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Old January 31st, 2007, 12:34 AM   #1
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Honda vs the 3.8

Well I raced my friend in his 01' honda prelude today.. he says it is a "SH" and has a 2.2l v-tec and all that mumbo jumbo and when I asked him what he has in it he says its stock.. so i am like how can a honda take me? anyways this isnt a kill story .. he wants to trade my 5.0 + 1500 dollars (bad body damage w/ good motor and tranny) for his prelude (84K miles fully paid off) and his a 5 speed.. i am just coming down to is prelude a better bet at a speed demon than my car? i know the prelude gets better gas milage than my mustang but i want a daily driver and a race car.. the 5.0 isnt really good for either to me.. so my delima is maybe i should ditch the 3.8 and save for a 4.6 new edge.. what do you guys think?
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Well I raced my friend in his 01' honda prelude today.. he says it is a "SH" and has a 2.2l v-tec and all that mumbo jumbo and when I asked him what he has in it he says its stock.. so i am like how can a honda take me? anyways this isnt a kill story .. he wants to trade my 5.0 + 1500 dollars (bad body damage w/ good motor and tranny) for his prelude (84K miles fully paid off) and his a 5 speed.. i am just coming down to is prelude a better bet at a speed demon than my car? i know the prelude gets better gas milage than my mustang but i want a daily driver and a race car.. the 5.0 isnt really good for either to me.. so my delima is maybe i should ditch the 3.8 and save for a 4.6 new edge.. what do you guys think?
im tired of vtec!!! for real! im tired of the useless emblems and the stupid stickers!!
 
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i personally like the preludes. my friend had one and it was pretty fast.. that can be quick cars... but ricers give em a bad name
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im tired of vtec!!! for real! im tired of the useless emblems and the stupid stickers!!
i understand.. but what do i have to lose.. the prelude weighs less has more power gets better gas milage and still looks good. it has nothing to do with it being a v-tec
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Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie
i personally like the preludes. my friend had one and it was pretty fast.. that can be quick cars... but ricers give em a bad name
yeah i never knew that honda made preludes quick like that.. the only hondas i thought were fast were ones sporting the "Si" emblem or the S2000s but that prelude was quick and it looked good too he gets about 24mpg in the city.. which is about 7 more than i get.. and i like that because its paid off and will give me time to save up money for another mustang that i can make into a racer
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that is true.. but its up to you to decide... i drove my friends old predule... it was a 92 or 93.. and i loved it.. i would buy one any day of the week... given i had the money lol
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Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie
that is true.. but its up to you to decide... i drove my friends old predule... it was a 92 or 93.. and i loved it.. i would buy one any day of the week... given i had the money lol
i am pretty dead set.. and i would throw all that "ricer" stuff on it.. like a muffler and CAI just because they make it look nicer and give alil better gas milage.. i def wouldnt get a loud muffler haha NO ONE should want to sport the dirt bike sound of a honda..

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a prelude with a little work can be a fast car but that is up to you man.
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Originally Posted by GreenFaleen
a prelude with a little work can be a fast car but that is up to you man.
its done i already called him about it.. hes like yeah man im good to go.. cuz like he was gonna make his prelude into a race car cuz he has a dodge trucke for a daily driver but when he saw my 5.0 had a perfect motor in it he was like i need that car! plus we like childhood friends so we are pretty tight he hooked me up big time so i owe him one..
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yeah slap a turbo on the prelude your looking at some nice numbers
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Originally Posted by GreenFaleen
yeah slap a turbo on the prelude your looking at some nice numbers
lol noooo gas milage foo like i said im gonna get a 99+ GT for a race car.. my prelude is for daily driving.. i will mod it up a bit tho.. throw a sound system, rims, tint, and exhaust for better looks and the system is just for my pleasure =)

edit: btw lol im still gonna have my mustang until i trade it for a gt so dont disown me guys cuz i wanna stay on this forumn lol i know better than to be a ricer or a punk with a v8.. im still a sixer at heart =P
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you keeping the stang as well?
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you keeping the stang as well?
until my finances are ready for the GT but i am still gonna stay a member of the v6 forumn =) .. who knows what may happen i might just turn around and turn my v6 into a turbo beast
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I give a +1 to that but I like the 3.8 block better than the 4.6 personally.
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i would.. it would be cheaper... on gas insurance and you wouldnt have to buy a new car.. with the money you could save from that the 6er would be one hell of a beast
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i would.. it would be cheaper... on gas insurance and you wouldnt have to buy a new car.. with the money you could save from that the 6er would be one hell of a beast
thats what i was thinking too lol.. the weigh vs a v8 too.. w/ the prelude i would be ok taking the motor out and rebuilding the car and gutting it because i dont need it anymore.. lol i am starting to love the way this sounds.. i could even put it on slicks and just put it on my dads trailer to the races =) sounds bad.. haha turbo v6.. tearing up cobras at the track
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it can happen... as for the prelude.. theres a place in texas.. i cant remember the name that imports engines strait from japan... in japan they haveta change ther engines around 50,000 miles.. my friend got his engine for about 1500 shipped to Alabama and it had less that 40,000 on it
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Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie
it can happen... as for the prelude.. theres a place in texas.. i cant remember the name that imports engines strait from japan... in japan they haveta change ther engines around 50,000 miles.. my friend got his engine for about 1500 shipped to Alabama and it had less that 40,000 on it
thats cool bad.. ill look into that, i prolly just throw some bolt-ons on the prelude and call it a day.. i dont wanna overkill on it but im sure ill get addicted to that car as much as iam my car..
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