sorry for the lack of updates. Been pretty busy, I'll have a large update with pictures and such tonight. Along with a not so great story about my motor...

Thank you for all the compliments and everything guys

 

so here is what i have been up to.

i got screwed out of my motor deal, guy flaked and im in the process of getting my money back so i decided to start shaving my engine bay.







And I really like this one I think its cool looking... :thumbup:


then some people on honda-tech were complaining because i didnt have any pictures that were not iPhone pictures so here are a few other pictures i took










im just giong to start getting my interior all made up and put together, test fitted and then taken out so i can wire it. i'll pick up a motor t his winter/spring and get it put in and running before next summer. I'll also start getting my suspension and such together too. basicly this fall/winter/spring will be piecing things together and getting it all ready to be put in. paint work will come sometime this winter as well. my drivers quarter panel is totally ready for paint. my passengers i'll get to sometime....lol

 

noice!

 

dang nick, that is going to be sweet!

 

nice...

 

glad u updated

 

so whats the purpose of "shaving the engine bay" ?

keep up the awesome work!

 

that is cool

i love to do something like this

 

Looks great Nick. What are you listening to, Art of Noise? lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFK0...eature=related

 

Looks good like the blue there. Man I see how these kind of ground up projects take a couple of years.

Art of Noise - Classic!

 

thanks for the compliments!

the purpose of shaving the bay is basically to just make it look pretty. im going to shave most of the holes and then do a semi wire tuck so it will look something like this, not as great as this guy but you get the idea....



mine wont be as flat as his, but pretty much every hole that is not used will be gone and it will all be one solid piece. in a Honda there are a lot of left over holes after you get rid of the A/C, power steering, ABS, cruise control....you get the idea. this way you don't see all those holes and it makes the bay look a lot cleaner. im not doing to be completely perfect and show quality cuz its mostly going to be a race car. but i come from a show background so my car has to look good as well

i think i was listening to lil wayne's new CD that time...lol

i hope to have my hatch driving and on the track by next summer! that will put me at a little over a year of building..

yeah yeah yeah, i kinda suck at that, well im off to the garage for more work, i'll see if i get anything picture worthy done tonight!

 

well i have all the holes welded up except like 3....tomorrow night should be able to get my bondo layed down on the spots.

 

WOW there are a lot of hole in a Honda.......it is gonna look a lot cleaner with them gone.....just make sure to do a good clean paint job inthe bay when it is done.......it is so much easier to keep clean that way.hose it off and wipe it down.

 

lol yeah no worries on the clean paint job. im super **** about paint, ESPECIALLY when its my own things haha.

 

lookin good.

 

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i think i was listening to lil wayne's new CD that time...lol

lol, had to throw out the Art of Noise, thats what the pics reminded me of with the grinding and sparks, then saw that you had headphones on, lol. I'm guessing that video was a little before your time, lol.
Going to be slick when you get it done, can't wait, and I bet you can't either.

 

Ive been down the civic hatch build road before and never plan on going back... :-( It left me spending way more then planned and never finished it... :-(

Heres one of my pages on it... still a shame that i never finished it

http://www.hondashowoff.com/profile.php?id=7009

 

Dang fool... that close-up shot is legit. I wonder who the handy-man behind the camera was?

 

damn Nick, that picture has a clean **** looking motor/bay

 

lotsa work but that pic is well worth it.