Goot the car
My first car
im happy

97 gsr
It has a salvage title due to teft.
Has 120 k miles on it.
5 speep manual has b&m short shifter shifter
Has some stage 4 unsprung clutch on a stock gsr engine. i have no clue what he was tinking








Neds a little tlc and its all good to go to chp and smog and brake light inspection

Ok I HAVE A QUESTION.
One of my friends says that if the previous owner ran not syntetic oil
And if i change the oil and putt in syntetik oil it will mess up the engine
Is that true
I tink its BS

Thanks alot HT
sorry if my speling is incorect or hard to read
english is my third language so plz bere with me
thanks again

this helped me out alot --- https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/throwout-bearing-input-shaft-bearing-something-else-2467761/

 

bump
any one
please help me out
i know theres people out there

 

well when the motor is running make sure nothing is leaking from any hoses make sure that it's not over heating, check for oil leaks on motor and look underneath the car check to see on the tranny and the oil pan if there's any oil that looks like it's been leaking from somewhere , take the car for a spin ask the owner if you can take it into vtec just to make sure it's actually engaging and nothing sounds out of the ordinary...

 

how much is he asking? sometimes you just cant pass up a good deal. Make sure the check engine light isnt on. that could be a number of things. You can look up the codes if the light is on. you can also do a compression, and/or leakdown test. A compression test, bascially tells you how healthy the motor is. Just use good judgement on if it leaks anything. Run it, park it, move it and look if anything spilled. p/s lines leak, brake lines leak, check the radiator hoses, pay attention to the idle. If it jumps or bounces it could be a clogged IACV, which could mean lack of maintenance. have the timing belt been changed? waterpump? fuel filter? spark plugs, cap and rotor, all these are like 100-120K mileage maintanence... Good luck man...

 

Grab the vin if possible before you go to look at it and run a vin check on it to see what else may have happened before he picked up the car that he may not be aware of, such as prior theft and such. There are a few of those out there that are known to have been stolen several times...like four or more. This very well may not be one of them, but know what you're looking at when going in there. Also, the previous advice is very sound as well.

Theft cars aren't all bad, just look them over closely and know what you're looking at before you go. Good luck!

 

all depends on the price. i bought a 1997 GSR theft car that had the interior and air bags stolen back in 1999. nothing else was wrong. same guy owned it since then and had everything on it. i walked with the car for $3000 since it needed brakes, the trunk leak fixed and a tune up. one day later the car was just fine.

 

i cheked out the car on sunday. it was raining really badly so we couldnt look at it to long and the owner was in a hurry because some people came out to see his house he was selling.
we will be going for a test drive today hopefully
thank you sir for youre help
i will write all this down in my cellie just in case
thanks

 

Thanks
The guy is asking 2500 for it
I will start from 1800 becuase it needs some work done, like a new cat and new trow out bearing ir however u call it thats in the clutch somewere. he said it sometimes makes funny noises.
What do u guys tink about stage 4 cluthc in a stock gsr ?

 

Thanks
he said only little things were stolen from the car wen he gott it of the auction like 3.5 years ago and it has been standing since last june.

 

Nothing was stolen from the interior. He said it was little things like steelies, no intake, and some little things here and there... still has original paint. 'cept for the spoiler, it's black.
i will probably walk away with this car for under 2 grand
it needs some work done on it thats why and it needs chp, brake light inspection, registration, smog new cat, new ehaust cuzz it has some custom exhaust that doesnt let it pas smog. he said he will include a oem exhaust. it needs a oem intake and thats all i can tink of, and a new trow out bearing in the tranny
thanks again guy
apreciate for the help

 

If you could get it for about 2, put about 3 into it, You'd have a really really nice car for 5 grand....

 

No
i will gett it for about 2
change the trow out bearing or however u call it
putt in a oem cat thats not gutted ( the seller will provide me with a new cat)
gett a carb legal CAI

and no i am not going to make it into a jdm look thing that tieves will go after etc etc lol
all im planing on doing to it, if i gett it, is droping in some skunk2 lowering springs, a greddy sp2 ehausts and some dc headers and thats it.

i went and looked at the car today. checked it out no leaks no nothing, couldnt test drive it because the owner had an emergency at work so he didnt make it at the 6:30 we planed to meet up so tomorrow he said we will meet up after 3

thanks again guys for the help
more would be welcome

 

compression and leakdown test...

 

and stage 4 unsprung seems like alot for a dd

 

yes stage 4 unsprung does sound alot for a daily driver..i have a stage 2 on mines.

 

lol, that's what they all say. once you start you can't stop...

 

i will do it once i get it
the guy thats selling it is like 30 something
butt it doesn't mean that it wasn't raped bi the previous owner

i will do all this at my ROP class shop, we have all the tools needed to do leak down test, compression, etc etc

 

Yeah i know that to.
I will probably or most likely change it wen i change the trow out bearing on the clutch or where ever it is
Can someone explain what is a trow out bearing and how does it function and how much it will cost to buy one..... thanks

I'm a noob at this game as you guys can see

 

We will see once it is registered and pases smog etc etc and chp......
i am 17 and i don't have the money to spend on all those jdm godies
just need something that has power to take 5 people and all the snowboarding gear to squaw valley ( its in lake Tahoe) and back reliably and to college and thats all im asking for.

 

I agree.

 

I will most likely change the hole clutch to OEM or stage 1 clutch wen i will be changing the trow out bearing
Or just Learn to drive the stage 4
Pump mi left legs muscles LMAO

Test driving the car at around 3 or 4
Hopefully he doesn't have any emergency at work again like he did yesterday
And taking the teggy home

 

the gripforce package deal with the exedy replacement clutch and exedy or fidanza flywheel is hard to beat. i have one of those replacement clutches on my R motor and have no problems at all with it. i'm even running a very sticky street tire {BFG KD} which will test a clutch if they are borderline.

 

What are the benefits of a flywheel, a lighter one........
How much would a stock 97 gsr manual oem clutch run me about and the trow out bearing
Hopefully under 250 or even 200

is this any good http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Exedy...ht_5039wt_1197

 

Five people in a gsr and snowboarding gear, and you will feel like you are driving a slug.... 3 people in my car and Im ready to shoot myself in the face.

 

Lol, try in the summer with ac on as well! =[