Hello everyone, i want to show you my Honda Civic 99' Lsi... i bought this car in march this year.. and done engine modifications are: AEM cold air intake (180£) and DC Sports ceramic coated 4-2-1 header(280£) with metal exhaust manifold gasket... interior modifications are: DC Sports Gearknob (RARE), Mutant MT-2200BT CD MP3 Player and Sparco pedal pads which will be fitted probably next month... this car from his beginnings to the end will be N/A car... I'm more focused on engine modifications so body will be "little" changed.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
INTERIOR:
Next year plans:
-EBC Turbo Grooved Disc Brakes Front with EBC Green Stuff Pads
-DC Sports Catback Exhaust
-NGK Iridium Spark Plugs with Wires
-Volk or Konig 16" Alloy wheels
-Respray some body parts

Nice

Is that the D16 motor?

Wouldnt bother with Greenstuff pads though - junk!

Yes it is D16Y7... and greenstuff pads are already bought... i just want to change stock ones, cos guy who sold me this civic put the cheapest ones and they screaming as hell

stay away from them green stuff pads.

I bought turbo disks and green stuff pads for my Fabia VRS and they were W@nk!!

so which brake pads did you recommend?

Nice car fella, I quite like these version's of the Civics, dunno about the green stuff but if Chewy and Wheels say they are crap, they most probably are lol.

Look forward to seeing how it progresses mate

your manifold still looking good dude ?

spooky pix

hi bud, nice motor, beakers a good source to ask for help on your civic as he did have a race spec one, but if you need any help on styling etc giz a shout!

cheers mate

it looks great i'll show you on the next meeting

Be aware of his styling tips as this is the same guy who wants a matt black probe lol.

LOL, coming from the man with a string of abused cars...........cough cough punto!!!

Like I said before body will be lil bit changed, my plans for body are:
-brand new tail lights[cos that ones got little damage]
-front and rear lip JUN or just carbon fibre front one
-new paint coat on front&rear bumper and spoiler
-mirrors,side skirts painted in body colour
-16"or 17" alloys

Will be good to see this take shape matey!

thanks mate, first I need to save some money

Cant beat ferodo ds series...probably ds2000s for that car.
I used to run 2500's for the audi and they were amazing; but the civic is alot light and has less power..hence why the 200's would probably be better as they heat up quicker

thanks for your proposal

I had Ds2500's on the pug and they where immense in such a light car. Although they could be squeeky when warm, and they still worked from cold.

Ive got Redstuff now on the 14 and theyre pretty good too. Both cars have EBC discs i think.

Is the D16 an 8v but with Vtec? Is it the one they like to turbo or is that the D15? Im not too clued up on Hondas really, all i know is that they spin the wrong way.

This is 1.6 16v non vtec, and green stuff pads are already bought, i just must earn some money and buy brembo or EBC discs... if green stuff will be shitty like beaker wrote i will change them...

If you want decent stoppers - a direct upgrade is Intrgra Calipers with MG ZR rotors - 282mm diameter and 25mm thick, vented

i'll stay on brand ones, i want save more cash to buy brembo's which probably will life longer than non-branded brakes...

He's just told you of a perfect upgrade to your std brakes, bit like ford people going to ST170 discs for a 300mm brake upgrade.

Cheap and cheerful upgrade with OE fitment IMO

i know what you mean i just want to change the stock ones, i dont use my car in race track... so i think brembo or ebc 262mm will be good but thanks anyway for your propositions guys.

BTW: how much it takes to make conversion from drum to discs brakes?

TBH Its all about the pads - I ran 282 pattern rotors with DS3000s on my old EG race car without any problems.

I was using the Legend calipers though with 2 pistons, though the pad is the same as the Integra / Prelude ones - both are a direct swap for use with the MG Rotors, the Teg and prelude calipers are fine for fast road use and a lot easier and cheaper to find

so how big discs can i fit if i have 15" alloys?

With motorsport Calipers and wheels you can get 300mm rotors under there...

I had the 5 spoke "blade" wheels on when I started racing the car and the 282 conversion just fitted under them

Ill be at the next meet if you wanted to have a chat about anything Honda matey

thanks mate

Couple of pics from last weeks meet

Thanks for pictures Joe

Saw this down at Trax last month and thought it could give you some ideas of what else to do...

i like the DC Sports strut brace,but the manifold in red doesn't look nice, i think the stock white one look better.

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/59734/2.html

have it lookin like my old one bud

nice one mate how many hp? and did you still have this car?

No i broke it as it was worth more in parts than as a car, I think it got about 210bhp on the CW rolling road day. I totally think you should keep your car for a long time, do lots of little thinks to it bar performance, then drob the b16a engine in to it, really easy to do and with 160bhp from the 1.6 its a great investment.

i like to stay with this engine coz everyone swapping B16 or K20 into their civics... i just want to be different. I know its difficult to make lots of hp in D16 without turbocharger but i want to show what N/A D16 can do... people sayin "modifying D16 is wasting of money" but i want to do it. I thinking about sports clutch, flywheel, camshaft and new ECU of course... but we've see what ideas gonna come into my head thanks anyway

Their is a user on a site i use who does alot over turbocharger work on these engines, all home made.

I can see what you say about N/A power but with this type of engine it is wastless money. You can get alot more going the turbo route.

Even by ringing it's neck you won't get as good as either the Vti engine (sorry don't know the XXX name of it) or the K20.

All the best with the HP route, a K20 Turbo charged with std looks would be brill.

like i said before i dont wanna swap the engine and i dont think turbo in front wheel drive is good idea, i dont want to put into this car 10k because i've got in my plan to buy a different car in next 3 years and i think if i get from this engine around 160hp, this makes me happy... if you put all these parts together like exhaust, cai, clutch, flywheel, camshaft, cam gear, ECU... i probably get that many horses, im only 19 thats way i didnt bought VTi version of this civic

Had the pleasure of going out in that car and it shifted loved it

Ok, little update:
there's no big changes but i like to let you know about it guys

BEFORE:


I want them to look more clear so i bought:


AFTER:

now looks 10x better to me

And thats my project which i've got in my mind...

This is old picture so its not perfect

BTW... i just bought them today... when i fit them i let you know about it

thanks for watching ...work in progress...

Cool

Little mods make all the difference

I just wiating for my discs probably i fit them in weekend

agreed

I already fit them into my car, here's some pics:


comparison:

Everything now works perfectly, no squeaking or other horrible sounds and better braking of course

Look good

Didnt know the brakes were so tiny on them though

hope you got home in 1 piece mate.....lookin good ...exhaust defo

thank you very much sonyj! without your help probably i will stay there for all night btw. nice impreza

Cool, look spot on

Was it as easy as I said it was? Did you have to use the G-Clamp??

Take it easy until they're bedded in properly

it was hard not because i was doing this first time,because the screws was really rusty and it was very hard to twist them off i smashed couple of tools doing this after i fit brakes i go for test drive and i've heard some weird noises going from right wheel and it was f***ing gravel in rear tyre but to make sure everything is fine i checked the screws on caliper and I broke one the funny thing is it was far from my house but i was very lucky coz i saw "sonyj" in his impreza so He pick me up to the scrap-yard to get some screws... and thats the story of simple brake change,maybe i am just unlucky? HAPPY END? and g-clamp done the job perfectly

Ahh cool

Lucky eh!

Did you use any copper grease when you put bolts back in? It'll stop them sticking when you take things off next time

no i just bought some kind of anti-rust spray to take them off only... when i was putting them back i spray on them using WD-40