It's a DX. Street Prepared is just hunky dory for me....I will pursue all
those avenues! Thanks all for your emails and posts! I will chat with
Kris...But it sounds like more than I am bargaining for...
In the mean time, I'll probably continue to tell myself..."It's not the
car, but the driver", and wreck my Talon instead...LOL!!
Debbie
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: <Smokerbros@aol.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of Honda's and New Engines...
> Debbie writes:
>
> > My 1988 Honda CRX (bought new) rolled over to 222,222 miles today. Body
is
> > clean with NO rust. Engine is running great but I think that I might
blow
> > it up autocrossing it. Interior could stand to be ripped out (10 years
> > worth of carting around a 97 pound Chocolate Labrador Retriever ;~).
> > Drives like a kart...could be a fantastic ax'er (IMHO)!
> >
> > I'm thinking of exploring the possiblility of turning this car into a
> > dedicated autocrosser. Unfortunately, I like to delude myself into
thinking
> > that I know how to drive cars :), but know diddly about working on
> > them...Anybody have any ideas on how much it might cost me to make this
car
> > into the race car it DESERVES to be? And who I might approach with this
> >
>
> What model is it? Si? HF? The best combination for CSP would be an HF
(or
> "DX") with an Si motor in it, and you'd leave the interior in it... An Si
> would be just a little heavier, but okay. If you want to make it into a
> Prepared car, that's lots of work. Talk to Ed Chang at TwinCam
Motorsports,
> in either case. If you're thinking Prepared, talk to Chris Kannan about
how
> much work is involved.
>
> As for the motor, do a compression and leakdown test, if they're okay do
the
> rod bearings and run it!
>
> Charlie
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