Libs nhb ep3 HUGE UPDATE

[ctr-lib]

hi all

i purchased in jan 2011 a 2005 night hawke black ep3 in mint condition the plan was to keep it standard but that lasted 2 minutes, then about march 2011 at santa pod i destroyed my clutch down the strip i managed to get her home *** thats when the majority of the modifications came.

the pictures are from various meets and shows ie JDM north meet, Santa pod fast

comments and opinions welcome

THE CURRENT SPEC

interior
Double din head unit
Skunk 2 gear knob
Custom leather interior (red/black)
Mugen pedals
Pro sport oil temp and pressure gauges
Corbeau pro series bucket seat and custom subframe
4 point 3" TRS harness
OMP targa suede steering wheel
Momo boss adapter
D1 spec snap off boss


exterior
Custom tow hook
Jdm wind deflectors
Seibon carbon fiber bonnet
17 x 8 Rota torques
225/45/17 federal RSR semi slicks


engine and gearbox
Tegiwa carbon fiber intake
Tegiwa red silicone intake hose
Tegiwa red oil breather pipe
Fujitsubo RM1OA cat back
4-2-1 Manifold
Es engine mount inserts
Polyflex gearbox mount
Exedy stage 1 clutch
Competition lightened flywheel
Mfactory LSD
Mfactory bearings
Mfactory 5.46 final drive
Mfactory magnetic sump plugs
Carbon synchros
Tegiwa short shifter
Skunk2 aniversary oil cap
Mugen socks
Refurbed cam cover
Custom RBC
Hondata intake gasket
Tegiwa throttle body gasket
Throttle body heater delete
Hondata kpro
CWM baffle sump insert
Mocal 19 row oil cooler kit sprayed black
Carbon fiber sparkplug cover
Carbon fiber slam panel cover


suspension
Meister zeta r coilovers
Grinspeed geo
D2 rear camber arms
Buddy club RCA'S
Super pro castor increase bushes
Progress 24mm rear arb powder coated in red
Progress rose jointed rear droplinks

brakes
4 pot Brembos
DS2500 front brake pads
Brembo grooved front brake discs
Mintex rear brake pads
Mintex drilled and grooved rear discs
HEL braided lines
AP 5.1 brake fluid


SHOPPING /TO DO LIST :twisted:

ITBS?????
Cams????
new drop links all road
new track rod ends
polybush rear suspension
rear progress arb and tie bar
refurb brembo brakes
Tidy up paintwork
A full detail
Semi slicks

March. 2011

March 2012

And a cheaky picture from fast show 2012 with nuts models

comments welcome

 

[ctr-lib]

hahaha my car that bad

 

[rf55]

looks very nice, RM01A are great

 

[SicklyPilot]

I like the rolling shot. Very nice mate 8)

 

[Nashy]

Nice motor!! wheels look cool something a bit different

 

[ctr-lib]

Well its been a very long time since IV updated this

The car has totally changed

 

[JamesT]

I really like this car!

 

[6N2 GTI 00]

Very Nice Mate

How do you rate the Seibon CF bonnet? Fitment looks very good on the pics

 

[ctr-lib]

Thanks for the comments


The seibon bonnet is a good fit but I'm starting to get some cloudiness on it from water getting under the lacquer properly from stone chips so I'm going to get it re lacquered at some point

 

[ctr-lib]

Updates


Well after lots of blood and sweat I finally had my oil cooler fitted by stevie from grinspeed, also had a baffled sump insert fitted along with some semi slicks also had the geo tweaked.

Iv gone for federal RSR semi slicks the ment to be the best all round tyre,

Had the baffled sump fitted due to the increased cornering with semi slicks it can cause oil starvation due to the position of the oil pick up.

I went for a full mocal oil cooler kit with thermostatic sandwhich plate

with reg

Without reg

 

[ctr-lib]

After breaking my gearbox I had the civic off road for a few weeks so I thought I'd get a few bits done to tidy her up

Firstly I sprayed my oil cooler black and my crash bar red(it had a bit of rust)

Strip down

All sprayed up and fixed back on

Then I decided to mesh the lower front lip as I had to chop the standard grill out for the oil cooler, I tidied it up more than that afterwards

All finished

Then I managed to get hold of a rear progress 24mm arb and rose jointed drop links, I got the arb powdercoated as it was in a bad condition.

Comparing standard and 24mm

Fitted

I also wrapped the exhaust in heat wrap incase it knocked on the arb can just seeit in the pics

Then I headed over to grinspeed to get the gearbox fixed and a 5.46 final drive and carbon synchros fitted

My god the car has changed it just pulls so hard, even in 6th on the motorway over taking is so easy. I can't wait to get on track And test it out properly :twisted:



a massive thanks to grinspeed for fixing the car but also for all the advice

 

[ctr-lib]

Iv bought a mugen wing but I have no pictures of that yet

The slag reached a massive milestone think I'm going to get a compression test done just to see how the old girl is and the valve clearances and maybe chain and tensioner depending how it is

Also bought a OMP targa suede steering wheel with a momo boss adapter and a D1 spec snap off boss, car now feels like a go kart and driving is a lot better now as I found myself reaching for the steering wheel with the bucket seat but now with it being a lot closer its great.

 

[ctr-lib]

Also bought some more carbon fibre goodness

I bought a carbon fibre spark plug cover with some Tegiwa black nuts( absolutely sh!te)

Also managed to get hold of a carbon fibre slam panel cover, took me a while to find one very rare

 

[D4N H]

Awesome!

 

[Danger200]

Nice updates.

 

[You Jay]

Nice pics! Great car!

 

[Jamesstone]

Smart car! looks like some time & money has been spent there!

 

[ctr-lib]

Thanks for the comments

Iv got a track day booked for November 2nd so I can test all the new mods and see what difference they have made.

I have a few more updates to post but ill do them later

 

[R35735]

Stevie FTW. How do you get on with normal driving now the steering wheel is so far away from the indicator and wiper stalks?

I'd constantly be trying to use them and miss.

 

[Cosmic_Chi]

Wheres the brembo kit from?