Res Rocket '88
08-17-2004, 07:38 PM
:rockon: Hahahaha, so hey, I'm new here to 3geez, I'd gotten an '88 LX 5-Speed a couple of months back and it's alternator was dead, I had that replaced and then my clutch blew out and my transmission got toasted so I was without it for a long time while it was being repaired by an incompetent mechanic my grandmother knows.
During this time I decided to start learning about cars so I could work on them myself. I don't know much about Accords because I had always dreamed of buying my uncle's '66 Mustang. But slowly I began to fall in love with my little '88. Anyway, I'm just looking for comments on what I've done and suggestions for things I may do.
I built a custom ignition for myself with some speaker wire and a light switch that's bolted to my console and that's pretty fun. I was also having problems with my throttle sticking and it almost killed me a couple times, so the only thing I could think of to fix that was to take off my air cleaner and bolt the mesh over the venturies with the help of the o ring that keeps the air cleaner housing from rubbing and connect a heavy duty spring to the arm on the throttle and the other end to the screw that comes off the head cover that the cleaner housing bolts to. I don't want to drive it like this for long (Though I kinda do because since I've taken off the air cleaner I've noticed a severe performance boost, but maybe that's just me) but since I can't put on the original air cleaner with the spring there, I got some 4 inch PVC pipe that fits PERFECTLY (Suprisingly) over the O ring on my carb and I want to make my own little ram air shaker kinda deal with it. I need help figuring out how to get a filter in the PVC and figuring out what would be the best way to get my hood popped out, I was thinking about just cutting out a little rectangle over the carb and then welding a section of aluminum or something across it to make a little swoop kinda thing or something but I'm rather new to car customizations so any help would be much appreciated, sorry about the lengthy post.
Sean
During this time I decided to start learning about cars so I could work on them myself. I don't know much about Accords because I had always dreamed of buying my uncle's '66 Mustang. But slowly I began to fall in love with my little '88. Anyway, I'm just looking for comments on what I've done and suggestions for things I may do.
I built a custom ignition for myself with some speaker wire and a light switch that's bolted to my console and that's pretty fun. I was also having problems with my throttle sticking and it almost killed me a couple times, so the only thing I could think of to fix that was to take off my air cleaner and bolt the mesh over the venturies with the help of the o ring that keeps the air cleaner housing from rubbing and connect a heavy duty spring to the arm on the throttle and the other end to the screw that comes off the head cover that the cleaner housing bolts to. I don't want to drive it like this for long (Though I kinda do because since I've taken off the air cleaner I've noticed a severe performance boost, but maybe that's just me) but since I can't put on the original air cleaner with the spring there, I got some 4 inch PVC pipe that fits PERFECTLY (Suprisingly) over the O ring on my carb and I want to make my own little ram air shaker kinda deal with it. I need help figuring out how to get a filter in the PVC and figuring out what would be the best way to get my hood popped out, I was thinking about just cutting out a little rectangle over the carb and then welding a section of aluminum or something across it to make a little swoop kinda thing or something but I'm rather new to car customizations so any help would be much appreciated, sorry about the lengthy post.
Sean