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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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Oh neat, ill have to check it out. Just remember, have fun with it!
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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haha glad to be your motivation! too bad i think i need someone here to motivate me! Post up some pics of yours, wire tucking it?
i was looking at my wiring harness the other day, its 80%, and its getting time to finish it.

with mine i took the stock harness unwrapped it, took out the 3 wires i wasn't using, put it back.

so now its time to really clean up the routing and wrap it
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
i was looking at my wiring harness the other day, its 80%, and its getting time to finish it.

with mine i took the stock harness unwrapped it, took out the 3 wires i wasn't using, put it back.

so now its time to really clean up the routing and wrap it
Thats the hardest part, routing it so it looks good. I really wish I had the time to do it the way i want, Mil-spec connectors and all that good jaz....

Did my old integra like that so I have all the tools, maybe if i get a cleaner chassis i will do her right, this one is going to be my summer daily
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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you had an integra too? I had two of them before i got into first gen 7's
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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I actually have one right now that I'm doing right,
I have 01 gsr 40,000 miles, roll cage jdm hid front end, ls-vtec gt35
Its fun but I dont drive it to much its to much power i really want to do a kswap.
I think ill save the money and put it into my 7 its better to drive
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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lmao! our race car is an integra, we're reshelling it right now too....

new one is a 99 Rs coupe, full cage, spherical bearing control arms, adjustable uppers, its all spherical in the rear. synchrotech trans, etc etc. we're reusing the LS motor from the last car.

why is the LS/vtek swap so cool? we did run a GSR engine for a while, its much faster!

we used to run honda challenge so we were limited to the LS engine, but now we're running PT/TT so we can run anything we want
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 08:07 AM
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Nothing cool about the ls really, its already sleeved and ready to go. It's mated to a b17 head. I want to get into that kind of racing, I have mostly dabbled in autocross.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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Nothing cool about the ls really, its already sleeved and ready to go. It's mated to a b17 head. I want to get into that kind of racing, I have mostly dabbled in autocross.
ah ok, cause everyone does it, and we can't figure out why....

road racing is fun! just remove front swaybar, and buy a bigger one in the rear.....
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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any progress pics?
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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Wow this is turning out nice...I always said If I ever built a 1st gen for myself I would do the same...I wire tucked my CRX a few years ago

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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 10:40 AM
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The updates will be coming soon. I finally after all spring/summer/fall decided to get off of my *** and start working on this again!
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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When you stripped the harness down, did you completely remove the emissions control unit and all the wiring with it ? I ask because I am doing basically the same thing. I look at it and it intimidates the **** out of me.
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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wheel specs?
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 10:03 PM
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Man this is an awesome build. i aspire to be as thoughtful and meticulous as you have been thus far on my current DD Resto project. if you wouldnt mind id like you to PM me so i can learn from you and pick your mind a little bit. i promise i wont be too much of a bother looks amazing man im liking this on FB right now hahaha. cant wait to see it finished!
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 11:18 AM
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Long time no post

I have done some work to the car, but not nearly as much as I'd of liked to. After I got the sub-frame done and stuff I kinda burnt myself out with it. Since then I got a lot of work done around the house, put E-Fans in my pickup, and bought (painted, added chrome, and other badassery type things) a keg fridge. Pretty cool

Here are the only real progress pics that I have. I'm still waiting on my front cover o-ring from mazdatrix and I just remembered (again) that i forgot to order a rear main seal

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I wanted to paint my engine white and black. So i did.

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Paint didnt stick good enough... but thats actually ok. I hated the look of white and black.

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Stripped it and re-cleaned, its staying natural color.

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There is a pic of my trans after I wire wheeled the bell housing. I like it I think im either just going to clean the rest of it good and leave it, or paint it black...

I just sold my bike... This Saturday I'm making a 590 mile round trip to Cincinnatti, OH to pick up an 85' GSL from a forum member. Pretty excited about that too!
You can't just take everything out, including the engine, and call it a "wire tuck" - that's called a "roller" I KID, i kid - looking great and I'm stoked to see how things turn out! I've been following your build for a while

I'm curious what you used to strip down the paint on the block. Previous owner of my ride sprayed the engine black. But not the entire engine - just the top.... ahhh jeez. I'm going to be either painting it or taking it down to metal when I do my EFI setup here in the next month, looking for some tips.

Did you just wire wheel the whole thing? Use a power drill or something else?


SiRMarlon - Nice job on the CRX tuck! Those Hondas look so badass tucked! Definitely my inspiration.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 04:48 PM
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Just checked this thread again. I posted here about a year ago - fun to revisit Keep building, she's looking awesome!
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
i was looking at my wiring harness the other day, its 80%, and its getting time to finish it.

with mine i took the stock harness unwrapped it, took out the 3 wires i wasn't using, put it back.

so now its time to really clean up the routing and wrap it
Mike, just go ISIS!!!! I have mine for the street Deuce
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 12:11 AM
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Mike, just go ISIS!!!! I have mine for the street Deuce
ISIS? Is that like Bluetooth or some ****?
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 06:16 PM
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Is this car finished? I was eagerly following the thread and waiting to see the finished engine bay and paint job!!!
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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ISIS? Is that like Bluetooth or some ****?
no idea, i DO know however, that i could actually ditch everything but the coil/ignition wires at this point, i left the wires for the horns and the lights, but haven't used em yet
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Any updates to this build? I'm working on doing a wiring tuck to my current TII swap right now and remembered this build.
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 09:23 PM
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Whats the best recommended way to simply tuck the wires in your bay? Also what is all the wiring you can take out including ac, radio etc? Im just trying not to take anything essential out and its my 1st rx
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 05:14 PM
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Whats the best recommended way to simply tuck the wires in your bay? Also what is all the wiring you can take out including ac, radio etc? Im just trying not to take anything essential out and its my 1st rx
A wire tuck is not simple, possibly one of the more complex modifications you can do.

You will need to determine for yourself which solenoids and relays can be kept or removed, based on your build goals, and you will need to read through all of the factory wiring diagrams and understand how the system is tied together. The diagrams are available at http://www.foxed.ca

I tucked the remainder solenoid bundle under my dash, and routed the harness through The drivers side fender

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