HEY..NAMES RICKY..I HAD A TRANS AM AND BLEW THE REAR OUT RACING ALONG WITH SOME OTHER THINGS..SO I GOT SICK OF MESSIN WITH IT SO I PARTED OUT THE BIRD AND IVE IVE DECEIDED TO GO IMPORT WITH THE BIRDS $$$ THE PRELUDE(92-96) HAS BEEN THE MOST ATTRACTIVE HONDA IVE SEEN OUT THERE. ANYWAZ, FROM WHAT THE IMPORTERS AT THE LOCAL DRAGSTRIP HAVE SAID IS THAT 1ST OFF GO WITH A MANUAL AND TRY TO STICK WITH IMPORT ORRIENTATED UPGRADES.."GREDDY,MUGEN,HKS AND SO ON..." IVE LOOKED IN SUMMIT AND JEGS CATOLOGS , BUT THEY REALLY DONT HAVE ALL THAT MUCH.. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE DO YOU GUYS GET YOUR MUGEN AND GREDDY ..ECT...PRODUCTS AND DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH HP A STOCK 92-96 PRELUDE SI CARRIES?...THANKXX FOR ANY HELP..l8R

 

if at all possible, get a hold of a VTEC model instead of the SI.

 

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you should get like a 93 Vtec Prelude... There's where its at..

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hehe, it depends on what you're doing....

Si - H23 - 160 crank hp
VTEC - H22 - 190 crank hp

 

HI RICKY WELCOME TO HONDATECH.COM I WAS WONDURIN Y U LOVE USING DA CAPZ LOCK'D BUTTONZZZ SO MUCH?

 

YEH DOOD WUSSUP I USUALLY DRIVE MY IROC TO WORK AT THE FIREWORKS FACTORY BUT I BLEW MY 6X9S WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO TOO MUCH WINGER. THOSE GUYS ROCK NUTS JUST LIKE THE BOW TIE.

 

Hey dude..the prelude is a great car..

I recommend you get a 94-95 Prelude VTEC if you can find one, if not that then a 94-95 Prelude Si. The 94-95 model year has the best interior and is the last years before more restrictive emissions controls.

Make a decision if you plan to go all motor or rather boost in the future. If you want to go all motor and just bolt on I/H/E etc as you go along the Prelude VTEC with the H22A 2.2L DOHC VTEC engine 190hp is the best choice.

For boost, there is nothing wrong with a Prelude Si which has the H23A - 2.3L DOHC non-vtec 160hp motor. Be wary of Prelude Si's with high mileage, as they are somewhat prone to spinning bearings because of the larger stroke.

As for parts, some of the places I buy my Japanese parts are

http://www.polepositionproducts.com - Howard
http://www.performance-evolution.com - James
http://www.c-speedracing.com
http://www.prospeed-performance.com
Some of the best parts for our cars are made by (that I use)

Skunk2 - http:/www.skunk2.com
Crower - http://www.crower.com
ENDYN - http://www.theoldone.com
JUN - http://www.junauto.co.jp
GReddy - http://www.greddy.com

and so on

 

thnakxx for the info..as you know im totally new with the import thing so bear with me..whats an I/H/E?...does any one have the venom intake manifold (kinda costley for a manifold $650.00)??? does anyone use slicks for the track here and can actually do a decent burn out? one other thing , dont diss the f-bodys. my bird ran 14.2 stock first pass at the track and got it down to mid 13's with just a couple hunderd in mods..anywaz not tryin to start **** just statin my case.L8r

P.S. i left the caps off this time for the two gay doods

 

14.2 stock...........


And yes Im knockin on your FireTurd

 

Dude.. I used to be in the domestic world.. Sill kinda am.. I am MUSTANG freak better then that Firechicken anyways it took me some time to learn.. I learned alot from message boards and what not.. Hit the local shows and local street races

 

yeah, f-body's blow goats

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rice virgin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thnakxx for the info..as you know im totally new with the import thing so bear with me..whats an I/H/E?...does any one have the venom intake manifold (kinda costley for a manifold $650.00)??? does anyone use slicks for the track here and can actually do a decent burn out? one other thing , dont diss the f-bodys. my bird ran 14.2 stock first pass at the track and got it down to mid 13's with just a couple hunderd in mods..anywaz not tryin to start **** just statin my case.L8r

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does anyone use slicks here????

there are many professional drag racers who are members of honda-tech

no one was "dissing" fbody's, i used to own one, so why are you so defensive?

