Caleb
New Member
Hey everyone, I've come to a point in the road where I've got a serious decision to make. Here's the story behind my Accord.
When I was 16 years old, before I got my license (around March 2012), I bought my 1998 Accord 4-Cylinder EX sedan. I loved the car to death and spent 2 days a week detailing and washing it. I got my license in April and started driving. Three months later (in July of the same year), I smacked her into a pole going about 15 MPH because I was trying to avoid being rear ended. (I moved into a turn lane and heard screeching tires behind me, so naturally I looked into my rearview, taking my eyes off the road. By the time I looked back up, there was a phone pole in my engine bay.) I had some money saved up from working, and I ended up doing odd jobs around the family and the neighborhood to make some money. I saved up about $400 and proceeded to fix it. I had to bust off the old radiator support and re-weld a new one on. I also had to replace the AC condensor, the AC fan, the hood, and a few other things. Well I did all that (on my own), and had the car back up to par.
Fast forward to April of this year, and then I started having the notorious tranny slip. I was broke as a joke at the time, so I had to continue to drive it that way for around two or three months, and then managed to scoop up a wrecked '99 EX sedan for $500! I swapped over the tranny, parted iut what I could, and scrapped the frame. My car is now fully functional. Over the past few months, I've had to sink roughly $1000 into miscellaneous parts/sensors/whatever else. The car is continuing to have issues.
What I'm saying is I need some help from you guys to decide on my future. I've come up with three options:
A- Sell the car and get something else
B- Replace a bunch of ****, rebuild the F23 and build it for turbo
C- H22 turbo swap!
My car currently has 233k miles on it, 17k of which I myself have put on it. I love the car. It's dependable, spacious, comfy, and decent on gas milage. I really want to lower the car and do some various other mods as well. However, I'm looking at a budget of roughly $5k. I want a manual, because I don't want to have to hunt down another auto tranny. I also NEED more power.
I know you guys will steer me in the right direction and give me some insight on things I may have left out. Please help me make a decision. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. Thanks!
When I was 16 years old, before I got my license (around March 2012), I bought my 1998 Accord 4-Cylinder EX sedan. I loved the car to death and spent 2 days a week detailing and washing it. I got my license in April and started driving. Three months later (in July of the same year), I smacked her into a pole going about 15 MPH because I was trying to avoid being rear ended. (I moved into a turn lane and heard screeching tires behind me, so naturally I looked into my rearview, taking my eyes off the road. By the time I looked back up, there was a phone pole in my engine bay.) I had some money saved up from working, and I ended up doing odd jobs around the family and the neighborhood to make some money. I saved up about $400 and proceeded to fix it. I had to bust off the old radiator support and re-weld a new one on. I also had to replace the AC condensor, the AC fan, the hood, and a few other things. Well I did all that (on my own), and had the car back up to par.
Fast forward to April of this year, and then I started having the notorious tranny slip. I was broke as a joke at the time, so I had to continue to drive it that way for around two or three months, and then managed to scoop up a wrecked '99 EX sedan for $500! I swapped over the tranny, parted iut what I could, and scrapped the frame. My car is now fully functional. Over the past few months, I've had to sink roughly $1000 into miscellaneous parts/sensors/whatever else. The car is continuing to have issues.
What I'm saying is I need some help from you guys to decide on my future. I've come up with three options:
A- Sell the car and get something else
B- Replace a bunch of ****, rebuild the F23 and build it for turbo
C- H22 turbo swap!
My car currently has 233k miles on it, 17k of which I myself have put on it. I love the car. It's dependable, spacious, comfy, and decent on gas milage. I really want to lower the car and do some various other mods as well. However, I'm looking at a budget of roughly $5k. I want a manual, because I don't want to have to hunt down another auto tranny. I also NEED more power.
I know you guys will steer me in the right direction and give me some insight on things I may have left out. Please help me make a decision. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. Thanks!
