81 Accord
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From: Plano, TX, USA
Re: 81 Accord (ase88)
A newer car?
Seriously though, there's nothing that will easily swap into that car. If you want power from an older car like that, you're better off getting a muscle car. If you want power from a Honda, start with a car that was originally fuel injected. An 88-91 Honda Civic is about the same size as your 81 Accord, and it's very easy to make those go fast as hell. Nowadays, unless you're working with a muscle car, it's impossible to find anything to make a carburated car fast - even if you somehow shoehorn a fuel injected engine in, it'll never be as reliable as a newer car.
Even if you did get your 81 going fast, there's no aftermarket support for it whatsoever, everything you did would have to be custom work - I don't know about you, but I don't want to even think about getting up to highway speeds on 25 year old suspension/brakes.
Not trying to be an ***
Just telling it like it is.
Seriously though, there's nothing that will easily swap into that car. If you want power from an older car like that, you're better off getting a muscle car. If you want power from a Honda, start with a car that was originally fuel injected. An 88-91 Honda Civic is about the same size as your 81 Accord, and it's very easy to make those go fast as hell. Nowadays, unless you're working with a muscle car, it's impossible to find anything to make a carburated car fast - even if you somehow shoehorn a fuel injected engine in, it'll never be as reliable as a newer car.
Even if you did get your 81 going fast, there's no aftermarket support for it whatsoever, everything you did would have to be custom work - I don't know about you, but I don't want to even think about getting up to highway speeds on 25 year old suspension/brakes.
Not trying to be an ***
Just telling it like it is.
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