Well, I decided you guys should know why I never get anything done on my project car. So I decided to make this thread about my money pi-I mean my "daily driver".
It was just about a year ago I picked up this car. I paid I think $2500 for it. Around there. It didn't pass emissions. It needed like, all new shocks and springs, new this, new that. I knew it would be a money pit the moment I saw it. But you know what else I saw in this car. I saw love. I couldn't not buy it.
It remained parked for the majority of the next three or four months until January, I was driving it home from working on it when I get pulled over by mister Po-lees man. Turns out my temp tag I got in November was out of date! Who knew? (I did). They ask to search the car, "Why not," I say, "I got nothing to hide," I say. They found the previous owners marijuana in the fucking car. My luck, right?
Costs me around 2 grand when it's all done with in missed work, legal fees, etc. Luckily I wasn't charged with anything and nothing is going to be on my record. Like it never even happened! Except the money, and missed work.
Anyway, enough about my wonderful car stories. Let's post some pictures!
This is a picture I took when working on the car, just changing the oil and trying to set the base idle. Nothing too serious. One of my main issues was not being able to get the idle set right. Nothing I did worked. One of the reasons I couldn't pass emissions... Well, I found out the previous owners did an auto to manual swap. Left the damn auto ECU in the car. Put a manual ECU in and it did the trick!
One of the more extensive projects I've done to the car is a rear disc swap. It's nice to know that I am one of the very few people with an Accord Wagon with rear discs.
Beyond that, I've done a multitude of different work to it. A bunch of smaller projects. I ran Tein Street Basis coilovers for a bit, however my front ones were blown straight from the factory. I went ahead and swapped the dampers for some KYB AGX ones for the front. Worked a treat. I still use the coilover springs, however, they don't really do much lowering.
I've got solid shifter bushings. I ran a short shifter for a bit, but hated it. Didn't feel good at all and it didn't really shorten the throw that much. I've really attempted to get the car back to stock as much as possible, or unfuck what the previous owners did.
Here's some more pictures.
^ Massive coolant leak. Massive. Huge. Lots of coolant. Stop Leak didn't work.
^ Drove about 20 minutes or so with zero coolant. Fun times.
Oh, and the most recent thing...
I decided to fix a few things on the engine, namely the MASSIVE COOLANT LEAK FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, and I decided it would be easier with the engine out of the car. The motor mounts also needed fixing or replacing, along with a number of other things.
I did the math and decided to just do an H swap. The hardest part is justifying the price of an H22a transmission though
. I just don't want them Accord gears!
It was just about a year ago I picked up this car. I paid I think $2500 for it. Around there. It didn't pass emissions. It needed like, all new shocks and springs, new this, new that. I knew it would be a money pit the moment I saw it. But you know what else I saw in this car. I saw love. I couldn't not buy it.
It remained parked for the majority of the next three or four months until January, I was driving it home from working on it when I get pulled over by mister Po-lees man. Turns out my temp tag I got in November was out of date! Who knew? (I did). They ask to search the car, "Why not," I say, "I got nothing to hide," I say. They found the previous owners marijuana in the fucking car. My luck, right?
Costs me around 2 grand when it's all done with in missed work, legal fees, etc. Luckily I wasn't charged with anything and nothing is going to be on my record. Like it never even happened! Except the money, and missed work.
Anyway, enough about my wonderful car stories. Let's post some pictures!
This is a picture I took when working on the car, just changing the oil and trying to set the base idle. Nothing too serious. One of my main issues was not being able to get the idle set right. Nothing I did worked. One of the reasons I couldn't pass emissions... Well, I found out the previous owners did an auto to manual swap. Left the damn auto ECU in the car. Put a manual ECU in and it did the trick!
One of the more extensive projects I've done to the car is a rear disc swap. It's nice to know that I am one of the very few people with an Accord Wagon with rear discs.
Beyond that, I've done a multitude of different work to it. A bunch of smaller projects. I ran Tein Street Basis coilovers for a bit, however my front ones were blown straight from the factory. I went ahead and swapped the dampers for some KYB AGX ones for the front. Worked a treat. I still use the coilover springs, however, they don't really do much lowering.
I've got solid shifter bushings. I ran a short shifter for a bit, but hated it. Didn't feel good at all and it didn't really shorten the throw that much. I've really attempted to get the car back to stock as much as possible, or unfuck what the previous owners did.
Here's some more pictures.
^ Massive coolant leak. Massive. Huge. Lots of coolant. Stop Leak didn't work.
^ Drove about 20 minutes or so with zero coolant. Fun times.
Oh, and the most recent thing...
I decided to fix a few things on the engine, namely the MASSIVE COOLANT LEAK FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, and I decided it would be easier with the engine out of the car. The motor mounts also needed fixing or replacing, along with a number of other things.
I did the math and decided to just do an H swap. The hardest part is justifying the price of an H22a transmission though
. I just don't want them Accord gears!
