Ted's Owner is back in the Honda game -- Nick's '95 Integra LS hatchback

[Ted's Owner]

Mine was worse than that. Had -3.8 degrees of camber and my toe was completely screwed up.

Also, nice update. Interesting oil cap.

Currently sitting at -3 degrees front camber and zeroed toe and tire wear is fine.
And thanks!

Them J swaps though. *ditches* Looks good man, I'd suggest some koni and ground controls in the future so you can have a nice ride.

'Dem J swapped CRX's and Civic's on Facebook were freakin' nuts.
And yeah; eventually. When these shocks give out, I'm gonna get the other two bumpstops and get some TruHart Sport struts.

 

[Ted's Owner]

Got some more stuff done over the last few days.
Much needed oil change and oil and fuel additives.

Swapped out the negative battery terminal.

And I got my spare mounted.

I also finished filing my tax returns, so when those come in, I'll be getting some new tires.

 

[Dr Grant]

What are all those additives? And what are they for?

 

[Ted's Owner]

Restore is just a base additive, the yellow bottle is a zinc additive for the oil (makes a big difference in how the car runs), then there's Lucas oil stabilizer (my car burns a little and this helps slow it down), then there is Gumout high mileage complete fuel system treatment that I combined with Lucas fuel injector cleaner and upper cylinder lubricant for fuel additives.
It's all just to keep my car running clean and smooth.

 

[klutchDb7]

Lots of good progress going on here :thumbs up any prospective header or intake mods coming soon? You'll be happy with new shocks, they make a world of difference haha

 

[Ted's Owner]

Lots of good progress going on here :thumbs up any prospective header or intake mods coming soon? You'll be happy with new shocks, they make a world of difference haha

I'd eventually like to get a HighEnd Big Tube tri-Y header, and I might actually do something with my intake this next coming paycheck. I'm planning on doing my own version of an ARC-style airbox. 8)

 

[klutchDb7]

I'd eventually like to get a HighEnd Big Tube tri-Y header, and I might actually do something with my intake this next coming paycheck. I'm planning on doing my own version of an ARC-style airbox. 8)

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, I'm curious to see how it goes. Out of curiosity, why do you keep purchasing automatic cars?I'm sure it's been mentioned but I didn't bother read all 40 pages of this thread xD

 

[Ted's Owner]

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, I'm curious to see how it goes. Out of curiosity, why do you keep purchasing automatic cars?I'm sure it's been mentioned but I didn't bother read all 40 pages of this thread xD

It's not because I want them. This was a deal I couldn't pass up.
If I have this car long enough for the transmission to go out, I'm gonna swap it. I'll probably just swap an LS 5-speed into it for the time being and then I'll built a GS-R 5-speed to swap into it after that.

 

[Ted's Owner]

A buddy of mine got a '97 Integra parts car. I'm going Friday to tear it apart.

 

[Ted's Owner]

Well, I WAS planning on going Friday to tear apart my friend's parts car, but I'm about 90% sure I spun a rod bearing. My car has a bottom end tick/knock at cold start and it's pretty loud and consistent until between 5-10 minutes after it reaches operating temp. After it reaches operating temp, it kind of fades in and out but it's not nearly as loud.

If it turns out to be just rod bearings, I'll swap the rod bearings with OEM Honda ones and I'll upgrade to ARP rod bolts.

If the rod bearings are bad enough to have gouged or scarred the crankshaft, I'll more than likely be ordering a B20 with the P8R head off of HMO and swapping it, then swapping the B20 parts I don't use on to the LS and selling the LS for cheap.

 

[osiris19]

Ouch. Mine has a slight knock when cold but tends to go away when it warms up. Doesn't really bother me lol.

 

[Ted's Owner]

Ouch. Mine has a slight knock when cold but tends to go away when it warms up. Doesn't really bother me lol.

That's kind of what mine is doing but it's bugging the crap out of me.

 

[osiris19]

I don't really care. I'm just gonna drive it lightly and keep putting oil in it till I can either afford to upgrade the internals or boost it

 

[Ted's Owner]

I don't really care. I'm just gonna drive it lightly and keep putting oil in it till I can either afford to upgrade the internals or boost it

It's my daily and my only car, so I have to do something with it.

 

[osiris19]

Its my only car too but we have my dads car that I drive in case mine blows up. No one else drives it since he's not with us anymore, so I usually take it out when I don't wanna drive the integra, which has been a lot with the blown struts.