EF Civic Track Build Progress: Tear Down, Interior Prep, and K20 Swap Planning

Getting It Cleaned Up

My shop space doesnt have a hose bib, so I swung by the house on the way home to wash the roller while it was still strapped to the trailer.

No brake lines, master, and no handbrake due to the rear disc conversion was a fun loading/unloading experience.

At the shop I leaf blew out the interior, spent an afternoon de-stickering and got it rolled in. First real look at the thing in solid daylight and with all the doors/hatch open. Great value for the investment so far, but man, the To Do list is looooong

Wheels and Exterior

The 15x9 Rota Grids with 225/45/15 Toyo RR on the front are leftover from my KMiata. They may very well end up on the car in a reverse-staggered setup like pictured, but are not my first intention,

The exterior is actually in good enough condition to either leave alone or leave at the bottom of the To Do list.

I ordered some amber corners and bumper lights and thats it. Maybe hood pins later on so i can delete the cable and latch.

The blue fenders are both pretty beat up, enough so that the drivers side corner light doesnt sit square/properly once screwed in tight. I will play with bending that bucket back into alignment, but I have a more straight pair of black fenders...

Interior Work (The Big Project)

The interior is the bigger project:

• Cage needs scuffed and painted.
• Window net mounting needs updated/upgraded. I'll go to a wrap-around lower and cut off the existing alloy flat stock lower mount ASAP. I may buy a new spring-pin upper bar as well.
• Dash and chassis harnesses can be removed, as im moving off the 36 year old wiring altogether; engine(partial ECU connection), charge/start, dash(partial ECU connection), body(fuel pump), etc.
• Cage padding has to come off for paint
• Some remnants of sound deadening to get out from the steering column area.
• Holes. Holes. Holes.
• Maybe swap the rear hatch if I decide to paint/wrap the exterior.

Test Fitting and Interior Space

Mocked up the old spare seat with a Miata works bell hub and the wheel from my BRZ

No the miata and civic dont share a hub spline, but the miata hub fits over the smaller civic shaft for mockup.

So much room in here compared to a miata.

Tear Down Begins

The first real work session was primarily to get the harness out and panels off to prep for (cleaning)paint.

Current Setup

This is where it sits today: The Jongbloed 15x9s that came with the car are now in use as roller with some old 245/40/15 rt660 GLTC scrubs I have laying around.

I was able to file down the casting ridge off the front knuckles and delete the 5mm spacer that was on the front behind the Rota Grids in previous photos. The 245/9" setup will still need a lot of fender work, and I cant really do much until I have the car near comp weight, post swap and with the incoming PCI upper arms swapped in.

Motivation

Lastly, for a bit of thanksgiving week motivation, I rolled the 'rebuildable core k20a3' under the car