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i just purchased a 1989 honda crx a couple days ago. it is my new project car and im lookin for a fast accelerating high top speed car for cheep. i am willing to make compromises. what motor and tranny would be good? i was ...
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05-04-2009, 09:02 AM
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|  1989 crx i just purchased a 1989 honda crx a couple days ago. it is my new project car and im lookin for a fast accelerating high top speed car for cheep. i am willing to make compromises. what motor and tranny would be good? i was thinkin maybe an las motor with a b16 head for an ls vtec, sound good??? where could i get a motor in upstate new york? |
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05-04-2009, 10:33 AM
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| well lets start at the bottom, whats your budget.and forget the cheap part if you want to go fast |
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05-04-2009, 12:39 PM
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| Best bang for the buck in the CRX is probably going to be the H22. Fitment is tight, but it's a great swap for that car. It'll be fast enough for you. |
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05-04-2009, 12:51 PM
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| Stick a small block V8 in that Rex! its an even tighter fit than the H22 but you wanna talk about speed for cheap! (disregard that, im just bored. Proceed.) |
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05-04-2009, 01:48 PM
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| you should sell me your CRX and go wrap something else around a tree with your "fast accelerating high top speed car for cheep" project.  |
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05-04-2009, 02:25 PM
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| AHHVTEC, about $500 for the motor itself...i want it to crack tec hard though...after The initial motor swap i have additional $ to build it up |
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05-04-2009, 02:27 PM
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| h22 soumds good to though but my buddy had one and it was garbage, think maybe it was just defective. i dont know much about hondas cuz i just switched from subarus but they gave me to much trouble |
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05-04-2009, 06:36 PM
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| dude you just need a vtec killer cam in a D16z6 and vtec will be poping like rice crispies  |
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05-06-2009, 02:13 PM
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05-06-2009, 09:50 PM
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If you have the money, build a B series.. easily 300+ hp with a turbo. Or build the stock D15/D16 in your car and still make 200-300 hp for a couple grand. Good luck either way. | |
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05-06-2009, 09:52 PM
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| Yes, because you really need to be cruising along at 160mph in a tin can. Absolutely. If you don't have enough to build it, you certainly don't have enough to build it right. A stock crx Si is capable of 130+mph. You want to go faster than that, you're going to need to start looking into safety stuff.. real tires, brakes, cages, etc.. Lots of cash that has nothing to do with making it faster.. Just leave it alone and enjoy it. If you want a monster, save up and build it right. Last edited by phyregod; 05-06-2009 at 09:55 PM. |
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05-06-2009, 11:59 PM
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Do it right or don't do it at all... | |
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05-10-2009, 06:06 PM
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| yeah i got the $ to build but i dont want to go over the top. i want a creeper. the cops around here think that our honda crews are the heroin and opium dealers in town...haha yeah right i cant eve spell the drugs let alone run em. the safety bullshit is alreadydealt with i got my handling taken care of but i need to built a motor thats all thats left other than body work. im thinkin lsvtec will work...sound good for a creeper? people here r into body kits i dont like them just need a motor to be proud of and tranny |
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05-10-2009, 06:08 PM
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| Do you mean sleeper? |
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05-10-2009, 06:10 PM
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| i know what a sleeper is and i know what a creeper is and i mean creeper |
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05-10-2009, 06:47 PM
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| I really wasn't trying to insult your intelligence, can you please explain what a creeper is?. |
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05-10-2009, 08:16 PM
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| nah i didnt think u were...basically the same thing, not being noticed, peeps think ur car is an ordinary car, cops dont think anything outa the ordinary, its quiet, suttle mods for looks (rims, exhaust, slammed, small wing that flows) but when it comes down to business u be crackin tec past them v8s all day, ya know stuff like that. we just say it differently in my hick-ass town |
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05-10-2009, 08:18 PM
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| and im new to owning a honda so my inteligence can be inulted a little, i know a little bit about them, but still learnin thats why i joined this forum, i was a subie person until it steered me wrong, junk! |
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05-10-2009, 08:24 PM
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| Haha, well welcome. I am currently rebuilding my a6 block, any experience or suggestions for this?. |
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05-10-2009, 08:40 PM
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| bore it out and through some p29 integi pistons in it, itll raise ur compression, just a little thing but u wont have to do anything else |
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05-10-2009, 08:42 PM
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| yeah i didnt even know opium was around |
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05-10-2009, 08:48 PM
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| any of ya know what kind of motor came in the 88 crx dx? the head is off and the block is a bit trashy but my buddy said it is a pretty rare motor? idk what that means but any ideas? |
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05-10-2009, 09:24 PM
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| There is still opium around here, I think, not that I care though. Thank you for the advice about the p29 pistons, I will do that. I am going to the machine shop tomorrow to get the block hot-tanked and checked. If everything goes as planned, I will have the mechinist bore the block to 75.5mm (20 thou over), then I will be buying a rebuild kit and a gasket kit and starting my build. The link to my build is: 89' CRX D16a6 (Detailed) Rebuild Write Up LOTS OF PICS!! I am trying to get a lot of pics posted, but the site has a problem with posting more than 5pics, so I am trying to figure out how to get more up. Again many thanks for the advice. |
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05-10-2009, 09:26 PM
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 stock would be a d15b2... | |
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