Yes, I have been bitten by the 'duuhh', the Honduuhh bug. It's dirt cheap and very easy to make fast. I used all the money from selling my Tib, the turbo kit and a little savings to finance this. This used to belong to my friend, and he allowed me to pay him in terms. It has not yet run as of this restoration. It used to be a 13 sec SOHC powered car prior to this full restoration. Hopefully this will come out nice and powerful. It's a little bit dirty as of the moment.

Back in 2007, when it was planned to be transformed into a drag car.. whew good thing it was canceled



Now as of Jan 2009









fully wiretucked and brakeline tucked
hoping to make 400 - 450 whp with pump gas and maybe meth injection just for safety
No P/S, just A/C.
B18C Integra Type r engine
B16 Head
Civic Type R Cams
Civic Type R Valvetrain
89 Stroker Crank
4.4 Final Drive
Kaaz LSD
Daiyama Fully Adjustable Coil-overs
Civic Type R interior parts
Autometer gauges
Spoon-copy Carbon Fiber seats
HP Racing Hoopbar and X-bar
15" Volk TE-37 refurbished in Magnesium Blue
full Civic Type R body kit
Backyard Special Bumper (to be fitted)

parts to be recycled from my Hyundai:
Pro + 38mm Wastegate
Pro + Fuel Regulator
Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump
Nardi Steering Wheel
Quick Release SW adaptor
me! hahaha lol

(parts that I plan or have ordered but have not yet been installed nor arrived, hopefully I can have all if I have the money)
Manley Connecting Rods
CP Pistons
Neptune Chipped ECU
China made T3/60-1 sized Turbocharger
Precision 750cc injectors (or 1000... not sure yet)
Devil's Own Meth Kit
Precision Intercooler
Function 7 LCAs

riiigghhtttt... it's free to dreaaam after these parts... so just let me lol

 

well it's not a CRX but you can't argue w/ 13 seconds.

 

Looks great. I like the red and black interior.

 

Pare, sad to say that you got rid of the tib. Yah, hindi ka magkakamali sa Honda

 

suh sad...


it will never be as unique though. but still impressive, and way easy to fix up. i'm gonna miss seeing "41willys" turbo tiburon updates for sure.

 

Yup it's quite sad actually... but as you said, you can't go wrong with a Honda. considering practicality here in the Philippines, I guess I'm better off with this.




I never knew you where into my 'updates', well it touched me more than you can imagine.

yes it may be faster (maybe alot, who knows) but not as impressive as the Tib. everyone here has got Hondas, Toyotas, Mitsus, etc... and it's not as common here as in other countries. out of 20 honda entrants in a drag event, maybe 2 there are EK hatches..

but out of 40 entrants, only 1 is a Hyundai lmao.gif

shit I'm gonna miss being different...




thanks, that makes the two of us! lmao.gif

 

just a few updates on this EK: (I'm making this my 'blog' lol )

sold the B18C Type R engine to get a lower-spec B18B engine to finance my other parts.

so this time I got 81mm 4AGZE Pistons and IB Spec Connecting Rods (Taiwan Rods) off from the money of the block exchange. I'm also thinking of selling the real deal Volks to get Rota CE28 knock-offs... and using my old Taiwan made intercooler from the Hyundai! cheap hot-rodding for the mother***ing win!!! lmao.gif damn I can't wait to fire this thing up and get in on the road...

and this is my daily-driver for the meantime... got this for a really cheap price. It only even has 44XXXkms!!!:









those pictures were taken the week I got it.

problems were:
temp switch for aux fan was busted
broken driver side mirror stalk
one busted side lamp bulb
busted odometer (it stopped just a few days after the pickup)
misfire at low rpms
some electric seat adjustment switches not responding
alot of panels with faded paint
mercedes hood ornament likes to rest down when travelling 100+km/h (60+ mph) hahahaha
falling ceiling upholstery on the sunroof

the only mods so far are new window tints which a local accessory shop performed... old ones were really full of bubbles and whatnot..

yesterday, got my lazy ass off to replace the air filter, spark plugs, oil filter, fuel filter, change the oil to a Royal Purple synthetic one. I also got the aux fan and odometer a quick fix. also got around to making the various electric switches to work and tune the engine via the fuel mixture screw (a new thing to me, programmable ECUs have been spoiling me/us so much!) as this thing is "Semi-Electronic/Electro-Mechanical Fuel Injected"... whatever lol and the misfiring has been gone ever since.

I love the comfort this thing gives me... I believe this is one of the last 'comfortable' MBs as the 1996 and above models I have rode or driven aren't that comfortable anymore.. they say this thing is one of the best engineered cars ever produced. and I think I'm inclining in believing that, after seeing almost everything was still good after 20 years... but certainly not the best engineered, maybe on the top 30 or 50 at the very least.

can you tell Im very bored?? lol

PS:

my great grandfather back in the 30's, with his own Mercedes

 

Dude, that is a crazy old school pic of your lolo! I thought you also had an Evo?

 

no, that Evo belonged to my father! If I had that, I'd just concentrate on that car rather than the Tiburon!

but it was a 'joint' project between me and him, and that's the same thing with the GT-R. but technically, both are his. I just fix and borrow them from time to time. smile.gif

I know it's crazy how old school that pic is. my uncle showed it to me, saying his grandfather (my great grandfather) also drove a Mercedes just like my grandfather and him. he said "it runs in the family from generation to generation" which I hope its not the case lol because they don't realize how bored I actually am with these MBs (except maybe for the AMGs E55s or higher spec models which I can only buy in my dreams!)

 

went to SM Mall of Asia today to buy some stuff, so I grabbed the moment to snap some pictures using my girlfriend's dslr.

















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