[Bad Man]

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL
1990 CR-X

COLOUR
Satin Black

DATE OF PURCHASE
01 ish

ENGINE HARDWARE
ZC/D16


ENGINE ACCESSORIES
PAR Engineering Connecting rods
Arias Pistons
Counterbalanced and lightened crank
ACL 'Race' bearings
Extrude honed head
ARP head Studs
Cantrememberthebrand Head Gasket
Oversize throttle body
Crespo Cams 303°/302° I/E ( for the tech heads: @ .050 V/L Intake/Exhaust 260° / 260°)
Crespo Valve springs
TODA sodium filled valves
430cc injectors
Bosch fuel pump
Adjustable Fuel Pressure regulator
Turboedit ECU OBD0



DRIVELINE
Xtreme HD Clutch and Flywheel
5 Speed manual

BODYWORK
Had a body kit, now looking for something less... shit.

BRAKES AND SUSPENSION
282mm upgrade, Buddy Club coilovers, Front and Rear Tanabe Strut top braces, Whiteline swaybars, Nolathane bushes.

WHEELS
14in Watanabe's, or whatever has tyres on it. Have had many wheels for it.


INTERIOR GADGETRY
No interior.

STEREO COMPONENTS
JVC headunit
Apline DD Drive splits
DLS 6in Coaxials


Taken it off the road for a ground up rebuild now. Making the jump from the NA setup above, to a basic turbo setup. Not after huge HP, after stripping out all the sound deadening the car wouldn't weigh much more than 900kg so it isn't going to need big numbers to be interesting.
NA it made 112kw ATW, haven't run it with the turbo yet. Shooting for 160 to start with.
Will put it back together this winter when I have some spare time.
It's now Satin black not Black like in those pics.

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[Snoop G]

D series Turbo's r crazi as all the best with it

[Bad Man]

Just like women, CRX's are better with D's than B's.

And Yeah.. Jon's car was a huge inspiration when I first got mine.

[turkishskyline]

HOT!!!! i love the wheels

[turkishskyline]

if you dont mind me asking how much did you pay all up for your engine set up, i had a bolt on kit for a d17 and that cost me around 5g fitted and it worked a treat

[dualsyste]

Crazy power for NA!

You should try to get the factory body kit for it (or lip kit). Mate has it, looks undeniably perfect with it slapped on there!

[Bad Man]

turkishskyline, on Feb 20 2008, 12:09 AM, said:

if you dont mind me asking how much did you pay all up for your engine set up, i had a bolt on kit for a d17 and that cost me around 5g fitted and it worked a treat

Around $5k give or take. I did all of the assembly and most of the machining myself, but had the block dipped and head done elsewhere.
So far spent about $2k on the turbo setup.

dualsyste, on Feb 20 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

Crazy power for NA!

You should try to get the factory body kit for it (or lip kit). Mate has it, looks undeniably perfect with it slapped on there!

Yeah that's exactly what I'm after.

[nigs]

Holy f**ken shit!
112KW ATW with a N/A ZC motor!

That's bloody insane.

[Snoop G]

nigs, on Mar 1 2008, 11:38 AM, said:

Holy f**ken shit!
112KW ATW with a N/A ZC motor!

That's bloody insane.

not to mention its from a 1.6Litre

[nigs]

yer but 112kw from a B16a (J-SPEC) is much easier to achieve.

ZC FTW

Developed a soft spot for them when I saw a ZC with basic bolt ons pull 89KW, same power as a B16a2. Same dyno.
Sounded hawt!

Pfft who needs VTEC.

[srjunkie]

one of my mates had one of these. seemed like a fun car with pretty good power for a 1.6 NA. love the wheels, but i do suggest you get rid of the kit. go with something like the factory kit or lip kit, but you've already said your looking for one will be sweet once you've got the turbo setup back in and its looking sweet!

well done

[Perverted_S14]

Yeah should look sweet with a more suttle front bar. Other than that it looks really nice and the power figures look good. Will be impressive with the turbo no doubt.

[Scoota]

Ah the old CR-X...
This thing was going around before my time, unfortunately I never got to see it on the road.

