“Man I can tell you right now… it ain’t worth it.”
…That’s what Lous DeJesus said about his gorgeous Integra, in an rationally & oddly calm voice. lol.
And you know he’s lyin’. But then he’d interject and say,
“Nah I’m not lyin’… it ain’t worth it. Too much work. Too much money”
“I’ll never sell it though.” he’d add with a smile.
…“Not because I don’t want to, but because my daughter won’t let me, ya know.”
Louis bought this Integra 14 years ago as a damn teenager, scheming to flip it for a quick buck. Dude STILL hasn’t sold it yet! And it’s eaten so…so…so many bucks instead of ‘making them’. I’d say something proper like “You live & you learn”… but we don’t haha. We just keep doubling down. And why wouldn’t we. Because c’mon… how perfect is this?! The car is 20 years old, and the body lines still look far more appealing than most cars coming out today.
Timeless stuff.
And at 748 horsepower (yeah you read that correctly)… Loius DeJesus can STILL let the modern domestics have their pony wars… and then take ‘em all to the cleaners in a 20-year-old FWD Honda/Acura.
It never gets old.
See, when teenager-Louis decided NOT to sell this Integra, he was dreaming of building it to run 9s. But then he starting building it too nicely. And as he got older & wiser, he figured it’d be ok to run 10s & keep license plate on it with full interior & real windows. So this thing sports power windows, locks, door panels… all the modern luxuries we come to expect in our resto-ricers. He doesn’t have air conditioning or wipers, but that’s no big deal because he lives in Orlando, Florida… where it never gets hot or rains.
The car is NOT, I repeat NOT a real Type R. Louis just always wanted a Type R, however, and he thought it was the perfect car & color. He couldn’t ever think of a better color to lay on it. So if you can’t beat ‘em… join ‘em! The chassis is painted outside, inside, and underneath.
Under the hood, it’s a boosted B18. The car made 800, and was then dialed back to 748 for better manners. To get to those kind of horsepower numbers, Louis had to completely build-out the engine.
ENGINE
B18 Golden Eagle block 84mm
CP pistons
Aluminum rods GRP
LS crank
ATI Super Damper
Moroso oil pan 5qts
B16 head port & polished
L9 speed factory head studs
Supertech springs, retainers, & valves
Skunk2 Tuner 3 cams
Skunk2 cam gears
T1 cam trigger
Vtec is locked
Skunk 2 Ultra manifold with spacer
90mm throttle body
Golden Eagle fuel rail
2300 injectors
Blackworks turbo manifold
Precision 66/67 turbo
Precision wastegate
Tial blow off valve
Boost by gear
3-inch piping
GSR tranny with long 1st & 5th
Clutch Masters twin disc
Quaife LSD
Wireworx wire harness
Engine built by CHAPU
Machine work done by CWP
Downstar bolt kit
SUSPENSION / BRAKES
Skunk 2 Pro C coilovers
Skunk 2 camber front & back
Function 7 lower control arms
Energy Suspension bushings all the way around
Wildwood 4-piston calipers
Steel braided brake lines
XMP brake tuck
EXTERIOR
JDM front end
Spoon carbon lip
Carbon fiber hood
UKDM tail lights
Golden Eagle defusers
Type-R rear lip
Slips wheels – 15×8
INTERIOR
Type-R interior
Type-R cluster
Type-R center consol
Type-R AC control
Black Recaros
Type-R back seats
Spoon steering wheel
KTuned shifter
Spoon shift knob
Kevlar air bag delete
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Text by Wooley Photos by Josh Rivera
