Prelude or Mustang??
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Whats up, I have a bit of a decision to make here. Pimp out my 2000 V6 Mustang Convertable Or My 89 Honda Prelude 2.0si. I dunno, the Mustang is stock except I ordered the 2002 spoiler for it which will be on soon and the Honda has Magnaflow exhaust, Cold air intake, and 17" white rims. Give me some opinions. THe honda is rusty but if I decide to work on that one then I will repaint it and get new weather stripping, etc.. so tell me what you all think!
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put some neon on both dem super phat rizzles
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My opinion:
I would have to assume you can find more aftermarket support for the 'stang. And if you are pimping out a car, you are really at a loss if you try to start on a rusty old honda. Don't get me wrong, Hondas are great, but you can't chase rust on those cars and still drive them. They eventually rust from the inside out. You can replace panels and such but the strut towers and floor boards are always the next things to go. blah blah blah :roll:
Good luck and keep us posted.
D
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As someone who has owned a 3rd gen Prelude, I can tell you that parts are hard to come by. However there is some stuff you can do to it.
Tokico Shocks/Koni Shocks
Neuspeed Springs
Ludespeed Turbo
You can fit a Vtec Head on it, but it requires some milling
Swaybars
Strut Bars
H22A engine swap
Nitrous
Carbon Fiber Hood
Body Kits (Kaminari, Erubini)
there's more I can't think of too -
I have some blue underbody sittin in my garage for the stang that I pulled off my red one before I traded it in. Tjamz did you ever run your Prelude at the track? What did you all do to it?
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maybe you shoudl talk to that oscar kid that cruises our parking lot after school, even tho hes like 25. I'm sure he knows everything about stangs
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mustangdude77 wrote:
I have some blue underbody sittin in my garage for the stang that I pulled off my red one before I traded it in. Tjamz did you ever run your Prelude at the track? What did you all do to it?Never got it to the track. The mods I had done were Tokico Shocks w/ Neuspeed race springs, Short Ram Cold Air Intake w/ K&N filter, Apex-i N1 Exhaust, Cusco Strut Bars, Cusco Sway bars, short throw shifter, converted it from auto to stick (actually, caleb at Type-R did that work for me), Clutchmasters clutch....and I think thats it. Oh and a bushing kit as well. Realistically, that car handled better than any car I've ever ridden in. It was so low and stiff that it just begged to be cornered. The fact that the camber was off by about 3-5% helped in the cornering as well. I kinda miss that car to this day, but I traded it to get my WRX so I guess I really can't bitch too much.
Chuck
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Yup, having less thread to the pavement is great, and when you corner, the body roll makes the camber even worse!!
<<The fact that the camber was off by about 3-5% helped in the cornering as well.>>
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perhaps I should have said negative camber..the top toed in and the bottom out...therefore when you cornered and the body rolled you would get more of a contact patch on the outside tires.
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yes thats shane olsen, the one you'll be racing on friday. good luck to the both of you. hmm
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I dunno whats your Accord got for aftermarket parts?
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nick blows a whistle when he races sweet. i dunno about bets, we'll see which honda you show up with if its the 02, ill go with the honda, if its the 98, probably the stang. should be good either way
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Is my name shane olson? Nope. It's Chuck Schwan. No idea what the other guys name is.
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