My 1997 Black EK9

[Paul W]

Hello there everyone! After owning a CW EK9 and it being taken from me by a bunch of thieving scumbags i owned a glanza for several months which to be fair was completely useless and i wouldnt recommend them to anyone.

I was busting a gut to get back into a Honda so when this came up for sale up the road from me I just couldnt resist. Only one piccy so far

Bought with the following spec (actually of a forum member) and soon to be changed, but more on that later.

Engine

Spoon Drop-in filter
HKS Oil cap
HKS Radiator cap
HKS Plug Cover
Spoon Sports Braided leads
Spoon Sports n1 B-pipe
Spoon Sports n1 Axle-back

Upper and lower resonator boxes removed
Mugen Thermostat
Mugen Fan switch

Fidenza Flywheel
Exedy Twin plate clutch
Air con removed

Chassis

Spoon Sports Rear strut brace
Reddot 6 slot front discs
EBC Pads
Toyo proxes T1-R's
LSD as standard

Interior

Integra Seat Rails
280mm convex Broadway mirror

Exterior

12Tune Carbon bonnet
OEM Wind visors

Security/ICE

Toad AI606
Alpine Headunit
Focal component speakers (front and rear)
JL Audio crossovers
12 Disc Changer


Nice enough base to start with i thought so obviously the first point of call was engine bits. So i picked up these

Mugen CAI

Skunk2 Pro Series Inlet mani

Red Magnacore Leads

AEM fuel rail, braided line and filter all with anodized bits and bobs

and a nice freshly painted rocker cover

and also a nice shiny decat but no pics as of yet.


So all going well i thought until something bad happened.....

Was coming back from lifting the fuel rail, 2nd gear+motorway sliproad = BANG just as i hit the vtec.

Everything switched off and i pulled over to pop the bonnet. Had a nosey through the steam and seems there was oil literally "pissing" out of the bottom end. Aww crap i thought ive blown the engine on my first vtec of the day!

So after a couple of hours and the AA towing me home instead of wallowing in my self pity and getting really drunk a quick text message revealed that the fella i bought the fuel rail off had a B18c freshly pulled out of a teg.

Happy days!!

So my mechanic pulled the sump off the car to reveal this

He tells me the crankshaft is all but shattered, as seen above, and the fourth piston is a gonner.

So on with the stripping and the car has nearly everything disconnected and is waiting for the B16 to be just lifted out and the B18 dropped in!

Obviously all my extra bits will go on the same time as the engine along with a 98 spec mani but I cant help thinking that i should be doing some work to it before i put it in. Obviously itll be getting the red leads, new plugs, oil and fuel filter, fresh oil and a timing belt but is there any other, internal or external, work i should be carrying out to ensure everythings fine?

Also how the hell do i get the front bumper bolts off under the front arches. Its really irritating me and i dont wanna go breaking things.

Thanks for reading and ill be updating this as i go with pics and more writeup.

Paul

 

[ramboteamjon]

Lovely ek9 mate! but thats a dull one what happenend to your engine, wot the hell caused it to happen? quite good you have a B18 for it though! good luck with it!

the front bumper bolts usually come of very easily mate! good luck, keep us updated!

 

[babyface]

Nice to see johnny ek9s back on the forum.
B18c in the 9 is purrfect!!
The black shines when clean right
GL in the build

 

[chrismc_DC2]

Might have just been unlucky with the motor, as it normally takes some severe negligence to kill a B-series...

Id get some new tyres on your shopping list too, Toyos are junk on an EK9. Too much sidewall flex!

 

[kaks_EK9Rx]

Glad your back with the vengeance

 

[kil2002]

Lovely ek9. Good choice of mods.

 

[ShoeS700]

Shame about the engine, Bonus about the B18 tho.

Sweet looking 9 anyways


G

 

[Paul W]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Progress has been real slow this week with tryin to get my hours up in work to pay for the conversion!

Hopefully get things moving along nicely this week and get a timing belt+tensioner and water pump ordered first thing tomorrow with any luck.

 

[eternal blue 2000]

good to see your back with honda

god jonny sold that at the right time! not to worry bud the b18 will be such
a great upgrade.
as far as doing work to it before fitting...if your not doing cams etc at least
do the valve stem seals just to be sure

who`s doing the work for you anyway bud?

 

[Paul W]

eternal blue - Theres new valve stem seals already with the engine im getting so thats sorted. and a close mechanic friend is doing the work for me and ill be lending a hand whenever possible so ill know itll all be done right. hes actually currently writing me a list of stuff im gonna need to fully rebuild the head as the engine im getting is split (head from bottom end)

As said above car will be getting the head rebuilt and the bottom will be getting everything tightened etc to keep it in good order so itll be good for years to come.


Well as it was a nice day today as the NI folk will have realised I thought why not strip off the bumpers, skirts, headlights(need resealed) in preperation for some WaxOyl and fixing of any rust. Ill probably be sending off some off these parts to SQ Design for a lick of paint while the cars off road!!

Out with the pics:

Headlights were removed after the picture below as i had a break for dinner

Most of the brown-ness in the pics is dirt rather than rust, or else id be worrying it should powerhose off nicely before the waxoyl.


Next bit to come out is the rear bench and seats and some custom carpet laid down (permanent) and the front seats and mats for some serious cleaning. Also front fenders need to come off for sorting a tiny bit of rust that has gathered on the passenger side

Again all c+c welcome and if anybodys done this stuff before any advice would be appreciated, decided i may as well do this once and do it right

 

[eternal blue 2000]

good to see your busy! make the most of this dry spell

 

[neiller]

seen the pic of your old 9 on rms ( ba$%@!ds left it in a very sorry state . not good about the b16b kicking the bucket but the b18 will make up for it .

 

[rvm]

beautiful car mate congrats.

 

[Paul W]

Thanks for the comments guys, getting there slowly but surely. Few more updates to come...

 

[Keifer1903]

i want it

 

[tico_ek9]

awesome mae!

 

[Paul W]

Well 6 months on and to be honest after a lot of money spent on other things, changing jobs and crimbo etc ive finally got the B18C in and all my bits and bobs on

All bodywork that was removed and the rest of the shell has been freshly re-painted and any rust on the shell has been tended to. Really was quite minimal if im honest and a lot less than I was expecting so all good there. Just need to put everything back together again now!!

Anyway some pics of the engine fitted, unfortunately not running until I throw the JDM DC2 ECU in but heres hoping its all good! Engine had mid 60k on it so well pleased

 

[eternal blue 2000]

wondered where you had gone!!!

be worth the long wait

 

[zero9]

i LOVE a black EK9. you are a very lucky man!

 

[murphy2]

which you the best with the car black ek9 4life as there not like championship white you see every where.