lots of oil.... my breather tank was also venting quite a bit of crank case oil when cold. i proceeded with a compression test/leak down with healthy results. I figured the valve stem seals were badly worn or dried out from years of storage so i ordered new seals along with a timing belt. This wasnt all bad news, doing valve stem seals meant removing the cams, which gave me a good reason to install my new GSC T1 Turbo cams :). After removing the intake manifold to replace the oil soak paper gasket, the source of my oil leak revealed it self. A plug from the LS/Vtec conversion was loose and pouring out pressurized oil into the intake manifold. i removed the plug to see is completely bare with no thread tape or sealant what so ever. i cleaned it all up reinstalled the plug and my oil leak was gone. since i had all the parts i went ahead with the valve stem seal replacement and cam install!

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Out with the old, in with the new. The GSC T1 Turbo cams are such great quality, very aggressive as well. i also took this time to re-toque my head, install my upgraded valve springs with titanium retainers and Jun cam gears.

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After it was all buttoned up and camshafts degreed i fired it up and she was running smooth!!... too smooth... there was no lumpy idle, she sounded stock... i took her for a drive and it felt worse than the GSR cams in it before, lazy, no mid range. I phoned GSC about the degreeing procedure and they explained to me that these cam shafts were designed for factory cam gear and degreeing was not necessary. I set the cam back to factory and well here are the results

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Super lumpy idle, much more mid range performance and pulling quite a bit of vacuum at idle. Extremely happy with the car right now! One thing i have noticed with the data logging capabilities of the Infinity is that i have a 10psi fluctuation in fuel pressure as i get on throttle. I have purchased a Radium fuel pulse dampener to help aid this problem. I have rescheduled my dyno session for this weekend! will post again with power figures soon! stay tuned!

[Heru-Farukon]

Oh man i was wondering when an update was happening.

And holy that's your plate?!? Nice. I knew the car looked familiar when pictures started to lurk on ig.

Need Moar updates

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by Heru-Farukon
Oh man i was wondering when an update was happening.

And holy that's your plate?!? Nice. I knew the car looked familiar when pictures started to lurk on ig.

Need Moar updates

Haha ill try and keep on top of my updates, i honestly have been too busy pulling all nighters on the car to even get my phone out to take pictures, it always slips my mind! Ill try and get more pictures though, next step is to install my Radium Fuel pulse dampener (which Vex had in stock, that was great!) And build my titanium exhaust.

[Maxx Mazda]

Excellent work!

[03ozwhip]

Originally posted by Guglianoh


Haha ill try and keep on top of my updates, i honestly have been too busy pulling all nighters on the car to even get my phone out to take pictures, it always slips my mind! Ill try and get more pictures though, next step is to install my Radium Fuel pulse dampener (which Vex had in stock, that was great!) And build my titanium exhaust.

Are you doing your own exhaust or having someone do it?

[EK 2.0]

:clap: :thumbsup:

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by 03ozwhip


Are you doing your own exhaust or having someone do it?

Ill be making it out of 3" titanium, my coworker is capable of welding titanium so he will be helping me out with it. all other supplies i have sourced through Ticon industires

Update:
After some data logging with the new changes one thing was very clear that i was having a fuel pressure issue.

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each vertical white line represents one second time lapse. You can clearly see a large fluctuation in fuel pressure multiple times per second and increasing as throttle increased. What was even more interesting was what else was found in the same data log file

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This is showing the injector pulse width being changed by the Infinity to compensate for the fuel pressure fluctuations which were over 10 psi and consistent frequency.
I managed to get my hands on a Radium pulse damper locally and installed it today

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And here are the results
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Again each vertical white line indicated 1 second, you can clearly see the fluctuations are practically gone. Very pleased with the Radium damper, and of course the AEM infinity. Counting down the days until my Dyno sessions! cheers

[Hallowed_point]

Very cool project! Those SSR wheels look insanely good. I'd like to see them in person sometime.

[Deetz]

Quick question about the intake tube pictured on the first page of this thread, do you still have it? I have the arc box, but missing the arm

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by Deetz
Quick question about the intake tube pictured on the first page of this thread, do you still have it? I have the arc box, but missing the arm

Sold it with the engine many moons ago sorry

[Errol.]

Project special k is on point. Love turbo k series cars :thumbsup:

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by Errol.
Project special k is on point. Love turbo k series cars :thumbsup:

Dont forget i know were to find you! Lol

[EK 2.0]

Shit, now I'm kinda jealous of another bad ass EK..errr...EJ in town....

[ae92gts]

Man I am so excited (almost too excited) to see what this thing can do on a dyno!!

Do you have any idea what kind of numbers you might produce?

I wish I had the resources to do something like this to my EK

[Guglianoh]

Originally posted by ae92gts
Man I am so excited (almost too excited) to see what this thing can do on a dyno!!

Do you have any idea what kind of numbers you might produce?

I wish I had the resources to do something like this to my EK

Low to mid 400's.

Careful when using the term "ek", its trolling season

[ae92gts]

Originally posted by Guglianoh


Low to mid 400's.

