SK's '88 RT4WD build thread

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  • evol911 wrote:
    You going to the Wagon meet in Portland?
    didn't know there was such a thing
  • Check out the Meetings & Events.... March 7th Edgefield be there or be square (or a hatch owner)!!
  • Need to decide on a color for the steelies: silver, satin black, or battleship gray?
  • Satin Black FTW!
  • evol911 wrote:
    Satin Black FTW!
    I like satin black too, but not sure it will look as good on this color wagon.
  • Silver and grey are too close to the color of the car. You can never go wrong with black!
  • evol911 wrote:
    Silver and grey are too close to the color of the car. You can never go wrong with black!
    I am leaning to silver or gray personally, they aren't that close to the color of the car. You have to see it in person to know what I mean.

    Oh and they aren't Corrado steelies, my mistake. Not sure what they are but the shells are new, not banded, so that's easily a $100-125 per wheel job.
  • EDwEFprtsEDwEFprts Senior Wagonist
    ^ i'd go silver too.
    silver looked good in your pic you had posted of your old wagon.
  • EDwEFprtsEDwEFprts Senior Wagonist
    Shaun K wrote:
    ...165's are really a VW size too...for old bugs anyway. The problem is that there's no way they will fit on an 8" wide rim...they will work for your 6.5's but just barely. It's like putting 195's on 8" wheels, it just barely fits and most tire shops won't even do it for you.
    and they're pricey.
  • Well, after a long day yesterday of helping Frito get his new race car home, I spent most of the day with the family. After getting home from breakfast the rest of the family took a nap, so I had a little time to swap my SSR wheels back on and get the EDM corners in.

    Finally got an engine shot. It's nothing special but it's nearly all new
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    Hot tanked tranny case:
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    Corners and SSR's in place:
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  • blaqmanblaqman Band Wagon
    nice build thread shau. i was just lookin throughs and saw u had this. glad ur back in the game man. my wagons on jackstands and has been since december of last year. had some diff issues and then decided to do some other stuff and it just all got outta hand lol. hopefully ill have it bac in one piece soon. much respect tho man
  • NJCIVICWAGON1NJCIVICWAGON1 Council Member
    So nice! Very nice work SK.
  • ThaClutcHThaClutcH Senior Wagonist
    Looks good.
  • FRITOFRITO New Wagonist
    very nice vato! i'll have swing by this week sometime.

    thanks a lot for the help shaun.

    frito
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    man that thing looks so good. so clean!
  • What did you clean your tranny with?
  • evol911 wrote:
    What did you clean your tranny with?
    A hot tank =). Took all the guts out and had it cleaned chemically.
  • Shaun K wrote:
    evol911 wrote:
    What did you clean your tranny with?
    A hot tank =). Took all the guts out and had it cleaned chemically.

    :lol: I was under the impression you did all of that stuff when your family was taking a nap, thats why I was wondering how you cleaned up that tranny so fast. I was wondering how you hot tank the tranny when its still on the car. I figured you meant degreaser and some hot water :lol:
  • evol911 wrote:
    Shaun K wrote:
    evol911 wrote:
    What did you clean your tranny with?
    A hot tank =). Took all the guts out and had it cleaned chemically.

    :lol: I was under the impression you did all of that stuff when your family was taking a nap, thats why I was wondering how you cleaned up that tranny so fast. I was wondering how you hot tank the tranny when its still on the car. I figured you meant degreaser and some hot water :lol:
    Nope, just finally had some pics of the engine/trans so I posted them. The list of stuff in my first post included hot-tanking the trans case.
  • So does anyone know what headers clear the RT transfer case?
  • FRITOFRITO New Wagonist
    Shaun K wrote:
    So does anyone know what headers clear the RT transfer case?


    hmm, do i hear groupbuy from S&S for RT headers? hehe, just an idea if nothing else clears. They were pretty reasonable when we had civic 1200 headers made for that forum.

    frito
  • Shaun K wrote:
    So does anyone know what headers clear the RT transfer case?

    Slammedtallboy had some headers on his after his ZC swap, he said he had to do some "custom" hammer work but they fit.
  • evol911 wrote:
    Shaun K wrote:
    So does anyone know what headers clear the RT transfer case?

    Slammedtallboy had some headers on his after his ZC swap, he said he had to do some "custom" hammer work but they fit.
    yeah but we don't know what header it was or what he had to do to make it fit.
  • This is all he put, it's on page 2 of his ZC issues thread in Engine and Drivetrain:
    Thanks mang. :D Using a 4-1 header with some custom hammer work, lol :D Still hits a bit, just need to do some more custom work.

    4-1 seems like it wouldbe the easiest to bend the way you need it, just might have a different position when you hook the cat. conv. up to it. Shifted over or something of that nature.

    If you figure anything out Shaun, LMK... Once I get my ZC in, I'm going to have to find a good header combor for the RT4wd. I was thinking of using the cast part(top) of the stock manifold and then building the "downpipe" for it out of bigger tubing, which might work pretty good becasue it will keep the back pressure Honda's need but still be better flowing. Maybe LOL!!
  • FRITOFRITO New Wagonist
    thought you were selling her evol?
  • 4-2-1 is the best choice for these D16A6's, I'd prefer to stick with that. Guess I'll just have to keep looking at ways to fit a turbo in there while keeping AC and PS.
  • FRITO wrote:
    thought you were selling her evol?

    Yeah I made a mistake... I'm just glad no one was serious about buying it. I would be going through some serious withdrawls right now :D
  • evol911 wrote:
    FRITO wrote:
    thought you were selling her evol?

    Yeah I made a mistake... I'm just glad no one was serious about buying it. I would be going through some serious withdrawls right now :D
    did you sell your turbo setup?
  • Nah! But its not for sale, if you want I can post pics so you can get an idea of how simple it is to make. HF Mani FTW!!!!
  • evol911 wrote:
    Nah! But its not for sale, if you want I can post pics so you can get an idea of how simple it is to make. HF Mani FTW!!!!
    I just need something that will clear AC and PS...a tall order but I hope it can be done.
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