Danno's EP3

[Danno]

First off, i was alittle hesitant to post my car/build before its done/flush but my buddy Roy, has convinced me to do otherwise, so here it goes..

Little bit of an introduction..

Bought the car in 05, completely stock and left it like that for about a year or so, got out of school in 06, moved to the Philadelphia area for school, and by 07 it was Supercharged, Bolt-Ons, Coils, and cheap wheels.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9279/tstridleycreekstatepark.jpg

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1108/hondaengine.jpg

Its crazy looking at these old pics, car is hideous lol

2008, moved back to VA, sold the s/c, began taking car apart for a k24 all motor project, at that point i truely had no plans other than just swapping the motor out and getting some new wheels for the car.

Bought a k24 longblock, disassembled it and sent the short block to a well known california machine shop and got it back completely rebuilt with a couple of new beauty marks,

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1954/20080426ac.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5287/20080219ae.jpg

Sent pics back to the shop and they ignored my emails and calls, finally gave up, sold whatever i could out of the block and im about to make a nice coffee table out of it lol..

Lost alot of money and momentum after that and its only due to my close friends that i pushed forward and replanned out the entire build for something i could really be proud of whenever i finished.

Stripped the interior, removed all sound deadening tar and repainted. (Just rattle canned it, plan to strip the entire car in the future and get it re-painted top to bottom.)

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1441/20080625ab.jpg

Took the dash out and removed everything to do with the a/c, heater, vents, etc. Tucked the wiring and re-loomed some of the stuff that would show. Also tucked the engine fuse panel by the glovebox, relocated the ecu bunch of shit nobody will ever notice but me i guess but hey, i built it for myself right?

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4791/4277745991f1db797cf6.jpg

Around this time my 2nd K24A1 longblock came in and i started breaking it down and cleaning, pulled my old k20 and began tucking, prepping, painting, for its new heart transplant.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3641/img3830d.jpg

Ok so after this i sat back for a little while and started spending money, peakboost turbo kit, type r bumpers, lips, etc. The picture below is about 10% of the brand new honda bolts, seals, and random parts i bought for the car. Every bolt has been changed to brand new honda or a stainless socket head allen. Exhaust from the turbo flange back is v-band 3" stainless w/one resonator no muffler. Turbo is an SC61, plated compressor, heat coated exhaust.

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4200/dscf2002e.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/162/ep36.jpg

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/752/ep35.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7820/ep34.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2281/ep33.jpg

Which brings us to current day,

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8471/ep3s.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3458/eprandom1.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2281/ep3sc612.jpg

almost all the wiring is done, just need to weld up a couple holes in the firewall, get the car inspected, then bring it home and put all the turbo goods on and hit the rollers.

I cant wait to drop those photos but im still waiting to find the perfect offset in the wheel im looking at.

Pictures of the finish line and the proper wheel setup will be up soon, until then i will update as parts come in.

Thanks for looking, hope somebody enjoys the read.

[Androctonus]

More civic's! :D
Looks interesting, cant wait to see more of this!

[UnitedWeStance...]

Damn nice. Will be watching this one for updates...

[roy@canibeat]

woot! you finally did it! haha
ive seen lots of builds in the past, but everything is just so different about this one. All im gonna say is... Dans not the type to go the cheap route or cut corners. everything is just so legit...

[cristian@canibeat]

soooooooooooooooooooooo stoked for this build. Probably the most Ive been for any car ever. This will be epic!

[koolaid_chris]

i see this thing everytime were at Dan's house, it will be epic once it's done!!

[eric@canibeat]

seen the progress in person so far and its a real clean job. keep at it

[Danno]

Thanks much from everybody, its been a long haul, but trust.. shits going to roll together quick from here on :eyebrows

[roy@canibeat]

yes! cant wait till the rest of the little bits and pieces start coming in... i wanna see this thing on the roads!
haha

[Checho]

Hmmm following this one closely

[schroedin]

Love EP3s, nice work!

[Grey]

This looks killer.

Why would you rattle-can what appeared to be a perfectly fine white EP3? Was the stock paint foxed?

[Danno]

This looks killer.

