My Civic EG with B18C6 and a little history (picture heavy)

dread_darven · 26 March 2011 16:27

Hi,

My name is Erik and i live in the Netherlands.
My first car was a VW Golf 2 1.3, nothing realy fancy but a perfect first car to learn how you should not treat a car.
After that i had a Opel Astra G 2.0 DTL.
Here is where my car enhusiasm realy got going.
I bought is as a totally stock Astra but decided it could look just a little bit better with a nice bodykit, here is how it turned out to look.

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Because of the low power (diesel around 90hp) i wanted more.
Looked at different options like a bigger intercooler or bigger turbo but after much consideration i opted for selling the car and buying a Honda Civic 1.5 DXI.

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It was a cheap car but that was about to change.
The reason for buying a civic was because of the endless engine choices you could fit in there, so before even buying the civic itself i bought an engine

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A B18C6 from a european Honda Integra Type-R, 1.8 dohc vtec, producing around 190 bhp in stock trim. With the engine also came a cold air intake, Full cat-back, Test pipe instead of catalyc converter and a 4-1 ceramic exhaust header.

As i did not have the technical knowledge back then, the engine was swapped by a tuning company (for alot of money )
Among some other things like bigger front brakes (vti), different rims and they adjusted the ecu for a better torque curve.

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As a daily i had a Citroen XM 2.0 which got a leaking head gasket after 5 months.
Then a Audi Coupe 2.3 (5 cylinder, awesome sound) but that one also had a leaking head gasket…
So after those 2 i bought a Volkswagen Golf 4 1.8 turbo as a daily (daily 200hp ) which was in perfect condition thankfully.

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Then disaster struck,

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With a yearly inspection they said the civic wouldnt get trough it next year because of the rust at the rear wheels.
I knew of rust but i did not know it was that severe.

That pic above was taken after i pried there with a screwdriver, it was very severe on both sides and also beneath the sideskirt .
So i thought about what to do.
Different options came to mind… stripping it and selling all parts for something with rear wheel or 4 wheel drive (nissan skyline, subaru impreza, toyota supra) or buying a turbo upgrade for the Golf 4.
But i decided i would stick with Honda.
I sold the Golf 4, stripped the red Honda Civic and sold all the parts i didn’t need.

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bought another civic with less rust (although it still got a little bit of rust)

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It is a Civic 1.6 ESI.
So it got electric windows, doorlocks and sunroof.
It also has rear brake discs instead of drums, front and rear antiswaybar and a 1.6 sohc vtec engine (although i did not plan on keeping it in long)

As soon as i got it i started working on it.
First step: Ripping it apart
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Then to the painter for a fresh new paintjob.
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And after 2 weeks this was the result (and no rust anymore )
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Then it needed some protection against rust and i wanted to refurbish the complete suspension, braking and steering system.

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Fresh hamerite paint and pu rubbers

The engine was offcourse also in need of some upgrades.
First thing was checking if everything was still in good order.

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Then it was time for rebuilding along with some new goodies.
Heat wrap around the 4-1 ceremic exhaust
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Hassport engine mounts
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Moroso baffled oil pan
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Repainting the supports of the engine
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Next was installing the engine

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Current specs:

Honda Civic EG Esi

Engine and drivetrain:
B18C6 arround 210 bhp
Ceremic heat wrapped 4-1 header
Full Invidia cat-back
Invidia test pipe
Tenzo-R cold air intake
Samco radiator hoses
Iridium spark plugs
MSD spark plug wires
ACT heavy duty cluch
TCC light flywheel
TCC short shifter
Hassport Engine mounts
Energy suspension pu engine mount inserts
Energy suspension pu shifter stabilizer bushings
Moroso baffled oil pan

Suspension and brakes:
D2 racing adjustable suspension
Energy suspension pu suspension bushings
ASR subframe brace (not yet installed)
Benen front tripod strut brace
Summit rear strut brace
EBC front brake discs
Ferrodo brake pads
Goodrich steel brake lines
VTI 16-inch wheels
Toyo proxes T1-R tires 205 width

Interior:
QSP steering wheel and snap-off
Type-R shift knob
Black interior
LSI seats

Exterior:
Clear headlights

And that was my life story

Greets

Erik

Drake · 26 March 2011 19:43

Nice Civic. Have you got it dyno’d? I’d love to see how much it puts out at the wheels.

I once saw a Civic like that for sale with an H22A swap

dread_darven · 26 March 2011 21:26

Thanks,
Never had it on the dyno, plan on doing it this summer. It should be around 210 hp at the crank but i don’t know whp until its indeed dyno’d .
H22A is also nice, around the same horsepower but more torque. Although that engine does weigh a little more and doesn’t rev as high as a B18C6 (current rpm limit is set to 9000)

conan · 27 March 2011 04:38

I once got Honda Civic with the same color.

Good to see another Honda driver. I think member in this website drive Honda most now.

You can join us in Chat room. we want to talk to a lot of people.

Daffyflyer · 27 March 2011 09:32

Nice build, bet it goes rather well

Alfist-GTV6 · 27 March 2011 12:24

Hoi Erik, nice ride you’ve got there.
Also some nice specs, my compliments.

I bet you still got some “future” plans for this fast little bombshell.

dread_darven · 28 March 2011 19:10

It does indeed go rather well, i just love the handling of even a stock civic (esi, vti and sir) but realy focused on handling when i began building it. It now begs for some good bucket seats because of the cornering
Future plans is a bucket seat , semi-slicks and a roll cage, then some track time (maybe time atack with automaxx).

Alfist-GTV6 · 28 March 2011 19:38

Great to hear that she handles well.

Hahaha…that is always a good investment, especially if you really want to “burn some rubber” at the TT track in Assen for example.

Snapfrozen · 16 August 2011 06:08

The thing I love about Honda’s is that they are like lego! Know what sorta power its putting out? We get alot of H22As in EG’s and B series gearboxes, a lethal combo!

dread_darven · 16 August 2011 10:13

B series gearbox and H series engine is indeed a good choice. although i do prefer the b18c-R over an H serie.
as mentioned above it should produce around 210 bhp and the vtec switchover point is set at 5200 rpm (plus the ecu is adjusted with every mod installed) so the torque curve feels very flat.
and lego is indeed the thing that got me glued to hondas .

Jaziba · 18 August 2011 18:35

thats a great build fellow dutchmen and EG driver!