[patxi]

Hi guys. I want to share with you all the history of my actual hatch. As I explained in my welcome post this isnt my first EK. On december I was looking for some spare parts for a friend and saw this car, really cheap (Arround 1/3 of the normal price in my country). I called the guy and after an hour explaining me details, I made 500 Km and bought it only some hours later. It was the 2nd owner, car was bought new by a friend of this and gifted to him because it was going to be scraped. The second owner used the car 3 years to drive to his orchard (he made less than 1500 Km in this time, but changed timing belt water pump). He told me car had only one issue, the auto trans when you flat the accelerator, revs really high. I was expecting an normal auto and find out it was a CVT and he didnt knew how this work. 10 minutes after buying the car, I made the first pic and drive it back home with no issues.

The car was really dirty. This guy was a huge smoker and never emptied the ashtray. He also allowed his dog sleep inside and had a lot of mud due to all the trips to the orchard. Also, the trunk was like a swiming pool. I spent a week to dry, clean up and remove the cigarrette smell. Here are some pics of how I spent my christmas holiday (apart from cleaning, I tinted the floor mat and reupholstered the roof).

The first mods were a genuine EK9 rear lip, first molding front lip and DC2 rear seats.

Next was a brake upgrade to 282mm disks and DC2 calipers.

At the same time, I modified the headlights:

I found a guy selling a seeker V2, Tein coilovers and DC2 recaros and the same week I bought in UK the wheels I wanted and were imposible to find in Spain:

And a friend gifted me a good looking steering wheel:

We got confinated for 2 months home in my country, so I made some upgrades. First one was rear brake conversion, from drums to 260mm using MB fastback arms with EP2 calipers.

 

[patxi]

And... I took out the CVT trans and install a S40-P4F from EJ8.

Last big mods where LCA, ASR, rear sway bar and Invidia G200Ti exhaust

Now I have this waiting to install, but Im a bit lazy to take of the dashboard

...and I started collecting parts for the next upgrade:

 

[ManBearPigTroll]

man for cereal !

that is getting tasty.

 

[mkj.]

Nice work dude! Where did you manage to find all those parts for the 2 din swap? Also, is the EP3 wheel sitting any closer to you when compared to the original? Asking because I'm contemplating on fabricating a spacer for mine.
ps. If you're planning to use the intrenal wastegate on that turbo, you might want to port the turbine bypassing hole a bit, mine had some casting defects right around it.

 

[patxi]

Nice work dude! Where did you manage to find all those parts for the 2 din swap? Also, is the EP3 wheel sitting any closer to you when compared to the original? Asking because I'm contemplating on fabricating a spacer for mine.
ps. If you're planning to use the intrenal wastegate on that turbo, you might want to port the turbine bypassing hole a bit, mine had some casting defects right around it.

I bought it to a user in ebay called trekeartista, I cant find him now, because we made the trade out of the web.
The steering wheel doesnt sit much closer, inapreciable.
And I'm going to use a external wg, but thanks for the advice, I will check the turbine anyway

 

[patxi]

I found this couple at a good price (I'm going to sell the DC2 UKDM cluster) and I will install the JDM civic VI RS in my EK. Now that the EK9 clusters are so expensive (I remember paying less than 300$ some years ago) this option is similar and really good looking.

I took the car for a ride this weekend and made a pic. Car runs great, brakes and suspension work well. But the f*cking speakers sound horrible, I need some new ones, I cant drive without music. Also, I found that water still enters to the trunk, I need to find if its from the taillight or where.

 

[robgoof]

my ek hatch leaks in around the tail light.

 

[patxi]

my ek hatch leaks in around the tail light.

I changed these gaskets in january... I hope that's not the problem.

I also cleaned and put some sealant paste in these things:

 

[Sailor]

Nice one.

 

[patxi]

And this is why you dont buy Intake manifolds from ebay/aliexpress. A friend bought 2 of these and sold me one really cheap. I started installing everything and found many issues:

• Many drills for bolts enter inside so if you dont fix them you will have leaks.
• The fuel ramp doesnt go to its place, in the left side its 1mm taller than right side
• The IAT sensor hole needs to be drilled bigger.

...and some more issues now I dont remmember. It was 1/3 price than a original one, but I will need to work on in some hours and hope dont find anything more.

I also tested to fit everything on the top mount manifold to see if I've got issues here too, and of course, I need to do some modifications. It looks really tall, I hope it wont hit on the bonnet. Next days I'll test fit.

 

[patxi]

So, I was bored and cleaned engine bay & sprayed the valve cover. Car is waiting a certificate to be legal here in Spain, so until that I cant pass the inspection and I'm avoiding tickets... Modifying in Spain is a serius shit to be street legal...

I've sold the fake Skunk2 manifold and I'm porting the OEM D16Y8 to match a 63mm DC2 throttle body (same size of turbo pipping I'm going to use) and delete the FIA module holes for the inyectors.

I've got a D16Y8 OBD2B wires that I will need to install because my D16Y5 intake manifold hasn't IACV and with the P28 I've read that check engine light will be on. I'm going to prepare it to do a little wire tuck, I want to change the location of the plug that goes inside in the left side.

 

[bnun]

What is your plan for the IACV? Does the DC2 tb have a 2 or 3 wire IACV on it?

 

[patxi]

What is your plan for the IACV? Does the DC2 tb have a 2 or 3 wire IACV on it?

The IACV goes in the manifold of the D16Y8, not in the DC2 throttle body. I bought a wrecked MT D16 engine really cheap for the conversion.

 

[bnun]

The IACV goes in the manifold of the D16Y8, not in the DC2 throttle body. I bought a wrecked MT D16 engine really cheap for the conversion.

I Totally misread earlier.

 

[patxi]

Finally the 2 din dash its intalled and fully working, as many of you will know thanks to the help in another post. I also installed a 2 din android radio with dashcam, reverse cam, steering wheel control (goes under the turn signal/light control). It doesnt look a OEM fitment of a 20yo car. Looks younger now.

 

[slo_eg8]

diggin that lanyard though

 

[patxi]

Time to match the manifold to the DC2 throttle body. I've bought a dremel, its going to be my first porting. Any sugestions or advices?

 

[jumpncrash]

Make a smooth transition, clean it out thoroughly once you're done. Not sure a dremel is the best tool though, it's probably going to take a while, a die grinder would probably go faster.

 

[bnun]

Depends on how much material you need to take off. If you need to take a lot off your going to need carbide bits. I used a dremel to notch my block and cleaned it up with a die grinder with sandpaper cartridge bits. When I ported my head I almost exclusively used the die grinder. You could do it with a dremel but it’ll probably take longer.

 

[patxi]

Not as easy as expected, I used a drill and detailed with the dremel, but its done. now I must clean all the dust that its inside and wait for the gaskets. Thanks for the advices guys.