Minilite Accord Turbo Article

[2ndGenGuy]

This is from the Feb. 1978 Car and Driver I snagged off eBay. Hope you guys enjoy this... Note to self: 14psi might be a bit much for a stock motor.

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These are the cardinal rules from page 36 as noted in the magazine:


1) Intake passages must be as short as possible.
2) Fuel-air mixture should travel ever downward.
3) There must be a limit to maximum boost (other than the driver).
4) There must be protection against detonation thought the load and RPM range.

[84Accord]

awesome article and info john! the accord looks cool too :rockon:.

[Hazwan]

Four seconds off stock 0-60 times, so that makes it like 8 secs with 14psi of boost? lol

I like the seats though.

[79cord]

Yay! I've been wondering about that article for ages but never seen more than references to it before.
Is there more of it?
Agree the wheel-arch flares are akward but the stripes are fun & the wheels look so right -the early steel wheels even having slightly Minilite/Panasport styling (I'll paint some up to exaggerate that one day!)

[Ichiban]

"while it was still running.."

I guess if you don't read "the fucking article", you are apt to violate a piston or two.

[seancornelis]

Hey, is that an 82-83 dash in that car? I always wondered how hard it would be to squeeze one into a 1st gen...

[2ndGenGuy]

Nope that's an authentic 1g dash. :)

[seancornelis]

Nope that's an authentic 1g dash. :)

Is it? Damn....guess it's been way too long since I've been near either :uh: