just after the car show we took the civic to "the garage" in motherwell to get a lazer alignment and camber done.
the tracking was out a fair bit and the camber was'nt the same
got a wee snap of the painted lcas and tie bar
so the tracking was PERFECT after that and then me n my mate decided on sunday that we were going to swap the engines over
drivesahfts out
d15 out..
D16 almost ready.. not an easy swap as you would think :/
a mate of mine said.. "yeah man its a straight swap" !!
naw!
had to swap the loom, the dizzy, n/s engine mount, rear engine mount, power steering pump before we could drop it in
started at 3pm n had it swaped over for about 10pm...
we had to plumb it all in the next day and then D16 ecu would'nt work!
Wasnt getting a spark, swaped the ecus back over and presto, running fantastic and no issues !
drove up to halfords to test drive it and so we could also buy a bike for our sons birthday, everything was spot on...
.. UNTILL
yep!
Just when I finish the engine swap, someone in a kia jeep smashes into the civic !!
Trackings out again and needs a new wing but the alloys are fine..
The guy pretty much used the civics wheel as a launch pad, drove over the wing and his car was about 3ft off the ground and flew into the neighbours wall!
So I now need to take the car back the the garage to get trackin done
this is the street out the front of our house, and this is where the car was hit !
now this is a thin, one way street, and has a suggested speed limit of 10mph...
donna was parking up the civic, she reverses into the spot as there is a lamp post (not pictured) and a slight kerb.
so when her wheel was on full lock so she can get her back wheel on the kerb first thats when the kia driver hit her at around 40 MPH !!!
donna had to be taken to hospital as she already has ongoing back problems, which are now alot worse!
he said he "misjudged" the gap !!
but here is the absolute beauty... his jeep is a complete write off
and the civic is now sorted .. kinda
15 year old civic - 1
1 year old kia jeep - 0
Took the civic back the "the garage" today and got the tracking done again, down side is the strut is slightly bent.. but still safe and drivable
the owner then let us use his garage to sort out some other problems..
the bracket for the headlight was snapped and the wheel was rubbing off it
sawed the end off and then screwed it onto a bracket
so the tracking and headlight are sorted so it can be driven on the road at-least !
going to the scrappy tomorrow to pick up a wing and i can have it painted in no time at all.. still got paint left over
I will update tomorrow
