Been lurking around the forums for about a year while I have been collecting parts for my conversion. I bought my car as an unfinished project that came with a Kawasaki zx9r engine in it. After getting it driving with the FNR differential box in it, it be aparent that it was geared way to low, later found out that the gear box had a 12:1 reduction in it. I could only go 30 mph in 6th gear at 10,000 rpm so I took out the gear box that came with it and started exploring my options for a chain drive differential and after seeing the costs of the differentials I decided I would just replace the differential with a solid axle temporarily to make sure I could get the gearing right. We got that driving after some trial and error and the car was scary fast but was lacking a differential as well as reverse. At this point I decided I wanted to go with a vtec conversion. I began ordering parts from minitec and about a month ago I had enough parts to get started.
The first series of pictures are from when the previous owner had the car
This was from the first day I had my mini
Its temporary home I was building for other purposes, I later added on to the shed
We had to add a fuel cell, since the car didnt come with the orinal tank, my fabricator made a quick cage to hold the fuel cell
This was the gear box that came with the car, had a 12:1 reduction in forward and a 14:1 reduction in reverse, it was kind of fun being able to drive in reverse and go through all 6 speeds but it was to slow 
So I took it out and put a bar in it place
Cut the ends of the axles off and welded them to a 1-1/8" solid bar
My Extra super duper limited slip diffential set up
After months of looking for an engine My friend told me about his B20 block with a b18gsr head on it, and long story short I bought it, and we rebuilt it adding arp rod and head bolts.
A sign of possible things to come
At this point we were ready to start
The first day of tear down for the Vtec build
Bought a new welder for my project
Decided I didnt want to cut the intake manifold as suguested by minitec, so we boxed in a bulkhead, we had to bend the bracket that came in the kit supplied by minitec for the brake and clutch pedals, then we cut and angled the crosmember to match the predal bracket so we would have clearance for the intake manifold. At this time the buts were welded in place to aid in intsallation of the pedals.
We still have to add drain hoses so no water is collected
This is where we left off after two weekends and since We couldnt work on it this weekend I would take the time to share my project.
