My JRSC D16Y8 RT4WD Wagon Build

Hey everyone! This is my 1989 Civic wagon rt4wd the day I bought her last April, and I am finally joining the forum now. When I bought it, it had 460000km on the body and the previous owner just swapped out the original D16A6 for a D16Y8 out of a Canadian-spec 1998 Acura 1.6EL. The owner before him, bought 3 wagons to put together this one. It was originally grey but was repainted :( to Honda spec Eternal Blue Pearl and he put in a sunroof from I think an ef hatch. The previous owner was given a slew of parts from the restoration but most of them were left out to the canadian elements and were rusted. I did however get a few spare doors, multiple sets of headlights and tailights, spare windows, new door seals, new windows all around, spare driveshaft, spare 4wd trans, spare gas tank and a lot more! It came with the full oem nose bra, lower centre console, the underseat storage compartment, rear speaker pods, and an oem armrest.
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After 2 weeks of owning it, the gas tank straps rusted out and I had it towed for the first time.
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Since the sunroof was aftermarket I had to make my own headliner, to match the headliner I also made a new shift boot and arm rest cover that goes over the oem fabric.
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Could not be happier with the paint and the engine bay and door jams were painted to match. I would like to paint the door trims back to plastic black though.
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Got hit 2 months after owning it, I got hit by an older gentleman taking a uturn out of nowhere. The civic held up well against a 2012 Ford Fusion as this was the only damage and the ford had $5000 in damages.
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A couple of weeks after the accident the wagon started to overheat and burn coolant... head gasket time. I decided to park the car as I was going back to school and wouldn't be home to work on it.
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Started making clear taillights out of a cracked set I got with the car, turned out good just do not have a picture of all 4.
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Decided since the wagon wasn't stock, may as well make it fun! Then I bought a brand new Jackson Racing Supercharger and started to collect the necessary parts for the build. So far I have gotten the full supercharger kit, 3" pulley good for 9-11psi, brand new Hayame FR-1 Fuel Rail, RDX 410cc injectors, mishimoto full rad and hoses, b18 60mm tb, all new oem gaskets for the engine, p28 ecu neptune chipped, 4-2-1 headers, exedy clutch, exedy lightweight flywheel, k&n intake and an aem cam gear. Still have a few more things on my list before i start working on it. Hoping for 180-200awhp out of the build but will be happy with it either way.
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And here it is now, sitting in my garage until I come back from school to work on it. Will be a slow build process but will keep this updated as much as possible.
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