I'm new to the area and I need a reliable mechanic that knows honda engines real well.

To read about what happened to my car go here: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=52722

Thanks

 

dude, what is broken?

and yeah, i hear ya about roads in the burgh, one set of wheels toasted from this past winter... and my alignment... heh, fuq dat.

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I'm pretty sure it's the oil pan that's done. Where do you take your car to get things like this repaired.

 

pretty sure?? well, do you see a hole/gash in it? how's your oil level doing? are you still driving it?

to my garage.

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Aah, Kai.. sorry to hear what happened..
I hate Pittsburgh Road too.. I think I will need some alignment soon...
I will drive carefully now... good thing that I used to drive my lowered Del Sol, so now driving my R, I watched out for the roads...(as if I will scrape on something)

D will definitely help you out. hehe... D

PiYo-Who's still collecting Pieces of his Head around......

 

yos, you still confuse me sometimes.... LOL...

 

Yeah, the roads around here are constantly changing...D and i were leaving my appt, and about a block later the road had dissappeared, overnight...it was completely torn out, just rocks and big evil manholes sticking 6 inches out of the "road". Then, 2 days later, again without any trace, it's paved perfectly. Gotta keep your eyes on the road, literally...that sucks. Have D take a look at it

 

D, don't worry.. even myself is confused of...um... MySelF? LoL.

 

sweet. havn't seen you around latly... how do you like the OEM body kit?

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I went home for lunch to take a look at it during the day...

Definitely a constant dripping of oil coming out of what looks like the oil pan. Do you guys know if there's anything immediately inside the oil pan that might have been damaged too? The dent looks about 3/4 to an inch deep.

Plus I busted the bottom half of my header. That's probably the only good thing that came out of this whole deal...now I have an excuse to get an aftermarket header.

Luckily I take the bus to work so I can do without a car for a while.

D - you busy this week? If you've got time could you possibly take a look at it. I live one block away from CMU. Shoot me an email chikai@andrew.cmu.edu when you get a chance

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D or Aleph;
What is the story of that Z28 in the pics on your site. It looks hilariuos, but what happened to him?

 

hillarious?? heh.. i dunno about that... they're definatly cool pics though... that was taken by a friend of ours who happend to be at Nelson Ledges for fundays i believe summer of 2000. He happend to be in the right place at the right time and got a nice sequence. dunno what happend to the guy. but damn... that Z is ****** in the air..

aleph, correct me if i'm lying...

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You ain't lyin, bro, that's what I heard too. If i recall, the guy was from Northern Virginia, and had no way of getting back home that weekend...double-suck.

 

I think it looks good... but Probably a Header or any other Performance related upgrade is better than that OEM body kit.... (I should've listened to you)...
well.. gonna have to save some $$... iceBox is next I think... if I can squeeze some $$ later on this month.

 

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So I called Spitzer Acura today for an estimate...$9000 they quoted me. Is that a load of **** or what? They said that I cracked my engine block, my tranny, my oil pan, my exhaust, etc...what the hell!!!

 

Dude 9000 bucks is almost as much as your car is worth! What the **** are they trying to pull?

 

Yeah I wondered about that too. Kelly Blue Book says my car is worth $9000-$9800. Any ideas as to what I should do?

Does anyone know what the legal limit is for ride height in PA?

 

dunno about ride height. that's a fuggin lot of money though.

D

 

Just talked to the insurance dude...

He said if I can find another shop that can do it for cheaper it shouldn't be a problem. Hmmm..does anyone have a spare ITR or GSR engine and tranny in Pittsburgh area? I'm definitely in the market to buy one.

 

call up http://www.importautosalvage.com

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Hey D, where is you garage? I live in the pittsburgh area and have a honda that needs engine wiring harness hooked up on a 1996 honda civic 5spd.

 

Sorry about your car man...I know how shitty it can be down there. I'm about an hour north of the 'burgh, and the roads aren't any better up here.