My Integra... update time with lots of new bits...

Ok time for an update...

Last week had some huge boxes from Tegiwa arrive... treated myself (and the car of course) to some new toys, seeing as it had had its big service I thought it would be rude not to have some fun with it ;)

So the following bits arrived...

Tegiwa Mugen Replica air box

Cooling plate

3 point front strut brace and matching rear brace

Carbon plug cover

Beaks replica rear bar

Magnecor ignition leads

various fancy screws and sunken washers from the Tegiwa line up...

Basically I tried my best to buy everything on their new website :P lol

We had some nice weather last week, so I took full advantage to get as much stuff fitted to the teggie as possible...

Only got two pictures of some of the new items as I opened them... was in such a rush to get them on....

Right first off... here is my engine bay as it was

Ok here are some pics of the fitting of everything, they aren't all that great so I apologise for the quality :D But they give you an idea of how it all went into place :)

First of all, front bumper must come off for the easiest fitting.

Instructions on how to do that easily can be found here:

http://www.team-integra.net/sections/articles/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=68

Then its a case of removing the old air box, resonator and silicone pipe, so as to give you as much room as possible to work with.

I couldn't actually believe how big the resonator box actually is! Massive thing!
Out with the old...

This gave me plenty of room to put all the new bits in... so first off me and my friend swapped out the cam cover, and fitted the new leads and carbon plug cover...

Much better already!

Then as there was loads of room, ready for the Mugen replica air box to go on, I fitted the brake master cylinder stopper too...

Ok time to fit the air box into this space...

This bracket that used to support the standard air box, must be removed.

Its just two bolts, so should come off easily.

I have an ABS equipped car, and it does look very tight, so for safety sake I covered the ABS unit in bubble wrap until the air box was in properly.

Then me and my friend manoeuvred the new air box into its proper location.

This was very tight and took a few pulls and pushes to get it to sit right!

We did up the rear bracket first, to make sure it was all in line and rotated to the right place.

As that one is the least fragile of the two brackets (metal vs fibreglass), and then we did up the lower front bracket.

Screwed in fully

We then fitted the lower bracket brace, its connected via a jubilee clip included in the pack, and attaches to a bolt hole on the car, a hole which holds up the front drivers side arch undertray. didn't get any specific pics of this, but it does make sense when your under there!

We then went to fit the splash guard, if I'm honest, this is what confused me the most! So I've taken some pics of how the brackets fit to it and the chassis.

I then fitted the upwards snorkel intake bit... technical term ;) And put some duck tape around it to keep it in place as show here:

We then connected up the old silicone hose, double checked everything, and put it all back together :D

Once that was done we fitted the 3 point strut brace, that was a bit of a pain and required the car to be off the ground at the front with the top tower strut bolts un done, it then slipped into place nicely....

So the finished result is...

Oh and one quick one showing the Skunk2 socks I got on it too...

By the end of all this, I was rapidly running out of light.

So I didn't get round to doing any proper photos of the new engine bay look, that is still to come :)

I also didn't manage to get round to fitting the rear brace, or the rear lower beaks replica bar.

I will do that at the same time as the H brace most likely, which is still waiting to get fitted at some point.

As for these improvements I have just done, the car feels a lot better for it all! The air box has made the car a lot more drivable at lower revs, and really comes alive once in VTEC, going from OEM to this has really impressed me!

The front brace has all stiffened things up, and turn in does appear to be sharper, so I am happy with that also.

The brake master cylinder stopper has also tightened up brake pedal feel.

All in all, a productive day improving an already awesome car :D

Jobs to do:

- H brace

- lower bar

- plenty more Tegiwa screws and sunken washers to fit

- New brake pads to fit

- HEL braided lines to fit

- New discs all round

Its a never ending project hehe :)

Thanks for looking and reading!

Cheers,

Dan

My 98 UKDM Integra Type R... Update time :)

Well I thought it was about time for another update...

Car has now come back from TGM, and I have to say Tom really looked after me and the car, cannot recommend him and his team enough!

So thanks to TGM, its had:

- Cambelt changed
- Tensioners changed
- Water pump
- Valve clearances done
- Thermostat
- Fuel Filter

Drives like a dream now :D Love it!

However, Tom has informed me that my brake pads are pretty much dead, so looks like Ferado DS2500 are in order for me :D

Going to get them from VTEC direct at some point this week or the next... link for reference:

http://www.vtecdirect.com/online/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?seo=item--Ferado-DS2500-Front-Brake-Pads--FER-000-001

Anyway, I've been quite busy with the car the last few weeks, first thing I did was something I've been wanting to do for ages...

Get rid of my blingin 6x9s...

So, these speakers were purchased from my local audio shop... with the plan to put them into the rear speaker mounts.

So we proceeded to strip the Integra down so as to be able to get to the rear speakers...

Funny how you can always find friends to help you strip a car hehe

The rust you can see, isn't actually rust, its like a dust that has covered the rear of the car from when TGM removed the rusted out passenger side wing, it just wipes off :)

So anyway, on with the carnage....

All back together half way through ;)

The speakers I bought were slightly too big, I expected this, so we filed down the oem mounts and got them to fit nice and snug.

Now I realise this may be against 99% of DC2 owners, but I fitted some sound deadening... nothing much, I promise :D but enough just to help with the sound, as shown in these pics:

Anyway, put it all back together just as it was getting dark, and end result is this:

and nasty 6x9s have gone!!! :D yay

Next step on the audio front is to fit some new front speakers... luckily Ive already got a tweeter mount so should be easy enough :)

Ok so on to the next, feeling pretty positive, I did some more extreme modding... new front Honda badge hehe.

Off with the old...

My bumper is from a milano red DC2, hence the red underneath the badge ;)

Anyway, on with the new :D

So weather was good, and I thought I'd try fitting something else... pushing my luck by now....

On with the Mfactory solid shift bushes, 15mn job I thought... easy I thought... hehe

So got the car up, located what needed to be changed,

Its the rod on the left which you change the bushes on, the one that is slightly out of focus.

Anyway got the old ones out, put the new ones in, and well I didn't read the instructions properly and went to do up the bolt with a ratchet... and disaster struck!

Yep I sheared the bolt inside the gearbox mount for the shifter support rod...

As you can see in that pic... I had made a right pig of it! So I called friends for help... and all the suggestions required a lot more room than was available to get this sheared bolt out... so manifold came off, well the 2 to 1 part...

My friend then volunteered to get it out, he proceeded to attempt to drill it out, however this wasn't having much luck, so he tapped ridges into it, and then proceeded to spend the next 5 hours slowly tapping the bolt out... to say I am forever in his debt is not exaggerating at all!!! I am so thankful he had the patience to do that for me! Major kudos were earned lol

And here is the bolt for you guys to see...

But the other good thing, my Grandma heard how much trouble I was having, so brought me round a cake lol :D

Anyway back to the car...

Next mods to eventually go on, are first of all the H brace, which has been sitting in my garage for a while now...

But I found the bolts it goes onto already seeing as I spent quite a while under there helping my friend get that sheared bolt out...

The one on the right is where the back of the H brace fixes too, makes sense when your under the car.

I also need to give my recaros a good clean, and fix the bolsters, especially the drivers side one which has collapsed... bought a new bolster for it a while ago, just need to take the time to fit it.

So anyway thats all for now, but here are a few more recent pictures I've taken of the car!

Thanks for looking! And more updates to follow :D