89 accord 460ks

[Crazybird]

so i have my 89 accord which my family has has since almost new and im thinking(which is a bad idea) since i wanted to put sum power in my car as in turbo or such but my dad tells me it will mostlikely just unwind itself with all those kms

and since im a noob at this my car is the 4door lx and i would like to know where i could get my hands on an engine that i could just bolt right in (crosses fingers) or sumthing easy to modify

so any suggestions?

[ghettogeddy]

well u can get the fi motor to bolt right in u just need to change the gas tank the wiring harness and a couple of other things and it will gice u abou t 30 hp incress depending on millage

[ghettogeddy]

oh and search its your friend it holds all the secrets and if ur trying to do a dif mototr all together the only one that will bolt in are the jdm b20a's anything else need custum mounts and drive shafts

[Crazybird]

well i want my car to giver shit lol and the way ive been driving this car which is awsome to drive i just want more jam so i can pass people with ease

[Crazybird]

and i kinda want to be able to smoke the tires every now and then instead of just chirping lol

[ghettogeddy]

id say just get the a20a3 witch is the fi motor and do that swap it will give u 130 hp over the 96 u have now

[Crazybird]

hmm these #s mean nothing to me cause i dont know anything about these numbers lol

[MessyHonda]

lol to 3GEEZ.com well tell us more about your car. is it a DX,LX, LX-i or SE-i(for us only) i think other places called it Ex-i and stuff like that...im only saying that since you said it had 460km...so your car has alot of km....i think the best bet is to do a compresion test on all cylinders to find out how strong it runs.

[ghettogeddy]

its an 89 lx sedan

and if u have no clue what those numbers are i wouldnt mess with a turbo if i were u, but the dif there are u have a carbed car 96 horse power, the Fuel injected cars had about 130 horse power making it the better engine

[Crazybird]

hmm is it possible there would be sumthing that has more hp

[MessyHonda]

its an 89 lx sedan

and if u have no clue what those numbers are i wouldnt mess with a turbo if i were u, but the dif there are u have a carbed car 96 horse power, the Fuel injected cars had about 130 horse power making it the better engine

Geddy get yo facts str8.....the carb came with 98 hp and the fuel injected with 120hp....also dont expect the fuel injected swap will get you all that....your engine has a shit load of miles....the ppl that have Dyned thire cars get like 104 on fuel injected and with mods. i bet the carbed ones get like 85 hp....my engine has 50k on it and it feels slow...but yeah fuel injection is the way to go.

[Crazybird]

well basically i either want to fix this car up so its original since theres not to many in good shape where i live or i save for the new camero and this will be alot cheaper... i hope

[MessyHonda]

well basically i either want to fix this car up so its original since theres not to many in good shape where i live or i save for the new camero and this will be alot cheaper... i hope

its all up to you...depends how much money you want to put in the accord....some member put up to 3-4g in them the sad part is that when they try to sell it they only get 1/2 of wutever they put into it....so if you want your car for ever fix the accord....i hate to say this but if you dont want the accord dont dump money in to it

[Crazybird]

well i wanna keep my accord for as long as possible since my car has free batteries for life yes thats right for life lol as long as i still ahve the registration for that car i get free batterys so i dont wanna get rid of it

[ghettogeddy]

and free batterys for life isent something to jump for joy if i were u id search a little and read the info that is here cause theres alot here also scence those numbers i put up earlyer ment nothing to u i sugest reading up on basic car repair befor u start working on your car cause its need to know info

[mkymonkey]

lol i love it noobs helping noobs.....



thats it veteran's......youve done your job right!!! lol

[MessyHonda]

lol i love it noobs helping noobs.....



thats it veteran's......youve done your job right!!! lol

me noob?

better think twice...hehe

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

Geddy get yo facts str8.....the carb came with 98 hp and the fuel injected with 120hp....also dont expect the fuel injected swap will get you all that....your engine has a shit load of miles....the ppl that have Dyned thire cars get like 104 on fuel injected and with mods. i bet the carbed ones get like 85 hp....my engine has 50k on it and it feels slow...but yeah fuel injection is the way to go.

