Ga3_zo and kp60nick's honda logo of head turning fun.

[kp60nick]

Hopefully everyone was thinking I was engine swapping the logo. 

If you have seen anything that I've worked on in the past you will know my skill set is make something pretty before actually working. Then worry about the driving/functioning later. 

The logo has fallen somewhere in the middle. (Currently) at this stage we are on track for the drags next weekend. Here are some photos from the past few weeks 

Thanks for looking 

[kp60nick]

Yesterday was such an awesome day. My pb was a blistering 18.6 at 71mph. Drove down with the family did 14 runs down the strip and drove back home without any problems. A highlight getting to race Kieran in the demio and my younger brother luke in the L200. The reliable honda was the last one on track. 

Thank you to everyone that organized and volunteered. Would definitely recommend putting this event on your calendar next year. 

I will do a more detailed post later regarding what I did for prep for the drags. 

Prep like no other. 

Edit: 15* runs found another slip under my seat.

[Beaver]

Logo vs demio battles were the highlights of the day for me haha

[kp60nick]

14 minutes ago, Beaver said:

Logo vs demio battles were the highlights of the day for me haha

Haha gran turismo 2 irl. Sorry I didnt realize that was you at the start. We could have chatted about kingcab's. You did a great job of waving everyone to the line.

[rusty360]

That l200 ute looks amazing! I bet that was a massive rebuild to get it to that state. 

I had one many moons back. Still one of my favourite utes!

The little honda looks awesome on the white wheels to!

[kp60nick]

4 hours ago, rusty360 said:

That l200 ute looks amazing! I bet that was a massive rebuild to get it to that state. 

I had one many moons back. Still one of my favourite utes!

The little honda looks awesome on the white wheels to!

The L200 has a great story behind it. Our dad brought it in the 90s to use as delivery vehicle. He did a lot of rust repairs and put a flat deck on it and painted it the company colours at the time. He didn't use it enough and sold it to our grandad. He then kept well maintained and garaged. Used it for light duties around his lifestyle block. Eventually sold it to luke before he even got license. Then luke and I painted the cab. Luke then built the new flat deck and painted the chassis 

@Lukel200 start a build thread.

[shizzl]

Awesome to meet you guys, both of those rides are stunning

[kp60nick]

1 hour ago, shizzl said:

Awesome to meet you guys, both of those rides are stunning

Thanks mate. Look forward to seeing your ute finished. 

[shizzl]

2 hours ago, kp60nick said:

Thanks mate. Look forward to seeing your ute finished. 

Not as much as I’m looking forward to it haha.

I just looked at my calendar and I think I’ve only got 10 days available to get it finished after paint. That includes wiring which is my nightmare 

[kp60nick]

I had been planning on doing a bit of work under the bonnet for the drags but as you will find out that it spiraled out of control 

Its probably a bit strange but everything I did to the logo over this time was done in a spray booth. We have multiple spray booths and this one is mostly not used.

It started with I was having  problems with the engine mounts being so floppy the twist of the engine causing the exhaust to hit the sway bar. Plus I wanted to clean up the engine bay and remove the a/c.

The solution for the engine mount was to fill the remaining space around the mount with urethane. I went to Bunning's and found a Shellys product that had +-12% movement. To get the urethane in the mounts the easiest way was to remove the whole mount. But that meant the engine wasn't supported. So I decided to drop the whole engine and gearbox. 

I had the a/c de gased and removed the compressor. Then started unplugging the loom and was taking photos of all the plugs and bolts to try remember where everything went. Got lazy in the end and gave up. Lol. Dropped the whole engine and gearbox down on to a trolley then rolled it out to the left. Only casualty was a snapped dipstick. 

I quickly realized that my OCD wasn't going to let me put the engine back in without painting the bay. It was starting to get a bit of surface rust in some places so it was the perfect time. Then realized there was no good place to have a masked line apart from just before the rear axle so that meant I had to paint the underside. So I may as well paint under the guards as well.

OCD kicks in again anything that needs to be black needs a fresh coat of black. Then the block, head and gearbox look dull. So I took my time selecting the colour for the aluminum as I wanted it to be an almost perfect match. I ended up going with a basecoat with 50% clear coat.

Then the bolts looked crap so I sent them to get zinc plated from Terei Brothers. Denis and the boys did a great job would definitely recommend them. 

Before photo of about half the bolts I got done. 

 

The assembly was quite daunting until I remembered that partsouq have a full breakdown of every part and bolt size and length. Everything went relatively smoothly for assembly. Had a small problem with a axle bearing that is still in the car but seems to be ok at the moment. 

While the engine was out I brought a set of civic headers for d16. Surprisingly they bolt up but just needed a bit of work to get around the engine mount and sway bar. Unfortunately I ran out of time to make the exhaust myself so I sent the car to pit stop New Lynn they did a really good job. Full 2inch with 2 mufflers it looks really good I'm super happy with it. I feel it may have changed the mid range powerband but I'm a looks come first guy. Lol. 

Did a small brake upgrade while I was at it. Later model logo front discs (vented not soild) with gd3 Honda fit calipers. All bolt on. 

Got a wof on the Tuesday before the drags did a few small drives around town. Packed the car friday night and ready for the drags. 

It had been a crazy 5 weeks glad I did it and glad it's over. I have to thank so many people but my wife gets the biggest thank you. She's a bloody legend for dealing with everything while I was working to crazy hours. 

[kp60nick]

Here is some photos. Couldn't fit them all in one post 

It's a honda so it has to have a wrinkle finish rocker cover. Also while engine was out I did cambelt and water pump. The timing Marks were a bit confusing but looked into it online and found the timing Marks on the back of cam gear line up to the head while rocker cover is off. I guess it's so you can see while engine is still in the car. Did the sump gasket while it was on the engine stand.

unfortunately I couldn't get the shifter linkage off the gearbox so I painted it with a zinc coating and clear coated it. Kept the axle ends in to stop overspray getting in the box and them blacked them after. 

Note: brand new genuine Honda dipstick. 

[kp60nick]

Here's the finished exhaust and the half finished floor. That's a job for next year. 

I didnt want the yuck paint burning off the headers smell so I paint stripped them before hand. Will get them pro coated next year. 

All done ready to go. Crazy 5 weeks.

Photo from Roman Dave.

Racing with Kieran. He help me so much with finding parts and even getting the engine in the car. Even if he doesn't understand my ways he's always there to help out. Thanks mate.

[kp60nick]

Nearly 1000km since it overhaul, still looks good under here. Have got a small leak from the ps pump. Probably because I split it when I got the bolts re zinc coated. Maybe the o ring isn't sitting right.

Also had to get a wheel alignment from the goat @Furai Kieran before he finished at bush road tyres.