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Hello PreludePower, here's my B20A3 daily driver that I bought on December 31st, 2012.
Back when I first got her:

First pic sent to me from the original owner at 162k before purchase:
My car as of September 8, 2014 (wasn't washed in this pic):
Exterior:
'90 2.0Si passenger foglight with '88 2.0Si yellow cap conversion
'93 VW Jetta sedan front lip
'90 Accord CB7 sideskirts
'95 Accord CD5 rear lip
Weathertech window visors
'01 Integra polished GSR Blades
Interior:
Alpine speakers
Pioneer deck
Stock manual windows/side mirrors
Giant lame wink mirror that I began to love from daily driving
Black Crown Royal shiftboot that has been done a million times
OEM clock with clock door intact FTW!:headbang:
Engine:
Rebuilt B20A3 SOHC with Dual Keihin Sidedraft Carburetors
Full tune-up
New radiator hoses all around
JR Spring mod
Polished valve cover
Modified stock intake (RISC intake equivalent)
K&N air filter
Exhaust:
Stock exhaust manifold
California legal catalytic converter (that didn't even help me pass smog:-?)
PaceShitter catback exhaust
Suspension:
Ksport Kontrol Pro coilovers
Moog front upper/lower balljoints
Moog front lower control arm bushings
CTR rear upper/lower balljoints
'93 Integra DA9 C-Pillar bar
One of the first aftermarket pieces I got were some projectors and HID's:
Taken with Instagram lolOl0l^^^
Found some foglights at a local junkyard :3 also got a sweet deal from a co-worker of mine that sold me some Ford GT wheels off his Civic wagovan; it was a bit of an odd combination to me at first but it grew on me:
Currently she is in the garage, non-operational due to a thrown rod. She will be back on the road soon though, just waiting on the machine shop to finish up. I plan on keeping it carb'ed, eventually upgrading to better carbs with a new intake manifold when I make more money. I have an '86 Si to work on eventually as well if I ever decide to do a fuel-injected build, but as of now my main focus is just getting this car back on the road lol the '86 needs a lot of work on it at the moment.
Update as of 9/19/2013:
Got the new suspension installed today, found out that my two front OEM springs had been rusted and cracked at the top the whole time I've owned the car. next on the list is installing the new exhaust and clutch. After that it's back to the waiting game again for my engine to come back from the machine shop
been over a month now since it got dropped off there!
Update as of 10/30/2013:
Have been slacking on all updates, focusing more so on getting it running and searching up threads on here to have some extra help and knowledge. Engine is now back in the car in working order. New clutch installed, everything hooked up ready to go. Radiator and water pipe hoses have been changed along with the thermostat. Everything is in working order aside from a leak in the oil pan gasket, it slipped out and got oil everywhere. Will be installing the new one tomorrow in the correct procedure and hopefully everything will go smoothly from there. Fingers crossed that I will be able to put her back in gear tomorrow! I also ordered some window visors from Weathertech as a little treat for myself hehe
Update as of 9/30/2014:
Been busy with school and photoshoots a lot this year. The car is running great for the most part, still stalls in the mornings but after driving for about fifteen minutes straight it runs and idles fine. Biggest upgrade so far is the suspension; no more Ground Control sleeves on stock shocks, but upgraded to Ksports, and changed out all my old balljoints! Used my whole tax return from last year and I have to make monthly payments to my parents for helping me out with a couple hundred bucks because I couldn't wait but it was definitely worth it. Such a greater improvement over the previous setup. Also hopefully might be buying a 91 Si parts car soon from my neighbor for $300 if everything works out; thinking of ditching the carbs, swapping the B21A1 head onto my block and converting to FI. I'm just going to keep this as my daily driver now and save up for a RWD car to build next. I also installed a CD5 rear lip and plan to install CD5 sideskirts as well in the future since I fucked up on cutting the CB7 skirts I have right now. They fit well but I didn't account for the sideskirts and it looks ghetto-rigged from the side. Earlier this year I also picked up a spare set of Keihins from frijoles to help me better understand how they work, I will be posting a write-up soon to help some people synchronize their carbs without the rare tools needed to do so after I am sure of the adjustments needed.
Back when I first got her:


