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Above 1200 Sq/FT CCColtsicehockey Garage Build - 2440sqft storage, shop, and loft

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Nolift911

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Gate looks awesome - great work. Love me some NSX - those things are unobtanium these days...I remember back in college I had my 90 CRX Si and dropping it at the dealership for some warranty work (Honda and Acura dealership together) and they had a number of NSX's on the showroom floor...inspiration to work harder at school.
 
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cccoltsicehockey

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Space is looking great! Glad to see you are getting to work on cars, such a great feeling!

The C&C GTG at your place sounds great, once you get a cadence let me know, would be a good excuse to come say hi!
Thank you. Definitely plan to open up the invitation once I get 1 or 2 of these under my belt. Maybe even do a GJ specific one at some point as well.

Gate looks awesome - great work. Love me some NSX - those things are unobtanium these days...I remember back in college I had my 90 CRX Si and dropping it at the dealership for some warranty work (Honda and Acura dealership together) and they had a number of NSX's on the showroom floor...inspiration to work harder at school.
Yeah, I definitely got in just before the major spike hit. You had a 90s CRX Si; that is awesome. I actually want to find a cleanish one and do a build. A teammate of mine when I played travel hockey growing up had one, and I loved riding in that thing. So low to the ground, and it weighed nothing.
 

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The crx and EF civic hatch are one of my favorite body styles. I had an EF with an engine swap that I really enjoyed, so light and a great handling fwd car. I had a crx project that I never got off the ground and ended up selling for nothing. My tool man and friend from the marina has an NSX that is beautiful, just waiting on him to decide if we are dropping the engine out over here for a full rebuild.
 
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cccoltsicehockey

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The crx and EF civic hatch are one of my favorite body styles. I had an EF with an engine swap that I really enjoyed, so light and a great handling fwd car. I had a crx project that I never got off the ground and ended up selling for nothing. My tool man and friend from the marina has an NSX that is beautiful, just waiting on him to decide if we are dropping the engine out over here for a full rebuild.
Yeah, I want to do a CRX build with an H22 or a K-series, although the K-series is a tight fit in a CRX SI.

Engine out is the best way for any large service on that engine if you are not super familiar with the process of doing it in the car. I think you have to angle the engine like 5-7 degrees to do the timing belt while it is still in the car. I took mine to a specialty shop, and that is how they did it. Most guys I know that do it themselves just drop the engine instead. There is a guy who sells a reproduction of the dealer engine service cart.
 

gearhead1960

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The crx and EF civic hatch are one of my favorite body styles. I had an EF with an engine swap that I really enjoyed, so light and a great handling fwd car. I had a crx project that I never got off the ground and ended up selling for nothing. My tool man and friend from the marina has an NSX that is beautiful, just waiting on him to decide if we are dropping the engine out over here for a full rebuild.
I had a 90 Civic Si and then a 99 Civic Si. I always wanted to grab a B22 block and mate a B16 head to it for the 90....maybe in another life.... :ROFLMAO: The only thing I hated about the 90 was the door mounted seat belts. Always thought that was a bad design....
 
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cccoltsicehockey

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I had a 90 Civic Si and then a 99 Civic Si. I always wanted to grab a B22 block and mate a B16 head to it for the 90....maybe in another life.... :ROFLMAO: The only thing I hated about the 90 was the door mounted seat belts. Always thought that was a bad design....
Man, the 90s era really did love those door mounted and automatic seat belts. So glad neither kept much traction.
 
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Xti04

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I had a 90 Civic Si and then a 99 Civic Si. I always wanted to grab a B22 block and mate a B16 head to it for the 90....maybe in another life.... :ROFLMAO: The only thing I hated about the 90 was the door mounted seat belts. Always thought that was a bad design....
Luckily my 89 civic had the regular belts 90 and 91 had that awful design with the door mounted belts.
 

Swanny1953

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OP, you mentioned that your carpal tunnel was flaring up. I dealt with that **** for close to 10 years before having surgery some 25+ years ago. It's a very simple surgery - they sever the transverse ligament to free up some space in the tunnel. The ligament grows back together just a little bit longer. For me, the relief was immediate, the recovery time was relatively short and I have had ZERO carpal tunnel tingling since. I can't recommend it enough. Hands down (pun intended), the best surgery I have had, closely followed by knee replacement!
 

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OP, you mentioned that your carpal tunnel was flaring up. I dealt with that **** for close to 10 years before having surgery some 25+ years ago. It's a very simple surgery - they sever the transverse ligament to free up some space in the tunnel. The ligament grows back together just a little bit longer. For me, the relief was immediate, the recovery time was relatively short and I have had ZERO carpal tunnel tingling since. I can't recommend it enough. Hands down (pun intended), the best surgery I have had, closely followed by knee replacement!
+1 on this. My wife had both hands done and it was immediate relief. She had years of key punching that took their toll.


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cccoltsicehockey

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OP, you mentioned that your carpal tunnel was flaring up. I dealt with that **** for close to 10 years before having surgery some 25+ years ago. It's a very simple surgery - they sever the transverse ligament to free up some space in the tunnel. The ligament grows back together just a little bit longer. For me, the relief was immediate, the recovery time was relatively short and I have had ZERO carpal tunnel tingling since. I can't recommend it enough. Hands down (pun intended), the best surgery I have had, closely followed by knee replacement!
I definitely need to see a doctor about it. Right now, it is self-diagnosed based on my own research and some AI help over the last 2 years. I first noticed the symptoms in the early stages of this garage build after I rebuilt the fence on the other side of the house and running the drill putting the pickets back up as well as installing the flooring in the attic space. It has come and gone ever since then. The more I do consecutive days, the worse it is. My neighbor had the surgery done and said his hands have never been the same since. He was in his late 60s though when he had it done so maybe that was the issue. So that gave me some pause in seeing someone about it. Really should at least take the first step, though.
 

Nolift911

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Thank you. Definitely plan to open up the invitation once I get 1 or 2 of these under my belt. Maybe even do a GJ specific one at some point as well.


Yeah, I definitely got in just before the major spike hit. You had a 90s CRX Si; that is awesome. I actually want to find a cleanish one and do a build. A teammate of mine when I played travel hockey growing up had one, and I loved riding in that thing. So low to the ground, and it weighed nothing.

One of my favorite cars - drove it off the lot and put about 150,000 miles on it 5 years later. It had been to every state except HI and AK. Great era for Honda in my mind...hauled bikes, camped in it, put snows on it and went skiing - good memories.

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