12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

Asking $4,000...

Up for sale is a 1987 CRX hf that has been converted over to fuel injection. The entire car has been swapped over to the 84-87 Si wiring and fuel setup. The Hf is the lightest model of the CRX’s and originally came with a carburetor and no electric fuel pump with no sunroof either. The car was featured on the resource back in 1999 http://feature.crxresource.org/1999/sept1_featured.html


Engine Specifications:

Golden Eagle Sleeved (1988-1989) D16a1 block notched to fit the rods
ZC JDM oil pump
ZC JDM head with stock valves/springs/retainers
ZC JDM Cams
ZC JDM dual butterfly throttle body
Eagle H beam Rods
Wiseco Rollerwave Pistons
Micropolished Stock Honda Crank
New Clevite Bearings
Honda Waterpump/timing belt
Turbonetics T3/40e 57 Trim with stage three exhaust wheel (Normal minimal shaft play)
KRBFAB ‘Shorty’ Manifold with external Wastegae
Tial 38mm Wastegate Releasing to Atmosphere
2.5” Downpipe to 2.25 exhaust
2.5” Charge pipes
Large Homemade FMIC
Greddy Type S Blow Off Valve
SDS EIC Two injector controller on the charge pipe. (http://www.sdsefi.com/eic.html)
DSM 450cc injectors
V-AFC II
Turbonetics Charge Pipe Couplers
Stealthmode Oil Line Turbo feed and return kit
Joe P Manual Boost controller
Clutchnet 6 puck sprung disc and Clutch Specialties Pressure Plate
Very Light ZC Flywheel
Stock 86 Integra Transmission with no grinds in any gear (non-LSD)
B&M Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
B&M Fuel Pressure Gauge located on the fuel filter
Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump (Hard Lined Wires)
MSD 6aL
MSD BTM (Boost timing Master)
MSD Blaster 2 Coil
MSD Two Step set with 4600 and a 7000rpm pills
NGK Spark Plug Wires
92-95 Civic Half Radiator
ARP head studs
ARP rod bolts
Honda Head gasket




Body/Interior Specifications:

1985 Honda Prelude Si Seats
1985 Crx Si Cluster (registers up to 140 mph)
Homemade Short Shifter (Cut and re-welded Shifter)
Boost/Oil Pressue/Air Fuel gauges
4 Speaker setup
Rear Si Spoiler with wiper removed
88-91 Crx Si Rims with decent tread left on the tires
Stock rear Hf aluminum drum brakes
Larger Integra from disc brakes/calipers/spindle
Stock Honda Mudflaps
Header panel (fiberglass body piece between the headlights) is in very good shape with a few small cracks
Ground Control Rear Coilovers
KYB’s all around (Spare set of tokicos for the front)
New Brakes in the front
Hood Locks



Now here are only some of the spare parts that I can think of off the top of my head:

Complete wiring and Head from an 88-89 teg which includes the cams and gears, wiring harness, distributor, cleaned head, cam angle sensor. This head is needed for electronic advance ignition.
A few spare clutches with low miles, Clutchnet Dual Diaphragm Pressure Plate, ACT Pressure Plate, ACT disc, a few stock clutches and pressure plates.
Complete spare d16a1 engine that was running fine when pulled with ~180k
Two Spare 86-87 Teg Trannies Both work but one had metal shavings in the fluid
Spare ZC block with one bad piston
Spare flywheels
A few sets of spare axles
Spare spindles/rotors
A few ECUs PG7’s and a PJ1(euro zc ecu)
Fuel return and feed lines from Honda
ZC header and downpipe


As with any car of this age there are issues. The driver’s side seatbelt does not work. An easy trip to Honda will fix this because they have a lifetime warranty on their seatbelts. The check engine light comes on when driving at highway speeds for a period of time. It comes up with an Oxygen sensor code. It probably just needs a new sensor. The turbo has a leak where the oil feed line comes in contact with the turbo. It needs a better adapter. The leak is not bad but it is noticeable. The engine also has an oil leak that I cannot find the source. These are not major oil leaks as I only have to put a quart in every month or two. The driver side seat has seen better days with some rips in it. The civic radiator did not have a socket for the fan sending unit sensor. Instead I put a toggle switch in the dash to turn off and on the radiator fan. There is also a small crack in the windshield by lower passenger side corner. That's all i can think of off the top of my head.

The engine does not burn any oil. The compression test yielded 150psi the first day after the engine was built. As of last week when I tested it last it is still 150psi in all cylinders. The oil has been changed religiously every 2500 miles with Mobil 1 synthetic 15w-50. The engine is good for about 500 horsepower. The bottom end has about 20k miles on it. The ZC head and components have around 50k on them but it is unknown as it is a JDM part and mileage is only estimated.