Careful when using the term "ek", its trolling season


lol I mean... err... em...EJ6

picky people lol

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by Guglianoh


Careful when using the term "ek", its trolling season


But that troll is just Errol....:poosie:

[962 kid]

You tell 'em EJ 2.0!

[EK 2.0]

Darn tootin' I will!!!:whipped:

[Guglianoh]

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Following with the theme of this build my Dyno day would not go without some drama... The day started out with some low load, off boost/low cam tuning which ended smoothly, car was running great! We then proceeded with the Vtec tuning, again went smoothly and then onto the on boost tuning. After each short pull we could see EGT climbing up to 1750 F which was quite alarming. AFRs were reading good so more fuel was added to try and lower the temperatures without playing around with the timing. As boost was climbing torque was not following suit and EGTs continued to climb. on the Last pull there was a sudden misfire around 6500 rpm. We pulled the plugs and saw one cylinder was quite lean, swapping injectors carry the lean symptom to the opposite cylinder which lead me to think the injectors were faulty. We ended the day there so i could address my fueling issue before anymore problems came up. The following morning i drove the car in and out of the shop to clean up and she didnt want to start at all. Finally she started and she was sounded like the plugs were severely fouled, i took her for a short trip to try and clear the spark plugs only to flood the engine one block later. My coworker came to my aid with a new set of plugs which we swapped in at the side of the road. She still wouldnt start with brand new plugs... Reaking of fuel i unplugged the injectors to try and clear what was left in the cylinders, sure thing she fired right up.... and kept running.... for 3 blocks! With the injectors completely unplugged i limped back to the shop, i thought for sure the injectors were stuck open. My fuel pressure gauge would drop right to zero PSI when i primed the pump, i drained 1/2L of fuel out of my oil pan... not good. So this happened the following day! New set of Bosch 1000cc EV14 high impedence injectors to replace my ancient Dephi EV1 injectors.

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The following night i changed the oil, swapped in the injectors and after having the injector tables tweaked it was time to fire up!.... No start... pulled the plugs and again soaked in fuel! unplug the injectors, again it ran.... Fuel pressure still dropped to nearly zero PSI. WTF!?!?! Long story short this is what i found

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My brand new Radium fuel pulse dampener less than a week old, failed! in the video you can clearly see fuel spraying out from the vacuum port on top of the unit. Fuel was shooting past the rubber diaphragm, through the vacuum line and into the intake manifold. Talk about TBI lol This is what i found when i opened up the unit

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clearly a torn diaphragm, but why? it literally had only seen how ever many kms from my dyno tuning. I contacted the shop were i had purchased the part and they were able to get me a replacement/upgraded part that very day. Apparently this was a known issue which has been addressed with an updated diaphragm, i know have a new diaphragm and upgraded larger housing.

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the housing was so large that i had to take the top off to install it, with the housing off i could inspect the new diaphragm and notice something that my previous one was missing... a small ball bearing. Jammed on the opposite end of my fuel rail blocking off my fuel return line was the ball bearing from my other diaphragm.

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What doesnt kill you makes you stronger? There are a lot of terrible things that could have happened if i didnt address this issue when i did, I am thankful that nothing did. Im trying not to think about those things as i proceed with tuning, Big thanks to Blackbird Technical Service for understanding something was wrong and not over looking it just to finish my tune. Thanks to Vex Performance for sorting out my issue with the pulse dampener same day i really appreciate that. Last but definetly not least a big shout out to JDM Source for being my number shop for last minute OEM parts. Lets try this again shall we? Dyno day round 3 here we go :)

[Guglianoh]

Bump from the dead:
Its been a while since my last update, it seems i just cant catch a break with thus build... August of 2016 a nasty hail storm came through my city and destroyed my car. The vehicle was a total loss, damage to literally every single panel of my vehicle.... even on my wheel center caps!
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After this i was devastated, the sat... for a while. In late April i crossed something off my bucket list and went to Japan with friends. Our trip was outstanding, beyond words. Fuji speedway, Tsukuba circuit, Wekfest were just a few things we got up to, i cant wait to go back! Haha
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[Guglianoh]

When i got back i started working on my car again. One of the biggest problems that plagued my car on the dyno was quickly rising coolant temps. Unfortunately the Full Race exhaust manifold i have places the waste gate right where more radiator could fit, so i had to move it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4406/36182418490_087f000105_z.jpg20170510_070806 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jmry') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4380/35769669153_41b6dc5b6e_z.jpg20170517_080125 ('https://flic.kr/p/WuQUrF') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr

An old VW scirocco radiator would do the trick
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4414/36182418030_d34a26ba98_z.jpg20170514_184537 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jmiC') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4428/36182418090_d1355aa57a_z.jpg20170514_184312 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jmjE') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4413/35769665773_69e8120cd3_z.jpg20170517_185752 ('https://flic.kr/p/WuQTrp') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr

