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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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That's bad *** Rob!! Very impressive, I like your collection of toys!! Why two 4-door accords? In any case if I were to come clean about doing a ricer project I feel better about doing it here than on any other forum!
I think someone needs to start a projects forum...
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoolin
That's bad *** Rob!! Very impressive, I like your collection of toys!! Why two 4-door accords?

The one is my DD. I got a great deal on it and decided to add some parts to make it a bit more fun to drive in an effort to deter myself from constantly picking the truck over it for DD useage, lol. Ended up with H&R Coilovers, after market sway bars, full camber kit front and rear, and obviously the tires and wheels. Very fun to toss around in the corners, and beleive it or not, it will actually OVERSTEER if I don't watch it, lol. Never had a FWD car that would do that.

The torn down one was a deal I just kinda fell into. It's a straight, rust free Florida car that's already had a motor swap done on it. Paid a grand for it, and the motor alone is worth that.

The main reasons for the Accord tho are they're cheap, plentiful, easy to mod and find parts for, and they're built on the same chassis as the Preludes. They're 200 lbs lighter tho, lol. The choice of a 4dr over a coupe is it's much easier to get myself in there to fab the cage, and believe it or not all four sedan doors weigh less than two coupe doors.

I'm building the one for autocross and open track use, so it's gonna be a full on build. That's also part of the reason I'm selling the truck. I've had about as much fun in a straight line as I'm gonna have, and honestly I don't drive it anymore. I haven't touched it since sometime in mid October, lol.

If my math holds true, I'm looking at about 8k for a completed car. If it pushes near the power I think I'll be able to get, it should be a fair bit faster than my truck, get better mileage and out handle it any day of the week, lol.
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