Adios to Honda accord welcome to my 02 WRX

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Originally Posted by 3GCVC

how much that run you? bet you could hav stacked the money into the 3g and had better result. u could have probably had some serious power and cool and still had lots of change left over. anyone can BUY a fast car. ud get more cred for BUILDING something quick. but oh well at least it wasnt a toyota :D

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well it depends on what u want also and how much time you have for that, let me add up here all that i needed to do to get this car from a regular accord to a sportier car that I wanted my accord to be, new engine and installation, lets say id go for a new B-18 200hp vtech with transmission and ecu thats easyly over 5k in www.passwordjdm.com with out including the installation, Id also need to get special motor mounts for the accord to be able to take that engine, then id need to get a turbo kit and install it, 4 wheel disc brake system with drilled slotted brake disc and install, ACT racing clutch, aem CIA,,,,,, how much would it take to make this honda a Awd?? ,, turbo booster, fuel-air mixture chip and gauge, tein suspension with lowering kit, electrical straight pipe router, fuel injection conversion and excuse me if I missed anything and now about the time it would take to do all this, I need a car every day of the week bro.... plus im working like 110-130 per 2 weeks.


including the repairs the car needed like new lights,primer paint, new wheels and interior work.

how much do you think this would all cost ? not very cheap.

I dont think what i did is what you all should do, belive me if i had more time and know how to do most this work myself id do it cuz, I think that 3gen wicked accord has is a awsome car... but all that work seems to difficult.
atleast for me.

I bought this modded wrx for 14,500.oo .

peace

I also wanted to say that if I would of had more space for my 3rdgen to sit for a while I would of kept it and bought a cover for it, and kept it until i could of gotten those upgrades and work done to it. Belive me I would of done it, it was my first car and I loved it.

Im even thinking that if Im to make nuff money id buy a 2-door Se-i and build a racing grd-gen. :)

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Originally Posted by 3GCVC

i think theres a bit of a difference there a bubble is ok its not good but CHUBBY noway. i wil stick to the boxes they are way cooler. not to mention less wires and bullshit plastic guards and strange looking canisters mounted on the firewall :)

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Hell, I love my 3G, but I'd have to say that even this car has alot of "wires and bullshit plastic guards and strange looking canisters" well, not on the firewall, but elsewhere, not to mention the roughly 50 vacuum lines! I have an old 79 Dodge truck sitting out back with a /6, three on the tree. It runs like a top, has no extra crap on the motor or body (remember spark, gas, air?), and is the easiest thing in the world to work on (not that it ever needs it). THAT, in my opinion, is a fine piece of machinery. It will be running long after the NH salt has rendered the body uninspectable. It drove 900 miles from NC to NH to move me and all my junk up here (including a motorcycle in the bed, two 55G fish tanks, and everything else in the biggest trailer you can rent).

If you're looking for simple, reliable (yes I know Hondas are reliable, see the word that prefaced reliable)design, you gotta go back a little further than the mid 80's guys.

All that junk aside, I've always thought those WRX's were pretty cool looking little cars. Keep an eye on your AWD, I've heard they can be problematic on the WRX. Too bad you got rid of such a nice physical specimen of a Honda....as you can see, there would have been quite a bit of interest....Nice car though, congrats!

the new 4runner, tacoma,tundra,RAV4(very comfortable, my mom has one), and the new camry look good

in the end it comes down to patience (working out the shit and sorting threw all the bullshit honda outs on there engines) and money and how much time you have to fix a car if it goes wrong. Im still with the good old boxy mid 80s cars:D
they r fine.

my b20a engine bay has now only for like 3 vaccume lines no canisters or black boxes and also no plastic shoruds/guards that get in your way
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Originally Posted by russiankid

the new 4runner, tacoma,tundra,RAV4(very comfortable, my mom has one), and the new camry look good

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those are all awesome!!! those new tacomas and 4runners are sooo nice my brother and his wife have them, and man are they awesome :)

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Originally Posted by wohdog

in the end it comes down to patience (working out the shit and sorting threw all the bullshit honda outs on there engines) and money and how much time you have to fix a car if it goes wrong. Im still with the good old boxy mid 80s cars:D
they r fine.
my b20a engine bay has now only for like 3 vaccume lines no canisters or black boxes and also no plastic shoruds/guards that get in your way
:D

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I'd love to be able to do that. I don't mind working on a car, but it just seems like there's an inappropriate amount of "stuff" on this engine. Guess the first step would be a weber (or Holley) and a manual choke.....

If you have a carbed Accord, I agree that they have too much vacuum lines. This is the reason I converted to EFI.

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Originally Posted by gfrg88

those are all awesome!!! those new tacomas and 4runners are sooo nice my brother and his wife have them, and man are they awesome :)

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yep my mom has the 06 RAV4 and the 4cylinder engine has plenty of power, and its very comfortable

i would have bought ur fender and ur hood:hsugh: :rolleyes:

yeah im looking for a better hood also..cuz mine is all mest up and i dont want to fix it