I beleive the fuel injected came with 122hp lol. And as far as power goes the fuel injection swap and a complete rebuild should definatly be the first things you do. After that you have a fair number of things you can do as far as bolt ons. For example Intake, Header, Exhaust, Cam gear, Cam shaft, B16/B18 intake manifold. You can probably do a F/I swap for like $200, maybe a little more if you go to a local pick an pull. Thats the best hp to cost ratio. Plus you cant do a CAI or a different intake manifold without it being f/i. You can also pick up a nice rebuild kit for around $300. So for around $500 you can have a rebuilt f/i motor pushing 122hp and then leave you with a number of bolt on options, thats if you can do the work yourself. By the way, hook me up with some free batteries, lol.

[ghettogeddy]

lol i love it noobs helping noobs.....



thats it veteran's......youve done your job right!!! lol

what noob's helping him

[MessyHonda]

I beleive the fuel injected came with 122hp lol. And as far as power goes the fuel injection swap and a complete rebuild should definatly be the first things you do. After that you have a fair number of things you can do as far as bolt ons. For example Intake, Header, Exhaust, Cam gear, Cam shaft, B16/B18 intake manifold. You can probably do a F/I swap for like $200, maybe a little more if you go to a local pick an pull. Thats the best hp to cost ratio. Plus you cant do a CAI or a different intake manifold without it being f/i. You can also pick up a nice rebuild kit for around $300. So for around $500 you can have a rebuilt f/i motor pushing 122hp and then leave you with a number of bolt on options, thats if you can do the work yourself. By the way, hook me up with some free batteries, lol.

http://www.accordproject.com/Specs.htm....NO it came with 120hp and 122torque....i guess ppl like to take the bigger number. so yeah

[shepherd79]

I want to start with by saying, if you don't know jack shit about cars, stay away from making them fast. I have seen people who try to get more power but all they did was screwed it up to the point where the car doesn't run anymore.

1. since your car is carburated. you have two choices. you can swap the engine and go with performance carburator. the other choice would be to convert to fuel injection. It is very long process. It can take you anywhere from 2 days to weeks or even a month. Since you don't know anything about cars, i would advise you to stay with carburator.
2. you can get a new/low mileage engine from ebay or you can go to parts store and order a brand new one. it is your pick. If you are going to do the engine replacement yourself, you will save a ton of money.
3. If you do the engine replacement yourself, you can use the money that you would pay for the labor and buy yourself Weber carburator, Headers, exhaust and high flow cat. This setup should be almost = to fuel injection setup.


As far as big horsepower engine goes, well, you will need about $5000+ to even start on the project. i know people on this board spent $5000+ on engine swap.

Basicly, if you want to go fast and stupid, you need different car.

[1ajs]

welcome to 3geez. 460k's eh not bad not bad.. that aint all that high considering i have million k on my 87 accord. Crazybird.. you have been to the moon and almost back..... were on the planet earth do you live?

do a compresion test there could be a posibility of there being nothing rong with your motor if it has been well looked after. witch in that case you don't have to waste money on a new/used motor that you don't technicaly need to buy.
or you could pic up a motor from the recors and take it apart and download the pdf manual and rebuild it as a project and when your done swap it into your accord. these cars are esay cars to work on...

wana post some pics of your 89 LX

[Crazybird]

lol my cars imbarassing atm since of course i live in canada so lots of snow which mean ice and ice is bad since they salt the roads.... so im sure most of u have seen the regular rust places back corners under the lights and it seems to be starting on the wheel wells .

but my dad is a car guy and weve fixed manything in that car from ball joints to omg that damn hydrolic steering pump hose which i wouldnt recommend anyone playing with.

oh and my car has all new hoses as of like 3 weeks ago since i was driving a little quick hehe and one of my heater hoses let go thank god there was no dmg since my house was like 3 secs away. and we just rebuilt our altenator.

but ya im not a noob with cars just japanese since me and my dad like our gms

oo forgot to tell i have rockfords all around and im getting 2 10s lol(this should belong in the audio section but i dont care lol)

[Crazybird]

omg dude slurepeg as in winnipeg cause thats where i live lol

[Crazybird]

i took ur advice and took pics now just to figure out how to post them....