wonderin about buyin a 1990 accord..

[CBboY126]

well my uncle's uncle is selling his 90 accord...not sure of the trim...hes spelling it to me for $1000...is this a good deal?....its said to have 110k miles on it supposedly all highway...im turning 17 next month and my beemer is broke down so i need something to get me around until i can make money to get it fixed =P...another thing...how quick is it...i mean i want somethin thats gonna give me a pretty good kick in the ass......im not sure if its AT or MT...cuz i haven't seen it...but any help and advice weather to get it or not would be greatly appreciated...thanks

[Law Grandeur]

get it for transportation. who cares if its fast or not. make money, fix your bimmer, then sell the accord and mod the bimmer.

[PUMASTi]

Don't expect it to be fast in stock form. Our cars were designed to get groceries and commute from place to place. Along the line some of us decided to change that and mod our cars.

[Leung]

get it for transportation. who cares if its fast or not. make money, fix your bimmer, then sell the accord and mod the bimmer.

Don't expect it to be fast in stock form. Our cars were designed to get groceries and commute from place to place. Along the line some of us decided to change that and mod our cars.

2x

[93_f22aky]

the accord will feel slow comepared to ur other car but it will last forever

[CBboY126]

2x

ok and another thing...if i was thinkin about keepin the car for a good while....how hard would it be to do an M/T tranny swap...i jus saw the car today....turns over smooth....sounds amazing....and i know there might be a thread tellin me how hard the swap would be but if anyone could give info or a link to the thread....thanks for the info guys

[Gotz Cb7]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=8873

Check out #7. Has a few links. Some people will say it's hard to do, and some will say it's easy to do. I just think it's more of a....Time Consuming/Having Patience kind of thing.

[JohnCB7]

I’d go for it, lot better deal then mine ($1500 200,000+ miles with a bad coil, bat, and alt). I’d also keep the CB around after you get your beemer fixed to use as a beater when weather is too bad for your “good” car. If you plan on swapping to a M/T and want quickness, you might thank about going with a H23 trans which has closer gear ratios. But your gas mileage will suck on the highway compared to the F22 trans, so you’ll probably be better of with the later.

[Night Wolf]

only 110k miles is low

[deevergote]

If it runs, it's a good deal. $1000 for something with such low mileage is a steal. I paid $3500 for mine with 117k on it, and a rusted hole in the side. This was in 01, but still...


CBs aren't extremely quick in stock form, but they can be made quick for fairly little money. Most older bimmers weren't too quick either. More power, but they weren't geared to be sports cars... unless you have an M. The Bimmer is likely to have much more torque, though. I6s are torquey bastards. Honda I4s aren't.

[Aldoescu]

Agreed, the BMW will be much more expensive to make fast. IMO

[CBboY126]

thank for evrybodies input and $0.02....and i recently found that the motor has 150k miles....but only 110 were put on by my uncles uncle....and he travels from here to cali to chicago and all these other places...so considerin they are all highway miles...should that number basically be cut in half?...anyways...i heard the motor and it runs like the best....no knocks or anything....few minor cosmetics but "NO" rust...woot!...im gonna have to change the paint IMO....its that gayish greyish blue lol...and another Q?....id think i wanna run turbo...considering lag....and im not gonna be able to fix my beemer anytime soon...so im storing that away....would high comp pistons do any good?...i know some of u r like dude jus search this ya noob....but i have....everywhere...and i cant find any high comp pistons...if anyone knows where any links r for em point me in that direction....thanks 4 ur guyses help...


P.S.- i am gettin that honda =D

[johnl]

Keep in mind too, the Accords basic suspension design (double wishbones all round) is way superior to the BMW suspension design (front Mac struts, and rear semi trailing arms, I think). If you want to spend X money (wisely) on the Accord's suspension (which should include good quality tower braces front and rear) then the end result should be superior to the Bimmer's with X money spent. The only fundamental superiority enjoyed by the Bimmer is that it's RWD.

The f22A engines aren't particularly powerful (the best is the f22A9 at about 150hp, but you didn't get that one in the States), but most (other than the A9) have a relatively low compression ratio so should be good candidates for supercharging (whether a SCer or turbo).

You should be able to get a good power increase with a fairly conservative turbo set up on the stock motor, and a good turbo set up should have very little lag (unless you get carried away and shoot for silly hp numbers). Just IMO, there are others on this forum who'd know more about turbo / super charging Accords than I do...

[lo_dit]

accord with no rust for $1000 and a good engine is a great deal imo.

[evil_demon_01]

I'm not sure If you meant you do or don't want to go turbo?
With a DSM setup, lag is pratically non-existent and the 8.8 compression of the F22 is well set for boost - Provided it is tuned properly.

Its a debated topic but IMO its cheaper/easier to make descent power off a turbo build rather than an NA build.

For a couple of well done cars check these out:

NA:
Hondafan81
Real world NA expenses (Thanks to Hondafan81)

Also check out www.bisimoto.com - He is the Master when it comes to making serious NA power

Turbo:
Chessboxer

91accordexr33

And I'll throw in a free plug for myself too evil_demon_01

Hope that helps and gives you some insight as to what can be done