Another Dutchman saying 'hi'

[stefan]

Hello boys and girls, my name is Stefan, 25yo atm, and owner of a turbocharged '95 Honda Civic coupe LSI.
I'll introduce my car to the model/brand specific forums later.
Over here, I participate in the biggest and/or most knowledgable forums, and some other US/UK English forums, and I'm never to shy to share what I know, or ask for what I don't yet know.

For now, I just wanted to say hi

EDIT: speclist of the Civic.

CAR INFORMATION:
Honda Civic coupe LSi
1995
R81 red

UNDER THE HOOD:
- B16A2
- F1 Racing 6 puck sprung clutch kit (needed one quick after destroying my Exedy organic after 25km of boost, F1 was in stock)
- milled stock flywheel (5,8kg)
- stock GSR cams
- solid lower and rear stock engine mounts
- NGK 8mm spark plug wires
- NGK V-Power grade 7 spark plugs
- Precision 525cc high-impendance injectors
- modded XS-power turbo mani, ramhorn
- custom RVS 2½" downpipe (3" as a replacement soon)
- XS-power T3-T04E turbo (.63 hot / .50 cold)
- HKS Super Mega Flow Reloaded 200mm diameter air filter
- Thermo-Tec glass fibre heatwrap on turbo mani and downpipe
- PTP turbo heat blanket (glass fibre)
- XS-power intercooler
- XS-power modded 60mm piping
- XS-power 38mm wastegate
- XS-power 50mm bov (TiAL replica)
- SIDON vacuüm manifold (same as Golden Eagle, feeds wastegate, bov, boost gauge)
- Neptune tuned (P30 OBD1)
- eBay resonated ss 2.5" decat
- SRS resonated ss 2.38" midpipe
- eBay twinloop Mugenstyle ss muffler
- PLX wideband kit
- Mishimoto half-size EG6 radiator
- Mishimoto 16lb/f (1.1bar) radiatorcap
- dual oilcatchcan setup
- stock groundwires replaced with new, big audio cable
- Skunk2 triple ring camseal
- Skunk2 VTEC solenoid cover
- painted all engine bay brackets flat black
- new OEM ITR DC2 valve cover
- new OEM ITR DC2 oil cap
- new OEM valvecover seals and grommets
- c/f spark plug cover, with big Tunertoys decall


INTERIOR & I.C.E.:
- full interior
- Password:JDM shiftboot
- c/f ITR style shiftknob
- new OEM floor mats
- ProSport peak/hold gauges on dashboard; boost/vacuum, oiltemperature, oilpressure
- hand- and doorgrips painted metallic black
- factory a/c equipped (installation removed)
- MOMO Race steering wheel, Simoni Racing hub
- dashboard; orange/red lightbulbs and JDM amber clock
- single DIN audio console
- autostyle pedalcovers
- autostyle reclining seats (Bride knock-off)
- SCHROTH 2" ASM Autocontrol three point harnass
- eBay alu C-pillar bar
- OEM Honda Civic 2/4dr USDM 3rd brake light
- Alpine CDA-8400R head unit
- JBL GTO 6×9" rear speakers
- JBL GTO 130mm compo set front
- JBL GTO-6000 (6ch.) amplifier
- JBL GTO1202D 12" subwoofer in JBL tube
- battery placed in the trunk
- MDF construction in the trunk to hide the battery and accomodate the audio
- dual tone claxon 112dB
- electric power antenna, (trash, "if these things were people, I would embrace their genocide")


EXTERIOR & CHASSIS:
- thrashing; 15x7 ET40 Speedline Safari, no tyres atm
- winter; 15x6 ET45 Civic 7th gen steelies, no tyres atm
- summer; 16x7 ET44 Work Emotion CR Kai, Bridgestone Potenza RE050A, 195-45
- Muteki closed-end lugnuts, black
- Work closed-end lugnuts, blue (only for the Works)
- Apex Racing full coil overs, lowered by approximately 80mm (3.25")
- Civic 4th gen mkI (1988) rear LCA's to accommodate eye connection type shocks
- DC2 282mm rotors and calipers up front (redrilled to 4x100)
- DC2 rotors and calipers rear (redrilled to 4x100)
- EG6 master brake cylinder
- EG6 brake distributor
- EG9 Goodridge steel braided brake lines
- EG6 OEM tiebar front
- EG6 OEM 18mm swaybar rear (in stead of; no one at all)
- EG6 OEM 21mm swaybar front with PU endlinks (iso; 18 or 19mm)
- Ferrodo DS2500 brake pads front and rear
- NH503-P black trunk
- OEM EG8 mud flaps front and rear
- eBay front strutbar
- clear blackhousing reflectors in stock housing and front glass
- amber corners
- OEM USDM Honda Civic coupe taillights
- Wings West RS sideskirts
- VIS Racing c/f hood
- Aerocatch hoodpins

Second EDIT;

That's it for now

 

[steve09]

Hey and Welcome to TC, think your the first Dutch person on here.

Im liking the idea of the supercharged Civic, is it a VTEC aswell?

so what are you thinking of doing to the civic, or just keeping it with the charger till you get a new car?

