never be the same RHD....

[sokrispy]

This "new project" started last summer when I spun the #2 rod bearing in my SR I was just going to pull the motor bring it into my basement a have all winter to rebuild it and by this time this year put it back in and have my verty back on the road for the nice weather ! Well that all changed once again due to drunken talk and even drunker ideas ! We deemed the "new project " NBSTA (never be the same again) so to start I got the new SR to put in but my boy julio has tried time and time again to get me to do a right hand drive conversion since i had my 91 fastback with the SR . I always said no no its to much trouble its not like your Hondas (those things are like legos) . I got the verty over a year ago I was searching for body parts for the fastback and stumbled across the verty selling for 4100$ I hustled and I mean HUSTLED the seller down to 2k for it ( call me Larry flint ) not even a week later i got plates for it and state inspection the next week pulled the SR outta the fastback and swapped it to the verty 3 weeks later after the whole day enjoying the sounds of the SR with the top down driving threw the Holland tunnel and all threw Soho NYC we drove to the jersey shore where she decide to give on me and start knocking about 85 miles away from my house it got towed back thank god for AAA and that leads me to the start of this post . After hustling 2 new SR motors for 300 $ yea I'm good, my boy and i found this guy a few towns over with a rhd clip for 500$ bucks with every thing even rhd mirrors and door panels ! After going to his house and seeing his daily driver pulsar, his dealer plated skyline, and his dads old school mini all rhd plus the half cut i was sold and souped to do it RHD SR with the top back I'm hooked ! well long story short here's some pics as the build progresses ! sr in the 1st timeout of the verty rebuilt motorloaded up honda wagon with parts !jdm oil change sticker pic of enjoyment this dudes pulsar!the rhd halfcutfire wall removed whole !out side spot welds drilled outinside marked out for cut due to extra bracing right at base of fire wallcutting action !taking one for the team (bad cutting action)surprise more added brace !!peek threw finaly out !!!owned my boy julio found him passed out while i was working ! he woke me up at 7am sat by sneaking into my room banging a pot screaming lets goooooooo time to go to work ! now that is motovation! rhd frie wall in and some welding pics!after a long day of working we just had to get some more motovation and figga out exactly why were doing this ? test fitted dash wow! hopefuly in the end its all worth it just to turn a few heads !well this is at the point im at its a slow process since im doing it outside and the dude next door is a PIRCKKKK ! i only get to work on it till dark like 2hrs after work and the weekends but they get cut short cause i become anti social when i work on my cars ! this project im trying not to fall back into that lol ! im sure every one is guilty of that plus my other girl the real girlfriend needs time also ! lol hopefuly i didnt overload you guys with to much pics but if you like when i get more ill post with more details of pics if anyone is intrested !


Modified by sokrispy at 8:00 PM 4/24/2008

[TIMELSS_vert]

props man, im tryin to dig up the juevos to cut into my fenders to do widebody and ur cuttin out firewalls and crap (although, mine is a DD it doesn't seem like this is ur daily grind) it's awesome! not to mention im pretty jealous of the RHD factor...

[jdm_master_X]

nice job. its hard to find folks who provide detailed pics of this conversion. you should consider making a write up, maybe documenting where all the spot welds are. that helps. thanks!

[krash]

AWESOME PROGRESS MAN! and thanks a load for waiting until you had some good pics to post, the picture police will be pleased You guys do some clean swaps man! And that motor rebuild looked reallly nice. all around awesome, cant wait to see it done

oh an timeless, "tryin to dig up to huevos..." Best quote, this may be going in my sig haha!

[DeXteR]

This thread gets the approval of the picture police.

The grammar police though... watch out...

Very cool. Keep us updated with progress and pictures.

[Eikon]

Dude, your steering wheel is on the wrong side now. How the hell are you supposed to hit the McD's drivethrough????

just playing.. NICE WORK!!! That's a serious project. Thanks for sharing it with us. Great pics too. DeXter approves!

Keep up the good work, and keep us updated on the project!

[DeXteR]

How the hell are you supposed to hit the McD's drivethrough????

I have NEVER thought about that...

[BMAR240SX]

Dude, your steering wheel is on the wrong side now. How the hell are you supposed to hit the McD's drivethrough????

He is ballin, easily reverses through the drive through

[thatdoodle]

Julio checking in here. Mike got the welding all wrapped up yesterday. Time for me to wiretuck now.

How the hell do i get owned by my own camera?

