Hello everybody, I am new to this forum but not new to the 2nd gen Accord. I have had four of these cars. An 84 white DX 5speed 4 door which is the car that got me through high school all those years ago. It was a pretty cool car. I wish I still had it. As far as mods, I had the K&N drop in filter with a custom air cleaner cover and a Cherry Bomb glasspack for exhaust. I also dumped the thing to the ground, about 3" or so. I bolted in some Prelude Si seats, all I had to do was swap brackets with my old seats. I converted it to look like an LX and even went as far as putting the LX emblem on it. I think I still have some pics of it so I will post them when I get a chance. The engine died in it, it was a bad oil pump and it knocked like a sumbitch. I was going to do an A20 swap but the engine I got was junk so I just dropped in the ES2 out of my 85 parts car. Second I had a dark blue 85 LX 5speed 4 door. It was a good car. Very reliable but always ran like crap. I think the head was screwed up. The previous owner tried to rebuild it and didn't set the aux valves in there properly. On that car I put in a short shifter out of an Integra, had to do some grinding to make it fit. I also installed the rear sway bar from an 85 SE-i. It bolts right in if you use SE-i control arms. I also had a Le Bra front end cover. That car was still on the road until recently when the kid I sold it to rear ended somebody. He offered it back to me for free but I didn't go for it (stupid me). This leads me to my newest acquisition..... an 85 SE-i. Yes an SE-i! I got it for free from my neighbor who was the original owner, they were moving and didn't want to take it with them. The only thing that sucks is that it is an automatic. But oh well, it's an SE-i!!! I have been trying to get this car from them for about the last seven years or so. When I got it, it had a busted to pieces driver side cv joint and it wouldn't start. The fuel cut relay was missing for some reason so I got a new one at work (I love working at a Honda dealer). I put it in along with the new axle but still no start. I think the fuel pump might be bad, I can hear the main relay click on but no fuel at the filter or at the fuel rail. So I am still working on that. The car is cool, it has power everything, windows, locks, mirrors, power moonroof, full center console with a equalizer built in, factory fog lights, alloy wheels and LEATHER. The seats are trashed because they never took care of them, and it needs a headliner and sunvisors so I need to take a trip to the good ol pick n pull. The body is in awesome shape, it only has one small dime sized ding in one of the doors and even the paint is still pretty good. I can't wait to get this car on the road again as it hasn't seen the road since about 2001 or at least that is when the registration expired. When and if this engine dies i will probably do an A20 swap but I think I will keep the auto trans as this will be my commuter car. I also want to find a set of lowering springs. Has anybody used the B&G springs, or are they even still available? I also heard that ground control made a coilover set for this car way back in the day but I have never actually seen a set.
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