Friends 97 Acura 1.6EL

[SleepyG]

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.

[RonRacer]

wait...what kinda acura is that?? it reminds me of a old IS300

[N9neFiveAccord]

its the canadian version of the civic

[ACC0RD22]

Originally Posted by N9neFiveAccord

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]

It reminds me alot of the 5th gen accords. Its very similar. I like it.

[HondaGuy1212]

The front end kinda resembles a 4th gen 'lude. I like it.

[Super Villain]

Originally Posted by ACC0RD22

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]

whatever it looks like, its good to me. DC sport headers there? If thats the case what kinda exaust is he running?

[SleepyG]

Originally Posted by jdmgreencd5

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]

In Japan they where tagged as a Honda Domani.

Originally Posted by Super Villain

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 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!

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;)

It was a pretty clean EX-R and inspired me enough for a solo shot too lol.....

And here we are returning to the same car wash 6 months later:cool: