bodyarmours aussie 88 si a20a4

[bodyarmour]

ok so far i have done
shocks,
polly bushings in the swaybar,
new master cylinder,
typer r calipers still on stock disks untill i find the correct bracket,
flushed the system,
205/40 on 17 inch rims,
88 ish integra sx16 lip,
foglights,
night shaded lights,
painted the bits on the popups black,
changed dissy o rings,
valve cover gasket etc,
shortram,
few braided vacuum lines and ziptied all the ends,
painted valve cover,
cleaned all earths,
clarion head unit and replaced all those paper coned speekers,
assorted engine harness maintainance,
remote central locking
genuine jdm visors (off jap import)

on order

upper ball joints for prelude 87 UCAs
lower ball joints
tie rod ends

yet to be installed

11 inch legend disks

next projects (next 6 months)

pirate as much jap spec exterior stuff as possible
king springs
manual swap (stock auto has 298500 kms on it...remarkable)
begin obd1
tint windows

[Civic Accord Honda]

looks nice au

[Hauntd ca3]

never seen an si without a b20a between the guards!

[Pico]

Beautiful

[Hazwan]

Clean!

[AccordB20A]

Nice car, looks real tidy, Very euro spec with the a20a4

[bodyarmour]

thanks guys..its getting better slowly...yeah the b20a's were only in the
4walb SI's in aus...and i definately dont want the headache of 80's abs...so im slowly getting it ready for a motor swap down the road..h22/b20b/b18 dunno b20b sounds cheaper though..got a bit to do before then though..unless i come across a running b20A with a good 5speed somewhere.finding parts sounds like a pain though...how much faster do they feel accordb20a? u got the goldtop?

[AccordB20A]

I cant say i have driven an A20A4 to compare it with the b20a, But they are pretty good.
My car has abs, its good until it stops working, luckily mine works. its just gay how u can on
only use axles with the abs ring on them.

How popular are the B20a engines over there

[Hauntd ca3]

am surprised that you havnt got a spare b20a to flog him aaron.
where in the banana state are you bodyarmour?

[bodyarmour]

yeah moving to brisbane in the next few weeks... yeah i found this one in the junkyard...dont think the motors good anyway..also had a auto mated to it..if i find a complete one illl buy the wreck and put it in..bseries is still a better option albeit more expensive..
its now minus the visors and soon to be minus the side moldings with the chrome bits...the chrome on the front bumper is missing the left hand end piece which u cant see...shame i wanted that









no the b20a engine is pretty unknown over here...dick heads wouldnt know their ass from their nose

[AccordB20A]

At least you got the right motor, But yeah a working one would win. Better bolt in upgrade for the accord it is i reckon. try a 85-87 prelude to find a good b20a and manual box they are more common in the preludes

Personally imported vehcle?!?!?!?! why didnt they get a manual ffs lol make sure its dash isnt digital also

[Civic Accord Honda]

the DOHC stripes are awesome

[codyJDM]

the DOHC stripes are awesome

x2, I want them in SOHC for my hatch

[Tomisimo]

At least you got the right motor, But yeah a working one would win. Better bolt in upgrade for the accord it is i reckon. try a 85-87 prelude to find a good b20a and manual box they are more common in the preludes

Personally imported vehcle?!?!?!?! why didnt they get a manual ffs lol make sure its dash isnt digital also

Wait you sain that Prelude trany will fit the Accord B20a? Bacause I find lots of B20 here but they are always without trany, I almost begun thinking that someone collects them or eats them without honing.

Anyhow, yes look at JY if you find a Digital dash and sell it to me for extra money for your build :P

[MessyHonda]

nice car...the a20a4 looks beautiful with out the emissions stuff

[bodyarmour]

yeah ill have a look matey that one doesnt have one though, theres a couple of other jys around with some hondas that i still have to look at..i think accordb20a meant find a b20a in a 85-87 prelude...theres none at this one i dont think but i shall have another look since theres at least 10 of that model prelude there...unfortunately though it seems that alot of parts for pre 1990 accords are being discontinued now which is a pain...i just ordered the last pair of 85-87 upper ball joints in the country..can you still buy all the b20a parts from honda in the big NZ accordb20a? dont particularly want an engine i cant get parts for.....

Wait you sain that Prelude trany will fit the Accord B20a? Bacause I find lots of B20 here but they are always without trany, I almost begun thinking that someone collects them or eats them without honing.

Anyhow, yes look at JY if you find a Digital dash and sell it to me for extra money for your build :P

[A18A]

if your car doesnt have rear disks, you can always take the ones off that white si with the b20

[bodyarmour]

4 wheel disks are standard on the si buddy

[dba-one]

Has anyone in the states ever converted one of these to RHD? My next door neighbor has an Integra wearing a fill JDM type R front end, wing, etc. Looks just like a real one. It was converted to RHD here in the states.

[markmdz89hatch]

Has anyone in the states ever converted one of these to RHD? My next door neighbor has an Integra wearing a fill JDM type R front end, wing, etc. Looks just like a real one. It was converted to RHD here in the states.

Not that I know of.

That said, I've already looked into it, and we'd be better off just buying an entire roller (or better yet, a driver) and importing it, then going through the pains of reg here. To import a full front clip is not much less, and still requires the extreme pain in the ass of swapping everything over. The 3G's could be had for peanuts in AU, NZ or GB, and will run you somewhere around 1200-1500 regardless of which of the three places it comes from.

bodyarmour --> That's a sick little project car you got there, and I like the gold accents on the master, intake piping and vc. Any chance you and I can work together on sourcing some aussie 3G parts for me?

[MessyHonda]

you guys get any coupes?

[bodyarmour]

yeah possibly markmdz89hatch, dont know what you would be after...have my hands tied for time over the next few weeks but after that im going to scope some more junkyards for accords, just moving house at the moment...then ill be living closer to the jys so i should be able to dig something up of use.. havnt found a coupe here yet its possible they have all been crushed already.still looking though and ill scab the rear lights for you guys if i find one..early accords are on their way out of the junkyards over here by the looks, thats why im leaning toward retrofitting a newer motor and parts from integra, prelude or civic for the future as there is still fuckloads of demand for those parts and there fore shall be hanging around in the jys longer...

give us an idea of what you are looking for and ill have a look for them..

[Deadhead]

.... do I see stainless steel braided vacuum lines? lol... that's sick.

[bodyarmour]

haha thats all they had and i had to use something...besides it was cheap as shit ad i still have no idea why they make it...note it is not all braided...any way enjoy ur fully sick civic

.... do I see stainless steel braided vacuum lines? lol... that's sick.

[Toneloc5145]

Now that is a good looking Accord. Look how straight the front end is. Beautiful car.