Fonda? Hondord? A Honda K24 Swapped Foxbody

Hello all and welcome to my K24 Foxbody build thread. Now I'm sure you are all wondering, "Lummode why the heck would you put a Honda in a Ford???".

1. I like Foxbody's
2. I like Hondas
3. Because I can

Now a little backstory on the car:

It was owned by a friend of mine who had the intention of doing a drag build. He decided to sell it around 2019-2020 to fund another project, I looked at it and decided to pass on it since I had just taken ownership of a 2012 Triumph Street Triple R. Fast forward to November 2022 when I'm cruising Facebook marketplace in a full leg cast after my second motorcycle accident of the year, the car had been listed by whom I assume was the new owner 3 years ago. Shot him a message, still for sale and only 8 minutes away? You bet I'm going to look at it crippled or not. Turns out I went to high school with the owner, small world.

Anyway the car is a 1988 LX Hatch. At the time of purchase the car was completely gutted short of the rear axle and a Scott Rod dash. The front end was tubed, already had subframe connectors and the 8.8 was converted to 5 lug.




Got it home and started down the research rabbit hole. I already knew I wanted to K-swap something and this was the perfect candidate. The intention was to build a lightweight street/weekend track car. Goals are 2600lbs and 350-400hp. With all that in mind I started ordering parts that will make the car handle properly:

96-04 SN95 Splindles
MM K-member
MM LCA's
MM Caster/Camber Plates
MM Torque arm kit
MM manual Steering Rack Bushings
MM Bump-Steer kit
MM Rear Coilover Axle Mounts
Feal Coilovers
Eibach Sway Bars
Flaming River Manual Steering Rack
Motion Raceworks Steering Column

Lead time was rather long for the MM stuff so I decided to pick out the brake components:

Cadillac ATS Brembos
S&S Engineering ATS to SN95 Hardware Kit
13" Cobra Rotors
Taurus rear calipers (43mm)
Foxbody Brakes Rear Disc Conversion Brackets
11.6" Cobra Rotors
Strange Manual Brake Conversion
MM Braided Brake Lines
Wilwood Proportioning Valve

Got the brake stuff in the mail quick so I got to modifying the Brembos for the S&S kit and got them mounted on the spindles:



MM K-member, LCA's, caster/camber plates and Feal coilovers came in a month or two later so got them fitted to the chassis with the front brakes:





The Feal springs match the paint almost perfect and the MM parts are super nice. Steering rack, MM bushings and bump-steer kit arrived. Bump-steer kit does not use tapered hardware so I setup the spindles in the mill and drilled them for 5/8 hardware: