"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
12/19/2019 at 10:53 • Filed to: RuqSaq
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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
12/19/2019 at 10:53 • Filed to: RuqSaq | 4
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If we flash back to a week or so ago, you’ll recall my stock exhaust finally rusted through and fell out on the road
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
fixing that entailed putting an Si model Civic’s exhaust in place of the VX’s. But due to a difference in design for catalytic converter location (the Si has a real header 4 into 2 into 1 so the cat is under the car, the VX just has a cat mounted to the header) there was a cat sized gap in the exhaust
for a week I’ve just had this chunk of the VX’s exhaust bolted to the header and then slipped inside the Si exhaust rear
it was better, nothing hung down on the road, but it was of course still farty leaky loud
So in it’s place I put a $30 adjustable (it is actually 4 sections that slip together ) “test pipe”, designed to replace the cat in the Si’s exhaust system for illegality and POWAAAA
needed a little modding to fit the smaller VX’s header, but all was well and now my exhaust is complete front to rear .
and of course when I do swap in teh D16z6 engine from the EX donor Civic that Si’s exhaust will bolt directly. The Si also used a D16Z6 engine, but with the rear section of the exhaust designed for a hatch not a coupe
then I went snowboarding :D
now my exhaust is quiet, I can hear all the of the car’s other foibles, but nothing I didn’t expect when driving a car made of thin metal.
M.T. Blake
> MonkeePuzzle
12/19/2019 at 11:06 |
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This was a poor decision. Now it’s going to get stolen. If you keep it in rough condition, like it’s currently stolen, it won’t be stolen. You can’t triple stamp a double stamp.
Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
> MonkeePuzzle
12/19/2019 at 11:07 |
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I replaced a motor mount a few weeks ago on my Focus. I think, based upon its slight vibration when I bought it several years ago, it has always had a bad mount, even a replacement a few years ago must have been faulty.
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MonkeePuzzle
> Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
12/19/2019 at 11:10 |
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related: I just got new mounts for my daily driver 97 Corolla. $60 in parts, here’s guessing hours of swearing and labour will be involved :D
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Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
> MonkeePuzzle
12/19/2019 at 11:18 |
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The one thing I like about my car is it has been fairly easy to work on. The motor mount took me 20 minutes to do. No swearing involved.
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MonkeePuzzle
> Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
12/19/2019 at 11:21 |
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my research indicates the four engine mounts in the corolla are variously difficult, so I’ll do them in order of easiest to hardest and just drive it after each one and see if the problem is solved.
the rear “trans” mount one looks to be a right pain in the bum. hoping we dont have to get to that one
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> MonkeePuzzle
12/19/2019 at 12:17 |
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Wow, an EG Civic. I have a friend here in CA with a built engine / restomod process going on.
RacinBob
> MonkeePuzzle
12/19/2019 at 18:56 |
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I had a ‘93 Red Si. Great car. I can’t think of a single issue I had with it in the 13 years and 100,000 miles I owned it.....