While upgrading my radiator i went one step further installing a swirl pot
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4436/36182417110_604c97e99a_z.jpg20170525_212209 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jm2L') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
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Another issue i had on the dyno was ignition drift. The AEM EPM unit wasnt doing its job. After spot on customer service and tech support from AEM i decided to make my own igntion setup. Already had the OBD2 oil pump which has provisions for a crank sensor so all i needed was a cam trigger, nothing a magnet cant fix
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4409/36532567646_bd1a94945e_z.jpg20170403_180717 ('https://flic.kr/p/XEfXzY') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
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[Guglianoh]

When i got back i started working on my car again. One of the biggest problems that plagued my car on the dyno was quickly rising coolant temps. Unfortunately the Full Race exhaust manifold i have places the waste gate right where more radiator could fit, so i had to move it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4406/36182418490_087f000105_z.jpg20170510_070806 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jmry') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4380/35769669153_41b6dc5b6e_z.jpg20170517_080125 ('https://flic.kr/p/WuQUrF') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr

An old VW scirocco radiator would do the trick
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4414/36182418030_d34a26ba98_z.jpg20170514_184537 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jmiC') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4428/36182418090_d1355aa57a_z.jpg20170514_184312 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jmjE') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4413/35769665773_69e8120cd3_z.jpg20170517_185752 ('https://flic.kr/p/WuQTrp') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr

While upgrading my radiator i went one step further installing a swirl pot
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4436/36182417110_604c97e99a_z.jpg20170525_212209 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jm2L') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/36182417050_454fdbcab6_z.jpg20170525_212316 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8jm1J') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/36579003115_78bac593ab_z.jpg20170527_195340 ('https://flic.kr/p/XJmXev') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4405/36182444460_052c1f0c53_z.jpg20170528_192239 ('https://flic.kr/p/X8juaj') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr

Another issue i had on the dyno was ignition drift. The AEM EPM unit wasnt doing its job. After spot on customer service and tech support from AEM i decided to make my own igntion setup. Already had the OBD2 oil pump which has provisions for a crank sensor so all i needed was a cam trigger, nothing a magnet cant fix
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4409/36532567646_bd1a94945e_z.jpg20170403_180717 ('https://flic.kr/p/XEfXzY') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/35743828154_ec7bc47af1_z.jpg20170403_180803 ('https://flic.kr/p/WsysPd') by Guglianoh ('https://www.flickr.com/photos/62042121@N08/'), on Flickr
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Next on the list was to finally use my DC5 brembos that have been collecting dust for years now. 5 lug ftw. While rebuilding my calipers i replaced the pistons with ceramic ones from a porsche cayman
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[Guglianoh]

Now i really needed to deal with the body. The hail damage was terrible, 2 PDR specialist refused the job due to the extent of the damage. There was only one answer...
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Yes that is a M and M hyper wide body kit . I tried so hard to keep this chassis but after the body shops estimate for repairs/body kit fitment and paint it just wasnt logical to keep. Back to square one... with only 2 weeks away from the Illmotion show and shine i was lucky enough to find this really clean shell.
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As i mentioned i only had 2 weeks to complete this build.... the following days are still a blur, the earliest i got home every night was 1am. Time to get to work
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This kit is enormous! My friend 16x8 SSR look miniature in the wheel wells. 18x10 TE37 might do the trick
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Time was running short so the only way to make my car one color was vinyl wrap. Im not a fan of wrapped cars, but after seeing how much work is involved i can appreciate the craft
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At 7:45 am morning of the show, i emerged with something resembling a car.
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Huge thanks to everyone that helped me pull off this incredible feat, i absolutely could not have done this alone... or without an unhealthy amount of caffiene haha more pics to come, enjoy!

[eglove]

Simply amazing dude. Love the evolution of this build over the years. Mad props

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

New chassis looks great! I think you messaged me about my K20 EK shell when I was selling on kijiji a while ago haha.

[88CRX]

Love this car!

And holy hell is the widebody every WIDE! Massive fenders, love it.

[flipstah]

I love the color.

[civic_stylez]

Nothing beats an old fashioned build thread. Great job and great commitment to your project!

[EK 2.0]

I LOVE IT AND I LOVE YOU

SO happy someone I know did this kit so I didn't have to haha...

[Shlade]

I LOVE IT AND I LOVE YOU

SO happy someone I know did this kit so I didn't have to haha...

But you do know it would look good on a white EK!

Was able to get a good look at the car on Sunday and was amazed how great it looked. Nice work

[tomt64]

Nice flares bro!

[Guglianoh]

New chassis looks great! I think you messaged me about my K20 EK shell when I was selling on kijiji a while ago haha.

Probably haha i has trying to find a clean shell


Love this car!

And holy hell is the widebody every WIDE! Massive fenders, love it.

They really are! 60mm over fenders, the wheels are 18x10 +30 in the rear i have to run a 25mm spacer to clear the trailing are haha


I LOVE IT AND I LOVE YOU

SO happy someone I know did this kit so I didn't have to haha...

Dam the L word.... does that mean we are offically exclusive now? haha

Thanks guys, ill post more pictures soon i have a photo shoot this weekend. cheers

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[nismodrifter]

Well done, looks amazing

[EK 2.0]

Dam the L word.... does that mean we are offically exclusive now? haha




Yeah I guess that does....