CAH:1991 Accord EX Coupe Build

[Civic Accord Honda]

back to the reg thread now lol...

sounds good to me.

What are you going to do with the SE-i rims?

they are just sitting in a shed at my grandmas place until i get another 4x100 car to throw them on or get my civic fixed(highly doubtful) lol

[Civic Accord Honda]

got a massive oil leak from hell dammit.. checked the oil yesterday was at half... checked today (put around 200 miles since then) and it was not even fucking showing on the dip stick1!1 added oil... came home looked under car and the whole under side is covered in oil! just drenched in it.. all over the exhaust/cat/ sway bar etc ... this is going to be fun lol

i gotta do an oil change tomorrow anyway as its almost at 3k on the oil and there was a sale on quaker state the other day

[Civic Accord Honda]

well it seems all my gaskets leak LOL couldn't find one that seemed to be leaking enough to cause that tho =/ hmm lol time to find a lower miles engine and do a gasket kit?

in good news i did a engine oil change (Y)

[stat1K]

welcom to the cb7 and the f-series.

[Civic Accord Honda]

welcom to the cb7 and the f-series.

gotta love it tho.. it can light them tires up!!!

[stat1K]

haha only cus the oil is spilling onto the tires so they spin

i can light the tires up in my civic too, 1-2 2-3 chirping and shit, but that's cus it's so freakin light with that d motor... only pushing like maybe 110hp to the wheels.

[Civic Accord Honda]

haha only cus the oil is spilling onto the tires so they spin

i can light the tires up in my civic too, 1-2 2-3 chirping and shit, but that's cus it's so freakin light with that d motor... only pushing like maybe 110hp to the wheels.

haha lucky mine couldnt i got to chrip from 1-2 a couple times never 2-3.. .and you have a sedan which is heavier lol i think that engine was facked lol
im just gona keep toping oil off on this beast until i get financially stable to get a car and mod it lol

havent decided what i plan on getting next but only time will tell lol probaly another $300 clunker to get me around when i get my license so i dont have to share this car lol

[Civic Accord Honda]

Well... Remember i went all the way down to LA to get a used VSS from the junkyard and over pay for it?.... well now that vss went out yay

it seems like every time i try to work on a car and make it better it shits on me.. every time i fix one thing another thing breaks and now theres so many broken things i cant even think about fixing maybe its time to give up modding/working on cars for now and just buy cheap shitty cars and drive them until they die without getting attached to them...

[PortugalFocus]

maybe its time to give up modding/working on cars for now and just buy cheap shitty cars and drive them until they die without getting attached to them...

That's what you need to do for a while. Get a sack of crap that you don't want to mod and either save up for a car you do want to mod or fix that car "to-be-modded" little by little. Having a modded DD isn't always the cheapest route.

Try to find something cheap and semi-reliable. First and second gen escorts are cheap as hell, there are tons of them in junkyards, they are decent looking and share lots of the same parts that 323s and Proteges do. If I was going to get a beater, it would be a Gen 2 Escort Coupe or Wagon. Easy to fix and parts are cheap. They are really simple cars. Another good option is any Saturn S-Series. They never really changed anything mechanical for the 12 year span of their lives. SOHC and DOHC were the only options in engines, all have PS, PB and A/C. A good place to start. Good luck with what you have now.

[Civic Accord Honda]

That's what you need to do for a while. Get a sack of crap that you don't want to mod and either save up for a car you do want to mod or fix that car "to-be-modded" little by little. Having a modded DD isn't always the cheapest route.

Try to find something cheap and semi-reliable. First and second gen escorts are cheap as hell, there are tons of them in junkyards, they are decent looking and share lots of the same parts that 323s and Proteges do. If I was going to get a beater, it would be a Gen 2 Escort Coupe or Wagon. Easy to fix and parts are cheap. They are really simple cars. Another good option is any Saturn S-Series. They never really changed anything mechanical for the 12 year span of their lives. SOHC and DOHC were the only options in engines, all have PS, PB and A/C. A good place to start. Good luck with what you have now.

yeah i allways have a saturn sl2 in the back of my mind when i think reliable dd.. the escorts are good cars too my parrents had a 90 gt after there 3g hatch got totaled and it was a pretty good car but they spent alot of useless money on it taking to mechanics trying to fix a surgeing problem which ended up just being a ground lol(pwnt?lol)

but yeah thats exactly what im thinking cheap mostly reliable car that can get me around town and to work and back so i can save up and move out of my parrents place (cant take it anymore they fight way to much and next week my whole family includeing me is moving in to my grandmas place.. really fun... not lol)

if parrents do move up north in december like they plan to then ill be able to get my old civic back but that wont be really reliable but atleast with a little bit of money it would get me around town so i can save up a bit longer and get something decent

[Joay]

If I had one of those, I'd rock the shit out of it. I dunno what you can really do to one but it'd be an inch off the ground on some dished 15s at least...

