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[ironcrx]

What do you nogs do when it comes to suffering a lack of enthusiasm?

My shit:
It's been well over a year since I've worked on my s12.  Yes I still have it.  I got the new motor (vg33e) for it just sitting around ready to be swapped in but I can't for the life of me actually put a wrench to the thing. 

I moved to my new house in August that my bro and I bought last year which took 11 months to close.  We were staying at mom's in the mean time.  My s12 and all the tools needed for the swap are still at mothers because I don't have a garage/shed to put everything yet until I can get to affording something.  Each time I plan a day or two to take care of the car, I get distracted or just don't care enough.  I work full time and go to school full time so my free days are few.

I dunno.  I wanna get that beauty back on the road but I can't get motivated. 

[92CXyD]

Look @ Nopistons build thread on S? and all the crazy fabrication he is doing.

If that doesn't get ya motivated then maybe get your head examined. 

[PhilStubbs]

Yea, you gotta find something like that to get you going. I get like that at times. I don't purposely find a way to get excited again, it just happens. Usually a similar build will do it.

I'm in the same boat with my paint booth. I had a big metal shed(portable style) that came with my house. My house came with so much shop space I never could figure out what to do with this building. I put a huge fan in it with proper ducting and filters. The only thing left to start painting is clean the random junk out and put up lights. I have tons of wire and the lights already. I just can't make myself go out there and finish it. I have crx parts that need paint ready to go too.

[Joseph Davis]

You have to look at how shit goes sometimes: ball today, gone tomorrow.  You gotta work on the car so you can ultimately enjoy it or else shit happens (tree falls on it, it goes from sweet S12 to rotted hull, etc)

[Tim]

I'm in the same boat with parts and tools scattered throughout other peoples shops. I've gone with my car sitting over a year before because of it.  Once I had someone ask for a chipped ecu and give me a ride it was back on.  Just have to get the modivation to get everything gathered up and organized and it gets easier to keep moving.

[Foowee]

We do the same thing you do...  Look at this place, there ain't much going on.  I think we need to do a meth group buy n get some dollarstore builds going...

[92CXyD]

We do the same thing you do...  Look at this place, there ain't much going on.  I think we need to do a meth group buy n get some dollarstore builds going...

+1 maybe throw in an 8-ball for the winner of the most accomplished super cheap build.

Would like to to some kind of RHMT builds with liberal use of hardware store supplies at future meets.

Have a contest of the most RHMT build wins a hammer trophy made from a turbo center section (w/o wheels and shaft), duct tape, jb weld and camshaft with flattened lobes. 

[rawr]

We do the same thing you do...  Look at this place, there ain't much going on.  I think we need to do a meth group buy n get some dollarstore builds going...

shit your crx is so close to done. Button that bitch up for next years meet.

[HiProfile]

Just figure a way to start using your full skill set and dive in. I had my entire garage floor filled and had no space to work. I said "fuck it" just threw all my free time at it. I started selling stuff & moving what I could into my basement, and a week ago got enough room to move my 2 motors & tranny around. The stuff I sold paid for all the motor parts too.

I got motivation by getting something I can toss all my skills at - H2B on the cheap. It involves machining shit, fabbing little stuff, off the wall ideas and basic a+b=? stuff. I usually hate projects because I just have to toss money at them. For me this is a lot of fun now.

I found a just-imported JDM H23A for $655 shipped that only needed **A $5 BOLT**, got a F22 to do the bulk of no-adapter H2B testing on, and can finally put the rusty del sol vtec to work as a motor swap test bed. I also have enough parts to get a third motor going (86mm 11.2:1cr h22/f22, or 11.9:1 f22a6 if JD wants to rebuild the head & put in a 272 cam) for my project Civic. I have less money into 3 H2B/F2B swaps so far than my brother has into his 155whp B16. So far it's been about a month and I am going to be pulling the b16 out this weekend, and hopefully getting the F22 in to finalize some angles & dimensions for my brackets/mounts.


In other words, DO WORK!

[HiProfile]

Would like to to some kind of RHMT builds with liberal use of hardware store supplies at future meets.

lol, if there's ever a mid-west meet I can make, I can promise you my h2b swap can qualify. I'm using 3/8" sch40 steel pipe for spacers (machined), angle iron for brackets, and several big grade 8 SAE bolts - 5/8"x1", 1/2"x3", 1/2"x4.5", 1/2"x6". Technically they come from the hardware store, but all the nuts & bolts were "donated".

