Is there really a Y-49 curse??? I'm starting to get scared being a Y-49 owner myself. Is there any proof such a curse exists??

 

what color is it ?

 

the curse of y-49 strikes again:



Y-49 - Yellow.

i tried to counter the curse by spraying my car Prowler Yellow...

 

damn ...does y-56 count to ? **** someone needs to break this curse!

 

I for one, believe in the curse.. It started with finally getting a yellow crx si... I did a straight d16 swap in it... but the kid who did it... lost my axles, cracked my windshield, and lost a bunch of other *important parts (injector clips, pins for sunroof)...then he broke into my car-twice...

Fast forward to today... I just swapped the tranny from my spare into my y-49. Everything went smooth...until I started the car... the mainshaft is bent, and now I have to swap the tranny out again.. a whole day wasted.... Anyways, it always seems to work out that all this stuff on my car decides to not work on me...and it's got a nasty temper when it wants to. But who knows? I don't...I'll still drive my yellow crx every day...even if it is cursed.

 

Let's put it this way. Me, I own a Rio Red CRX. My brother (89_Y_49) owns a Y-49 CRX.

Me: Picked up the car w/ 220,000km's on it. It never broke down save the alternator (I had a big stereo in it). Him: Picked up the car w/ 160,000km's on it. Head gasket started leaking soon after he got it. Replaced that, and two weeks later the timing belt snapped. Did an engine swap, and has had nothing but problems since. We both have Holley 190lph pumps and his just crapped out despite being newer than mine (2 weeks old vs six months old). His distributor has died despite his engine being 7 years newer than mine.

Face it, Y-49 equals doom

 

U read that blurb in the honda-perf.org site?

Well I own a y-49 and even got it repainted y-49 again...
Nothings happened. Bought it with 148000kms 3 yrs ago, swapped in b16a last yr and till this day it's running good still. Well, I have 02 sensor problems but other then that I'm pulling my daily 15.5 (running rich), no dents, no hit and runs, etc...

Bah, I don't believe in any superstitious stuff....

 

Update: My brother's car just died and stranded him again... don't doubt the curse of the Y-49! hahahah...

 

I have a Rio Red as well, and I bought it wrecked with 163k on the odometer...replaced alternator and fixed the wrecked parts...runs like a top...

 

yeah well someday im going to visit your bro with my y-49 rex and well see what happens. i was going to do it at import revolution but he was busy. next time im in van ill stop by providing my car likes me all the way there wich i know it does.

1 hit and run on my car 2nd day on the road after 4 months
Broke rad first week
other then thatr it is an awsome unique car

 

Whats the <U>Y-49</U> curse?? Ive never heard of it.

so thanks

 

a curse for the owners of a y-49 paint code honda. Y for yellow 49 code. curse on yellow honda owners basicaly

 

someones curse rubbed off onto my car(white 89hf).....first week i had it....radiator went out and brakes not too long after...got clear corners stolen in my driveway and they kicked my corner panel while they were at....then i snapped my signal lever...couple months pass and the motor starts to run retarded....then alternator died...then some guy backed up into my ..then did a b16 swap....didnt run good for a couple months....then bottomed out and tranny started leaking...later on timing belt slipped....the day after i got it running,the ignitor went out....then some limo backed up into my car...couple weeks later wiring shortage somewhere under the dash(car wouldnt start sometimes)..all this happend within a 1 1/2yr period

 

That would be cool man You should come out on a track day or autocross or something; there's some sweet EFs around here.

big_pete, that sounds reeeeally crappy... you sure it hasn't just been painted white later?

 

http://www.geocities.com/teamwhy49/

the proof speaks for itself... respect the paint code. I live in fear every day of what will happen next... hehe....

Dan
89 Y-49 CRX
B16
License plate: "WHY-49"

 

Oh it exists... last night my car crapped out on me at my campus... IACV went south. the only way I could get the car running was to unplug a ton of vacuum lines so the engine would idle. it idled like it had a big cam... 1000-1500 RPM. Now I have to go get an IACV!

 

it was always white.....but i wonder if the car was acting up cuz it got a crappy *** paint job

 

From everything I've read on all the crx message boards I believe the curse it true.
Don't doubt the powers of the Y-49 Curse!

 

<FONT COLOR="blue">Y-49 LIVES !!!</FONT>

 

bring the post back from the dead!!
Beaware of Y-49!!!!

 

Metallic Blue Civics never die. I see the most of that color on the road. My car is covered in an awesome Maaco paintjob to even further seal lucky blue inside.

 

y-49 dum dum dum dum!

 

Hahah yeah, damn Y-49 curse. I just wrecked my car like 1 week after I got it running again. I had to mess with the fuel system FOREVER... and then the car decieds it doesn't like me and I get into an accident

 

It's real. Friend owns a y-49 crx and he was just simply driving down the street and one of his engine mounts just broke.

 

I'm scared to drive my car now. I did have it brake down on my once, she doesn't like to be drag raced with no battery holddown and no intake. So she got towed home on a flat bed where she got her front lip scraped.
I bet you know what I did when I got home the next day, yup bought a AEM CAI and a hold down, and also a new set of spark plug wires as a gift to her.


[Modified by Civic_Sista, 7:17 AM 9/10/2002]