From 5th to 4th - Honda Prelude Forum

prelude10 · 05-30-2002, 06:24 AM

I have a 5th gen now and want to buy a 4th gen for my racer car.
How fast do you think a 4th gen lude would be if i gutted it, i,h,e, and put in a h22a4. And is there a good year to buy or should i get a 92 5sd cheap and do a swap right away? And is there any problems with doing a 5thgen sway into a 4thgen.

SiLudeH23A · 05-30-2002, 07:47 AM

any year is good except 96. 92-95 have the obdI. this computer is better for modding.
tyler

TheGreatOne · 05-30-2002, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by prelude10
I have a 5th gen now and want to buy a 4th gen for my racer car.
How fast do you think a 4th gen lude would be if i gutted it, i,h,e, and put in a h22a4. And is there a good year to buy or should i get a 92 5sd cheap and do a swap right away? And is there any problems with doing a 5thgen sway into a 4thgen.

I would get a 92 cheap and do the swap

With Just an h22 I/H/E and the car is gutted, low 14's...13's with more mods

Brady92/4WS · 05-30-2002, 05:05 PM

unless you have an h22a4 already, id go for the jdm w/lsd tranny. You'll be mighty quick

soopaswoze! · 05-30-2002, 07:43 PM

buying a prelude for a "racer" car?

uhm

sit around the 4g forum and listen to us bvtch about being slow after tons of $$.

soopaswoze! · 05-30-2002, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheGreatOne

I would get a 92 cheap and do the swap

With Just an h22 I/H/E and the car is gutted, low 14's...13's with more mods

low 14's with IHE, gutted to what, -1000lbs?

Crate · 05-30-2002, 09:53 PM

thats what i wanna do to my prelude when i get outa college and get a nicer car.... make this one my toy. =]

GUT it.. but gut it nicely.. so i can still show it or summin =]

H22a4, built, turbo, go all out on it.. full custom rollcage (gonna have my step brother in law fabricate that) run 11's =]

brendon2k · 05-30-2002, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Crate
thats what i wanna do to my prelude when i get outa college and get a nicer car.... make this one my toy. =]

GUT it.. but gut it nicely.. so i can still show it or summin =]

H22a4, built, turbo, go all out on it.. full custom rollcage (gonna have my step brother in law fabricate that) run 11's =]

good luck getting 11's with fwd.

jewbacca · 05-31-2002, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SiLudeH23A
any year is good except 96. 92-95 have the obdI. this computer is better for modding.
tyler

96 is OBDII?
WTF?

ArlingtonNelson · 05-31-2002, 06:06 PM

dont race a prelude do a 89 crx b20bottom/b18top!!!!!!!!!! whoop ass!!!

Bigshibs · 05-31-2002, 08:08 PM

I do have to agree with ArlingtonNelson. As much as I love my prelude if I was building a race car I would go with the CRX, If you plan on doing a sawp do it in a CRX they are so damn light. Put a jdm h22a with lsd in and turbo it, gut it, do the basics i/h/e, and you wont find a prelude in america that would catch you, there to damn heavy.

JDM Lude · 05-31-2002, 08:25 PM

Quote:

low 14's with IHE, gutted to what, -1000lbs? [/B]

you'd be suprized.

my car with a generic CAI, stock exhaust, JDM motor & LSD ran a 14.5 on 22lb 17" rims.

h23power · 05-31-2002, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SiLudeH23A
any year is good except 96. 92-95 have the obdI. this computer is better for modding.
tyler

well i have a 96 and i have a 99...and let me tell you the OBD2 on the 99 is alot stricter than what it was on the 96....i just have an intake on the 99 and i am already throwing CEL's....with the 96 i had I/H/E and didnt throw not a single code, i never had a check engine light come on...so i would have to say what has been said around here and there about the 96's its more like a obd 1.5 cause its not as stricter than the 97+

Absolut · 05-31-2002, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by h23power

well i have a 96 and i have a 99...and let me tell you the OBD2 on the 99 is alot stricter than what it was on the 96....i just have an intake on the 99 and i am already throwing CEL's....with the 96 i had I/H/E and didnt throw not a single code, i never had a check engine light come on...so i would have to say what has been said around here and there about the 96's its more like a obd 1.5 cause its not as stricter than the 97+

CAI should not throw codes at all... What code is it giving you?

knightluder · 06-01-2002, 12:02 AM

Did you gut your car JDM lude or was that stock weight. That motor swap is exactly what I am looking to do. You ran a 14.5; not bad at all. Is that what I can expect with a jdm h22, cai, lsd and exhaust?