RE: Shed Of The Week: Honda Accord Type R
Discussion
delmatt said:
If it said something like "lightened to just over 1300kg to the standard Accord at 1422kg it would mean something...as it is it doesn't mean much.
Sorry for being pedantic I cant help it today...will shut up now!
I think he was referring to your incorrect spelling of weight (wait).Sorry for being pedantic I cant help it today...will shut up now!
deeen said:
delmatt said:
The writing on this is somewhat poor....Lightened to just over 1,300kg compared to the standard Accord?????
Surely to make it easy to compare a comparison of difference is required here to make the wait loss relevant.
Sorry but...Surely to make it easy to compare a comparison of difference is required here to make the wait loss relevant.
Stoatman said:
Not worth the gamble in my opinion. You would spend more that the purchase price to get cam belt , aux belts , tensioner , valve clearances , rear calipers greased (prob knackered)
Totally agree. Probably a bit of a moneypit to be honest. You'd be better off buying an already sorted example for double the price.St John Smythe said:
Stoatman said:
Not worth the gamble in my opinion. You would spend more that the purchase price to get cam belt , aux belts , tensioner , valve clearances , rear calipers greased (prob knackered)
Totally agree. Probably a bit of a moneypit to be honest. You'd be better off buying an already sorted example for double the price.I spent 2K+ sorting mine and it was double this purchase price. A rear ABS sensor was 300 quid, that was the last straw. Part for a focus , 20 quid or something . darn it.
Stoatman said:
St John Smythe said:
Stoatman said:
Not worth the gamble in my opinion. You would spend more that the purchase price to get cam belt , aux belts , tensioner , valve clearances , rear calipers greased (prob knackered)
Totally agree. Probably a bit of a moneypit to be honest. You'd be better off buying an already sorted example for double the price.I spent 2K+ sorting mine and it was double this purchase price. A rear ABS sensor was 300 quid, that was the last straw. Part for a focus , 20 quid or something . darn it.
Riyazc said:
The police used to run a few of these i remember.
If you can find one without the rear spoiler (was a factory delete option) its a fantastic Q Car. Have come close to buying one a few times, but each time something has come up.
Be tempted to get one of these for around town and leave the 996 turbo in the garage.
I've never ever seen one without the spoiler to be honest I'd prefer it not to have it. As somebody has already fitted an induction/intake kit to that one it should sound like a BTCC car on VTEC. If you can find one without the rear spoiler (was a factory delete option) its a fantastic Q Car. Have come close to buying one a few times, but each time something has come up.
Be tempted to get one of these for around town and leave the 996 turbo in the garage.
That also implies it's more likely to have been thrashed thought so that would put me off (I know the engines are reliable it's just how I feel). I guess it's ok if it's just a cam belt or clutch it needs. I've seen many others for about £1.5K-2K that seem nicer.
I read the only 'faults' of the facelift models are the poor fuel economy for a four cylinder and the gear spacing drops you out of VTEC as someone said. I imagine you could get the rev limiter raised and/or VTEC lowered to get rid of that problem but that's hundreds of pounds you don't have to spend on it for a minor flaw.
I think it's a good 'shed' if it doesn't need anything but if it does it's no better than average really.
james_gt3rs said:
I'd like the engine from this in my MR2!
In principle that would be great, do you know if it would drop in ok? Presumably it would need mounts, bellhousing to retain standard box, ancillaries swapped over with originals, ECU change or flash to run VTEC instead of VVTi, exhaust manifold, probably a bigger rad (as the standard MR2 one is pretty tiny as I recently discovered).
Neil G60 said:
A guy in Bristol used to run one of these as a taxi when I was at uni there back in c2000 and it seemed like a bloody rocket ship doing about 70mph in second up Park Street.
I also had the pleasure of that mental taxi back in the day. Astonishing speeds. The Impreza driving ones were even worse.Sad engine bay always makes me think a car has been neglected, even if it is 13 years old. I would worry there are other gremlins lurking. I would want to know how when the MoT and tax expired also.
Having said that, these are pretty good cars. Provided the timing belts and clutch could be sorted out for less than £400 this is probably a reasonably good deal. I'd take that rear spoiler off as in the UK it's not really doing much other than attract plods attention to your fast shed.
Having said that, these are pretty good cars. Provided the timing belts and clutch could be sorted out for less than £400 this is probably a reasonably good deal. I'd take that rear spoiler off as in the UK it's not really doing much other than attract plods attention to your fast shed.
KimJongHealthy said:
Drakey52 said:
fingersprice said:
Comfortable??? Please
Over two years of owning one of these has ensured that I will spend the rest of my days with endless back pain. The ride is about a comfortable as going down a cobbled street in a shopping trolley.......
I think you must be pretty unlucky, one of the best riding "sporty" cars I had and I thought the seats were very comfortable on 3-4 hour motorway journeys. My only complaint was that the aircon was a bit weedy, suspect they used a small unit off a Civic or something to keep the weight down and power sapping the 8 ounces of torque it had under 4500rpm..Over two years of owning one of these has ensured that I will spend the rest of my days with endless back pain. The ride is about a comfortable as going down a cobbled street in a shopping trolley.......
The seats themselves were actually pretty comfortable and supportive, apart from needing regular adjustment but this was probably just down to the cars age.
KimJongHealthy said:
I was advised to buy Honda OEM as it is obviously going to fit , by VTEC direct, in their exoerience the copies never fit right or work the same. A second hand one was an option but can be tricky to remove without damaging something.
Ed Straker said:
FFS.
To state the blindingly obvious - It wouldn't be SOTW then would it?!
Dont think these respond well to neglect though and stuff needs to be attended too. YEs , you could buy it a be really lucky and just enjoy a year trouble free motoring. (This will definately not happen ).To state the blindingly obvious - It wouldn't be SOTW then would it?!
HughG said:
james_gt3rs said:
I'd like the engine from this in my MR2!
In principle that would be great, do you know if it would drop in ok? Presumably it would need mounts, bellhousing to retain standard box, ancillaries swapped over with originals, ECU change or flash to run VTEC instead of VVTi, exhaust manifold, probably a bigger rad (as the standard MR2 one is pretty tiny as I recently discovered).
If you combined that with lower suspension, sticky tyres etc it would be a hell of a track car.
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