 

[obi_waynne]

Hi Stefan and a warm welcome to TorqueCars. I think we do have others from Holland on here so you are in good company.

Your car sounds amazing - did you do the turbo conversion yourself? It would be great if you could post up some pics and bit of a write up when you get to the 10 posts.

(Sorry for my delay in finding your post - I've got a man cold )

 

[Prince]

Welcome to the forum! What other mods have you made to the Civic? The 95s were the best of the 5th gen...nice choice mate!

 

[stefan]

Hey and Welcome to TC, think your the first Dutch person on here.

Im liking the idea of the supercharged Civic, is it a VTEC aswell?

so what are you thinking of doing to the civic, or just keeping it with the charger till you get a new car?

Jup, it's VTEC, B-series, not D.
And it's not supercharged, but turbocharged
I've editted the first post to include the speclist, I'll post pics later (I'm a reader, not a spammer, so it could take a while before I'm able to post pics).

 

[tegimel]

Wow. would love to turbo charge my Integra.

 

[stefan]

Then do it
A friend of mine has a semi build B18C6 in his DC2, putting out over 400whp.
I'm in the process of gathering parts for exactly the same build, but with a B18C4, I like their combustion chambers and bigger walls etc. better for boost.

It'll be Eagle rods, CP pistons, ACL bearings, ARP hardware, Supertech valvetrain, and looking into Endyn studs.
And then go look for a S9B lsd tranny, and I've got some plans including PU bushings, traction bar, rollbars, etc.

And I also want to have it repainted, it'll be over a year before I'm done, so a lot of time to enjoy it

 

[tegimel]

cant afford to so will have to wait. Need my car for work everyday

 

[pgarner]

hey and welcome

thats some list of stuff doing. looking forward to pics

 

[stefan]

Yesterday evening at 1840h, some guy in a Ford Focus decided to cut me off because he was in the wrong lane.
Wouldn't have been a problem if I wasn't already half way his vehicle, so now my fender, bumper and corner need to be replaced... and my wheel has a small chip of the 'paint' (they're anodised, not painted... great) but hardly noticable.

Great.

 

[obi_waynne]

Oh bad luck there stefan. Hope you get it sorted. Did you get the drivers details? Will you go through your insurance?

 

[stefan]

We filled in a form for the insurance companies, and yeah, I want my damage compensated.
With a little luck, I can have my car restored and repainted, for just a few hundred of my own euro's
Too bad I'm not having 10 posts yet, otherwise I could post some pics.

 

[obi_waynne]

You are half way there!

Can you claim for "loss of use of your car" or a hire car? Were you injured? Bruised knee, minor whiplash?

 

[stefan]

Nah, we were driving up to a red light, so prob. not even doing 20-25kph, no injuries or stiffened muscles, nothing.
I've seen my share of accidents as a passenger (driving of the highway @ 170kph in a Citroën Xantia, and driving into a tree @ 110kph in an ED7 Civic, both times not injured at all), though this car was beat up several times; last year a guy in a rental van backed up at a macdrive, plowing his stainless steel rear bar into my front bumper, this spring I've hit a big goose @ 80kph, and now this.

 

[obi_waynne]

Does it have invisibilty paint or really strong speaker magnets then?

 

[stefan]

Hahahaha, I guess

"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" is my cars motto.

 

[thexav]

Good philosophy

 

[stefan]

There have been a lot of failed kills on the performance side, so now that's proven strong, my exterior is going to take a three-year beating... I guess haha

 

[pgarner]

hope you get it fixed quickly mate

 

[stefan]

Tomorrow I'm going to stop by an expert, to have the damage assessed for the insurance company.
It's then up to me to decide what to do... I've got two options;
- coupe overhaul; weld in new rear quarter panels, get all little dents and so out, and have it repainted
- option on a completely stripped EK4; get all little dents out, have it repainted, and install the coupe's motor and undercarriage

I like the coupe a bit better, but we'll see...

 

[stefan]

Editted the first post, to include pics of the car.
Here are some pics of the damage, wich I've shot with my phone the morning after the accident (I had to work a 12hr night shift on a 1989 D250 limo as well... all f*@!ed up)

 

[pgarner]

doesnt look tooo bad mate. hope it does get fixed quickly.
like the engine pic, how do you get on with the smaller radiator ?

 

[stefan]

Smaller?
It's an EG, those come with half-size radiators
BTW, it's holding up great, really good cooling capacity.

 

[stefan]

Damage is estimated € 1.200,- ex. 'VAT' (called BTW, wich is 19% in this case), so that would be € 1.428,-
I thínk that my coupé will be nice, clean and shiny again, somewhere this winter
Now wait and see what the other guys insurance expert says about it.

 

[obi_waynne]

Doesn't sound to bad to me. Will they repair it for you or offer cash instead?

Do you think they might class it as a total loss? Over here anything over 50% of the value of the car is usually written off.

 

[stefan]

It'll be cash, so I have the choice what to do with the money.
Cars don't get written of so easily over here, if it would, I would move to another country (and I probably will anyway, somewhere in the future).
We have a saying over here; "if I get f*cked, I wanna kiss too."

 

[obi_waynne]

Sounds good. Hope you get it sorted quickly then.