Frankensteins Official Thread

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Yeah man really digging the light, makes me want to add one in mine, too!

Those damn driver's seats always wear like that; first the bolster goes then the seam in the middle on the bottom cushion next. I only have one good driver's seat out of my 4 6th gens, lol. But the bolsters on the later coupes are awesome. Such a better seat than the earlier cars.

The seat in worst condition, Connie's, is by far the comfiest one in any of my Accords, though.
Thanks , appreciate it brother ! Yea, leather seems to wear way faster than fabric. When I had fabric seats I never had to worry about anything scratching the seats, now I have to check my pockets and arse to make sure I don't have any sharp objects hanging from my pants. It kind of sucks. But I'll go to the junkyard and grab a few more seats.
I better not walk outside to find out this was my card u posted with some green house paint:henry:
It looks that way doesn't it . I pride myself on the regular/ghetto looking outside because all my money goes to parts and upgrades rather than paint and wheels lol. Green interior paint would be great because touch up work would be cheap as hell lol

Sent from my LGMS210 using Tapatalk
 

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Update: fixed the center light. Was going blind from the bare light bulb so I decided to make a small cover that still illuminated the console but didn't give me eye cancer. I decided to go all out and spend a whole 0 dollars and ended up cutting a screw on screwdriver cap in half and permatexing it on. Color matches the console and looks pretty good. Also got a new autometer oil pressure gauge since my last one exploded and spit oil on my dash. I was losing almost a quart a trip through that gauge. Also got a cheap Bosch temperature gauge which gets replace very soon since it got stuck on day 1 before I even installed it .
18ddde16f63efce15a9120d30553b912.jpg
74a210e3f0f2e74abd9788794a17b414.jpg
a4309ba2d2350d7528bf5f0342fa6c5d.jpg
aff3d0a161cd5b5f7ba6b4592b995058.jpg


Sent from my LGMS210 using Tapatalk
 

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Update: Went to the junkyard and pulled black 01 TL carpet and muffler tip. Everything fit for the most part and I like the result. I'll keep posting updates as they happen.
9ab1ad39b7c55b9d256fcb7c9cdb27c2.jpg
711d02a0c37621459b2d5039dd8c457c.jpg
d862de0b69657203893d38b62e4b4339.jpg


Sent from my LGMS210 using Tapatalk
 
Last edited:

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Frankensteins motor officially went. Missed 4th and hit 2nd at about 100. Car showed no signs of any damage until about a month later. Managed to get lucky at the junkyard and find the ONLY prelude si they had. Got an h23a with trans (non vtec). I was cleaning off the motor at home when I realized the motor had a jasper engine sticker. Turns out the motor was a re manufactured motor made in 09. I knew something was up because of how clean the valves and head were. Looks like I got a brand new motor that was barely broken in and a good transmission for 400 out the door. I'll post pics of the swap after I find a garage to do it in lol.
dc80a3f65f101e9eb122207a58586b37.jpg
629f4db3745fe9e805247585cf0d83f7.jpg
8d75d8c6c8320f4fa28d348fa8f19b93.jpg
4cc134eaa3382084948688e27caed39a.jpg
a543f7e33c868b4d093e58e1fe377f4a.jpg
4863cb5d32359ebf580fea8f231e937c.jpg
.
a48194a793f2242762dbf9569a74a7a8.jpg
0cc3371595a1e0cbb66d52d666b6453f.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Last edited:

NSWDoc

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 11, 2015
Posts
93
Reaction score
1
Frankensteins motor officially went. Missed 4th and hit 2nd at about 100. Car showed no signs of any damage until about a month later. Managed to get lucky at the junkyard and find the ONLY prelude si they had. Got an h23a with trans (non vtec). I was cleaning off the motor at home when I realized the motor had a jasper engine sticker. Turns out the motor was a re manufactured motor made in 09. I knew something was up because of how clean the valves and head were. Looks like I got a brand new motor that was barely broken in and a good transmission for 400 out the door. I'll post pics of the swap after I find a garage to do it in lol.
dc80a3f65f101e9eb122207a58586b37.jpg
629f4db3745fe9e805247585cf0d83f7.jpg
8d75d8c6c8320f4fa28d348fa8f19b93.jpg
4cc134eaa3382084948688e27caed39a.jpg
a543f7e33c868b4d093e58e1fe377f4a.jpg
4863cb5d32359ebf580fea8f231e937c.jpg
.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
[emoji87] [emoji85] [emoji86]
 

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
H23 is officially in. Missing a few critical pieces but the initial startup should be rather soon. Motor was put in with a hoist, in the rain up a hill of mud and grass. Needless to say it was well worth it. I was fortunate enough to find just about every part on the prelude I took this motor out of including the resistor box. Wiring was straightforward but I'm good at wiring so this was never an issue. For the most part the wires are well hidden but this is far from a photo shoot tuck. Just wanted an engine bay with a motor and trans.
6d42e34b96e1a6f9997f68961ed06a36.jpg
7888b476d117d09313a4b9eda7940f04.jpg
363b81ec5c601c2571c75039829c1614.jpg
16dfe28fa0db70fda74852945d425d35.jpg
bc844a6fc51f3f6fb62b462e127f71a0.jpg
a517ac900d0005ed1822f7500965de9e.jpg
32c7287696535061ef24c692086192ac.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Update: Started on the wiring and realized it would be easier to re-wire the entire engine bay. This means pulling every wire back through the firewall, making new harness wraps and individually sending each harness out into the engine bay. This provides a clean “wire free” look and generally makes things easier to work on as you have access to each individual wire and the full length of it.

I also received my Ecu and obd1 jumper harness. The entire jumper had to be repinned so the f23 harness would correspond with all the h23 Ecu pins. The fuse box was also relocated inside the cabin to make yet even more available space. I will post more pictures with the wiring is more complete. Yes I used a lint roller because I was too lazy to buy masking tape lol
c0e76eb80ca4751e8ce57a845cb0b558.jpg
cefeb3710f150a308da93367cd8a2b4f.jpg
77d3dacbd47eff82542f39bbac117e6d.jpg
812db9926135f483d9f77b2e047ea0a9.jpg
a418d7daf69b3c0b923c49d115022263.jpg
446a783c1e2af04a96ce9b2779b48b6d.jpg
aed1a6c0476324ec78de069adff45727.jpg
9b5b61c94e1d0464264eb2c2be337cd5.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

RedRyder

Save the manuals
Joined
Sep 5, 2008
Posts
19,516
Reaction score
116
Location
Fawking, OH
Nice work with the new motor, that wiring would give me chills ha. Hope it all falls into place for you.
 

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Nice work with the new motor, that wiring would give me chills ha. Hope it all falls into place for you.



Thanks haha. I’m very adept at wiring so rewiring the engine bay is a cake walk. Just a lot of cross referencing between the prelude and the accord. My only real problem is hunting for parts as the dealer told me the prelude is discontinued and they don’t carry a majority of the parts.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

capsidx

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2016
Posts
476
Reaction score
21
Location
Florida
Update: fuse box has been wired into cabin with the exception of the alternator and battery wires. I removed the entire engine harness so I can selectively move each harness accordingly and choose more direct paths to the sensors.
80d61ea4fe6b25f7b1ab75aeccf31d4a.jpg
102880271c4f810c589343a9fa4c32ee.jpg
6d3734dac5b19ecfc4a2e2d7e3e2742a.jpg
53ece6c1df6000627c876b56ba184e1b.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Back
Top