[PhilStubbs]

My f23 crx is very similar. I'm using the h22 tranny, but I'm making all of the mounts and brackets using hardware store steel.

[rawr]

Would like to to some kind of RHMT builds with liberal use of hardware store supplies at future meets.

lol, if there's ever a mid-west meet I can make, I can promise you my h2b swap can qualify. I'm using 3/8" sch40 steel pipe for spacers (machined), angle iron for brackets, and several big grade 8 SAE bolts - 5/8"x1", 1/2"x3", 1/2"x4.5", 1/2"x6". Technically they come from the hardware store, but all the nuts & bolts were "donated".

Why can't you make a NC meet?  MW is kind of too big to just have a meet somewhere.

[crxvtec91]

My crx was apart for almost 4 years, in less then a month and a half working on it on the weekends I made it to NC meet.

In those 4 years I built 15 motors for friends, help build their cars, and turbo my 4dr. Sometimes it takes time to get excited enough to get shit done. Slowly build up some steam to work on the s12 and get that shit done for the 2013 rhmt NC meet!

[turbob16hatch]

My crx has been apart for 6 yrs and i had all but given up. But i have entered the fuck it stage and will be getting it done over the winter as a $10k paper weight does me no good. It's weird how motivation just comes out of no where, At least thats how it works for me.

I have friends that can't even begin to understand whats needed to finish a FULL rebuild ground up. They have no idea how hard it can be when the biggest project they have done is install an exhaust.   

[HiProfile]

I usually get screwed over with my work schedule. Need info on the next NC meet, I didn't see any before.

[realAgentMurdoc]

what I find helpful is to ask for help.  Get a friend to help you out on it, so that way you torment him/her also.  Makes me feel better that I am not the only one suffering.  haha.  I have an H22 integra in the garage for the past 3 months.  All done basically, just needs registration and small wiring (not necessary, just personal preference), and an intake.  I haven't touched it really in those three months and I would rather sit in my room on HMT bored out of my mind.  I hate working on cars.

[turbohf]

this reminds me, i was suppose to roll my fenders weeks ago, but it was raining....its not now...still didnt. maybe tomorrow 

lol. i did find some motivation to get my intercooler and pipes on my galant. only had all the parts minus 40bukcs of small shit for the last 9+months sitting here for it.


i use to have a friend that would call/show up like once a week and annoy the shit out of me asking if my car was done. he would never touch the car lol, but would show up to make sure i would work on it. sometimes it worked, sometimes it didnt.

[ratcityrex]

Get a whiteboard and write everything down. Put it in your garage, and start with 1 thing at a time. B4 you know it your motivated. It also helps to have a clean work area to start with.

[Foowee]

Get a whiteboard and write everything down. Put it in your garage, and start with 1 thing at a time.

That is an excellent idea.  When I make lists, I find that I accomplish a lot more stuff. 

[HiProfile]

Get a whiteboard and write everything down. Put it in your garage, and start with 1 thing at a time.

That is an excellent idea.  When I make lists, I find that I accomplish a lot more stuff.

I'll be moving to that soon.

I've been making post-it "to do" lists of each part of my projects so I can plow right through them. I usually make the lists when I'm at work or taking a crap, so I don't even waste time making them. Missing steps and re-doing shit has killed me in the past, and I have ADD so it's happened a lot.

[random-strike]

i can drive my project truck around and it rips but still needs lots of work. mostly lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

need a fuel injected motor and OD trans really bad. nigger rigging a holly db for blow through technically works but its like screwing in a screw with a hammer

[Joseph Davis]

That is an excellent idea.  When I make lists, I find that I accomplish a lot more stuff.

When I make lists, I find that I accomplish a lot more stuff.

When I make lists

When

[Foowee]

I am buying a dry erase board on my way home from work this morning...

-Finish cybertuesday
-Buy whiteboard
-Hang board in garage
-Make list of car shit to do

[rawr]

If you need a hand, hit me up 

[Foowee]

On it:

[crxvtec91]

DO WORK!

[92CXyD]

On it:

Still the Brakeclean I/C piping, Awesome!!!!!!! 

[ratcityrex]

Fuck yeah. Same whiteboard that I have from walmart. Now get yourself some stronger magnets, Because those will barely hold a piece of paper up.

[TheMadScientist]

I love the whiteboard. We called it my Dr. House board.

[PhilStubbs]

Yup, JDSAP and HHH for sure.