Guess one could say within the next few days, the Lunchbox will be coming off the road for the motor swap, finally! I've purchased a DA9 Integra which has a B18C JDM motor, along with the LSD S80 which will be removed for the Civic. Will most likely send it off next week to have it fully rebuilt top to bottom.

Will post up some pics now of ripping the motor out!

The DA still had a bit of rego left, so I got to drive it around for about a week before I took the motor out. It blew a bit of smoke, but still had fun with it. From the DA I got motor/gearbox, hasport cable to hydro conversion, CV's, wheels and the amp/sub. My mate then took the rolling shell for swap a motor into it in the future..

Unplugging everything off of the motor including drive shafts took about 2 hours, not bad I reckon for first go and doing by myself, on a nice 35 degrees day.. (sigh). Taking the motor out was a bit of fun, trying to lift it on the correct angle to get it out underneath of the gearbox mounting bracket.. But we got there! And here's how she sits after removing gearbox and accessories, looks pretty neat to me!

And a nice little surprise to find when removing the rocker cover, Buddy club adjustable cam gears! Didn't even know it had them, booya!

Decided to continue pulling apart the head for some reason, not sure why, but I essentially wanted to part the head from the block so it was easier to transport to the engine rebuild shop as I was taking it in the back of my dads new Toyota Corolla.