The project **pics**

[89hondaSOHC]

I am turning my 89 LXI coupe into a drag car so the first steps are to paint it and put it on slim fast. Here is the before pics-






and the after....... im not done taking the interior out



Me in the car.

[Blizzard]

Ive taken the interiors out of three of these. I hated every second of it.
The first time I was trying to be easy and not break everything.
After the first time though I employed a hammer on quite alot of the plastic.

[speedpenguin]

[Vanilla Sky]

Man, I wish we were closer. I'd love a set of coupe seats that looked that nice in my sedan.

[jschatte]

Ive taken the interiors out of three of these. I hated every second of it.
The first time I was trying to be easy and not break everything.
After the first time though I employed a hammer on quite alot of the plastic.

taking the interior out of these cars isn't bad, lots of stuff is held in by screws, not those stupid snaps

its a nightmare taking panels and stuff outta my friends 6g civic... every thing is frickin snaps

[ghettogeddy]

so what are the plans for the motor custom mounts and a better motor or beefing up the old a20a3

[89hondaSOHC]

so what are the plans for the motor custom mounts and a better motor or beefing up the old a20a3

for now beefing up the old a20. BTW everything that came out IS for sale

[Civic Accord Honda]

nice

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

for now beefing up the old a20. BTW everything that came out IS for sale

Can you bve a little more specific? What do you mean when you say beefing up the a20, what mods do you plan on doing? What do you mean by drag car, do you mean like bring it to the track every now and then drag car or try to get in some type of event? Just be careful there a a few different classes to race in, and each have their own specifications and requirements. The class with stripped interiors is a tough class to compete in because they have stripped civic hatches and crx's that are light as hell and have a lot of aftermarket support. Your best bet is to go turbo if you want to have a chance in winning IMO. Also make sure you know all of the safety requirements, the faster you go the more safety devices you have to have like rollcage, 4-point harness and racing seat, if you re-locate your battery you need an external shut off switch, ect. Where are you located at? Is this the car you were talking about here https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59015

[89hondaSOHC]

Can you bve a little more specific? What do you mean when you say beefing up the a20, what mods do you plan on doing? What do you mean by drag car, do you mean like bring it to the track every now and then drag car or try to get in some type of event? Just be careful there a a few different classes to race in, and each have their own specifications and requirements. The class with stripped interiors is a tough class to compete in because they have stripped civic hatches and crx's that are light as hell and have a lot of aftermarket support. Your best bet is to go turbo if you want to have a chance in winning IMO. Also make sure you know all of the safety requirements, the faster you go the more safety devices you have to have like rollcage, 4-point harness and racing seat, if you re-locate your battery you need an external shut off switch, ect. Where are you located at? Is this the car you were talking about here https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59015

Yay thats my car. I dont plan on joining some kind of class. Im on a race team as it is, just with muscle cars. I took everything out to race it at the strip every so often and to have an import to play with.

[MessyHonda]

yeah the interior or these cars are easy to take out. ive done it in less then 2 hours with a buddy of mine. you can also take out your trunk plastic covers...they are like 12 pounds.....

[speedpenguin]

I love stripped cars

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

What do you plan to do for performance? You can do boltons and head work and put out like 160hp for about $1500-$2000 or you can go turbo for around $3000 and put out around 250hp. You also have to make sure that you upgrade the brake system so that you can slow the car down.

[89hondaSOHC]

What do you plan to do for performance? You can do boltons and head work and put out like 160hp for about $1500-$2000 or you can go turbo for around $3000 and put out around 250hp. You also have to make sure that you upgrade the brake system so that you can slow the car down.

I have anwsered this ? several times and yes i know that i need to get better brakes along the way

[BITESIZE]

Sweet!

[Accord88LX]

mmm Stripped :]

[89hondaSOHC]

UPDATE











I cut the arm rest so i can keep power windows






Here is the pile of everything after the fact.
Everything that isnt destroyed is for sale

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

I have anwsered this ? several times and yes i know that i need to get better brakes along the way

I didnt see anything where you posted what you were doing, i just read in your other thread that you were asking about pacesetter header and exhaust and all. If you want a lot of power the best option is to go turbo, it just takes time to get parts and cost a little more but is definatly worth it. If your going with bolt-ons then you want to try and get a S&S header and get a shop to custom make you an exhaust, pasesetter stuff is for street use so its more restrictive so for power you dhoulf get something custom made. Also if your going to use nitrious i would suggest rebuilding the motor then you can run a 75 shot, if you dont rebuild i wouldnt reccommend going over a 35 shot. Also you will have to upgrade the clutch and pressure plate because the clutch will slip with anything more then an intake header and exhaust. Theres also other things you can like modify a B18 intake manifold thats pretty cheap to do. And as far as weight reduction you should strip out the AC, the P/S, Cruise control, ect. Im just trying to get an idea of what your goals are so that i can be as much of help as i can.

[89hondaSOHC]

I didnt see anything where you posted what you were doing, i just read in your other thread that you were asking about pacesetter header and exhaust and all. If you want a lot of power the best option is to go turbo, it just takes time to get parts and cost a little more but is definatly worth it. If your going with bolt-ons then you want to try and get a S&S header and get a shop to custom make you an exhaust, pasesetter stuff is for street use so its more restrictive so for power you dhoulf get something custom made. Also if your going to use nitrious i would suggest rebuilding the motor then you can run a 75 shot, if you dont rebuild i wouldnt reccommend going over a 35 shot. Also you will have to upgrade the clutch and pressure plate because the clutch will slip with anything more then an intake header and exhaust. Theres also other things you can like modify a B18 intake manifold thats pretty cheap to do. And as far as weight reduction you should strip out the AC, the P/S, Cruise control, ect. Im just trying to get an idea of what your goals are so that i can be as much of help as i can.

Well this car is goin to take me to and from work and such. I dont want to take out the P/S or the A/C ( i live in phoenix ) i took out the Cruise control already

[Estimated Prophet]

Any chance you could put the CC parts on a scale and let me know what they weigh?

[89hondaSOHC]

Any chance you could put the CC parts on a scale and let me know what they weigh?

All i did was cut out the big peice under the hood, And i dont have a scale sorry

[speedpenguin]

What about those seats, are you getting new ones or are the old ones going back in?

Not trying to buy them but I'm curious.

[hotdoghogie]

throw some D's on that bitch!

[89hondaSOHC]

What about those seats, are you getting new ones or are the old ones going back in?

Not trying to buy them but I'm curious.

Im buying a sparco seat but only one, for now its back to stock

[89hondaSOHC]

Started painting the inside---
First came this just for fun before i started

Then i got to painting


Then i painted this, and its there to stay