Whats up 3geez!! I just recently purchaces my first 3gee Accord on the 2 of Feb. I pretty much posted my first gallery to get feedback from other Accord lovers and get some ideas on tuning and styling. I only paid 1000 bucks for the car and just wanted to get some feedback on how my first grand I want to put into the car should be spent. So please feel free to comment on my work in progress. So holla at me.
check out the stickies....you can get a CAI, headers, cam, a better coil for under 1k
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
it all depends what you want from your car.
If you want reliable daily driver that has a little more up and go and better fuel economy than you should get this parts: header, full exhaust with new catalitic converter, Cold air intake, and aftermarket coil and major tune up. that should give you nice responce. don't expect anything big as far as HP gains. Stay away from aftermarket cams if you want fuel economy.
If you want power, everything i listed above with nice mild or stage 2 cam will do a trick.
bolt ons will get only get you so far. for extra power you will have to rebuild the engine and cylinder head. and go from there.
turbo chargers are an option on stock engine up to 8psi anything above that and you have to convert to OBD1 for proper tunning.
Alex.
thanks for the suggestions guys. i am aiming toward a reliable daliy driver first. then maybe the power route. how easy is it do perform a tune up on these cars?? holla back
tune up real simple to do, everything is right in front.
yeah...tune up is not hard. change the oil, oil filter, spark plugs and wires. maybe the trans oil if you dont know when was the last time they did it.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
whats up fellas. hey how and where do you check the transmission fluid and oil?? Ive looked in the manual for some help and i still cannot find it?? let me know asap. peace
jack the car up at all 4 corners to level it out take the pass side tire off there should be a large bolt in sight on the tranny pull it off and stick your finger in there and check it for metal shavings and smell it to see if its burnt most likly it is, do u have a 5speed or auto
I have an automatic. My car when it shifts into second gear revs really high with loss of power and then when it finally shifts into secong gear it runs normal again. Its pretty weird. What should I do??
sounds like the tranny is slipping or your really stepping on it lol if u have some money take it to a tranny shop and have them look at it to see what it is
cool i am gonna get a diagnostic done on it tomorrow. hey now i am having another problem. my temp guage is reading that my engine is running hot but my car is not. coolant is full in both the radiator and the coolant tank. i just cleaned my engine i am thinking that may have something to do with it. any advice to lead me in the right direction?? thanks for all the help and suggestions all you guys have gave e to me. this site is the Sh!t.
where you at in colorado?
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
I am in colorado springs. but i am always in denver all the time. my girlfriend lives there. and you??
da springs. on the westside.
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
its your thermostat. its and easy cheap fix, just go get a tstat from a parts store, and dont for get to get the gasket. its only held on by 2 bolts, so it shouldn't take to long. to find it follow the top rad house to the engine and thats were the tstat isOriginally Posted by dr_chocolate513
Whats up dude im in the Springs too. Looks like we need to get another meet scheduled lol. Cause im going to have my hatch back from the shop hopefully this week!
cool. yeah we are gonna have too meet up. plus i am new import scenes so i need some ideas anyway. so just holla at me.
hahahahahaha welcome to the 3geez scene its a lil dif then the IMPORT scene!!!
bullard did you take it to revolutions?
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
yup termostat....i had a new rad, water pump and i bypassed the fans...and it still read hot....so i went to honda 10.88 later i had a new termostat and gasket...and 20 mins later i installed it fill it up with coolent and took out the air from the system and bam....it worked....now my car warms up faster...and the heater does not take forever to kick in
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
i have your cars twin in my garage... our second 3 gee is our family car... its way slower then my hatch gee but it gets the job done
https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40885 read that thread, it has some info on the Auto Trans.
- llia
Hey whats up fella!! I changed the thermostat, gasket and refilled coolant and let the air out of the system and my temp guage still reads hot!!! The car heats up instanly and the heater blows hotter than Iraq!! LOL!! Give me some feedback fellas whenever you can. Peace.
Is your fans working? Which thermostat did you get, I think there were two kinds that open at different temps.
- llia
My fans are working too. I bought the duralast 180 degree one at autozone that meets oem requirements.
Last edited by dr_chocolate513; 02-26-2007 at 04:31 PM.
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