lookin4aCrxSi

i finaly bought an 89 crx si, converted the rear drum brakes to fit disk, just purchased a JDM DOHC VTEC B18c5 engine, tranny..so on, with 180 hp and im trying to find out some way to deduct some weight out of my car, easy ways i mean, im already not goin to have a passanger seat or a steroe system that'll add 100 lb's or so, but what else easy and simple can i do for now b4 my engine arrives?? (in a week).

Kai

Cut off the roof with a saws-all. Peice of cake. :chuckles:

Gut the hatch, ditch the spare and jack, pull the A/C. That's about it for easy.

Exempt

If its stamped 'B18C5', its not JDM (J spec engines dont have a last digit on the engine code)... And pretty much like Kai said, gut it, remove A/C, and thats about it... You can get crazy with it, and remove the rear hatch wiper, and any other lighter components like that... But when it comes too all that and your just trying to save 5 or 10 lbs here, you might as well just go on a diet... But with a B18, you shouldnt have any problems getting up and going...

lookin4aCrxSi

sry, i didn't realize i put a 5 at the end of b18c.. it's not b18c5, it's a JDM b18c dohc vtec. no clue why i put that 5 there?? mind was elsewhere lol.

VTEC-Power

The car already weighs like 1,000 pounds, LOL :chuckles:

Exempt

Ah ok... Just making sure u didnt get ripped... Theres a 5HP difference between the J spec R and the USDM B18C5 (slight bump in compression from 10.6 to 11.1), and the JDM version sells for much more (about $500 more)... But it should be rated at 200HP then... The C5 is 195HP... And the JDM GSR version of the B18C is 180HP... I know it can be confusing, they probably should have put a last digit to help the confusion... But the spec Rs will come stock with a red valve cover...

lookin4aCrxSi

holy fuck i jus got totaly confused.. theres tons of stuff you said there that was said to be my engine but a couple that i don't know about but im not sure which ones....???? lol. sry, i'm only 17 so im jus gettin into all these B series engines n still learning but trying to put together a car at the same time, i found this site help ALOT so that's why i'm here. my dad's a mechanic but he doesn't know to much about the B series engines so.. anyways, thanks fer that info, i'll be sure to make sure what i got n tell all

lookin4aCrxSi

K, the engine i purchased is a JDM B18C GSR DOHC VTEC OBD1 Civic/integra... 180hp. that's right, right?? like i'm not getting ripped fer sumthing? cuz i've already purchased this engine fer $2900 canadian off of ebay so i hope i didn't get ripped. it's got 25K miles on it.

Exempt

K, that sounds right... So no, u didnt get ripped...

Sorry didnt mean to confuse you... Ill try and brake it down tho, in Japan and in the US, both the GSR and the Type R engines are B18Cs, in the US they are stamped B18C1 (GSR 170HP) and B18C5 (Type R 195HP)... These 2 are easy enough to tell apart since they are marked...

But in Japan there are also 2 of these engines, the problem is they are both stamped 'B18C', but the Spec R also known as the Type R, has 200HP and a red valve cover (but this can be faked by painting it), and the GSR version, which has 180HP... So you have the last one... There are probably other ways to tell, for instance the GSR in the US has the dual stage intake manifold, so I assume it has this in Japan aswell... But I dont know for sure...

white_n_slow

Your stereo and seat probably arent 100lbs. I weighed my A/C when I pulled it (compressor, condenser, evaporator, lines, hoses, brackets, all that crap) and it totalled 38 lbs. But 40lbs off the nose of the car will help. Another thing to consider is a lightweight racing battery. Kinda pricey, but they make batteries that weigh as little as 8 lbs, as compared to 25 or whatever the stock on weighs. Aside from that, just pull out anything that isn't holding the car together. :dunno: I gutted my car, but put the cupholders back in h: