1991 Honda Civic DX sedan

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:55 am

gcef89;276934 wrote:what did u do to the two holes on each side of the radiator plug did u plug them or just leave them open?

I don't think I know which holes you're referring to.

Picked up a virgin P28 today for a good price (at least IMO a good price). Too sick to install the header and O2 I picked up, so I guess that and the gauge cluster will have to wait. Gotta order axle seals on next payday.

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:22 pm

I wasn't feeling so crappy a little while ago, so I did something quick and simple. Installed a Prelude steering wheel. 90-91 I believe. I did a horn mod so the horn works like a 88-91 horn (the Prelude one used a plug instead of the metal conductor ring thing, if I recall). I used to have this in my CRX.

Random pic

This needs installed when I have time and I feel better.

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:06 am

why are you using the 4 wire 02 sensor?

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:32 am

gcef89;277216 wrote:why are you using the 4 wire 02 sensor?

Because I'm OBD1

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:37 pm

maybe u can help me with mine mine still isnt installed! i still got to get the pigtail

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:42 pm

gcef89;277337 wrote:maybe u can help me with mine mine still isnt installed! i still got to get the pigtail

The car was wired for a 4 wire plug when I got it. I just need to swap a plug so it's plug and play.

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:47 pm

yea my wires running from my ecu to my 02 sensor are just sitting under my dash

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:49 pm

Broke my muffler Saturday night, so I went to the junk yard and picked up a CRX muffler. The exit pipes stop about 8 inches from the end of the bumper, but otherwise perfect fit.

I guess I'll either live with it, or try to extend them some how or wait till I find a good Sedan muffler in the junk yard. But for $10 it was a fix that can't be beat.

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:35 am

Well, I put the CRX Si muffler on last weekend and today I made it look better.

Here is the muffler that came off the car last week. Yuck.

Here's what the CRX Si muffler looked like installed. Fit was perfect, hangers perfect and flanges identical. BUT the exit pipes were 8 inches too short.

So today I went to CarQuest. I they ordered these two 12 inch long 1 3/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch extensions and I bought the clamps. Then I went to O'reilly's for the cheap chrome tips. I wanted the OEM CRX Si look.

Since the extensions were 12 inch and I only needed 8, I had to cut them down.

I put the extensions on the car and marked them with a marker and then went to cutting.

I went all over looking for an exhaust pipe cutter (the little chain strap with the cutting wheels on it) so I could have it for junk yard trips, but no luck. Like an idiot, I gave the cheapie hacksaw a go.

Then I busted out the sawzall.

They went on and lined up just right.

Tightened the clamps down and sprayed the clamp bolts with rust inhibitor so they will be easy to get off in the future. Also did the muffler bolts while I was there.

One of the pipes is down lower

Oh well.

It's not so noticable on the ground. Here's the end result.

Total cost was $35. The muffler was $10 at Riverside, the extensions and clamps were $15 and the cheap chrome tips were $10.

Edison Carasio · Post by **Edison Carasio** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:26 am

Got a new hood. Not perfect, has clear coat peeling but for $25 it's a much better one than my old one. Old one was rattle canned flat white with rust spots where the paint peeled and had grease stains from getting worked on.

Taxes will be in soon. Gonna do complete gasket set (head gasket, intake/exhaust, valve cover) along with timing belt kit and water pump and I think upgrade to ARP headstuds for a low HP turbo set up NEXT tax season.