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SleepyG
10-10-2008, 08:19 AM
To some of you this motor may look like its seen better days, but there is plenty of strength and youth hidden underneath its aged appearance.

Its a JDM B16A run by a chipped P28.

Just got out the shop after getting the entire head re-built.

Head build includes:
Skunk 2 tunerseries STAGE 2 cams
Entire Skunk 2 valvetrain(springs/retainers/valves)
Timing belt
Skunk 2 intake manifold


So far she runs beautiful altho my friend cant really rev it up until its worked in properly.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff164/SleepyG-H22A/Gees%20Whip/2008_0321tunerz0031.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff164/SleepyG-H22A/2007_0612geeswhip20007.jpg
RonRacer
10-10-2008, 12:08 PM
:confused: wait...what kinda acura is that?? it reminds me of a old IS300
N9neFiveAccord
10-10-2008, 01:39 PM
its the canadian version of the civic
ACC0RD22
10-10-2008, 04:03 PM
its the canadian version of the civic

Yes and no. They obviously have civics up there, but they also got that car, the Acura 1.7EL. It was priced below the Integra, essentially. I think theyre great looking cars.
ben
10-10-2008, 04:30 PM
It reminds me alot of the 5th gen accords. Its very similar. I like it.
HondaGuy1212
10-10-2008, 05:06 PM
The front end kinda resembles a 4th gen 'lude. I like it.
Super Villain
10-10-2008, 05:30 PM
Yes and no. They obviously have civics up there, but they also got that car, the Acura 1.7EL. It was priced below the Integra, essentially. I think theyre great looking cars.

Um, kinda. That one is the 1.6 EL. It's the first generation. The 1.7 EL is the second generation that you guys got in the States too.

And we got it up here as a replacement for the Integra sedan. We never got an Integra sedan for 1997-2001, making those pretty rare up here. We still got the hatchbacks up here though.


But that's a sweet car. I was considering one of those for a while. They seem to be coming down in price quite a bit.

Is your friend on www.clubel.ca?
jdmgreencd5
10-10-2008, 05:41 PM
whatever it looks like, its good to me. DC sport headers there? If thats the case what kinda exaust is he running?
SleepyG
10-12-2008, 07:02 PM
whatever it looks like, its good to me. DC sport headers there? If thats the case what kinda exaust is he running?

He is running 2.5" cat back and he just replaced his headers with better ones as well as increasing his collector in/out to 2.5".
Actually he uses the very same MAGNAFLOW muffler and resonator i have on my Accord.

DC headers are a good brand but they dont gain any real horsepower. I think his new ones are called HyTech.
SleepyG
10-13-2008, 09:52 AM
In Japan they where tagged as a Honda Domani.


But that's a sweet car. I was considering one of those for a while. They seem to be coming down in price quite a bit.

Is your friend on www.clubel.ca?

Yes he is on club EL but i dont know his name and im pretty sure he doesnt post much. He doesnt go to their meets either but he usually comes to Accord meets with me:p lol.

He bought it with the b16 already swapped, TEIN basics and GSR seats for $3500 and that was a year and a half ago! I think thats a great deal!
Since then hes spend about that much on the motor alone. Unfortunately these cars lose all their resale value once the engine is swapped(not so bad on the private market if you find a tuner who likes the work).

Oh ya one thing i forgot, the body has 400k Km's:eek: , but hey its in great shape, no rust, no road noise, no problems!

I got more pics!
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff164/SleepyG-H22A/2007_030107Aug0003.jpg
I love this pic because it was taken b4 i got my Accord! I got the Accord in the shot because i was strongly leaning towards buying one;)
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff164/SleepyG-H22A/car%20wash/2007_030107Aug0008.jpg
It was a pretty clean EX-R and inspired me enough for a solo shot too lol.....
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff164/SleepyG-H22A/car%20wash/2007_030107Aug0007.jpg
And here we are returning to the same car wash 6 months later:cool:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff164/SleepyG-H22A/car%20wash/2007_1217CarKristen0007.jpg
RonRacer
10-13-2008, 01:40 PM
way to go sleepy:mad: now i want one!!:D
SleepyG
10-13-2008, 03:16 PM
way to go sleepy:mad: now i want one!!:D

Well if you did buy one im sure you would get plenty of looks in it being so rare in the states:cool:.........and the stock motor is basically a civic Si motor too........but it has all the same engine compatibility as any civic therefore strong potential to be a fast little whip.

hell im jealous too i want one!

......these cars come with some nice features too being Acuras including black leather interior and sunroof standard on all but the sport model.

Anyways as soon as he gets 2k kms on his now semi-built motor and its worked in properly i will get some videos to tease everyone more.