The good news is that yeah, your car is pissing oil, but that doesn't make it entirely unreliable. I didn't change the oil in my Prelude, I changed the filter. It went though oil way faster than a couple quarts every 3000 miles, but damned if it didn't start up and go whenever I needed it to. At some point you just have to recognize you have an old-ass car that works, and it isn't really worth fixing. I think you should stick with the CB and drive it until the wheels fall off. If the engine explodes no big deal, you're not out much. The more work you put into it will just make it suck harder when it does eventually die/you get rid of it. If you treat it like shit and don't care, it'll still do whatever you need it to and you won't have a ton of time and money in it.

I hope you figure something out though, it's really cool that you care so much about whatever you're driving and really want to make it better, no matter what it is.

[stat1K]

cah, my sedan isn't heavier than your coupe or your hatch, with the rear gutted like mine is and no ac it wieghs about the same as your hatch, maybe 50lbs different... plus i just took off my heavy front cross member for a traction bar. plus the sedan is only 100lbs heavier to begin with, it's 2200 in stock trim for the dx...

oh and as for engines mine isn't a b2... it's a b7 rebuilt bottom end with a z6 head, intake, header, exhaust, no cat... it's decent.

[stat1K]

If I had one of those, I'd rock the shit out of it. I dunno what you can really do to one but it'd be an inch off the ground on some dished 15s at least...

The good news is that yeah, your car is pissing oil, but that doesn't make it entirely unreliable. I didn't change the oil in my Prelude, I changed the filter. It went though oil way faster than a couple quarts every 3000 miles, but damned if it didn't start up and go whenever I needed it to. At some point you just have to recognize you have an old-ass car that works, and it isn't really worth fixing. I think you should stick with the CB and drive it until the wheels fall off. If the engine explodes no big deal, you're not out much. The more work you put into it will just make it suck harder when it does eventually die/you get rid of it. If you treat it like shit and don't care, it'll still do whatever you need it to and you won't have a ton of time and money in it.

I hope you figure something out though, it's really cool that you care so much about whatever you're driving and really want to make it better, no matter what it is.

I don't think getting a shittier car that you "won't get attached to" is the answer. Get attached, get a job, and get wrenching... I've been attached to every car that was ever mine or in my immediate family and i drove.

Miss my 3g (although it won AOM without me as the owner so that's cool lol)
miss my rex (rip)
miss my wife's eg hatch (no idea, sold it)

and now i'm on the 08 Fit and the 90 DX Sedan. Love them both, haven't done much to the fit, only wheels and an aux audio jack but i still like it.

Really with money these cars aren't annoying it's just time consuming. They're definitely worth it in the end... i use something like "oh it's pissing oil, may as well H it now..."

[Civic Accord Honda]

If I had one of those, I'd rock the shit out of it. I dunno what you can really do to one but it'd be an inch off the ground on some dished 15s at least...

The good news is that yeah, your car is pissing oil, but that doesn't make it entirely unreliable. I didn't change the oil in my Prelude, I changed the filter. It went though oil way faster than a couple quarts every 3000 miles, but damned if it didn't start up and go whenever I needed it to. At some point you just have to recognize you have an old-ass car that works, and it isn't really worth fixing. I think you should stick with the CB and drive it until the wheels fall off. If the engine explodes no big deal, you're not out much. The more work you put into it will just make it suck harder when it does eventually die/you get rid of it. If you treat it like shit and don't care, it'll still do whatever you need it to and you won't have a ton of time and money in it.

