My 1990 EF8 siR

[Stephen K]

Well lads, only really realised after the meet the last day not many people off this site know my cr-x. Its famous on other sites in the country![:I]

i'm gonna copy and paste my built thread off my own site www.performancehonda.ie [^]




I originally brought the car off jt swift on here back in august 2010

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012


Said its about time I do this. I've never really been into putting up build threads or anything so don't have much detailed pictures of how the car progressed. But now that I'm asking ye to do it I'll have to put up one myself. I've a few plans for it over the next few weeks so I'll try document them as best I can :thumbup:

heres the story so far:

I originally brought the cr-x with a snapped timing belt back in August 2010. at the time my mechanically knowledge wasn't to great so i left it into Eoin Mc at MCC Garage for a bit of head work and replace a few valves

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012

1st thing i did was put on a J's Racing rep lip had in the garage and removed the ebay yellow fogs







It was only after the 1st time i brought it to tullow i realised shite, my car is actually nippy enough compared to other B16's!





Next i sold the O.Z's and hit tullow again with a set of r888's. It was only then i was brave enough to start racing a few B18's.. :vtec:












I then brought a set of 15x7 Enkei CPSII's. I also got Inspector01 to re-map my ecu. That same day there was a big meet on in dundrum so i killed two birds with one stone







Random picture with my other 1.5 crx. The siR was actually parked up that time because i had hit a pothole and burst the seals in the power steering rack. I replaced it with a NON-power steering rack out of an English cr-x i-vt. The i-vt rack uses the same quicker ratio's as the siR but its not power assisted

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012

Next up I brought the dry carbon single skin bonnet. Its very very light








Then it was time to go drag racing and get some times. I've no proper recollection of the timeline i done power mods because i have no pictures. but by now the cr-x had a full custom 2.5'' straight thru exhaust.. a cold air feed from the bumper up to a custom intake set-up consisting of a modified oem airbox w/ K&N filter and a 3'' heatwrapped steel pipe up to the the throttle body. it had an ITR throttle body bolted onto the standard b16a intake manifold. it goes without saying the inlet of the manifold was bored out to suit the ITR tb! It was also treated to a set of Spoon Sports HT plug leads.. i also had a B18c 5zigen exhaust manifold on hire from mister eoin mc till i could find a good enough exhaust manifold myself! :thumbup:

With all these new mods it mean't another trip to Inspector for another road map :thumbup:

















I was very proud of the cr-x in B.C that day









(just reminded from those pictures. I also fitted a genuine bride fix back and a 6 point D2 harness. I would have had my Spoon Sports front and rear strut braces fitting at this stage too)

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012

Random spin up molls gap with herself........ i brought the girlfriend too :P





Pictures from a few meets in the meantime










mister brian o'keeffe!









I've yet to mention any of the grief the cr-x has given me through out my ownership.. such as distributors deciding shite themselfs randomly in toll booths on the way to enniskillen :facepalm:







i still managed to make it up to enniskillen that day. despite the rain on the day being a big let down i manage to win the 14.30 class

Before this I done abit of maintenance and mechanical work. once again i've no pictures :facepalm: but anyway, I brought a Y1 lsd cable box, a new F1 racing stage 3 clutch and an F1 racing 4.4kg flywheel.. she was leaking alot of oil too so it got a new sump gasket, crank seal and vtec solenoid seal

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012

After over a year of ownership i finally fitted the oem stanley fog lights from my 1.5 crx








i then decided i'd give abit of track racing a go. so i signed up for the 15 minute track slot at japfest... i was hooked after that!! :vtec:

















I fitted a set of Carbon Lorraine RC5 front pad's before japfest. There possible the best modification i've done to date!!



another meet in the mean time.











Before i done a few more full trackdays!

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012

couldn't justify wasting money on r888's anymore on the road so i tried out these instead for road tyres... i was very impressed by them








i then managed to locate and buy a Spoon Sports ef8/ef9 cluster... and picked up a personal steering wheel





refuelling after late night out gallivanting in limerick





i just like this picture so i'm putting it up too!

[Stephen K]

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012

i picked up a set of Racing Hart Superlative Spec D's






hit tullow again then few weeks ago. got on well that day

[Stephen K]

Mon 16 Apr 2012



Thats most the pictures i have. now ye know the crack up until now. i don't fancy doing something like this again for awhile!!

i've a pile of new parts to go into it this week so i'll start doing proper build thread type updates then..


The spec list so far:

Original EF8 CR-X siR

Engine

Original 1st gen B16a engine
CTR camshafts
full ITR valve train
Head skimmed and port matched to intake manifold. ports slightly polished
Stock bottom end
Baffled sump
Custom Intake with cold air feed
ITR throttle body
B16a intake mani bored to suit ITR t.b
RMF Narrow header (2.5'' collector)
5zigen 2.5'' de-cat pipe
Custom straight through 2.5'' cat back exhaust system
Spoon Sports High Tension ignition leads
Spoon Sports thermostat
Spoon Sports rad cap
Mugen oil cap
BRE ecu mapped by Inspector01 ( http://benogle.com/projects/bre.html )


[u]Drivetrain</u>

Y1 lsd box (lsd box is currently out of the car awaiting a rebuild)
F1 Racing stage 3
F1 Racing 4.4kg flywheel
Energy Suspension uprated shifter bushings
Tigersealed engine mounts
New outter c.v joints (recently changed)
Refurbished inner c.v joints (recently done)


Suspension & Brakes

Daiyama coilovers
282mm mintex grooved front disc's
Rover 620ti turbo front callipers
Carbon Lorraine RC5 front pads
Standard sized mintex grooved rear disc's
Standard rear callipers
Mintex rear pads
goodridge braided brake hoses all around
Spoon Sports front strut brace
Spoon Sports rear strut brace
Tigersealed front crossmember bushings
Non power assisted steering rack out of an ef8 i-vt
New genuine Honda outter tie rod end's fitted since i brought the car


Wheels + Tyre's

Daily Wheels
15x6.5 Racing Hart Superlative D/Spec Racing Dish
Yokohama Advan Neova AD08's 195/50/r15 on the front
Hankook Ventus RS2 Z212's 195/50/r15 on the rear

Racing Wheels
15x7 Enkei CPSII's
Tyre's TBA


Exterior

J's Racing style front lip
Dry Carbon bonnet
Carbon 16v spoiler
Carbon Spoon style mirrors
Carbon sunroof blank
Genuine Oem stanley EF8 fog lights


[u]Interior</u>

Bride fix back bucket seat with custom seat rail
D2 6 point harness
Original EF8 half leather passo seat
Spoon Sport EF8 cluster
Personal steering wheel
Mugen gearknob
Rear interior fully stripped


i'm full sure i've forgotten stuff so i'll update it when i remember :thumbup: