Buying this Integra for $50 was one of the best deals I've ever had.
When I first saw the DB8 Integra in the parking lot, I knew I wanted to build a 4 door Integra at some point.
This particular Acura Integra was in rough shape when I found it. It was automatic, blown engine, nasty tan interior, 243k miles, front end damage, and rear end damage.
The car was in rough shape. The process of finding parts and building the car is what I truly enjoy doing.
Once the seller agreed to the $50, I did not hesitate to grab the GSR blades off of my green 2 door Integra and bring them to the mall parking lot.
Now i needed to find a way to bring the car to my house. So i had a friend drive my rhd Integra and flat tow me all the way to the house haha. Once we got to the house we bagan pulling out as much damage as we could from the rear end.
I bought a headgasket and timing kit to see if maybe the motor would be ok. But after taking it apart and seeing the valve marks on the pistons heads, i didnt have much hope for this motor. But I still put it all together just to see, and sure enough it didnt build compression..
I knew I was going to need a rear end, so I found a part out and grabbed a new trunk and cut off the rear end of a rusty GSR Integra sedan. Now I had most of the body parts needed to fix the car, but I still wanted it to run before I did body work.
So during winter break, I drove my Integra Coupe 5 hours north to visit family. And while i was there, my brother and i went to a junk yard and found a Honda CRV with body damage. I spun the motor by hand to verify 4 compression strokes.
I bought the 200k mile B20z motor for $200 and put it in the hatch of the Integra.
I also needed to find a manual trans, so I ended up finding one in another junkyard and pulled it for another $200. Its so sad to see these cars get scrapped ..
On new years eve we pulled out the motor and trans that was in the green integra and swapped in the junkyard crv b20 and the junk yard trans. Why did we do this? Because junk yard parts only have a 30 warranty, and I wanted to make sure they worked before I drove 5 hours back down to school.
So once i get back, i pulled out the blown b18 and auto trans from the integra sedan and sell it off as parts. Then i pulled the junkyard b20 and trans from the green integra and drop it into the sedan.
Once i finished manual swapping the car and installing all of the accessories, it was time for its first test drive. And it went well!
One thing that always bothered my about Integra's were the circle headlights. I sold my usdm front end and I bought a JDM Integra front off of my brother. Then we welded up the core support and it looked like a whole different car.
I have always wanted to figure out a 5 lug swap that doesnt cost over 1k. So i gathered parts I thought would work and I was able to make the Integra 5 lug! I had 300zx wheel temporarily until i picked up one of my favorite 90s wheel, Enkei RS, 2 piece. The car was coming along really well, I also picked up a JDM Integra Type R lip.
At this point, ive had the car for 1 years and have loved the progress, especially for this to be the side project. I was simultaneously welding tubs and RB25det swapping my 240sx, and repairing my RHD Integra, which Ill have to make another story video about haha.
Next I needed to update the suspension, it was old and worn. Stance coils, Voodoo control arms, and Function 7 subframe brace, 32mm Integra Type R sway bar. Now the car was driving and handling great.
So i needed to do some body work. The quarter panels were in rough shape, luckily not from rust, but just from dings and dents and the side swipe. So I welded some gaps and filled in some low spots. Then spray painted the car blue. Ideally i wanted to paint it nicely, but it wasnt in the budget, maybe in the future.
Just gotta work with what you have and make the most of it, youll be surprised how much you can accomplish when you set your mind to an end goal
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