88 CRX HF Race Car
 

Hello,
My name is Ben and I am from NW Ohio. I am new to this site/board and I must say hell of a job. It is refreshing to see a site dedicated to real performance by real working men. Anyway, today I purchased an 89 CRX HF today with the following items all uninstalled: Autopower unwleded 6 point roll bar kit, aluminum stock for dash, Autometer Ultra Lite speed, rpm, oil pres, temp, and volts gauges, and a Summit racing seat. The car has no drivetrain and a gutted interior. I want this car purely for drag racing. It need not be streetable. I have a few questions, and I figure you fellas could help me, so here goes:

1) What engine and tranny do you recomend. (Whatever
engine I end up with, it will be turbocharged.

2) There is 0 wiring in the car, so what type of wire
do you recomend for a custom wiring harness.

Thanks,
Ben

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

sounds like a fun project for a engine id go with any b series or even a h series. As far as wiring if you get a stand alone engine managment id would just get what ever they recomended.

Beau

Keep us posted on your progress.

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

Thanks for the response Beau. Keep in mind everyone a fe things. 1st, I can weld fairly well, and have stick, tig, and mig welding equipment, as well as a plasma cutter. Secondly, I have a budget of about $8-10 thousand. (Sold my bike and my jetski) Third, I eventually want to hit 10s.

Thanks,

Ben

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

well like i said keep us posted im starting a very simaler project except i started with a car that was a street car

Beau

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

I honestly would go with a system like hondata or zdyne. Other stand alone systems cost atleast 2000 grand with tuning. Go to the junkyard find a crx with all the wiring shouldn't cost more than 125.00.

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

Bah.. Hondata and Zdyne are overrated..

EcuControl, and Ghettodyne will soon empower the world. I'll see to it. ;D ;D ;D

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

If you dont have a harness, you might as well just get a full standalone system.. speedpro/Accel/TecII/Motec/Haltech whatever, they sometimes come with some prefab wiring harnesses.

My goal is 10's with a D-series with a 10 thousand dollar budget...

Jeff

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

my goal 13's with d16a6 with 2 K budget. totally posible

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

i would go with a b16 and work it you will do 10s with a t3t4 turbo. good luck

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

wouldnt it be a lot easyer to go with crv-tec Turbo run like 13 psi....

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Bah.. DOHC is overrated.. Think of the humiliation of defeating a "Hoss" V8 Vette or Mustang driven by some preppy over-paid suit that thinks he knows about cars with a SOHC!! "WHOA?! You running a B18 with NOS?!?" "Uhm, no, I'm running a 13 year old single cam with a little 'intake/header/exhaust'" ;D ;D ;D

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

im going for a mid 11 sec dseries on stock internals.axles, and open diff :)

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

Hello,
I purchased a few items today: 1994 b181 block and crank w/ Darton sleeves from a local guy for $400, ordered Eaglef forged H -Beam from Race Engineering for $369, and picked up a set of Arias forged 9:1 pistons for $150 from a buddy. This leaves me with a few questions:
1) What cylinder head do you recomend for this setup? I have a chance to buy a 98 USDm b18c5 head complete for $300 or a complete b16a2 head for $175.

2) Where can i purchase gaskets and bearing for a good price?

Thanks, Ben

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

i would go with a b18a/b fully built and i mean fully sleaves rods pistons crank everything. if it's only a drag car don't spend money on a lsd just weld yours. fully built head. some type of stand alone fuel management. and boost it like 35psi.

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

hehe, i might weld my diff and run the 89 or 90 integra intermidiate shaft

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

Hello,
Does anybody on this board have tuning experinence with the AEM standalon engine management system? I was looking at different systems and this seemed the most feauture ladden as well as user firendly. (Plus i found one "race" unit w/ GM 3bar MAP sensor and custom harness for sale for $1000 with only 30 passes on it)

thanks,

Ben

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

we use the aem pnp system on supra's at hte shop i work at and its a great standalone, they just have alot of bug's that need to be worked out, especially the race unit, thats why youd not see the race unit being shown by them yet...

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

if you don't want the heads i buy them both b16a2 and b18c5 let me know. ;D

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

JHill has an AEM unit on his 89 HF, pm him...

Re:88 CRX HF Race Car
 

Once you buy the AEM.. you will get access to their "call center" I beleive and they can give you a hand setting up tunes.. I think thats what jim was saying.

Jeff