Project Steph's 1978 Honda Civic 1200

[Steph]

hey, if anybody else want some files not mentioned above, then remind me and I'll post them. I'm 'transferring' all the artwork for decals to Adrain (EvoCivic), where assumedly he will eventually add them to his Civic Garage inventory.

https://www.facebook..com/1stgencivicparts

click on his fb 'Like' button you lepers!

[Evoboy]

For a noob can those drawing work for the CVCC as well?

[Steph]

For a noob can those drawing work for the CVCC as well?

Absolutely not, and now that you've exposed yourself as a CVCCer, I kindly ask you to leave this thread.

but seriously :D you'll need a completely different header plate, making allowances for those little extra valves in the head. Plus our engines are cross-flow, so the exhaust is at the front of the car, whereas yours exits below the intake.

[Evoboy]

I'll take my 1500 cc and go play some where else but seriously I've read many of your threads and you do amazing work keep it up!

[Steph]

Had to jump all over one of these so I could press the bearing onto the alternator armature. OK, I can hear Bill piping in and saying I didn't need a 12T shop press to do that job, but it really is more fun when you use the right tool... that's assuming this is the correct tool for that job, but either way, that's what I'm using it for... initially :P :oops:

http://www.lasoo.com.au/offer/tools-equ ... 8djs0.html

I have to say, the finish on these shop presses is appalling. The paint is fine, but they've cut all the metal using a cold saw, or similar, and they haven't bothered to clean up a single sharp corner or edge. I spent ages on the linisher rounding everything off. It's fine now that it's all been properly finished, but I'm 99% certain I could make a phone call today and they'd be recalling the lot tomorrow, as they're not fit for a workshop in regards to OH&S (worker safety). Seriously, one corner at the top would be lethal if you smacked your head on it, it actually had a burr that produced a little 'spear' on the corner. Soo dangerous! Still... what do you expect for $149?.. well actually, a lot, especially after I bought that engine crane for $199! They've spoiled me now... :P

[TREVORM]

wow Steph!! engine looks great!

[loza]

Thanks for the info Steph, when are you going to make and sell your brilliant ideas ???? :D

[Steph]

Not completely related to my Civic project, but I just bought a new oscilloscope, so I can service the 8-track player (so it is related!). When I was young I had a fascination with electronics, and it led to me learning all about circuit design, designing and building projects, and eventually having my own circuit boards printed on a limited basis (10 at a time -- I sold the boards to local DIYers, etc.). Most of it was made up of rehashes of old circuits and other people's ideas (you have to start somewhere), but eventually I did get to do some of my own stuff, and started scratch building 'show quality' audio equipment for my own living room. It was the same old story, someone made fun of my activities, and I used that as 'fuel' to blow their 'efforts' out of the water (did I mention I'm highly competitive?). I will say, earning their respect was rather cool, and they were my 'guru's' after all. The secure 'guru's' become your friends, the insecure... not so much... :(

Just general musings on my experience above, and truly not a poke at anybody specifically...

So... 100MHz dual channel is a dream come true, and it's an analogue scope, which is all you want to use for audio work. I'd be really skeptical that a digital scope could effectively follow high frequency transients riding on a waveform, and reproduce them in real time. It would have to be an approximation and 'fuzzy' at best. The only thing 'digital' I'd have interest in measuring is jitter in a digital circuit, but the last time I looked into that, the equipment was very specialized to measure such minuscule errors in the data stream.

Here's, Henry Scopeington... I'm pretty sure these were about $5000 new... total professional unit in its day, and still is IMO... I paid $150 for it on line auctions, the same price I sold my old 20MHz Diick Smith scope for, about 10 years ago. I haven't needed it since... until now. I love on line auctions.

[Bill]

Oooo, you could really get in trouble with that at hand... :D

[Evoboy]

Hey steph where have you been? Anything going on?