Honda Prelude

[A18A]

or poolude as some may call it. i just got one this morning for $200. we need another car here since my mum wrote her accord off. so here's another build thread. now to the car

the good:
new battery
couple new tyres
speakers
overall body condition
new shocks (apparently)
everything works (other than the motor)
the price i suppose
rego on hold

the bad:
it's a 4th gen
snapped cam belt
possibly bent valves
rust on the roof
faded/peeling paint

onto the pics:

[Civic Accord Honda]

very nice i like the deck too!

[itzdave]

great buy!

[A18A]

i pulled out teh motor

look how filthy that is. eww







i rinsed all the leaves and dirt & stuff out of the engine bay, then nature decided to assist the rinsing process. ill take some petrol to it tomorrow maybe

[Civic Accord Honda]

sweet! wish i could pull an engine out in less then a half hour

[A18A]

so do i

[blazin3gen]

your such a Honda Whore i love it!

[charliekuney]

I wish I could pull an engine period. '93 or '94?

[labeledsk8r]

good buy, a car in that condition around here can still pull almost 2 k LOL

[carotman]

a snapped belt sucks

You can always install a SOHC in there if you decide to go the cheap route.

Anyway, I guess F22Bs should be readily available in NZ.

[GraniteLXI]

Nice find for 200 bones! While you have the engine out you plan on doing a manual tranny swap too?

[A18A]

a snapped belt sucks

You can always install a SOHC in there if you decide to go the cheap route.

Anyway, I guess F22Bs should be readily available in NZ.

yeah i got a totaled 5g accord with a mint f22b1 in it that's gonna donate its motor. partly why i bought this car lol

Nice find for 200 bones! While you have the engine out you plan on doing a manual tranny swap too?

thanks, i would, but i don't have any manual conversion to stick into it. but if i did, i'd stick it into a 4g accord i has hehe

[A18A]

i just finished cleaning the engine bay good enough for a motor


nao heres teh donor car


zomg vtax!11!one1

and look how high the car is

[AccordB20A]

so it wont be long till this drives haha sweet

[A18A]

indeed. i hope it will be drivable by thursday, then i can take it to my mate to weld up the rust on teh sunroof. that f22 from the accord was probably the most difficult motor i've ever removed. due to hoist failure & it not wanting to come out easy like it should. and that's why there's new dents & holes in the car





lots of little things broke off that motor removing it, tomorrow i shall replace all those bits, clean it, prep it for install & maybe go get a new cam belt for it lol

[MessyHonda]

looks good

[A18A]

i concur

[Mellexx]

Nice find sir! nao it just needs a drop and manual conversion (Y)

[Civic Accord Honda]

i almost bought one of thoses f22 vtecs today wish i would of

[blazin3gen]

damn bro your fast!

[A18A]

haha cheers. i gotta get the car on the road within the next 2 weeks

heres moar pics

before:


after:


didnt realize there was a difference between the accord & prelude mounts till after i installed the motor. no wonder they never lined up properly

i tried some accord hubs, that was fail. they also add a couple degrees negative camber, or would that be take away a couple degrees of camber.

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU @ this


and mostly done:

gotta find a way to make the power steering work, fix the alternator, swap exhausts and then a bunch of other minor little stuffs

it drives good though lol. the oil is all creamy though. i hope thats just from sitting for months with no rocker cover or washing the motor. ill give it a oil change soon as

its nice to know that the car was pre-wired for vtec though

[MessyHonda]

wow that thing looks all good back together

[Mellexx]

wooo, glad to see it's got a heart again

[A18A]

this car is really annoying me right now. electrical failures everywhere, yesterday the voltage regulator decided to pretty much blow everything in the car up, the gauges dont light up properly now, i think it blew the p0a ecu that goes with this motor as well. it was running mint on the p39 ecu yesterday, but now its running like it's on 3 cylinders. grrrr

[A18A]

in other news, check out my cool power steering bracket i made. i cut up one of those things that go over the drive plate on autos

then test this nissan gearbox bracket for size

and cut down to fit

tension is perfect, pulley lines up good with the crank & all is nice and solid. power steering for the win!