[BigMACKenzie]

Shmexy job on the RHD conversion sir jdmeriffic even. But I noticed you mentioning more than one sr20 in your first post ^^ if ever any of those bad boys are for sale plz plz plz let me know. I live just west of DC and 295 is just at the top of 95 north (about 2-3 hrs from here) and I could def convince a friend to help me pick it up with a truck. I would also be interested in any 5 spd trannys you have (no not the kind ronaldo likes, the other kind of transmission) Xp

[sokrispy]

i sent you a email bigmackenzie let me know !

[Sil40_Mayhem]

Dude, your steering wheel is on the wrong side now. How the hell are you supposed to hit the McD's drivethrough????

F a McD's. Checker's/Rally's have twin drive thrus, mo'fo.

[TIMELSS_vert]

I DEMAND A PHOTOGRAPHIC UPDATE!!!

[DeXteR]

Timeless has the full support of the Nico Convertible Forum Picture Police (NCFPP)!

[sokrispy]

ok ok lol before i get in trouble ! ill get pics tonight when i get home only update i have is the firewall seam sealed and painted inside the weather has been nasty here lately cold and rainy so i realy havent had much of a chance to work on it plus i was waiting for my sound and heat barrier to come witch did yesterday ! so now that i got that and nice weather the flame will be lit once again!

[sokrispy]

So i tooked these pics real fast with my phone to calm some of u down !j/pi know ur all excited as much as i am to get it done but its and on going project ! here is the fire wall seam sealed and primed

here is a pic of the sound and heat barrier fyi summit racing is the ****tt for any odd ball things you need i use them for a lot of things ! this is next to be fitted and installed this weekend weather permitting !

hope that buys me some time from the pic ->

[krash]

good progress man, I love it when someone starts a project and actually keeps us posted. its lookin good so far!

on a side note, Dexter, I got bored and made this for your sig:



enjoy

[TIMELSS_vert]

^ seriously, i did think it was that funny...

on topic, yea dude, nice work and still givin props for goin it alone and havin what it takes to do it and do it right

[DeXteR]

on a side note, Dexter, I got bored and made this for your sig:



enjoy

AWESOME

I'll modify my sig later so I can incorporate that too. Thanks.

[Eikon]

That is freaking awesome!!!

[thatdoodle]

Im gonna show up @ SoKrispy's house tomorrow morning @ 6 a.m. with a bunch of fireworks and lite em up in a pot while he's still sleeping.

I'll take pics. dont worry

[sokrispy]

Yah ok i hate to brake it to u Julio your not that slick !! lmao thats why u ddidnt even leave my house tilll like 3 am and i woke your *** up at 12 seeing whats up ! fire works my *** .

Well i got good weather to work with today but a late start heres some updates ...heres all the brackets that didnt line up taken off.the RHD brackets welded in (notice there blue only was able to use 2 USDM brackets the 2 white ones)something i found intresting theres indents on the firewall from the factory spot welds should of been if it was made rhd from factory ! it helped to line up the bracket!pic of the bottom part of the rhd column lined up with those indents !heres the mock up of the climate control box's and the steering column to make sure it all lines up and what a mess to cut open a hole for the blower motor once again there verty braces in the way and the angle is diffrent on the opp side i got to figure out what im going do with it i have and idea hopefuly it works and got to fill in the old blower motor opening ..
Modified by sokrispy at 9:27 AM 5/11/2008

[thatdoodle]

I think its time for an update

[sokrispy]

a long over due update ! just been crazy busy with moving all the fuse boxs to the trunk extending soooo many wires and shaving the engine bay half primed ready for paint on sat !

[TIMELSS_vert]

bro, this thing is gonna be SSSOOOOOO clean. i love a good shave and tuck, keep us informed as always!!

[sokrispy]

make shift paint booth !primes and sealed paint ... speaks for it self ! with the fender back one keeping the outside white !nina the supervisor / junk yard dog the best pic yet !all done a dried before the scattered showers started today good timing for once ! the rain has been the #1 killer of the project cause every thing is done in the backyard !

[S15nS13vert]

can't wait till u r done, it is gonna be sick....jdm look , just the vin gives it away....or r u changing it too??....lol

[StandardProspect]

I really dig the color this is a great project, i cant wait to see this thing finished.looks like your puppy dog enjoys it too!keep up the good work

[sokrispy]

nah i def wanted to keep the vin ! thats why i split the fire wall under the cowl and switched the wipers and wiper motor over to the rhd style . cause i dont want to have any problems with laws and tampering the vin so it all some "what legit ".. you never know what cop will just want to bust your balls for it being rhd !

[Z Style]

Dude, ****ing sick work. My firewall is out right now and I need to chop up my RHD cut. I am definately going to be welding up some stuff in my engine bay as well. You just gave me some motivation.

I lovet the pic with the APBT. I have a pic or two in my thread with my Olde English Bulldogge.