New car update.

so I had to fix the 4×4 ride height. I picked up some H&R race springs and now it drives much nicer, just needs a toe adjustment up front… and some wheels…… and some stiffer shocks.

Before

After

poor thing only lasted 3 days

a few quick snaps

I’ve always liked this generation of accord (94-97) ever since I saw one on the cover of  “sport compact car” back in 1996, that one had a h23 prelude sr bottom end and a h22 dohc vtec head, it was very cool back in the day.

I’ve seen this one on a few sites and in picture threads of shows, but I have not been able to find a build sheet for it, so I don’t have any specs on it, but she looks nice.

thank’s to david lira photo, justdhizpinoy, and the chronicles for the pics

 

and now with a new wheel setup, awesome stance

socal was very cool!

Ok so our trip was great, the weather on the first day was crap but it got significantly hotter everyday we were there. everything ended up being really good, the hotel was close to everything, the flight was fast, the zoo was great, the beach was sooo nice….. then there were the cars… but i might have to do a another post for that entirely.
everything went well and we saw lotsa great stuff. everything is so close down there, all the beaches, towns, and attractions were just a few minutes on the highway apart.

baby gorilla at the zoo.

The most beautiful Balboa Park, I swear all the most beautiful stuff in san diego was built by the mexicans before the U.S. took socal from mexico.

some irresistible curb side metal!

Me and my wonderful wife Bahiyyih at mission beach

Me about to freeze my butt off at moonlight beach in Encinitas, i like waves, i stayed in for about 20min.

and an awesome cruise night in Escondido, I thought it was gonna be small but there was about 100+ cars there! more on that later

the true japanese classic

The GC10 skyline GT-R

If I were to EVER do a full restore of a classic car it would be one of these. they are rear wheel drive, of course, with independant rear suspension, have a 1998cc 160hp straight 6 S20 engine with dohc, and a cross-flow head.

as it turns out these cars are very expensive, I knew they were pricey but wow, a real gtr (kpgc10) can range from $35-$90k by the time it gets here… but you can also go the GT route which will get the you the same body but a different motor L20, very closely related to our 240/260/280z’s, which is nice since parts will be more readily available then the s20 rare dohc. but even these Gt versions will still run you a landed cost of $20k+… maybe less if you import your self and are frugal… but you might end up with a real POS.

maybe a datsun 510 is more up my price range or maybe I should go toyota…

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