My 1998 Acura Integra SE; revised, refreshed, and restarted.

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
JustinMcGee1 said:
Get a Ek hatch. Good luck, you'll make it man!
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Thanks, man! And if I wind up making the cut, I'm leaning more towards the EK hatch as a replacement. Regardless of what I get if I need another vehicle, the build thread will be posted and, hopefully, more kept up with than this one.
Tripstripper said:
You sold the ls meshies and got the current rims?
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It's a long story.
When I first got the car, it was three different colors and it had the meshies on them. It looked terrible, and the meshies that I had were rusted and in bad shape, so I even traded them for some 18's, a fullsize spare with a good tire on it, and $30 cash.
I had the 18's for about a month. The caster in my front alignment is off, so I rubbed on everything, and I was running the second smallest tire profile available for 18's (215/35R18), and I'm stock ride height. I got tired of hearing the rubbing, so I talked to my parents about it and they gave me $100 for wheels. I went to the junkyard and found the wheels I currently have for $25/piece with tires on them. My parents didn't like the idea of me having junkyard tires, so they gave me another $400 for tires (I paid them back.). So, the next day, I got four brand new 195/55R15 Hankook Ventus V2 Concepts. I have since sold the 18's, painted the wheels that are currently on the car, and replaced the two front tires (driver's side front had a bubble in the sidewall.).
There's more to it, but that's the gist.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
JustinMcGee1 said:
Ventus v2 concepts are the best cheap tires in my opinion
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I would've got two more instead of the Goodyears but I was in a bind and needed tires. They've held up great so far and I have no complaints.
I still miss the other two Hankooks. I definitely agree; for the amount of tire you get for the price you pay, it's almost impossible to beat it.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
So, I got a few things done on the 'Teg yesterday.

The little rubber piece on the driver's side floorboard was starting to peel off, so I peeled the rest of it off, scraped out the residue with a putty knife, stain cleaned the carpet, and vacuumed it out.


Rear center seat belt tuck -- I would've just removed it, but that was too much work for the time that I had.


I cleaned the entire interior; vacuumed, stain cleaned, general cleaning, and then a nice coating of protectant spray for a nice shine. It took me about 2-hours to clean everything.


Got a trashcan. My old one broke a long time ago.


Got some blindspot mirrors.


And I found a Minion at work! I asked my boss if I could have it, and she said I could, so I went and bought some small, circular pieces of Velcro and did this --
 


Ganyon

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I just washed mine today. The minion is pretty cool.
 


Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
So, as part of New Year's, a new year brings new challenges and goals. So, here's mine to start with:
If I wind up keeping the Integra, the first goal will be to get all maintenance completely caught up. Everything is fine for now, but like all things mechanical, parts wear out. So, the first order of operation would be to get ALL of the belts replaced, the water pump and tensioner changed, and the radiator flushed and re-filled. After finding all of the parts, including one special extra, this would run me about $400.
The next order of operation would be a transmission fluid drain and change, and a passenger's side CV axle boot. I haven't priced these yet, but I'm guessing it'd be about $100 for the entire job.
After that, I'd do an oil pan gasket change and an oil change. Normally, this would run about $50-$60 for the gasket, oil filter, and oil, but I'd also be including another special extra (<-- that of which will require measurements and fabrication) with this one that would put the total for this job at about $400.

The only things out of these that my car absolutely has to have would be the oil pan gasket, transmission fluid change (it's starting to try and slip), and the passenger's side CV axle boot, but it dawned on me the other day when I was writing that thread for the new Integra owners that I was being a hypocrite and I have some things that I need to address on my own car. But, if the 'Teg stays in my possession and I keep my grades up, you can bet that there are going to be some nice changes this year. So, with that said, stay tuned. You'll either see a new vehicle grazing the pages of my build in the next few weeks, or you'll see pictures of me collecting parts.

EDIT: Changed a few things around for the maintenance plans, but I'm too lazy right now to re-write them.

Oh, and I'm talking to somebody, so that is also something that I'm excited about for this year.
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Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Just a few things --
I got bored this evening after dinner, so I semi-tucked my windshield wiper fluid line. It's old and cracked and it got stretched at one point, so I unhooked the line in-the-middle where the adapter is, cut the excess off of one side and tucked the other side. It looks a lot better and I may go through and re-adjust a few things with it later on, but it's good for now.
And I also should FINALLY know the verdict from the band I tried out for/am still currently trying out for in the next week. Final practice with them before they make a decision is Sunday.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Okay. So, no updates on my car, but...

I helped my friend Victor supercharge his '00 Integra GS hatchback yesterday. We started at 8:00am 1/4/14, we cranked it for the first time at 2:04am 1/5/14, and we were completely finished at 3:15am 1/5/14. It's still got a minor antifreeze leak and a high idle issue, but we both know a guy in the area who can get that fixed for cheap. He's running a Jackson Racing supercharger with the B20 alternator and crank pulley (8 psi).
He autocrosses for a local team in the area called TeamTac. His car has KYB AGX adjustable shocks, Energy Suspension bushings, and an Eibach 17mm rear swaybar. He's got 5mm spacers all the way around and runs 195/60R15 Kelly all-seasons on LS meshies and 205/50R16 Kumho Escta AST's on 16x7 Rota Circuit 8's.
The motor was an all-stock B18B1 with the exception of an AEM short ram intake and a GReddy DT muffler. As of yesterday, it It now has RC Engineering 440cc injectors, a Jackson Racing 160-degree thermostat, a Walbro 255 fuel pump, an OBD-2 to OBD-1 jumper harness with an OBD-1 ECU (not sure what kind) tuned on Chrome, and a custom 2.5" short ram intake with a Blox velocity stack. I may be missing some.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Ted's Owner said:
Well, as much as I hated to write this up, it finally happened.
http://huntsville.craigslist.org/cto/4283434965.html
My mom discussed the idea of putting a trailer hitch on it and I about lost it. I'd much rather sell/trade it and get something that doesn't require a trailer hitch to haul my drums around than to kill my Integra.
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I traded the Integra for a Sonoma.
Here's the build thread.
http://www.clubintegra.com/board/showthread.php?t=90414

Rest in peace, Ted.
 
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