1976 Honda Civic CVCC Project

[yoshi1rky]

so i got this 76 brown civic cvcc 5spd manual out of luck...ive been looking coast to coast for about 2 years..gave up about nov. 2013 only to come across this on april 2014
and i wasnt even looking for i..noentheless, it was 1 hr away and i was gonna get it....

enkei 13x5.5 wheels

299k miles on her..uhh..him

body filler spot but interior was clean

ran across some stuff that i had to grab
NOS oem honda

jdm cluster(speedo).i had this before i even found the car


my buddy at honda said they had a set of 13inch old school wheels laying around...so i checked it out and what do you know....NOS et of turbine 13inch wheels

car came with an amp and i wanted to keep the vintage theme going...so i waited for a set of vintage speakers to pop up...it thumps way harder than my h0onda element can,,and this has a cassette player

[yoshi1rky]

installed a Weber carburetor on it...and new plugs , wires, distributor cap and rotor....she is still smoking though..waiting on y friend to do the head gasket test

5/27
.. messed around with the turn signal bulbs ..they were rusting out so i opted with side marker lights from a Honda Pilot...going "JDM" means the no parking light, only turn signals...gonna put some LED lights in them so they are brighter, hopefully

also decided to install my JDM illuminated license plate finally,..waiting for my non-sealed headlights to come in......

morning

night

[yoshi1rky]

I have had the illuminated plate for awhile...was just waiting for the right car to hook it up to... um.. i haven't heard anything about the pvc system..i m new to this carburetor crap...hahaha...ill look into it..right now, i just need it to run right.

also.. i found some bright LEDs that are for the dome lights and decided that they would be better for the turn signals..

If you take those signal light enclosures off and soak them for 24 hours in 5% vinigar, most of that rust will come off. Take a wire brush and get off as much of the rest as you can, clean them and paint the inside with POR15. It will save them rusting through.

[yoshi1rky]

question... so i changed my oil....and in the owners manual, it says engine capacity is 3.0q(3.2l) i put 3 liters.... i saw someone posting that they put 4???

anybody wanna tell me whats the best amount??

Is your dipstick reading full?
If not, put more in,
If overfull, then get some out.
The amount depends on which engine or sump you have.
Check your service manual that you have bought since getting the car.
it will tell you what you need to know.
US, 3.2Qts with the filter.

[yoshi1rky]

finally got around to installing this gauge cluster....
car is still not running right...waiting on a guy to sell me his engine...

[2stroke]

very nice cvcc

[yoshi1rky]

I m thinking about letting her go if i dont get to fix this motor problem...found a motor but having a hard time getting a shipper

[yoshi1rky]

did a compression test and cyl 2 is at 170psi.... the other 3 are the same... im not sure what this means...waiting on other buddies to help me out..

tried lowering the fpr to 1.5 and 2... but it still smokes out the arse. hahaha...

[yoshi1rky]

CAR IS OFFICIALLY FOR SALE.....CHECK THE FOR SALE THREAD...