Well I'm new here, looking forward to spend some time on my new acquisition.

I bought a 1998 2.3L 5Spd black “more like a very dark green really” CL about a month ago for 500 dollars, the body has some damage and the car did not run at the time b/c of a bad engine or so I was told, I had not been able to work on it b/c of work but about a week ago I finally got to testing it and found out that it would not turn on b/c of a bad a/c compressor, it had locked up and did not allow the started to crank quick enough to fire, so I got a smaller belt and bypassed the a/c compressor.
The same day I got the engine running the clutch gave out... I was pretty upset so I bought all the parts and decided to do a quick search online to make things a little easier and here I am.
I will take pictures of the car as it is right now I’m gonna go trough everything that looks out of place.

 

welcome...500 dollars? geez...what a steal...granted it doesnt work but man thats still good...how much did you spend on all of the replacements?

anyway if theres ever a site where youd be able to find some quality advice this is it...

 

welcome bro, this is the place for help and advice lemme tell ya.

 

welcome!

 

welcome, hope you have some extra money laying around, cuz this forum makes me want to mod my cl more and more everytime i check the posts, and congrats on the sweet deal good luck on getting it road worthy, oh ya and please read the noob guide

 

Welcome

 

Thanks for the replies, the car is up and running already, it just needs an a/c compressor to fight the texas heat, i have probably spent $400 on parts, I do all the work myself.

 

I finished the clutch today, all I have left is the compressor and some body work,

I have done the following to the car:

Bypass ac compressor with smaller belt
New radiator (flush, thermostat, cap)
Clutch (clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, flywheel)
Two good used tires for the front.

 

welcome....and nice work so far.....don't let the mod bug bite you my man......

nice pick BTW

 

Welcome! Good to see some more Tx cl's on the board.


What size belt did you use to bypass the compressor, if you don't mind my asking?

 

friend at o'reilly got it for me, i dont know the size i will find out though

 

500 is a steal...
welcome though

 

Welcome.

What do you plan on doing with the car? DD? Or something more extravagant?

 

welcome

 

Welcome. There's a Texas meet coming up btw if you'd like to go.

Here's the link:

https://acurazine.com/forums/acurazine-clubs-meets-15/%2A%2A%2Abig-texas-2008-september-27th%2A%2A-392641/

 

 

pics are comming, it will be my dd but i will do some major work on the audio system and it needs quite a bit of body work,
and yes 500 is a steal but i have done a LOT of work to it just to get it running...

 

whats goin on? im new as well here on the forum. my name is Mo...i've been tryin to get into the forum for the past three months...lol i finally got access...

1998 Acura 3.0CL
after market short ram
magnaflow exhaust
5%tints
black polished stock rims
hopefully new projectors by next month

 

lol you just jacked someone elses thread..

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

big update a/c is up and running, it now blows a frosty 45 degrees, I have also installed a premier head unit and an old school bad ass 12" jbl with a 1200w jbl amp pics are coming, I also replaced my damaged driver with one from a junk yard, the clutch is doing great its already broken in.
I have removed the Acura and cl2.3 badges from the truck I’m yet to get something to clean the gunk up...
I love my CL and I’m very glad to have found this forum!!

 

We're glad to have you

 

now upload some damn pics

 

welcome.

 

just ordered a set of 6000k HID's, will definitely post pics when i install them.

 

nice. cant wait to see these pics. So is your car black or green?