Why would you rattle-can what appeared to be a perfectly fine white EP3? Was the stock paint foxed?

no no just the interior in the areas where the sound deadening tar was removed, just didnt want it to rust until i get the car painted

paints still nice, dont plan to change it right now, i just need to get my new bumpers painted

thanks for the comments and questions :D

[magoo_lc1]

I love hatches, ep3, and turbo power..it will be sick....im in love with the blue ep3 as well the ssr are incredible

[Danno]

I love hatches, ep3, and turbo power..it will be sick....im in love with the blue ep3 as well the ssr are incredible

oh hell yea, cristians car is fuckin tits in person

[adeelio]

Dope whipsos doooooooooood.

[Danno]

Dope whipsos doooooooooood.

hahaha, everybody watch this dude.. trust... his mazda is about to be redic

got what looked to be a giant carboard coffee table from Honda..
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5421/ep38.jpg

the dog was all about it
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1280/ep39.jpg

japanese rear bumper w/ lip, CHUCK @ SSUSA IS THE F*ING MAN
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7118/ep391.jpg

now my front end is silver, rear end is black and everything else is white.. lol bumpers, lip and wing are all going off to paint sometime soon, looking for somebody good local

ill test fit it tmrw, mabye take a picture, we got like 30"+ on saturday and supposed to get 10-20" tonight so ill probably be bored enough to take out the camera lol

[roy@canibeat]

oh snaps! sick!! did the harness come in to?

[Danno]

not yet, that bumper was shipped by some freight company, i dont think ups or fedex was out around me yesterday

[roy@canibeat]

oh danggg... haha thats funny how showstoppers packed that bumper and lip. HAHA

theyre getting creative with cardboard now

[cristian@canibeat]

danggg thats sick!! With rebar? I love showstoppersUSA!

[GTIzlatko]

can't wait to see this progress

[Danno]

oh danggg... haha thats funny how showstoppers packed that bumper and lip. HAHA

theyre getting creative with cardboard now

lol i know, box is fawkin huge

danggg thats sick!! With rebar? I love showstoppersUSA!

thanks doggie, naw i wouldve got the rebar for the back but roy proved it isnt needed lmao

front has a rebar tho, i duno i probly should buy it.. chuck had one in stock :eyebrows lol

can't wait to see this progress

thanks bra, already posted in your thread... i think.. but if not, ur gti is sick lovin the wheels

[roy@canibeat]

HAHA no rebars son!

[Kielan]

This is dope, def watching this, I love the EP3's and this one build looks so sick. Keep working at it, the results are going to be amazing I can already tell. Good luck and keep pushing!

[Danno]

This is dope, def watching this, I love the EP3's and this one build looks so sick. Keep working at it, the results are going to be amazing I can already tell. Good luck and keep pushing!

thanks dood, really appreciate the encouragement

finishing up the wiring and brake lines today

[Danno]

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5328/ep37.jpg

2-20-10
finished up the brakes, and most of the wiring, then test fit most of the turbo parts..

Found a painter, so thatll be gettin done finally. Decided on wheel specs but not the actual wheel, lol

bunch more photos of both my cars on my Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannohorst/)

thanks for looking

[Androctonus]

holy shit that looks schweet!

[Oxer]

Looks amazing dude... Stanceworks needs a honda squad.. stickers asap :D

[illFA]

sick dude.

+1 for the honda squad lol

[Androctonus]

sick dude.

+1 for the honda squad lol

+2:eyebrows

[Danno]

+2:eyebrows

+3

Thanks guys its coming together, paint and rims will really get me motivated to finish it

[godspeed]

+4 :d

[Rickysbmw320i]

wow! nice work

[Danno]

wow! nice work

right back at ya, watchin your 71 build!

[Kielan]

Your bay, is the most amazing, utterly fantastic, completely fresh, powerful, sex filled, reason why people should buy Honda ever. Gives me something to aspire to in the future.

[roy@canibeat]

holy fuck! nice update Dan. everything looks so good in place.

[Danno]

Your bay, is the most amazing, utterly fantastic, completely fresh, powerful, sex filled, reason why people should buy Honda ever. Gives me something to aspire to in the future.

Thanks man i really appreciate the comment, that was the one thing i wanted to def do right, now that thats coming together im obsessed with the wheels lol, its neverending..

holy fuck! nice update Dan. everything looks so good in place.

:D soo bored on sunday lol

[roy@canibeat]

holy crap this thread got buried into page 5! haha bump for more updates!

[phoenix_IRL]

+5 The turbo kit is kinda where I was going wouldn't be as epic as this though

[Danno]

lol 0 updates guys sorry, finished up the front suspension and some other shit

just waiting on parts, promise real updates soon