 

Im a converted V8 driver also.
Definitely check out the 94-95 Vtec/Si models.Good base to start with.

Also the caps comment was not cause their gay but because typing in caps is considered yelling on the internet forums/chat rooms.Just FYI.

Oh and I/H/E stands for intake/header(singular)/exhaust

 

If you go all motor, dont waste your money on a Venom/STR/HP intake manifold. They are only benificial on turbo applications, unless you are going full out NA with 14:1 compression or something crazy like that. You will be much better waiting till skunk 2 comes out with their intake manifold. A lot of us here use slicks, i recommend micky t's. And if you want to do a decent burnout, remember that having a Limited Slip Differential helps out greatly.

THANK YOU FOR LEAVING THE CAPS OFF, THE TWO GAY DUDES REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

 

any of you guys with the caps lock on heard of lowercase ?

 

it takes serious coin do do low times with a honda... it's not like spending 300$ and you have a 13 second car, if that would be the case everybody would drive domestics...

expect several thousands in engine mods to accomplish what you had... but you gain it back with fuel miliage with time heheh =0)

 

alright..sorry bout the yellin..didnt mean to..as far as the slicks go, i have friends that race talons,eclipses and civics and i have never seen them use slicks or even do a very good burn out..just a couple of sqeaks and a little smoke..can fwd cars power brake?...do they make a limited slip for the prelude??.. and yes fuel milage is a serious upgrade from getting 10 miles to the gallon ..not cool..anyhow..id like to go all motor, just to say i dont need boost but i had to ..id prolly more than likley go to the bottle anywaz..whats a good intake to go with if im goin n/a?? about the firebird, i took my share of imports down with it with no problems..
and thats justwhen it was stock 265 hp. (Lt1 motor)

 

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No, the STR/Vemon etc work for NA just the same as FI, the only problem is they shift the power curve up quite a bit. If you're crank and valve train is still only built to utilize the factory power curve, then you're going to loose power across the board until about 750 rpm's or so before your redline, which is where the aftermarket IM will start to out power the OEM. If you're designed to revv out to around 9500, 10,000... anything above OEM, then the aftermarket intake might be of good value since they start putting out their power way up there.

 

$3500, that would be the F-Max kit, and you'd be pulling around 13.9's

 

thats enough to beat the fire turd. Jk welcome

 

93 vtec i/h/50 shot =13.9 w/a good driver

when people here refer to an intake, they mean the tube and filter, not the manifold like the domastic world.

there is a factory lsd from japen. the m2b4 tranny has it, and also has better gear ratios then the stock tranny here.

 

so..on stock rods and internals ,a '93 vtec could only handle a 50 shot?

 

no never said that, just making a point...i had a 75 shot on stock internals...many people run a 100 shot...but tuning is the key

i had a friend who SAID he knew someone that was running 150 shot dp kit. said he went though 3 bottles and it was fine, but i wouldn't do it. unless you dont care about blowing it, so you can rebuild it.

 

yea..a 100 is what i thought it could handle w/o leavin your engine on the track.

 

You leave it at the track on that shot.. H22 motors arent strong.. You will get away little while shooting that amount but.. Motor will end up blowing.. I would not do it.. Also.. tuning is the key.. FUEL.. engine management and soo on...

 

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I agree...to be honest if you want to spray/boost a car to go fast, the prelude is the wrong car for you. The motor is very nice, but Honda made some design choices that make it a pain in the *** to build up without spending a bunch of $$$

And if you just want a car to drive around and get decent mileage, but still go fast...why do you want a FWD car? front wheel drive honestly blows for drag racing.

I would rather get a Nissan 240SX which is RWD and drop in the JDM turbo motor...