Rise and Fall of a '93 CYM Base

Mobius · 01-20-2010, 08:56 PM

I wanted to be one of the cool kids, so I thought I'd make a build thread:

July 07: An FD was my affordable dream car, but I had never even seen one in person. That was until the owner of a beautiful Canadian CYM Base model showed up to one of our local meets and announced that he wanted to sell the car. Yay for me. It had less than 100 000km on the body, and about half of that on the motor. Suffice to say I picked it up, and that summer was a blast.

October 07: It was time to park the car for the winter. I was having a few problems with it, namely vac lines and an oil pan leak. Which turned into the engine being pulled from the car....... which turned into the 2 year debacle as will be detailed below.

Getting Started:

Teardown:

New clutch and a low mileage JDM Transmission with the shorter/tougher 5th gear (I hate the smell of gear oil with a passion):

I picked up a B&M short shifter (I'm still undecided on whether or not I like it), and a 1680CC secondary injector kit for the single that may one day be in the future:

I stuck some HID's in the fog lights to match the headlights (Yeh, I know I know. HID's in halogen housings. The headlights will be changed out for the SakeBomb Garage projector retrofits as soon as I get them.):

My interior was pretty sad, previous owner had covered the gauge cluster and console with suede....... which faded and peeled. Not to mention the glue that was used etched the plastic. I rattlecan refinished them for now, I'll get back to the interior one day:

01-20-2010, 08:56 PM	#1
Mobius Rotorhead Join Date: May 2008 Location: Drumheller, Alberta Posts: 164 Rep Power: 18	Rise and Fall of a '93 CYM Base I wanted to be one of the cool kids, so I thought I'd make a build thread: July 07: An FD was my affordable dream car, but I had never even seen one in person. That was until the owner of a beautiful Canadian CYM Base model showed up to one of our local meets and announced that he wanted to sell the car. Yay for me. It had less than 100 000km on the body, and about half of that on the motor. Suffice to say I picked it up, and that summer was a blast. October 07: It was time to park the car for the winter. I was having a few problems with it, namely vac lines and an oil pan leak. Which turned into the engine being pulled from the car....... which turned into the 2 year debacle as will be detailed below. Getting Started: Teardown: New clutch and a low mileage JDM Transmission with the shorter/tougher 5th gear (I hate the smell of gear oil with a passion): I picked up a B&M short shifter (I'm still undecided on whether or not I like it), and a 1680CC secondary injector kit for the single that may one day be in the future: I stuck some HID's in the fog lights to match the headlights (Yeh, I know I know. HID's in halogen housings. The headlights will be changed out for the SakeBomb Garage projector retrofits as soon as I get them.): My interior was pretty sad, previous owner had covered the gauge cluster and console with suede....... which faded and peeled. Not to mention the glue that was used etched the plastic. I rattlecan refinished them for now, I'll get back to the interior one day: __________________ \|\|\| Never argue with idiots. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. \|\|\| Last edited by Mobius; 01-21-2010 at 12:46 AM.