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Track built Civic EJ1
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09/10/2026

Getting track ready 🌚

With the relocated engine and radiator, the old ducting setup did not work any more.
In a hasty quick & dirty approach I cut the old hood exit so that this setup should hold fornone event 👀
And will be done properly afterwards.
Intake funnel in front of the radiator was easier, this will stay.
this was four days before the event.

30/09/2026

Perfect radiator 🤩

First of all a big thank you to Alan Miles Ward and for helping with this beautiful work of art 🙏🏽

I purchased the core from Alan after decising what the best for my buuld would be. Then, Dominik and I aligned how to best realize a single-pass radiator. End tanks were planned with CAD, 3d printed as mock up and finally 6061 printed. Yep, they are printed aluminium end tanks. Finally, I handcrafted the brackets.
Nothing short of amazing, plus, 13% lighter than the previous setup 🤩

Could look at this all day long

26/09/2026

Brake lines from .stahlflex.de

Created some custom brackets to fit these EK4 lines to my EG knuckles and this is it. Perfect.

26/09/2026

Wheel house progress 🤩

✅ Drive shafts
✅ Brakes
✅ Brake cooling adapters
✅ Brake lines

Made some custom brake line brackets from 2mm aluminium.
These are HEL Performance | Official brake lines for EK Civics, perfectly fitting my new wheel house setup 👌🏽

The Civic is almost ready to stand on it's feet again.

25/09/2026

"Custom" axles 🤔

Engine sits 35mm closer to the firewall and 9mm closer to the passenger side.

Thinking it through, this requires custom axles.
The passenger side axle was 12.5mm short (track width of donor vehicle CRX ED9 is 25mm narrower than the track width of the EJ1), closing that gap by 9mm by engine re-positioning sounded okay. Tested it, assembled the drive shaft, done ✅

Thinking again, the driver side axle, being 12.5mm short, should become more of an issue, as that gap is widened to 21.5mm.
Test-fitted a longer CR-V axle (CR-V driver side, 21mm longer, joints fit on there), which blocked at the lowest position.
(The lowest position is below full droop, only reached if the coilover is taken out. In theory not relevant on track, but... I was looking for a solution, not a compromise)

So, testing continued with the old ED9 drive shaft, which in theory is too short -- but practically seems fine, same as on the passenger side. So, I'll try this setup: shifted engine position, keeping the same axles left & right 🤷🏽‍♂️

My learning: all that thinking didn't get me where I wanted to be. Test-fitting and measuring did. Fingers crossed this setup works 🤞🏽

16/08/2026

🕙Suspension & brakes progress.

Last thing I did before going on vacation 😁
The base plates for the front ASB are done (thanks Karol Pleskacz 🙏🏽), following the advice of Evan McLaren to bring the bar as close to the firewall as possible. It worked 🙆🏽‍♂️

Installed a less weight than I removed from the power steering 🤙🏽

For the rear brakes: I removed the splash guards and painted parts of the rear discs in black. This turned out nicely. In the process I almost messed up a thread of a rear brake caliper mount 🤦🏽‍♂️
Had to recut the thread and it worked

11/08/2026

✅ Engine

The engine is together 🙆🏽‍♂️ Cam is degreed, valve lash is set, auxillaries installed. After my vacation it can be taken off the stand, gearbox can be added-- and the package is done.

You can see how extensively the runners were ported, the gasket needed quite some work and was finished with a dremel, because the shape wasn't big enough. Go big or go home, those 200hp are work 🤓

Next is the fun part: Fit engine & gearbox it into the engine bay with the new location, different axle length' and all 😅

And yes, I do look forward to clean the garage again when all this is done.

04/08/2026

✅ Short block assembled

It took quite some time but patiently cleaning everything and installing new seals all around saves headaches during the season. Tried to capture the block changes I added with the help of my machine shop, Bamotec Nuremburg: Installed BMW oil squirters and put some holes above the crank alley.
Block turns smooth as f***, even with all four pistons and rods torqued to spec you can rotate it by hand.
Using the D17 oil pan still is an all time favorite mod, it seals perfectly (via liquid sealant, like K series oil pans) and has built in baffles that work during hard cornering on track. It's a bit heavier than the steel pan, but that I accept.

02/08/2026

✅ Head assembled

It has been the millionth time assembling a D16 head, wo I forgot to take more photos. Just scroll back in my feed to fund more 😁

This one has new OEM valve spring seats, as the old ones didn't feel to good When Karol Pleskacz and I checked them, while we were replac8ng rhe valve seals last year
He also helped me with smoothening the valve aurfaces, ao that rotation doesn't cause harm to the apeing seats or retainers.
VTEC block off, plugs and sensors also installed... good to go 💪🏽

20/07/2026

Old ➡️ New

Had a great opportunity to replace my fuel tank for just a few bucks.
The replacement is an aftermarket one from Ashuki and I'm curious if it performs as reliable as my OEM tank. Which I'll put in the shelf, just in case...

Couldn't replace the tank straps, the aftermarket ones were total garbage, so I'm currently lacking an alternative to my 31yrs old 👀
Improvised a bit on the buffering elements but these (padding material from packages & duct tape) are in better shape than the original ones 😅

Also replaced the Nitril line with PTFE and re-added some insulating material where the exhaust is close.

Side effect: the new tank saves another 1.5kg 💪🏽

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