Picked up my 85 SE-i today im the second owner.($600)
the buy who i got it from gave me every piece of information on what was done it on. the date and mileage. all the receipts
it was bought it Bowling Green, KY
only cell phone pics for now. the interior is pretty bad the seat and carpet.
cars every quick. some guy in a 90s integra came up next to me and wanted to race me. it kept up with him which i was like
Last edited by Christofur; 12-27-2010 at 04:07 AM.
Have I seen that on Craigslist?
Sweet man! 2g SEi FTW! You will definitely have to get some better pics when you get a chance. I think we all want to see that sweet, sweet leather interior
That's cool. If only I could find a rust free early eighties accord...
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ill take pics of the inside once i get it cleaned i dont think the PO know how to use a vacuum
so the power window control unit it bad in it so the drivers door window will not go up. my 84 has power windows but cant seem to find the power window control unit anyone know where it is located at?
Originally Posted by Charlie
if it was in Seattle for 675 then yes you have
Is it not in the door like third-gens?
no i found it under the drivers seat under the carpet. now my window goes up not just down.
now that the power is back on i can get to cleaning the interior .
i tryed e-mailing that guy.....damn
I see '85 SE-i's all over Seattle Craigslist. Just wait, another will be around the corner.
Finally got a chance to take some pics. been busy with holiday stuff.
The front end looked like it got hide. the fender was a little smashed not bad so i just swapped mine i had from my white 84.
the sunroof drains where plunged so he taped it i got them unplugged which was really easy don't know why he didn't do it.. the seats are cracked but that's fine nothing a seat cover cant fix until i find someone to redo them for me. i smell some oil burning when i stop at a stop light. i saw on my exhaust pipe some oil on it dont know where it is coming from. it back fires a little at idle but i havent dont a tune up on it yet so hoping that fixes it.
but all in all i think its a good car.
Nice. I thought 84-85's had orange gauges.
No SEi alloys? Bummer about that. Pretty typical of those leather seats too, but hell your door panels look to be in pretty good shape. The whole car looks straight and rust-free. Not a bad find! I'm sure that oil leak is probably from the oil filter adapter on the back of the block. They all do that.
Only in the hatches.
Nice car, what are the plans for it?
I do have the alloys just have my snow tires on cause the tires that came with on the alloys were pretty bald.
Plans for it is.
clean it goodddd!
lower it
header/exhaust
maybe paint.
idk what else i can really do to it at this point but im sure stuff will pop up as i go
Last edited by Christofur; 12-27-2010 at 01:03 PM.
I'd definitely get rid of that crazy maze of an intake they have on that thing. The problem is that I think the throttle body has an oval outlet, because they used that crazy progressive dual throttle body setup. Maybe some silicone sleeves hose clamped around it can be used. Either way, that mess of boxes and air filter setup could be swapped for a simple cold-air intake that might benefit you. And also sound cool at the same time.
yeah i was trying to look into that but i dont want to buy a universal cold air intake and have it not work.
ill take a look at it and see if its the oval shape when i change my valve cover seal.
is that all i can do to it for performance just header and intake? i was looking at some new "performance" injectors does it really make a difference?
Injectors won't really do crap. They are delivering the right amount of fuel for your car now, so no point unless you start making lots of power with a turbo or something...
Header and intake? Yeah, that's about all you can do on most engines. You can probably get a reground cam, give you a bit more top end, but might sacrifice some bottom end. Advance the timing a couple degrees.
If you wanted to go nuts, just bore out the cylinders to A20 specs and run some A20 pistons in it. Should bump up the compression and displacement. Swap over to a tunable ECU, have some big valves installed and the head ported... The imagination is your limit.
Nice Car!
I've only seen 3 85 SE-i's in my life and the other two have been totally trashed!
Nice Find
2004-2011?
its the only one i have seen in my life.
ok so after driving it for a while i have noticed some things when it warms up the idle some times goes up and down like if i were to hit the gas then let it off and hit the gas. doesn't do it all the time just sometimes. any one know what that would be?
I had new 85 Se-i leather seats but I think they died in Florida when I left.
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Sweet!!! Another SE-i. Congrats on your find. That's a rare beast you got there.
Yes I know what this is. You most likely have an air bubble trapped in your cooling system and you will need to "burp" the cooling system to get this out. 95% of the time it's as simple as that. It could also be an indication of your fast idle thermovalve either going bad or getting stuck open when the engine is warm. Burp the cooling system first and if that doesn't solve your problem you can manually adjust the plunger back in. Your fast idle valve is located on the back of your intake manifold, just in front of the throttle body. It has two coolant lines running to it and has a metal plate on top held on by two phillips head screws. Remove that plate and you will see the plunger inside which has a slot on either side of it. Take a flat blade screwdriver, insert it into one of the slots and start cranking it in until it bottoms, but be gentile with it while doing this. Once it bottoms, back it off between 1/2 to 1 full turn. Put the plate back on and run it. If it still does the "idle bounce" you will need a new valve.
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Isn't there a bleed screw on the thermostat housing for this very purpose?
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ill try that i have noticed to when i rev it a little when it goes back down it goes a little past idle then it goes back up. could that be the valve your talking about
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