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[sidad]

my son was a civicland member. he had a 2000 black si until a few months ago. he had installed an excellent alpine system, had installed fog lights, a viper system, an elaborate suspension system, and cold air intake. of course he had lots more planned for that beautiful car. the car was stolen. he was devastated. we found a 1992 black hatch si in atlanta and purchased that. we planned on making that the ultimate. if any of you members may be able to recognize him from my description i would appreciate you contacting me. my son passed away recently and now we have his memories and the si. he had written an extensive plan for the si including all of the engine and body modifications. while i did some customizing of cars when i was younger, the new cars are so much more advanced and i will probably need some help, but i intend on making all of the modifications to that car my son had planned. i have a steep learning curve with respect to using this forum and working on the car. thanks for any help you can provide.

sidad

[simplegreen]

geez, sorry to hear about your boy. it's a comendable thing to do in his apsence. What was your sons name, where you guys from.

welcome to the site for what it's worth, hope we can provide the information you need.

[Hybrid_Coupe]

im sorry to hear about your son...And..being a Tech on here..i will gladly give you all the help and knowledge you can use. Feel free to pm me any time and i will answere anything to the best of my knowledge.

[sidad]

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geez, sorry to hear about your boy. it's a comendable thing to do in his apsence. What was your sons name, where you guys from.

welcome to the site for what it's worth, hope we can provide the information you need.
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we are from augusta, ga, but in the last few years my son attended georgia southern in statesboro, ga then most recently was attending nascar technical institute in mooresville, nc. my son's name is ben price but i am sure he had some other screen/display name that i don't know. you will have to excuse me, but i am still trying to learn the very basics of navigating in civicland and may make some mistakes.

[sjsotelo]

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[Turbob20EG]

Welcome and Goodluck!

[jfred2112]

i am very sorry to hear about the passing of your son. most of us here at the site will be more than welcome to help you in any way that we can. do not be afraid to ask any question, it will get answered. good luck with the si. it is a wonderful thing that you are doing and i am sure your son would be proud. welcome to civicland.

[sidad]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jfred2112 @ Dec 29 2005, 01:47 AM) [snapback]98156[/snapback]

i am very sorry to hear about the passing of your son. most of us here at the site will be more than welcome to help you in any way that we can. do not be afraid to ask any question, it will get answered. good luck with the si. it is a wonderful thing that you are doing and i am sure your son would be proud. welcome to civicland.
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[/b][/quote]thanks to all who responded. well i will start right off with a request for some help. my son talked quite a lot about an engine swap. but the notes i found in his car talk about "knife edged crank, KZ4 bottom end, bored over and sleeved, kzoaz head, ported and polished, plus other modifications.". this all sounds like he planned on beefing up the existing engine. what do you think? also, he planned on removing door handles, keyholes, emblems, moulding and other exterior changes then painting the car. should the exterior work be completed prior to the engine and suspension work? or does it really matter? i would be inclinded to do the engine, suspension, and interior work prior to painting. just to prevent damaging the paint while doing other work. i guess i have a long way to go, but you know what they say about that long journey, it starts with that first step.

[jfred2112]

it sounds more like it is ment as the K24a2 swap that he was wanting. that motor is out of the acura tsx. at this time, there is not much in the way of tuning capabilities for a lot of power with that motor and the k20a2 out of the 02-04 rsx type-s will offer more in the ways of availability and future upgrades. there is, however, a few people who are doing this same motor build taking the k24 block from accords and crv's and matching the k20a2 head to them. i am not sure what the constraints on the engine compartment are, but turbos and superchargers work well with that motor also. check out some wbsites such as; i-vtec.net, k-series.com, clubrsx.com, and also k20a.org. there is a lot of information on those sites about the k-series engines. the engine is only a few years old, so a lot of parts are still harder to find than what they are for the b-series motors.

they order in wich you decide to go is up to you. i would start with brakes and suspension that will alow you to give good handling and stopping power to the increased power of the motor. other than that, most of the other things sounded more like dress up. painting the engine compartment before the engine is in is easier, but i would usually paint everything else later.

good luck, and i will try to help you out as much as possible.

[AkinaDrifter03]

Welcome!