LowNSlow's 88 Honda Prelude SI w/ 4WS *UPDATES AGAIN*

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:47 pm

I think I have the record for most progress logs on this forum... being different vehicles every time that is.

Anyhow, I picked up this 88 Prelude SI w/ 4WS for FREE.... yes F-R-E-E

I am very impressed with it...being that it is a 88 it still has a lot of options. It's got power mirrors/windows/locks/sun roof. It's got adjustable side bolsters and adjustable lumbar in the seats.

The 4WS makes this car a BLAST to drive.

The paint is in pretty decent shape for having 300k on the car but it has a few decent dings, one being in the drivers rear quarter panel. Which I plan to have pulled out eventually.

The previous owner has a note pad with all maintenance and oil changes.

I plan to continue the book

As of yesterday I replaced the plugs/wires/oil/filter/pcv valve. Got a new power steering pump seal to replace the old one (leaking).

Short term plans: New wheels (probably some bronze rotas), Falken Azenis tires, Eibach Pro-Kit springs, Tokico struts, new windshield, new exhaust.

^--- all of that should happen with the S2000 sells... which is hopefully soon.

Anyhow, less yapping.. more pictures from it's first "shoot"

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:50 pm

Awesome plans man. Have you read about autocross with the 4ws yet?

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:54 pm

Nope, sure haven't... should I be looking into that?

I would like to auto cross it a little bit....

Forgot to include that I compression tested it yesterday...and it had 180 compression in all 4 cylinders. I was stoked to see a 300k mile car have compression that even.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:29 am

looks like it was well taken care of for those 300k.... free=win!!! lol good luck

v95 · Post by **v95** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:38 am

nice the old prelude are nice when done right,
You got that for free dam if honda anywhere near jersey its like 4g's and up.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:00 am

WTF man... I give it 2 weeks before you want to buy something else!

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:57 am

Not that anyone really cares...but I forgot I had this and never updated.

Since the purchase I have,

Replaced the sunroof glass as the old one was cracked

Replaced the powersteering pump

Replaced the windshield

Replaced the radio with a cheap Dual CD player (it has the usb and ipod hook up so I can charge it while I play it)

Replaced the speedo cable

Found some OEM mud flaps at the junkyard

I tried to teach the wife how to drive a manual on the lude and I guess being that it has 300k miles that was probably a bad idea. The clutch slips really bad now so I ordered an exedy replacement.

Well it was actual some cheap ebay replacement but they use the exedy disk and NKK pressure plate.

Forgot to mention I took the pin striping off....

I purchased an Eibach Pro-Kit and some Tokico blues...which should be here in a few days.

All in All I have around a $600 car right now

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:00 am

What are you going to do about wheels?

And why didnt you just rip out the P/S? That car can't be but so heavy.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:04 am

Not sure if I want to rip out the powersteering with 4ws.... I like the ease of turning.

It still leaks but it' the power steering line that leaks and it gets over on the belt.. so I have a nice little belt squeel for the first 2 minutes the car is running... it's very annoying.

Wheels... not too sure on the exact set I'll be getting... but most likely a dark bronze.

Next on my list is maybe an aftermarket header -> an OEM RSX-S muffler.

These cars have a notorious 2000 rpm exhaust rattle in the header and it's because they are a two piece header.. best way to describe it would be metal inside metal...and they come apart after time and cause a rattle.

You can take a angle grinder and cut out 4 holes of the "outter" header and then reweld the outter to the inner to fix this.

Rather than paying a shop to weld it up... or paying someone to borrow a welder... I might as well just upgrade the part.

So new header + new oem muffler is next.... then wheels.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:06 am

Yummy.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:08 pm

And what do we have here?....

Sweet...the eibach kit shipped out yesterday so hopefully sometime NEXT weekend itll be bitching.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:52 pm

Clutch installed... took about 4 1/2 hours of just bsin' and we stopped to eat pizza as well.

Grabs nice and gewd like it's suppose to..

Not sure if it's gonna be able to handle my mad 130hp or 120 whatever it has...

lol

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:55 am

So did wifey get the hang of driving stick on the old one, or did you decide you'd had enough of her beating up your poor car?

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:36 am

looking good man.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:18 am

TheRandom1 wrote:So did wifey get the hang of driving stick on the old one, or did you decide you'd had enough of her beating up your poor car?

Said screw it and just stick to her Titan...

New clutch is nice though... I <3

Eibach springs should be in soon.... can't wait.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:19 am

Didn't you have to pull out part of the front suspension to do the clutch? Why not do the front springs at the same time?

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:50 am

Not really enough to do the springs/struts.

Just the balljoints and axles/halfshaft.....

Most the suspension stayed in place.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:52 am

Still shoulda done it all at once.

Go home and do them now!!!!!

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:28 am

If the damn springs were in my possession I would do them tonight.

fker

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:29 am

So leave work and go track them down... geez Johnny, it's not that hard!

measy27 · Post by **measy27** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:32 am

Nice. i used to have a 89 Si.. I miss that car..

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:11 pm

Tokico Blues with Eibach Pro Kit...

2 finger front gap
3 finger rear gap

Not settled yet...they ride great, looks great... it's not slammed but yet it's functional and like I said, looks good.

Doesn't look dumped or anything... but once it settles itll be a little lower. Compared to before lol...

measy27 · Post by **measy27** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:41 pm

Looks real good. Not over kill like most of the hodas ive seen..

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:52 pm

old muffler

new setup which is almost impossible to see in this crappy picture..

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:53 pm

Old one looked better.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:59 pm

Yea I was sad when I had to let the old one go... with it falling apart more and more as I went down the street

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:00 pm

Is the new one a stock replacement or an aftermarket?

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:33 pm

It's an aftermarket one I suppose... but it looks like a stock replacement.

Just has the integra shiny tip on it... so it still looks factory but not ricey.

Which is what I wanted... a better looking and same sounding exhaust as factory.

Win...

Like I said, the butt dyno said atleast 300rwhp gains.... that's impressive for a stock replacement.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:35 pm

300 RWHP GAINED????!!!!! HOLYFUCKINGSHITSTAINSBATMAN!!! I gotta gets me 2 of those fuckers!

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:40 pm

New setup

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LowNSlow's 88 Honda Prelude SI w/ 4WS UPDATES AGAIN

LowNSlow's 88 Honda Prelude SI w/ 4WS UPDATES AGAIN