Boost is set at 16psi and the car spins through four gears. The car handles like a go-kart but is rough with the coilovers in the rear. The car is a daily driver and many of the miles are highway miles from me going to and from work.

Rust is always a major issue with CRXs but this one really does not have much at all. There are a few spots on the undercarriage that you can see very little rust. It is only surface rust and nothing major, no rot. There is no rust along either rear wheel well where these cars normally rust. Both torsions bars have no rust on them and there is none even remotely close to them.

With the old engine on P195 60R 14’s street tires and a T25 turbo which is considerably smaller than the current turbo the car ran a 13.7 @107 on 9psi. With this current setup the car will easily hit 12’s on slicks. This car has never seen the track.

The car was brought to a dyno to tune it and with very conservative timing on pump gas at 16psi the car made 260 whp and 203 ft/lbs of torque with a/f’s at 11.5. With more tuning and higher boost the car can make well over 300hp.

The reason I am selling the car is that I want to move on to a car that has 4WD and a turbo. I am open to trades, but I would like to get a galant vr4 or a celica all-trac.

Please email me at JOKERT8@aol.com for any questions regarding the car.

The car is located on Long Island, NY but I will work with the prospective buyer for shipping arrangements.


Here are some pics:
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Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

nice setup man good luck with the sale.

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

Big Bump for Paul.

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

Hmm.. I wonder if there's a way to convince my parents into lending me $2k... good luck with the sale regardless

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

clean looking car....nice setup....i'd buy it....but im broke....good luck

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

holy intercooler. That car is really cool. Got any underhood pics?

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

just wanted to update you man... cant get the car :'(

good luck with the sale

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

You do know there's these things called "banks" and they can also lend you money ;) I'd suggest you give it a try...

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

OMG I WANT.

You realize that all that MSD ---- and EIC and stuff and things could be sold in 0.5 seconds for a cool grand, and turn around and convert to OBD0/PM6/Turboedit for under $100-150?

Your price is more than fair. However, since everyone wants OMG V-TECH or WTF K-SERIES I think it'll take a minute to sell your car. Which is pretty ------- sad.

If I had the money, I would buy your car. Since I don't... bump :'(

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

damn Paul gettin rid of her huh..
well thats an awesome deal right there man, i'm sure you'll get what you want for it.

upy up for a bad ass first gen and a good guy :D

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

Joseph,

I have everything to swap in the 88-89 teg head and wiring etc but I dont' know how to do it. If you wanna come up here I'll put you up in my apartment and I'll get you laid everynight and pick up your bar tab for a few days. ;) ...if you help me with the head swap and the wiring for turbo edit that is.

I wanna run more than 20 psi I just don't have then engine management. :3

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

At my age with no co-signers, thats a no.

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

That's why you're selling it (aside from AWD fetish)? You want more power.

----. Uhm, I don't think I can make it up North anytime soon. You can probably convince Blown90hatcH on HT to make a pre-OBD0 to OBD0 conversion harness for you... but he'd not have a car of your era to make the underhood harness for so he might pass on that. If you are comfortable with something like 7 wires that you need to hook up, all clearly labelled, I'm sure he'd do the harness AND I'd shout e-help if you take pics to show me where you're at.

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

BTW, are you absolutely certain you have to do a head swap? Doesn't the ZC/88-89 Integra dizzy bolt right on? If it's lack of provision on the exhaust cam for the CYP sensor, you can probably run OBD0 HF/Si dizzy with HF cam tower cap.

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

sell my car and i'll buy your's ;D nice crx tho

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

Thanks Joseph.

I have a prospective buyer coming up from Delaware to NY to purchase it. If it falls through I'll look at my other options.

I know people have done the dizzy swap but I think it'd be better to do the whole head swap because then I am able to port and polish this one since it's already off the car.
We'll see, thanks for the input with the jumper and whatnot.

4WD does sound very nice though.

Re: 12 second 87 Built Turbo CRX HF
 

Keep in mind that AWD also comes in heavier cars, and attached to more drivetrain losses. One of the nicer newer AWD cars will stand up right out of the hole, but by the top of second start feeling like poop compared to your CRX. A new AWD car won't come with as robust a backbone for making power as you have now, whereas your CRX just needs some suspension work to hook up out of the hole.

Don't let the guy talk you down so much as ten filthy cents. Think hard on it. A different, or newer ride, can be really appealing after having owned your CRX as long as it usually takes to do what you've done to yours. Variety is the spice of life, and much as you love the old slut, your eye is wandering. But, if you just want to go faster, and hook up better, you can do it with your CRX.