my ek3 build

[joeleoek]

loving the build

Thanks dude its a slow one haha

looks soooo good mate i love that color as well

Thaks man looks good with a wash but gets dirty lookin really easily

Love the build so far, very clean car!!! mint....
Like your choice of mods so far, you obv take pride in what you do. Good that your being sensible with doing the suspension, brakes, tidy-up , interior first, so you have everything readu for an engine swap at a later date. keep goin!!

Thanks dude. Ye that wasn't really the plan but ended up doing things the right way i suppose. Iv got most of my engine bits sorted now aswel so shouldnt be long before i get it in and running

I think the only thing letting it down are the wing mirrors, have you got plans for them.

Colour code?
or
Spoon cf

Not got any plans atm as i don't really mind them too much. Id love some spoon cf ones though! But its all about priorities and these are not high up there lol

lovely car mate.. looks mint.

have a jdm ek4 vti myself i fitted a b16 in to it a couple of weeks back

thanks! Veyr noice

nice build, good stance

cheers! The mb6 hubs should bring the wheels out a lil bit further aswel i think

 

[joeleoek]

Stripped the whole lot out and masked up some areas

Few more coats to do tomorrow but heres how it looks after a few coats

Bought some OMP harnesses off Rbz!

Soo harnesses are in and i decided to put the rear plastics back in. Basically it looked naf with the upper light grey plastics in without the dark ones and i need speakers

The guy im buying the engine off gave me this book

And got some red rubber grease for the mb6 calipers

P28 ecu with b18c4 basemap and 1 wire vtec. I forgot to get launch control on it though doh!!

And my conversion harness

 

[joeleoek]

sooooo heres the engine on its pallet looking very sorry for itself

After a struggle i managed to get it onto a little trolly thing which i robbed from the back of morrisons ( scouser) hehe. I then wheeled it over to the garage and stopped next to the old girl.

some more pics of the engine after a bit of a scrub using a brillo pad and some brake parts cleaner.

The engine came with evrything including the red master key, reciept when it was first bought from an auction, Vin plate, all the wiring including interior loom drive shafts the lot.

Also got a new oil filter, brake lines and lower ball joints

And the best bit ...

engine sprayed, will do gearbox later

Horn button fitted, took about a month to get here

 

[joeleoek]

Engine mounts have arrived and iv also made a start on my rocker cover...

 

[FormulaRon]

wow just read this from the start! Looks hella clean mate! A big transformation! Congrats on the new engine mate

 

[eternal blue 2000]

nice upgrade,rocker cover looks great.

good to see those rims i sold you are still intact

 

[dan k]

Just read through your whole thread again and it's an amazing transformation alot of time effort and money spent on this car the colour is epic and the interior is mental love the attention to detail credit to you mate

 

[NeilVtec]

yet more great work mate, Love this Build The "oh Vtec" is a nice touch!!

And the mileage on that engine. :O Niicee!!

 

[Ryaniboi_UAZ8088]

Didnt like the colour at the start but half way threw i fell in love with the whole car! Very nice mate keep up the good work!

 

[joeleoek]

wow just read this from the start! Looks hella clean mate! A big transformation! Congrats on the new engine mate

Thanks dude

nice upgrade,rocker cover looks great.

good to see those rims i sold you are still intact

Cheers fella! Ye they really transformed the car! Up for sale now though as im after something a bit more suited to track

Just read through your whole thread again and it's an amazing transformation alot of time effort and money spent on this car the colour is epic and the interior is mental love the attention to detail credit to you mate

Thanks alot mate!! Interior will be changing considerably once I put the new seats in but I need to sell this Recaro first

yet more great work mate, Love this Build The "oh Vtec" is a nice touch!!

And the mileage on that engine. :O Niicee!!

Thanks Neil thought I would give it a try after seeing it on someone elses build I can always scrape away the other letters if i get sick of it.

I was soo shocked when i saw the mileage! Didn't think it would be genuine but it certainly is

Didnt like the colour at the start but half way threw i fell in love with the whole car! Very nice mate keep up the good work!

A few people have said that lol thanks mate

Soo with me hoping to get out on track this year i purchased a sunroof delete from Chris (pneuma) to save some weight. The old sunroof was stupidly heavy and all that weight was at the highest pint in the car. Think it is around 14 Kilos but felt alot heavier than that. So i fitted the sunroof and decided to keep the headliner out

Its been very frosty and rained the other night with no leaks so im happy I also bought an xbrace and fitted this straight away! Still need to remove the upper grey plastics so the xbrace will have to come off again.

Also got my 282 front discs and rear pads ready to go on Next update will be my new wheels which are being sent out on monday - Go Zeegans!

Then its engine time

 

[AzAc54]

Loving the build mate, its come along way is that a light weight ariel i see just for the track haha

 

[joeleoek]

Ended up going for the blox intake manifold from H-tune

Took the old Inlet mani bracket off the back which wasnt needed

Also bought a jdm 96 spec 2.5" mani. Will do for now until i get a stainless one

And some new jdm wheels - Go Zeegans! about 2.6lbs lighter and 15 inch which is better for track. They are 50 profile though so look quite chunky.

They do need a refurb and one wheel the paint is fuberd and all the polished lips are pitted but its another little project

Engine conv is starting this w/e Bit worried incase something goes wrong or i forget something though!

Need to transfer the ek3 engine loom onto the b18c4 engine once it is out. Anyone know how hard this is?

 

[sammyb]

Nice Xbace

 

[Nicholas_apwt]

been flipping threw.. sooo much fun.. you gotta strip the suspension under neath.. polish it up, power coat it, get it nice and sparkly clean hehe.. one of my favorite things to do.

 

[joeleoek]

Nice Xbace

Ha cheers mate! Would rather have your cage tho can swap if you like, obv with some cash my way haha

 

[joeleoek]

been flipping threw.. sooo much fun.. you gotta strip the suspension under neath.. polish it up, power coat it, get it nice and sparkly clean hehe.. one of my favorite things to do.

Sounds like a plan matey, might do that when i finally get the new brakes on. Cheers !

Right so heres some pics

Car jacked up and in the garage

On its way out

Finally out!

New engine on the crane out the van

Swapped the ek3 loom onto the b18c4

dropped in

Manifold on

Boom!

Also fitted a 2.5" b-pipe so now the system is a full 2.5" all the way through

so iv sorted the code that i was getting for the tps and 02 sensor Now all im getting is an code for iacv so need to sort that out.

I eventually found some caliper pistons so built my front calipers back up with the new seals

Also bought some oem pads, will get some better ones for track later on in the year

And finally my new seats

3.5kgs each, just need to make some brackets for them to fit on my ek9 rails.

Iv also got an ek9 steering rack and pas pump so that can go on when i do the brakes. Some other bits are on the way from tegiwa aswel

Then once all this stuff is in it should be ready for tax, m.o.t and insurance

 

[eternal blue 2000]

great work there,nice attention to detail..........keep it up

 

[021-bennettt]

Jesus man this thread is crazy! Just went through the hole thread and im inspired

 

[Nuno@Camtec]

Good work boss, keep the ek3's alive!!

PS what ya done with that d15???

nuno.

 

[joeleoek]

Jesus man this thread is crazy! Just went through the hole thread and im inspired

Thats good to hear mate, thanks alot!

great work there,nice attention to detail..........keep it up

Will do dude thanks

Good work boss, keep the ek3's alive!!

PS what ya done with that d15???

nuno.

Definately man! Il never part with this unless I crash :/ Love your build btw!


D15 is just sitting in my shed! Was gnna put it up for sale or just weigh it in. Let me know if you want it fella

Joe