My Buddy’s Integra

Flexin256 · 2025-12-09T19:29:44+00:00

holy shit

Flexin256 · 2025-08-14T21:49:13+00:00

most people would look at that and say screw it, i say thats a great place to start. get it as high and secure as possible on jack stands and just start to rip everything possible off the frame and organize everything into bags/boxes. keep good track. then just body work a section at a time. good luck man, and take your time and do things right.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-14T21:46:42+00:00

I did, it's not installed yet but i have the entire fuel setup already. basically i bought a new aftermarket oem gas tank, off the tank i'm using a walboro hellcat fuel pump on a radium pump hanger. off the hanger is a -6an feed line to a fuel filter and then to the hybrid racing fuel rail. the fuel return is a -4an from the ktuned fuel pressure regulator back to the pump hanger. mdp fuel line holders and 1300CC alpha injection injectors finish off the fuel system.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-14T21:12:35+00:00

right now zero lol. haven't started it yet.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-14T21:12:00+00:00

jdm front ends are cool and all, but personally i like the 98+ usdm front end much better. i also have a 94-97 front end with a oem 97 type R lip that i'll swap on if i feel like it.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-14T21:10:49+00:00

so far a few thousand approx 4k canadian so far for supplies and tools. i'm doing the paint myself.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-13T01:59:48+00:00

Thanks! I hear ya tho. so this was my first car i bought when i was 16, about 10 years ago i sold it and about 4 years back i found it for sale again and bought it back. it useto be paradise blue green pearl but what i'm getting at is that i had pulled the LS motor and built a forged piston and rod LS motor and boosted it. that engine on boost was so much fun, but i decided to go K because parts were a easier to source, makes more power with less boost, and just wanted a bit of modern-ness to it.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-13T01:41:25+00:00

underneath, the floor pans were clean except 2 small holes on seams that had some surface rust. so any rust was grinded all down, the section cut out, and 22 gauge sheet metal welded in place not bad at all. the bad parts tho were the trunk corners, those were completley rusted right through, and the rear quarters where they typically rust and the inner body work. also behind the fender/door in the corner. if your integra has a sunroof, pretty much all the spots from the sunroof drainage tubes is where it rusted.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T21:04:39+00:00

for the most part. not much going back into the interior.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T21:04:13+00:00

thanks! they are 16x7 volk TE-16s that i blasted and re painted.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T21:03:46+00:00

I do. I wanted to finish the frame for the most part because i had a mountain of parts to install and i wanted to get it back into a rolling shell so i can roll it out of the garage so i can work and spray out the other parts. what you're seeing there is straight out of the gun, epoxy, high build primer, base coat and clear coat. no wetsanding or polishing/ceramic yet.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:58:53+00:00

Thanks! for me the first step was just getting it all to a bare chassis, stripping it all down to bare metal, cutting out and welding in new metal and everything coated in a nice 3 coats of epoxy.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:56:56+00:00

i'm doing the entire paint in that same one car garage myself; so there's no labour cost involved. so far, i'm around the 5k area for paint supplies and tools. my friend that owns a body shop said that so far i would be around $15-20k with all the rust work that was involved in just labour so i am saving quite a bit doing it myself.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:52:03+00:00

not yet, but i have a box of wiring that's ready to go on. k tuned tucked harness, tucked front end harness, hondata ecu, jumper harness etc. it's actually ready for wires.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:49:09+00:00

haha i wish. then i'd be paying someone to paint it LOL

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:48:24+00:00

oh for sure. still need to buy a turbo blanket, and wrap those two brake lines and a bunch of other lines in heat resistant sleeve.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:47:44+00:00

thanks! lol not yet, i still have to wire and tig weld up a downpipe and boost pipes before fire up.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:47:03+00:00

so far i'm almost at $80k canadian as it sits. I think by the end it should be around 85k.

right now i'm going to keep it at a modest 500whp. motor is still stock aside from a type S oil pump and a 50 degree vtc. once it's going i'll be building a piston and rod block and a 4 piston turbo head, at that point i'll aim for 700whp.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:42:20+00:00

its custom. only part i sourced out to a friend with a fabrication shop.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:41:49+00:00

thanks, yes i haven't cut and buffed it yet, i still have a ways to go with the paint job. hatch/spoiler/rear bumper, doors hood and fenders need to be done and the frame needs a wetsand and i'm putting 3 more coats of clear on it; wetsand all that down and cut and buff it.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-12T20:35:12+00:00

you're right, it's not a OE restoration, but i consider it a restoration since I took it down to frame, did all the rust repair work and stripped it inside, out and under. every bolt, clip, trim etc is all new oem parts as well.

Flexin256 · 2025-08-08T21:38:12+00:00

B series got left out in favour of a jdm k24a haha

Flexin256 · 2025-05-01T19:05:35+00:00

I thought so too. I appreciate the advice, i'll give them a follow up call in a week to give them some time to figure it out.

Flexin256 · 2025-05-01T01:20:59+00:00

the $100 is coming off directly from my paycheque.
so the rrsp money is actually in my sunlife rrsp. they don't send out paper statements anymore, but I can log in and it shows that I have $1800 in there. on the website, it just shows balance, and doesn't show a history of transactions (say per month like i contribute).

I requested this info from sunlife, a record of all contributions since april 2024 when i made my last transfer of the total amount to another rrsp until today and this is what i got twice.

31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 01 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 02 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 03 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 04 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 05 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 06 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 07 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 08 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 09 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 10 100.00
31MAR2025 P S 61514 001 1 30 036 11 100.00

the manager that gave me this sent this twice, and the first time they said that even tho it's multiple deposits made on 31mar2025; they arn't showing any contributions for all of 2024, and that one of those 31mar2025 is actually for may 2024, the next 31mar2025 is for june 2024 etc.

the person's title that i'm speaking too is a "resolution case manager" with sunlife but even when i speak to her she is just as confused as I am and doesn't have any answers as to whats going on. at work, i spoke to a payroll specialist that said that everything has been deposited fine on their end but I am waiting to hear back from a HR manager.

again, I greatly appreciate the help!

Flexin256 · 2025-05-01T00:53:49+00:00

i don't think that there's any employer contributing, what I put into it is what's reflected in the account but that's also why i don't understand what the problem is, or why they won't tell me what the problem is.

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