Suggestions Anyone - Honda Prelude Forum

crippled93 · 06-19-2006, 04:40 PM

I've been out of being on my back under my 93vtech for a couple years due to my spine being split in half and my hip broke in two places..., but anyways. Want to start fricgin around again with my wife (The lude).

Th e body on her is shot , so I picked up a 94SI with a good body to mate with the old lady. Been driving the 93vtech since 2000, and she's got over 250k on her.

Looking for any kind of suggestions or ideas on how to go about building a summer queen out of the two ludes.

JDM swap? Rebuild the vtech & swap? Body suggestions.... Whatever yous guys think if you care to thread it up.

The 93vtech has injen intake, stock cat to double glasspack... no muffler, tokico 5ways, eibach sportlines, 4 wheel camber kit, adjustable upper balls in the front, strut bars front and rear, also lower rear susp. bar. The 94SI has 141k and is stock other than the 17's I threw on it. I'm kinda lost due to all the different possibilities I could do and am looking for any kind of input I can get from the willing, THANKS!!!

crippled93 · 06-20-2006, 06:22 PM

Please tell me that u'all aren't gonna make me go through the FAQ's to get ideas.

I ain't got the time for that ****.

dohcpower v2.0 · 06-20-2006, 09:49 PM

First off, its vtec. Not vtech.

Second, calling people ***holes really won't help you get results.

I would suggest rebuilding the engine in the 93, since it would probably get you better results than a jdm swap, and cost about the same. You could do a header/cams/headworks, and get a nice bit of power.

Then you could save the 94si as a daily driver to keep the miles off your 93.

LUDE'Z · 06-20-2006, 10:13 PM

You should get the JDM swap for your '93.

And yeah, it's VTEC, not VTECH..

petern101 · 06-20-2006, 10:25 PM

well you need a clear plan on what you plan to do with each car.

at this point you can throw money into it and come out with crap.

or read the faq's and do some research and get some meaningful information. we all have our own vision of what we see in our cars.

crippled93 · 06-22-2006, 01:18 PM

I thought this was a forum for people who love driving the honda prelude & are interested in sharing and helping others with their own experiences thereof. All the arrogance is unnecessitated. So I didn't spell it right?

I call myself asshole all the time. It was a joke. Is there no sense of humor in the world anymore? The 93VTEC VTEC VTEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (My sincerest apologies to the wise and exalted luders out there & excuse me for my ) has been hit three times while parked by drive offs and the body is rusted beyond simple repair. It would be foolish to put anything more $ into her. That's why I got the SI. for the body. I have some thoughts and ideas, but I'm looking for some intracitely detailed suggestions from those whom I THINK share the same passion for the prelude as I do. I don't want to get caught up in a bunch of dead ends or financial blunders like I did with the 93. I love driving the lude and have found no comparison that I can afford, so I want to do it right this time. Any and all suggestions are appreciated!

j_t_heilbrun · 06-22-2006, 01:53 PM

I would rebuild vtec motor and swap it into the 94 as well as any of your other parts that you want to keep. Put the H23 in the 93 and sell it.

Zbone · 06-22-2006, 02:03 PM

Buy a JDM VTEC front clip and do a RHD swap into the 94, and do the above with the 93.

prelude styl · 06-22-2006, 03:03 PM

I say you should rebuild your H22 and swap it into the Si body. I'd think about swapping interiors also.. as long as the color of the outside and inside still look ok(I'm talking not just gauge cluster but door panels, seats, carpets etc.). It's your car so we can't tell you what to do with it aesthetically, that's your game. It's easier to come with a question like "which is better, product X or product Y?". Or "should I do X, or should I do Y?"... know what I mean? Only you know what you want the final outcome of your car to be.

Anyways, rebuild H22-> put into Si-> swap interiors into Si-> part out/sell Vtec body+H23 is my suggestion, and go from there.

crippled93 · 06-25-2006, 10:56 AM

I have a 6K budget, planning to do everything myself. I'm interested in the front clip for RHD conversion since it will be the summer lude I never had the time or money to build with the 93vtec. I'm not into haghty body's or forced induction. I want to get around 250 horses NA. Would it be more efficient and less problematic to build it with the jdm H22a, jdm front clip h22a,or the usdm H22a1 with 250k miles on it.

autoluder · 06-25-2006, 11:55 AM

Pull your vtec out, rebuild it while its out cause its easier that way. (easier to replace timing belt really). While your at it check your tranny for bad synchros too. Then put the motor and tranny in the 94 lude, then part out the 93, then junk the 93. End of story....

Xander · 06-25-2006, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crippled93

I have a 6K budget, planning to do everything myself. I want to get around 250 horses NA.

With $6000 I don't think you get get that much power with FI, let alone NA.

Quote:

Originally Posted by crippled93

I thought this was a forum for people who love driving the honda prelude & are interested in sharing and helping others with their own experiences thereof. All the arrogance is unnecessitated

This community also prides itself in being unique.

I have plans and goals for my Prelude that I'm sure are different than any plans you have for your's. Lofty goals like 250 fwhp is great, but, you'll;
a) be hiring someone to help you build that engine
or
b) start doing LOTS of reserch about every aspect of the the H22 and cylinder combustion theories and ignition theories that you will have to do yourself if you're planning on building it yourself.

Asking us for help or clearification is great. And we're glad to help. This forum has been so dead, it probably wouldn't be horrible to bring up some old topics... (just my opinon)

Oh: I'm an asshole too.

We just got to be carefull about how much of that gets out when asking for help.

crippled93 · 07-02-2006, 11:32 AM

I want to rebuild the h22a1 to mock the type-s jdm h22a4. From the information I've been tediously gathering

, basically I need the type-s pistons, cams, port and polish the head, and it's a type-s? It seems too simple to me for that to be the only differences. What else, if anything, would I need to do to get the 11:1 ratio of the type-s running smoothly swapped into the 94SI? Do I need to swap the ecu's as well? Am I going to have to wire the 94SI for VTEC, or will it be plug and play? Anyone know of some honest parts suppliers?

Xander · 07-02-2006, 12:21 PM

Yes, you will need to wire the SI for VTEC and swap the VTEC ECU