I miss my stocker crx, had so much fun in it, was quick for what it was. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to drive this thing!

Didn't the crx get voted like the worst car of the year as far as crash testing goes?

[Bad Man]

Scoota, on Mar 9 2008, 11:29 AM, said:

Didn't the crx get voted like the worst car of the year as far as crash testing goes?

Well at the time it was released it got a 4 star driver rating, and 5 star passenger rating.

The cars tend to get totaled, but the occupants seems to fare pretty well.

[*EYECANDY*]

hahah i've driven this car i gave it its squeak haha

I can't wait for you to get this car on the road again already! tho i do wonder if our cars are connected! when yours lives mine can't?

[Snoop G]

the CRX Nationals are on in 2009!!!
Hope ur ready by then...

[Bad Man]

Snoop G, on Jul 24 2008, 10:31 PM, said:

the CRX Nationals are on in 2009!!!
Hope ur ready by then...

*cough Engine mounts *cough

[Perverted_S14]

pfff engine mounts.
Don't need them!







Much.

[Snoop G]

Bad Man, on Jul 25 2008, 09:04 AM, said:

Snoop G, on Jul 24 2008, 10:31 PM, said:

the CRX Nationals are on in 2009!!!
Hope ur ready by then...

*cough Engine mounts *cough

no more excuses

[Bad Man]

indeed.

It's been far too long, so it's time to get it back on the road.

[lookingforboost]

love the wheels dude... are they a four stud wheel or did you have to convert it?

[MISS_RE]

Bad Man, on Sep 18 2008, 10:58 PM, said:

indeed.

It's been far too long, so it's time to get it back on the road.

OK... so over 4 months later.. whats the progress?

[Snoop G]

As least i know your word is not your bond.
Bad_Man is a badman after all.

[Bad Man]

Yeah Yeah Yeah.

New mounts are sweet as... Pity the threads in the trans are all f**ked.
If it's not one thing it's another.

[*EYECANDY*]

Hurry up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do not own mine now so yours can exist now remember!!!

Thats my theory at least!

[Snoop G]

Bad Man, on Feb 4 2009, 11:11 AM, said:

Yeah Yeah Yeah.

New mounts are sweet as... Pity the threads in the trans are all f**ked.
If it's not one thing it's another.

as i have said to many... stuff the D series.

It was good for its time.. but its almost to say who would stick with an CA18DET when an SR20DET is on hand.

Some people so called fight to continue the upkeep(maintance) and they get so sick of fixing it they decided to sell the whole car.


I really dont know how much your into that CRX.
But only time will tell wont it ?!?!

[Bad Man]

Snoop G, on Feb 4 2009, 05:37 PM, said:

Bad Man, on Feb 4 2009, 11:11 AM, said:

Yeah Yeah Yeah.

New mounts are sweet as... Pity the threads in the trans are all f**ked.
If it's not one thing it's another.

as i have said to many... stuff the D series.

It was good for its time.. but its almost to say who would stick with an CA18DET when an SR20DET is on hand.

Some people so called fight to continue the upkeep(maintance) and they get so sick of fixing it they decided to sell the whole car.


I really dont know how much your into that CRX.
But only time will tell wont it ?!?!

Well now that I FINALLY have some time to work on it, I'm making quite a bit of progress.

While I understand your argument with the D series, I've spent so much on this one that I couldn't justify going B or K series.

Really, for the age of the car, and what the poor thing has been through I can't complain at all about the maintenance. I've had it since I was 17, so 8 years later I'm not in any hurry to get rid of it.

Either way, new mounts worked a treat, it's getting painted this weekend (assuming nothing else f**ks up) and should be good to go in another week or two after that.

I still stand by my original statement... CRX's just like women are better with D's than B's.

[Snoop G]

Bad Man, on Apr 10 2009, 12:32 AM, said:

I still stand by my original statement... CRX's just like women are better with D's than B's.

say wat u will i guess u have to manage the tired old engine.

[Bad Man]

And oddly with age there is the engine mount sagging issue... Nothing a bit of silicone can't fix.



Nah as much as I'd love a K swap, I just cant justify it.

Well paint should be done by the end of the week anyway...

[*EYECANDY*]

and thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn