So the plan is to pull the engine and replace the clutch. And replace the brakes (rotors). Oh and the windshield, its uckfayed. Suspension looks good still. As we dig into it more, we will replace everything and anything that needs to be replaced for it to pass inspection. We will replace flush all fluids. Then ship it off to get inspected so we can get it on the road, and hope half the uckfaying autox season hasn't come and gone.
With regards to the white puffs of smoke, if it needs a headgasket, whatever, we will drive it till she blows. Just want to get this thing up and running asap. These engines are plentyful on kijiji anyway. I think there was 4 for sale in edmonton alone when we picked up the civic.
That was the plan anyway....till I started looking at Grant's Honda.... and told myself, honda reliability is great, i mean, i wont ever have to replace my engine 5 times like my Subie, but.... maybe its not a bad idea to keep searching kijiji and grab spare of whatever I can find so we can easily swap it in if anything breaks.
So off I go on kijiji.... hunting for spare parts... dealing with honda bro/yo teenagers/punks. ughhh.
Heck, grant blew an engine, a diff and axles. I should just grab whatever I can find. Just in case.
So after dealing with a bunch of time wasters aka people that put up stuff on kijiji to sell and dont seem very motivated/ want to make any real efforts to make themselves available to sell the itshay they uckfaying posted for sale!!!!
I stumbled upon the mother of gawd...... a jackpot..... a stockpile of spare parts that should last us for quite some time.
So I consult my buddy and says to him, "Zac, theres a engine, transmission, axle, ecu, couple of alternators and starters, distributor and a spare set of vtech heads (to name some of the parts) on kijiji. Should I grab them./ Says OBO, dont know what any of this hoda itshay is worth, what should I offer him?"
Zac says to me "its probably one of those jdm yo teenage punks, just offer him a case of 24 and see what happens"
Thinking this would be a very low lowball, i ignored zac's excellent people skills and negotiation expertise and I simply emailed the fella and asked if we could meet up and come to an agreement.
Thank god I did that because moments later I get a response from this mysterious kijiji fella saying, "do you own a red WRX wagon?"
I was like WAAAAAAAAAAAA
Turns out, its AJ. LMFAO.
Thank god I didn't listen to zacs advise and lowball him with a case of beer. hahaha.
We came to a gentlemans agreement on the value of the parts, exchanged moneys for partrs, talked subaru, hondas, racing.
Small world.
Anyhow, here is our "because... in case" spare parts pile. Axles, heads, ecu, distributor, etc.
Spare vtech engine and transmission.
So now were thinking, uckfay having to deal with a potential tired / blown headgasket engine, lets just swap AJ's engine in since we know it works, and take our time rebuilding the current engine.
Then, we will have two engines that we can easily swap out in case one decides to puke its guts out and not miss much for autox season. Whats left of it anyway.