The Prelude may have problems, but the Celica has problems too. I see where you are coming from, having a running vs. non running car. Parents don't always see things the way kids do, so if your dad really said get rid of the Celica, then do what he says. That's unavoidable. I say don't touch the motor in the 'Lude. Just buy your friend's motor, the one you can get for $50, and have them swap it in. Have a rust bucket that will run well. Get the car running reliably for cheap (that's a benefit of Honda's. Motors are everywhere, everyone knows how to work on them. It's all cheap.) then repair the body, starting with that front bumper. I don't know about Ohio, but that's a ticket here. I'm not even sure if there's a law for that here, but cops get bored. But fix the 'Lude up, get it running right, then worry about frame rust and other issues after the car is safe to drive. If other issues arise, then save some money, sell the car, and upgrade. You paid $500 for the car, semi-running. Put your friend's motor in the car and you shouldn't have any problems getting your money back out of it to move on to something else. That's what I would do, if I was in your position.

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vtec is for fuel economy, not a female's no-no area... imo

This post has been edited by garin: Oct 22, 2009 - 11:05 PM

Do you even have the money for a project car? You should look at yourself first and ask your self. Am I a mechanic? Do I know Hondas? DO I HAVE THE MONEY?

if you answer no to any of those questions your better off to junk the car or get rid of it cause it will only drag you down.

basically what i mentioned earlier. ^

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You DO realize that Toyota has their version of "vtec"....vvtL-i.

Honestly dude. I know you probably want a sporty looking car to drive around, but to me, it sounds like you just need a reliable source of transportation. Why would you buy that poorly-running, rotting Honda when you could have bought a decent Corolla, Prism (corolla in denial), or Civic for just a few hundred bucks more? A Prelude with all the problems that it has is not going to be a reliable daily driver for you. You are going to have to throw twice into that car just to get it road worthy than had you spent a few hundred more and bought a car to get you from point A to point B.

Just my $.02

This post has been edited by boosted185: Oct 23, 2009 - 10:11 AM

lmao your never gonna get your money back outa that lude, imo that guy seen you coming... from the looks of the rust on the out side i can just imagine what ur floors and sub frame look like....my question is why is ur dad so against the celica? lol did he not see what you brought home??? "he dad check it out! bought my self a rust bucket thats running on 3cyl's that needs a ton of work!" way better then that celica i guess.... in all honesty my opinon wouldnt change if this wasnt a celica forum....like cam said you should have just bought something reliable that didnt need work, then down the line you could banked money and bought a sporty car again.... you friends need to learn more about cars....hondas and toyota's...pretty much every thing from japan aint that hard to work on, except for the few pain in the a$$ cars.... iv worked on preludes of this gen and i find them harder to work on then any other car iv wrenched on...
any who....oh and also 50 bucks for a motor....you seem to think that will solve those issues....its prolly 50 bucks for a reason yea know

Well, the only rust is the quarters. Normal honda rust. I know the prelude needs work. But I can't keep celica. I don't mind project cars. Biggest thing with the prelude is it has 100k less miles than celica, and its the same year. Idk, just my 0.01 I guess. I needed something that moved for cheap, and I could fix rather cheaply. The celica is a LOT more money to fix than honda. The rust i couldn't give a **** about right now tbh.

There isn't a facepalm picture big enough....


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At the bottom of the list of competent thinkers on this site, you're fixing to pass up mrgrape and start digging through the floor

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Oct 23, 2009 - 12:48 PM

atleast grape bought something worth driving lol, yea u dont give 2 sh!ts about the celica and the rust.. we know that much, when ur axel sh!ts the bed and the motor goes boom and the other motor only lasts a week ur gonna be in the same boat man....hunk of junk that doesnt move.....altho judging by the rust you could prolly make a sweet flintstones mobile outa the lude.....have fun with your project

wow, just wow,

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what is your reasoning for this?

i-VTEC is amazing, espically in the DC5R and the S2000's.
those cars move and are honestly 2 of the most fun cars to drive, not the fastest, but fun none the less.

YEP Here it is!

Prelude issue is timing belt. So i'm replacing that as well, the water pump as well, and alternator belt...

Friend has them laying around.

Price of fix: $0.

First off, when you need a car bad, are on a limited budget and all that jazz, a $500 prelude isn't bad. It definitely looks like it's going to be a project and need some work for a while but it's still a decent find I think. Maybe not for a DD, but ya do what you gotta do I guess.

So let me get this straight, the whole issue was a timing belt? What made you think it was a bad cylinder, or was this something new that happened? I'm a bit confused.

Good luck with it all though.

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No idea. But it's about a tooth off time.

is it 0 dollars because these parts are used?? used parts like that will only be a temp fix u realize eh, i realize your on a budget but id look into a new water pump and timing belt....alt belt dont really matter as long as its in good shape.. but if thats the case these are used parts i wouldnt touch the timung belt and id wanna be damn sure the pump wasnt gonna let go a month later

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No, my friend had them laying around from when he had a prelude a few months back. He just figured "well i'm not using them, here you go".

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PLEASE tell me your not putting USED parts....ESPECIALLY a timing belt, on your car. And if I were you, I would triple check to make sure it was ONLY one tooth off. I'm not sure about the Honda F series motors, but some Honda engines are an interferance enigne. If it had jumped more than one tooth and IS an interferance engine, you might have some banged up valves. Bite the bullet and put a NEW timing belt on that motor. ~$30 at Auto-zone. If you need, I get a discount there and can get one for you. Don't cut corners with a Daily Driver.

Well, they are new. I'm not that dumb I wouldn't put a used belt on an engine.

sure yea are

Come on a Timing belt new is only $20 at the most. If you can't even afford that. I feel like an idiot now for posting in this topic .

TIMING BELT PRICE

This post has been edited by soulshadow: Oct 24, 2009 - 11:45 PM

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