JohnnyB's 'lude

[JohnnyB]

Most of you will probably already have met the PirateLude from the other place but for those that haven't, here she is...

*Last spec. update: 12/11/10*


Year: 1996
Reg: P
Model: JDM SiVTEC LSD
Colour: Pirates Black Pearl, originally Milano Red


Engine/Performance Mods:

-Fujitsubo Exhaust Manifold
-Fujitsubo Legalis R catback exhaust
-Magnecor Ignition Leads
-Denso Iridium plugs
-BMC CDA induction kit with chrome intake tubing terminating at a home made matt black meshed reflector in the front bumper
-Spoon copy ECU chip
-Forbidden Motorsports Short Shifter
-Forbidden Motorsports Cooling Plate
-Front and Rear Strut Braces
-Tein Super Street adjustable coilovers
-Carbon Fibre Plug Cover
-Rocker cover sprayed red
-Fidanza Lightnened Flywheel
-ACT sport pressure plate and 6-pad race friction disc
-Hawk Ferro-Caron brake pads front, EBC Redstuff brake pads rear, blank disks
-Goodridge Stainless Steel Braided Brake Hoses
-Parada Spec 2 tires - Summer use
-Vredestein Sportrac 3 tires - Winter use

Exterior Mods:

-ViS Racing Carbon Fibre Bonnet
-Seibon SP Style Carbon Fibre Front Lip
-Carbon Fibre Sunroof
-Carbon Fibre Door Handles
-Wing mirrors fold/unfold with central locking
-Smoked and detango'd Indicators all round including custom rear clusters
-Rear high level blue "Prelude" light wired into sidelights
-ROTA Subzero wheels, 17" gunmetal grey with a polished chrome lip
-Stock Honda 15's painted dark grey for winter and track use
-Windscreen washer Jets replaced with Honda Jazz misting units
-Upturned LED spoiler brakelight cut into rear bumper to replace nasty old foglight
-JDM Black housing headlights with Valeo HID Projectors in place of dip beam reflectors

Interior/ICE mods:

-CarPC comprising home made PC system and 7" high brightness touchscreen in the dash
-4.1 Digital Surround Sound comprising 200W Caliber amp powering 4 Alpine Type-E speakers and a 600W Legacy amp powering a 12" sub. Sub and amp built into removable enclosure so I can still use the boot if needed Also has bluetooth and I've installed a microphone in the interior dome light for hands free mobile phone use.
-Keyboard built into drivers side sunvisor
-Space Mouse built into drivers doorcard
-Engine Start Button from a Honda S2000 in cigarette lighter hole
-Blue footwell, glove box, PC Fan and boot LEDs
-Dash dials tinted Blue


Anyway, here are some pics *note, pics not updated, these are what she looked like immediately after I'd rebuilt her - check later posts for what she looks like now !!*

[JohnnyB]

A more up to date picture...



More to follow in the next few weeks once my ACT clutch is installed and I've picked up and fitted the Fujitsubo Legalis R exhaust

[Pushki]

Very tastefully modified and she looks great.
Rep points for getting the Fujitsubo.

[Kawa]

Looking great JB

[mills]

its amazing how a front lip and a nice set of rims can change the appearance of a car so much. it looks awesome dude

[JohnnyB]

The Piratelude is looking pretty shabby at the moment. Combined with clutch issues this caused me to take her off the road last March. Since it's been nearly a year now I decided I should probably pull my finger out so the overhaul has started, but it's going to take a while!!

I intend to take bits off as I get to them and either clean up or repair them - Not much spare cash at the moment so new bits will probably be thin on the ground and only purchased when really needed!

Anyway, obligatory pics of the culmination of a few hours work yesterday afternoon...









In the last pic of the starter motor you can see a nice big chunk of housing missing - This looks ominous so I'll definitely be investigating further as it's likely to be related to the clutch issues. The question is did it cause the old clutch to fail or the new one? I will be asking the garage that changed it over if they spotted the damage last time. I don't think it's a problem now, I will more than likely clean it up and replace it as is, but why is it missing and where did the material go?!

note: I've since spoken to the garage and they noticed the chunk out of the starter motor last time so this may be a red herring. They found the metal rolled into a nice ball which dropped out when they took the old clutch off. Nice... I'm guessing I will have some other lovely broken bits to ponder over as I delve deeper..!

[vanzep]

Nice looking lude there JohnnyB
Well worth fixing her up-Look forward to seeing more progress
Fingers crossed thats there is minimal damage - theyre tough old beasts....

[NafemanNathan]

She is a beaut. Some very nice mods there

I'm anything but a computer geek. I probably couldn't hate anything more than to have a computer in my car But what you say you've done with the keyboard and mouse... "sounds" cool You got any pics of it.

Where'd you get your carbon fibre door handle from as well? I'm assuming it's the external ones, not the internal?

Only thing bad about it, is I'd say it's a shame you weren't able to paint the engine bay as well. Otherwise super! super!

[rob quilter]

Looking sweet

[JohnnyB]

She is a beaut. Some very nice mods there

I'm anything but a computer geek. I probably couldn't hate anything more than to have a computer in my car But what you say you've done with the keyboard and mouse... "sounds" cool You got any pics of it.

Where'd you get your carbon fibre door handle from as well? I'm assuming it's the external ones, not the internal?

Only thing bad about it, is I'd say it's a shame you weren't able to paint the engine bay as well. Otherwise super! super!

Cheers matey I don't know if I'm keeping the interior let alone the PC with this overhaul but this is what the keyboard and mouse thing looked like before:




And here are the carbon door handles - I got them off eBay some time ago, I presume they were custom made in a small batch as they seem to come up very rarely:



Regarding the engine bay I couldn't agree more. In fact I've told myself this time one of my goals is to get an engine stand, rebuild the engine and respray the bay, boot and door shuts. The gearbox is coming out anyway so why not?!