A blast from the past, here is the very first car I featured for Illmotion a few years ago, and ever since then I have wanted to re-shoot, and re-write a feature article as the car has progressed. Gabes build quality is truly extraordinary, and the best part is 95% of the build took place in his own shop. Known to many Nanaimoites as the man to go to for work on their cars. Gabe has progressed not only with his car over the last 5 years of ownership, but also with the tools, shop, and resources to build/work on some amazing cars. While Gabes phasing out of this beautiful EF hatch, he plans to put it on the market in the next few weeks. It leaves myself and others to imagine what he has in store for us next.

While the exterior of the car has not changed since the last feature, the motor has been the primary subject of change. Previous the car featured a log manifold with a Garret T3 turbo, 38mm Tial Wastegate, and a stock valve train. Gabe has taken the time to build the head with mainly Crower parts, mean while he also upgraded the turbo manifold to a Blueridge Motor Sport Top-mount to accommodate the new Precision 6262 turbo.

Engine
B18b
9.0:1 Forged CP pistons 81.5mm
Eagle rods
Acl rod bearings
Acl main bearings
Mahle rings
Supertech block guard
Arp head studs
Oem Honda water pump
Oem Honda oil pump
Greddy timing belt
Crower stage 2 boost cams
Crower stainless valves std size
Crower double valve springs
Crower titanium retainers and keepers
Cometic head gasket
Fadanza billet cam gears
Hondata intake manifold heat shield gasket an throttle body gasket
Skunk2 cam seal
Billet under drive crank pulley
Skunk2 pro series intake manifold
Blox 68mm throttle body
AEM fuel rail
Aeromotive fpr
Blueridge Motorsport custom B series Ef top mount
Blueridge Motorsport 3″ down pipe
46mm precision Waste-gate
-4an oil feed line
-8an return line
Fluidyne aluminum half rad
2 12″ electric fans
Innovative billet engine mounts
Innovative B series shift linkage with poly bushings.
8 lb fidanza flywheel
Act 4 puck riveted hub clutch disc
Act high pressure pressure plate
Autoworks front mount
Autoworks intercooler piping
Hks bov
Blox vacuum manifold
2 Autoworks catch cans
Rear block breather -12 lines to breather
Valve cover breather -10 lines to breather
Hondata s300
Hondata map sensor
Obd0 to obd1 jumper harness
RC 750cc injectors
Walbro 255 fuel pump
AEM wide band
AEM oil pressure gauge
AEM true boost gauge and controller
Innovative turbo timer
3″ exhaust turbo back
3″ Megan stainless turbo muffler N1 style

Suspension
Password jdm rear strut brace
Skunk2 pro c
Blox gold rear lower control arms
Skunk2 rear upper control arms
Etd front traction bar kit
Integra rear disc swap
Russel stainless brake lines
Power slot rotors

Wheels
Stance Emotions 15×8 25mm offset
195/50/15 Toyo Proxy R1Rs

Interior
Bride Zeta II seats
Personal black suede steering wheel
NRG quick release hub
Harness bar with 4 point harnesses
Auto meter 4″ tach
Carbon fiber fuel sender cover
Skunk2 short shifter and shift knob
Broadway mirror
NRG floor mats

8000k hids
3000 high beams halogen

Exterior
Jdm Sir front lip
Jdm Ef side markers
Amber corners
Benen toe hook
VIS carbon fiber hood
Password jdm hood spacers