First pic sent to me from the original owner at 162k before purchase:

My car as of September 8, 2014 (wasn't washed in this pic):


Exterior:
'90 2.0Si passenger foglight with '88 2.0Si yellow cap conversion
'93 VW Jetta sedan front lip
'90 Accord CB7 sideskirts
'95 Accord CD5 rear lip
Weathertech window visors
'01 Integra polished GSR Blades
Interior:
Alpine speakers
Pioneer deck
Stock manual windows/side mirrors
Giant lame wink mirror that I began to love from daily driving
Black Crown Royal shiftboot that has been done a million times
OEM clock with clock door intact FTW!:headbang:
Engine:
Rebuilt B20A3 SOHC with Dual Keihin Sidedraft Carburetors
Full tune-up
New radiator hoses all around
JR Spring mod
Polished valve cover
Modified stock intake (RISC intake equivalent)
K&N air filter
Exhaust:
Stock exhaust manifold
California legal catalytic converter (that didn't even help me pass smog:-?)
PaceShitter catback exhaust
Suspension:
Ksport Kontrol Pro coilovers
Moog front upper/lower balljoints
Moog front lower control arm bushings
CTR rear upper/lower balljoints
'93 Integra DA9 C-Pillar bar
One of the first aftermarket pieces I got were some projectors and HID's:

Taken with Instagram lolOl0l^^^

Found some foglights at a local junkyard :3 also got a sweet deal from a co-worker of mine that sold me some Ford GT wheels off his Civic wagovan; it was a bit of an odd combination to me at first but it grew on me:



Currently she is in the garage, non-operational due to a thrown rod. She will be back on the road soon though, just waiting on the machine shop to finish up. I plan on keeping it carb'ed, eventually upgrading to better carbs with a new intake manifold when I make more money. I have an '86 Si to work on eventually as well if I ever decide to do a fuel-injected build, but as of now my main focus is just getting this car back on the road lol the '86 needs a lot of work on it at the moment.
Update as of 9/19/2013:
Got the new suspension installed today, found out that my two front OEM springs had been rusted and cracked at the top the whole time I've owned the car. next on the list is installing the new exhaust and clutch. After that it's back to the waiting game again for my engine to come back from the machine shop
Update as of 10/30/2013:
Have been slacking on all updates, focusing more so on getting it running and searching up threads on here to have some extra help and knowledge. Engine is now back in the car in working order. New clutch installed, everything hooked up ready to go. Radiator and water pipe hoses have been changed along with the thermostat. Everything is in working order aside from a leak in the oil pan gasket, it slipped out and got oil everywhere. Will be installing the new one tomorrow in the correct procedure and hopefully everything will go smoothly from there. Fingers crossed that I will be able to put her back in gear tomorrow! I also ordered some window visors from Weathertech as a little treat for myself hehe
Update as of 9/30/2014:
Been busy with school and photoshoots a lot this year. The car is running great for the most part, still stalls in the mornings but after driving for about fifteen minutes straight it runs and idles fine. Biggest upgrade so far is the suspension; no more Ground Control sleeves on stock shocks, but upgraded to Ksports, and changed out all my old balljoints! Used my whole tax return from last year and I have to make monthly payments to my parents for helping me out with a couple hundred bucks because I couldn't wait but it was definitely worth it. Such a greater improvement over the previous setup. Also hopefully might be buying a 91 Si parts car soon from my neighbor for $300 if everything works out; thinking of ditching the carbs, swapping the B21A1 head onto my block and converting to FI. I'm just going to keep this as my daily driver now and save up for a RWD car to build next. I also installed a CD5 rear lip and plan to install CD5 sideskirts as well in the future since I fucked up on cutting the CB7 skirts I have right now. They fit well but I didn't account for the sideskirts and it looks ghetto-rigged from the side. Earlier this year I also picked up a spare set of Keihins from frijoles to help me better understand how they work, I will be posting a write-up soon to help some people synchronize their carbs without the rare tools needed to do so after I am sure of the adjustments needed.