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Andrew Roberts
Charles James
I'm looking at a 1991 DA9 Acura Integra RS, apparently it has a Prelude engine swapped in, but I'm pretty the stock motor is in the car. B18A1?
My goal with the car is to strip it, give it some decent suspension, and have a fun little pocket rocket for track days/autox.
I want to build an engine and trans for it on the side, preferably on the cheap. I'm better versed with Chevy small blocks. What are my options for something that can rev high but won't break the bank? I wouldn't call it a poorfag build, but being able to use as many stock Honda parts as possible would be desirable. (aftermarket reliability mods like a block girdle and related are definitely being used to hold the damn thing together)
What are my options for something that can rev high? I guess I'm kinda asking for the chevy 302 equivalent of a b series? Custom work isn't desirable, but can be done if necessary. Just want to keep costs low.
Elijah Butler
Prelude had the best specs for FF (not sure for s2k/nsx compairs) but the civic is like a vega., small, light and classic - yes you can fit a big block in it, but you'll have to modify at least motor mounts. But most 1.8 ~ 2.x should fit. Scout CL, letgo, Facebook marketplace for donor chassis, swap in, fit some eBay crap - might have to spring for a cam and piston set while you have the block free of an engine bay, but I too am from old school American muscle, I'm sure there's blocks in the sub 2L that can cook as much or more than JDM big blocks.
Also AC delete, EGR delete, manual steering rack or loop rack and manual brakes. The less you demand from the motor, the more power you can put to the wheels.
Gabriel Fisher
hey hondafags I've never opened one of these threads before but I though I'd share my 3K Civic experience
you guys like blogs right?
>be me this past summer
>need beater for commuting on Denver's shit roads
>buy first seemingly decent car I find, couldn't give a fuck at that point
>rebuilt from salvage Accord wagon from shady inner-city used car lot, 165k miles, $2300, F22B2 5MT
>surprisingly nice shape, rebuilt to a good standard, can tell it was maintained well previously, looks really nice
>do TB/WP and reseal the front of the motor, tune-up, fluids, tires, Excel G's, a few coolant hoses and seals etc
>put 10k miles on it in the first few months
>sell my fun car in order to get a different fun car
>wreck the accord into the back of a tundra at 20mph the day my fun car is sold, dumb fuckup on my part
hood and FR fender fucked to shit, so is core support and the structural member behind the fender, holes in the radiator
>insurance totals car, I intend to just turn it in and replace it
>rape the living shit out of it for a few days as a final hurrah
>take it "rallying", dump the clutch at stoplights, bash limiter, fucking PLOW over curbs at 30-40 mph in the snow on several occasions (by accident)
>barely any coolant in the fucking thing, try to top it off with water as it leaks out profusely
>literally unaffected other than mild alignment deterioration
>start to feel bad for the piece of shit, don't want to buy another daily with newly acquired fun car money
>"buy it back" from insurance co for like $150
>put some shitty autozone radiator in it, half assedly replace and bleed the coolant
>get drunk and go to the U-Pull-your-dick -- an afternoon, a slide hammer, and $100 worth of mismatched panels and lights later and it's good as new
cont
Dylan Morales
>take it skiing a couple of times
>seems fine
>spring break, fuckall to do
>decide to drive it to LA from Denver just 4 fun
>lose the hubcaps for easier tire pressure adjustment, full beaner shitbox mode on black steelies
>deserted I70/I15 the whole way there until Vegas
>doing 95-110 the whole time, screaming at 4000-4700 RPM, fucking bombing down the canyons
>bum around LA for a week, accord performs flawlessly
>off my ass on ketamine the whole time so it just feels like playing San Andreas IRL
>make the trip in one day both ways
>34 MPG on the way down, 27 on the way back (hell of a climb)
>went out to get tendies today
>first time using it since I parked it upon returning, covered in filth from intense I70 snowstorm
>still just completely fucking fine
I know it's technically American and all, but I'm glad I fell for an Veeky Forums meme this time around and gave gayass Honda a chance
I've got a brief scenic video of it parked along PCH in full shitbox dress but it's not like anyone gives a shit
Camden Rivera
Dunno. R18 maybe? 140 reliable HP would be plenty in a fit. Can't imagine they cost a lot either
Alexander Morgan
I checked it out in person, doesn't look like an H engine unfortunately, definitely some kind of B series. Cam and springs and all that is full expected, just not gonna extra nuts for expensive stuff, that's all. But thank you for the tips, that's all very doable.
Justin Myers
I own a Del Sol
I sold my Skoda
I brought a Freelander
I have all I need
Jace Long
camera shy?
come on and post pics
Landon Cruz
I give a shit, post it.