My new RT!

NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
in Rides & Builds- Civic wagons
What's up HCW, glad to be a new member here, love to see what you creative fellas can do with a wagon. It's amazing. Here's my own little contribution to the forum, my little EE4. She's a shell for now, but with a transmission I'm hopefully getting from way up in Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and a motor from a good friend of mine, she'll be a smooth running RT-4WD again, restored to her former glory. I'm prepared for the worst with this project because it seems to me that the previous owner was already in the process of doing an MPFI swap and a wire tuck at the same time, and the wiring is a nightmare of a rat's nest right now. I don't even mind though, and I'm ready to dedicate some serious hours on her. I'm in love. :mrgreen:

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  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    Looks like a good stating point..

    Does she have a matching set of any of those wheels?
  • skitsoskitso Wagonist
    Glad to hear your so dedicated man. I'm sure it'll be a great build. Keep us posted
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    DRMORTY wrote:
    Looks like a good stating point..

    Does she have a matching set of any of those wheels?

    She actually doesn't. I'd love it if she did, I believe they are some sort of CRX wheel and an HF wheel on the right side, both pretty great looking wheels in my opinion. I've been on the lookout for a set of wheels, doing a lot of research on OEM Honda wheels. I certainly can't afford real wheels like Volks or Sprint Harts so I've been really keen on finding some sort of Honda wheel rarity to really set her off. Any leads on that?
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    skitso wrote:
    Glad to hear your so dedicated man. I'm sure it'll be a great build. Keep us posted

    Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it. This is my first civic wagon, so I'm very new to the scene. I work for a used car dealership that my pops owns so I've dealt with and driven plenty of Hondas, but my RT is now my absolute favorite, even though she doesn't even run yet :D I'll be taking more pictures tomorrow if I remember, I'm keeping her on our dealership lot so it'll be easy to get her in the shop when the time comes to bring her to life. I'll definitely get a picture of the mess of wires under the hood in case anyone can help me out with that.
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    I know my build thread isn't much yet, but here's a bit more of an in depth update of pictures that I took today when I had some free time at work.
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    Part two of the update, sorry for the pics and everything being out of order.
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Part three!
  • AbideAbide Council Member
    Wow. some unique stuff on there and the seats look pretty dang clean compared to most!
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Well I am completely new to the wagon scene, never even knew they existed until I bought one! So fill me in on what this wagon has going for it other than the general cleanliness of it. I'm definitely stoked on how nice the interior is.
  • wago_90wago_90 Wagonist
    i have an rt as well but have you tried the honda front flaps? mine are honda in the front and 4wd in the back im pretty sure the 4wd ones are just for the rear
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    I wasn't sure if they came stock with 4WD flaps on the front. I'll look into it. But I have a full set of spares if bad comes to worse.
  • simplyhondasimplyhonda Council Member
    Welcome! I saw this baby on craigslist & actually called about it. I almost went to look, but kept myself away. I recognize the tailpipe from the CL ad, and the mention of "in need of wiring harness" or something like that. Glad to see it went to a good home! Where are you located? If you're local, we should meet up sometime!
  • johnnywagovanjohnnywagovan Band Wagon
    the shift boot came of a 92-95 honda civic
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    No updates right now, no progress as I'm still looking for a motor and transmission. If anybody knows of an RT tranny out there that I could pick up, let me know, I'd appreciate the help.
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Little bit of an update. Going to be putting in a high compression z6 as soon as I figure out which RT transmission on car-part is the best option for my wagon. I could really use someone's professional advice. I don't wanna pick one up that ends up being either a piece of shit or not the best bet out of my options.
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Major update! Picked up a parts car today from way out in Dunn, NC at the Copart facility out there. My dad surprised me with it, I thought I was just doing a routine drive out to pick up some wrecks for us to fix up and sell, but lo and behold, a wagon was waiting there for me! All you North Carolina wagon owners need to come party down in celebration. This has taken so long, I'm so ready to get everything swapped over to the red shell.
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  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    Meow meow! You got you some pretty little wagons, sir. I'm so excited for youuu!
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Update! Added at least 50 horsepower's worth of stickers.
    One for the ever amazing Fleetwood Mac.
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    And another for my interest in the whole Dia de Los Muertos culture. Sugar skulls are just badass.
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    Big thank you to the best Honda mechanic that I know, our very own Matthew. He's going to be getting this wagon right as rain for me.
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    Motor in the process of being pulled, warped head, blown gasket, going to replace the head hopefully with a nice y8 head if we have one.
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    Matthew showed me this trade secret to get your trim to look this good with just a shop rag and some goopy goo.
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    While Matt is turning wrenches, I'm down here with the paint pen on the mudflap trying to see if I like the look of the white letters. Verdict. I do. Definitely doing this with my red RT's flaps.
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  • driftin90driftin90 Senior Wagonist
    That was really cool of your dad. Now send me that strut bar!
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Being that it's his property now that he bought it from me, that's up to him, but it just may be in the cards still. I don't think he's going to do anything but put it on my wagon though. That's just how he is. I'll definitely ask about it though.
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Motor and transmission swap is nearly complete, just dealing with some wiring and sensor issues now. It cranks though! Exciting stuff. So I'll have my RT steelies on, A6 bottom end, Y8 top end with working VTEC, and manual RT tranny. I'm also going to try and figure out how to get the factory roof rails off the blue one and onto the red one, and I feel like I'm in for an interior tear down on that one. Does anyone know if you have to take out the headliner to get the roof rails off?
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    I did when i installes mine, however it is not necessary. Look up revmaynard's build thread, he had the rails done without removing headliner (i so believe at least!)
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Well when I tried to take it off the blue one, the screws just spin in place and won't actually come out, so I have a feeling there's another part to it under the headliner keeping it fixed in place.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    The inserts in the roof should not spin, but sometimes do. You can either drop the headliner down and hold them still from underneath with vise-grips, or drill the heads off of the screws from outside.
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Perfect, I'll try that tomorrow morning then. I'm getting unbelievably antsy now that my wagon is 98 percent done. I need to be driving it!
  • NCxEE4NCxEE4 Wagonist
    Update, wagon is running! It'll be legal Monday when I get a tag, already insured, and running really good. D16A6 bottom end, Y8 top end, P28 ecu, working vtec, and other good stuff. I'm so stoked.
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