Hey guys, been on the boards here a long time but haven't really ever posted anything. Bought 2 CRX's last week and thought I'd post something about it.

Had my first CRX Si (90, black) a few years ago for a couple months, missed it so just picked up a red '88 Si last week. I was selling my commuter '90 DA teg GS and took the CRX as a partial trade. The interior was pretty poor condition, huge rip on the drivers seat, door panels and dash / center console painted a semi-gloss black (damn ricers), didn't have a climate control and there was a metal plate with an a/f guage mounted in it where the climate control was. Also was missing most of the rear-interior. Body is in decent condition and it has DA rear discs with master cylinder / booster / prop valve. Has 200k miles (320k k's), burns a little oil and has a slipping clutch.

A couple days after I bought the car I was looking through the local import forums for CRX parts for sale (seats / interior panels / motor swap etc). Well, here's what I found. Not quite my style but the price was right. It's an orange 88 Si with horrible kit that was rolled. Picked it up for $500, including a good condition SOHC ZC, mint Si tranny, decent suspension and full interior.

Here's the specs on the totalled one I picked up:


suspension:
-h&r sport springs
-kyb gr2 shocks
-omni power control arms
-front strut bar
-rear strut bar
-15" csa pursuits with carbon fibre insert, has some hankooks with about %70 treat left 195/50/15.

engine:
-jdm sohc zc with 177 km's
-short ram intake
-91 Si tranny with 150 km's

misc:
-short shifter
-grant steering wheel


Modified by dubzz24 at 5:08 PM 10/4/2006


Modified by dubzz24 at 5:38 PM 10/4/2006

 

Here's some pics of the project. All of these were taken by the previous owners. So far I've swapped the interior over to the red one, and wired in a climate control from a 92 Accord. This weekend I'll swap in the suspension and drivetrain. More pics to come.



And some of the ricey donor car before the crash:

 

Like those rims on the red CRX, out of curiosity do you know what those are?

 

nice rex, looks like a solid start, and i like the scenery too, i'm taking my rex on a 5 hour drive upstate NY this weekend into the mountains..

 

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They are 85 CRX SI wheels. 13" gotta love it.

 

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Thanks . Make sure to take some pics of your trip.

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They are 85 CRX SI wheels. 13" gotta love it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You got it. I'm kinda impartial to them, but at least they look better than steelies.

 

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You got it. I'm kinda impartial to them, but at least they look better than steelies.

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Yeah, I have a set of Phonedials (86-87 CRX SIs) that are painted a dark grey. They look great, but I wish they were stock silver. I love stock Honda and Acura wheels. Your car looks nice from what I see. You need to snap some more in your progress.

 

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Thanks. I'll definately take some pics of my own soon.

 

[QUOTE=dubzz24]Here's some pics of the project. All of these were taken by the previous owners. So far I've swapped the interior over to the red one, and wired in a climate control from a 92 Accord. This weekend I'll swap in the suspension and drivetrain. More pics to come.


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what kind of exhaust is that? How does it sound? I'm in need of new exhaust, and I want something on there that sounds good...Not a fan at all of loud! I want something that is quiet at idle, kinda deep sounding, and not much louder at acceleartion, but retaining the deep sound.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ’90crxSI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kind of exhaust is that? How does it sound? I'm in need of new exhaust, and I want something on there that sounds good...Not a fan at all of loud! I want something that is quiet at idle, kinda deep sounding, and not much louder at acceleartion, but retaining the deep sound. </TD></TR></TABLE>

It's some sort of magnaflow, haven't really looked at it yet. Sounds really good under part throttle and idle, not too loud and actually fairly deep and throaty (for a 1.6L anyways, nothing like my Prelude :D). Under full acceleration it gets pretty loud and over 5k rpm it gets that typical Civic crackle/buzz sound but I think that might be because there's no resonator.