New member, a colleague of mine pointed me to the forum
Anyway, on to the car!
She's a 1995 Honda Prelude, 2.2 VTEC Import. BB1 chassis meaning she had 4WS, but due to complications I've removed it and replaced it with a 2WS subframe. The book put's her at 200bhp (before anyone says "meh its 183bhp" thats the UKDM version!) with approx. 160ft/lbs torque (not sure on the exact figure, should be just over as I think thats the UKDM version as well). However, she is 15 years old, so no doubt she's not there anymore bit
Unfortunately there's no dyno's on the island, so I've no easy way of seeing how she's doing. She's pretty standard. Kind of.- Tein Basics (looking to upgrade to BC Racing BR Series though)
- Energy suspension poly bushes (entire set)
- Some unknown brand catback the previous owner fitted. Far too loud for my liking but I've yet to find something I'm happy to replace it with.
- Recently re-fitted the OEM intake the previous owner had removed. She's a lot quieter and definately feels better in the low rev's. Not sure why people replace the intake before anything else, it's really not worthwhile
Sounds loud? Yes. Performance? Not really. - CarPC (little computer at the back, touchscreen at the front). A lot safer, saves messing around with CD's. Busy working on the fascia for this at the moment.
- Found a set of the OEM wheels. Much lighter than the 17's the previous owner had fitted. Handling and acceleration is much improved! Recently had them re-sprayed as well.
- Exedy OE clutch
- Fidanza 8lb flywheel (compared to the 20lb+ OEM flywheel!)
- Managed to get hold of a Forbidden Motorsports short shifter. If anyone likes going for a quick blast on weekends, a shortshifter is invaluable! Between the shifter and the flywheel/clutch shifting is perfect.
- Skunk2 gear knob. The old one was in a state, so I splashed out on a Skunk2 one. Definately worth the money, the weight of the gear knob makes a huge difference to the feel of the shift!
- Tanabe front and rear strut braces. Did actually make a huge difference, got them on a good deal as well.
- eBay jobbie exhaust manifold and downpipe (the original one was full of holes
)- Full leather interior
And before anyone says anything YES, the bonents black
but NO it's not out of choice. I've been endeavouring to get her mechanically sound (which was bushes, suspension and exhaust, which is all sorted now) before working my way on to the bodywork. Unfortuantely the bodywork is a big job (bad rust on the rear quarters, windows, and a full respray) so I'll have to live with the bonnet for now. But I am planning on having her full silver again!Anyway, on to the pictures:
Helped a friend of mine marshal at some rally in Jurby. Never done it before, was quite fun!
Very old interior shots:
(work in progress this:)
Engine shots (with the old intake):
Anyway, that's her! I'm putting a lot of time and money in to restoring and improvement, trying to make her look presentable! (although improving wherever I can as I go along
)Cheers,
Jay
*edit* forgot to mention a few of the nice toys she has, such as :
- limited slip differential (only on import BB1/BB4's as far as I know)
- traction control (only on those with LSD)
- electric wing mirrors
- sunroof
- cruise control
- 6 speaker surround sound (some models I've seen have 8, guess the original owner didn't want that package
)- 4 wheel steering (now removed)
all as stock.
Not bad for a 15 year old car! (Well, 19 years now technically).
But I'll get her looking spotless if it kills me 
