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·Hi, I'm Mike. I'm a Noob here, but not a noobie to the D-series. I've been on a few CRX boards for a while (honda-perf, CRX Resource, etc.), and I've had D-series Hondas for years.
I've currently got an '87 CRX Si (D15A3) with a few bolt-on mods and a lot of suspension work on it. That's my autocross car; it's so stiff it's just hell to drive on the streets any more.
Also, I've got a '91 CRX DX, which recently got a bit of a makeover. I dropped in an '89 Civic Si engine that I had lying around (after I yanked it out of my wife's Civic!), and mated it to a hybrid L3 transmission. The tranny's using ZC first through fourth, HF fifth, and Si final drive and differential. It works great, pulls strong, and gets good gas mileage on the highway. It's everything I hoped it would be when I put the parts together.
My regular daily-driver is a '91 Accord LX. It's a wagon, but at least it's a 5-speed. I searched for quite a while to find a decent 5-speed wagon, and I love it. It's bone-stock in the engine room (at least for now - an H22A swap is on my Wish List, but who knows when?). The suspension was gone through a couple years back; I replaced basically every moving part: Energy Suspension bushings all around (except for the rear, where none were offered; I put in new Honda bushings back there), Koni Red struts, Suspension Techniques springs (which I hated, and swapped back to stockers).
Anyway, for some odd reason, I just love the D-series motors. I've got a spare block that I'm building for the '87 Si (it came bolted to an Si transmission with a Mugen Limited-Slip Diff that I bought), and I'm on a mission to keep the '91 DX a D-series, but make it (a) a bit quicker than a stock Si, and (b) rock-solid as a street car. I love the idea of having the engine bay look bone stock, or very nearly so.
I've recently picked up a SOHC ZC cam for the car, as well as a '92-'95 4-2-1 Honda header and downpipe (even got the stock heatshield to go with it). Together with the shorter gears, I think it should make for a fairly quick little CRX.
I'll post up a few pics when I can. I just went to the big Florida CRX Meet in Orlando (3000+ miles round trip from Austin TX), and the car performed flawlessly. I'm looking forward to spending some time here and *perfecting* my D-series, with help from all of you.
Mike
I've currently got an '87 CRX Si (D15A3) with a few bolt-on mods and a lot of suspension work on it. That's my autocross car; it's so stiff it's just hell to drive on the streets any more.
Also, I've got a '91 CRX DX, which recently got a bit of a makeover. I dropped in an '89 Civic Si engine that I had lying around (after I yanked it out of my wife's Civic!), and mated it to a hybrid L3 transmission. The tranny's using ZC first through fourth, HF fifth, and Si final drive and differential. It works great, pulls strong, and gets good gas mileage on the highway. It's everything I hoped it would be when I put the parts together.
My regular daily-driver is a '91 Accord LX. It's a wagon, but at least it's a 5-speed. I searched for quite a while to find a decent 5-speed wagon, and I love it. It's bone-stock in the engine room (at least for now - an H22A swap is on my Wish List, but who knows when?). The suspension was gone through a couple years back; I replaced basically every moving part: Energy Suspension bushings all around (except for the rear, where none were offered; I put in new Honda bushings back there), Koni Red struts, Suspension Techniques springs (which I hated, and swapped back to stockers).
Anyway, for some odd reason, I just love the D-series motors. I've got a spare block that I'm building for the '87 Si (it came bolted to an Si transmission with a Mugen Limited-Slip Diff that I bought), and I'm on a mission to keep the '91 DX a D-series, but make it (a) a bit quicker than a stock Si, and (b) rock-solid as a street car. I love the idea of having the engine bay look bone stock, or very nearly so.
I've recently picked up a SOHC ZC cam for the car, as well as a '92-'95 4-2-1 Honda header and downpipe (even got the stock heatshield to go with it). Together with the shorter gears, I think it should make for a fairly quick little CRX.
I'll post up a few pics when I can. I just went to the big Florida CRX Meet in Orlando (3000+ miles round trip from Austin TX), and the car performed flawlessly. I'm looking forward to spending some time here and *perfecting* my D-series, with help from all of you.
Mike