I hope you figure something out though, it's really cool that you care so much about whatever you're driving and really want to make it better, no matter what it is.

yeah i know it doesent make it unrelible tho no speedo sucks ass haha but yes it will be drivin until the death with only oil and gas money and i need 2 tires so yeah other then that no money will go in to it i can still see it lasting another 50k miles easily with out putting any money in to her .. unless that knock gets worse then um not to long haha

cah, my sedan isn't heavier than your coupe or your hatch, with the rear gutted like mine is and no ac it wieghs about the same as your hatch, maybe 50lbs different... plus i just took off my heavy front cross member for a traction bar. plus the sedan is only 100lbs heavier to begin with, it's 2200 in stock trim for the dx...

oh and as for engines mine isn't a b2... it's a b7 rebuilt bottom end with a z6 head, intake, header, exhaust, no cat... it's decent.

i know my coupe is alot fatter LOL but i was refering to the hatchie... and yeah i didnt know u had all that done to it... i still think my civic had problems i know the valve glides were worn and the rings had seen better days lol

I don't think getting a shittier car that you "won't get attached to" is the answer. Get attached, get a job, and get wrenching... I've been attached to every car that was ever mine or in my immediate family and i drove.

Miss my 3g (although it won AOM without me as the owner so that's cool lol)
miss my rex (rip)
miss my wife's eg hatch (no idea, sold it)

and now i'm on the 08 Fit and the 90 DX Sedan. Love them both, haven't done much to the fit, only wheels and an aux audio jack but i still like it.

Really with money these cars aren't annoying it's just time consuming. They're definitely worth it in the end... i use something like "oh it's pissing oil, may as well H it now..."

yeah good point.. im honesty just getting kinda tired of spending the time working on them all the time... maybe its cause all i do is work on them and go online and once i get a life ill be able to enjoy it more

but yeah a job will be on the way and possibly another cheap beater from a junkyard that runs as i will need something to drive if my parrents are still driving the accord lol

[Civic Accord Honda]

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also i took off my sun visor to put a matress on my roof and look at how it looks behind it after being on for 18 years+

[fijisac]

when that does not sound to good, it might be time for a swap or rebuilt, i dont know why but i love cb7's. but anyways, nice car and i think you will have fun with that car........

CB7 FTW
3geez FTFW

[labeledsk8r]

cah i can snag you up a VSS next time im at the yard, cant really cost to much to ship out (although i have been REALLY bad about getting down to the post office for any shipping qoutes, work FTL) noramly the yard i go to will give me small sensors like that for free (if im buying something else lol) ill send you like 3 so if one blows you can keep swaping LOL

[Civic Accord Honda]

when that does not sound to good, it might be time for a swap or rebuilt, i dont know why but i love cb7's. but anyways, nice car and i think you will have fun with that car........

CB7 FTW
3geez FTFW

swap time indeed
and i agree!

cah i can snag you up a VSS next time im at the yard, cant really cost to much to ship out (although i have been REALLY bad about getting down to the post office for any shipping qoutes, work FTL) noramly the yard i go to will give me small sensors like that for free (if im buying something else lol) ill send you like 3 so if one blows you can keep swaping LOL

if the vss in rc is no good ill hit ya up on that

parrents want to put a new engine in it in april most likely will be going with an H23 notec
http://www.hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc...age&item=30030
pretty good price 160hp 156tq supposed to have badass tourqe power band
and most likely will use the F22a4 ecu which im told will work but wont get full proformance out of it until i get a lude ecu (around $40 on ebay but will wait until i get everything else sorted out)

just hope this engine lasts that long!

[stat1K]

Shoot, you could go pick that up too... lucky being in cali... isn't an h22 longblock not much more?

[stat1K]

eah just checked and it's like 200 more... you could also get an f20b but you'd have to deal with some things like the dizzy and a few other issues... just think it would be sicker ya know? lol...

[Civic Accord Honda]

ive heard about the f20b being harder to get parts for since it was never sold here... i like how they say the h23 is a really tourqey engine and i do love tourqes also its a daily so it doesn't need to make a ton of power just that the h23 is not to much more then a f22 and has 30 more hp so seems like its the perfect match

[stat1K]

yeah but for the money i'd rather just buy an h22.

[Civic Accord Honda]

yeah but for the money i'd rather just buy an h22.

only have $1300 to put in to it lol

gotta cover engine , rear main front main timing belt clutch ecu
plus vtak is over rated

[Civic Accord Honda]

Update
Replaced vss again
Replaced burnt tailight
Removed Accord and EX badge with some goo gone

[Joay]

OMG how do we know wtf it is now!?