Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi?
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Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi?
Does anyone know of a good swap for the 86-89 model Accords? I'm not looking for performance, just economy. My fiancee is going to use it as a daily commuter car, but it's got 280k miles and it's burning oil like a madman. Any recommendations?
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Re: Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi? (jballou)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jballou »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just get another a20 motor. </TD></TR></TABLE> 
Or a B series swap. B20Z or B18b (Teg LS I think) would be cheap, if you weren't too concerned with performance and didn't have to have VEE-TECH yO
Or a B series swap. B20Z or B18b (Teg LS I think) would be cheap, if you weren't too concerned with performance and didn't have to have VEE-TECH yO
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Re: Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi? (ebelp)
i know this one place out in cali. open loop motorsports does a b20 swap for the 3rd gen accord and i think a few people have also swapped b16's into them also.
http://www.openloopmotorsports.com
http://www.openloopmotorsports.com
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Re: Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi? (ebelp)
If you're only concern is mileage, stick with the A20, the best mileages I made with Accords was with this engine. Going with a B-swap would potentially help, in theory, but the tranny gears are much shorter, so you'll end up at par, if not with higher gas consumption.
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Re: Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi? (sauceman)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sauceman »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you're only concern is mileage, stick with the A20, the best mileages I made with Accords was with this engine. Going with a B-swap would potentially help, in theory, but the tranny gears are much shorter, so you'll end up at par, if not with higher gas consumption.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Why not just swap a b18b and use the tranny from that ? You can't use the a20 tranny anyway.
Anyway, my suggestion would be a boosted b18b boost baby ! who needs vtec !
Why not just swap a b18b and use the tranny from that ? You can't use the a20 tranny anyway.
Anyway, my suggestion would be a boosted b18b
boost baby ! who needs vtec !
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Re: Good swap for an 89 Accord Lxi? (Razor)
If it is just for the G/F and all she is going to do is drive it, just put the a20 motor in. If you want a little more power, than put the JDM b20 in the car, it bolts right in, you would just need to change a few things. (Has to be the old old old old JDM b20 motor from the 86-89 honda accord.)
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