So this weekend me and my frat brothers had to take a trip to NJIT from Penn State for the northeast region district meeting. We decided to take my brother's car, which is a '92 Honda Accord with an h22 swap, since it was the only 4 door. Being that the engine obviously doesnt belong in the car, there are still a few kinks to work out, like he need a new heater core (which made for a fairly cold trip) and few other kinks. So we packed 5 bros into the car n made the trip. He has i/h/e, and the car is LOUD. I used to have exhaust on my old CL, so it didnt really bother me much for the ride there, it was just the ride back when i had a HUGE hangover from the previous night's party that it really got to me. Even with a high flow cat, 2.5 inch piping, and a magnaflow muffler my old CL was never that loud (my current CL doesnt have exhaust yet). Although its loud, the car is also noticably faster than my CL. He ran some dude in a civic hatch that was revving at him at a light with 5 guys, our luggage, and his subs in the trunk really quick and decimated him. So i was thinking "wow, i'd kill for power like this." But then, when we got back to penn state i got in my CL and i pretty much fell in love again. The leather, properly working heat, and smooth ride made me say "WOWW...i really missed a nice refined ride!" My CL felt SOOO smooth after driving around in my brother's accord, i loved it. It felt like i was being spoiled. No SUPER loud road noise, way more comfortable seats, everything working properly and no need to ghetto rig anything, felt like a world of difference. Now only if i could get the same amount of horsepower as him, or more!


P.S. : mixing heineken, vodka and couvarsier in the same night, not a good choice

 

Yes there is a definite difference in ride quality, my buddy has a 91 4 door civic so I know the feeling. Having a more powerful engine in a lighter car will feel better almost every time! IMO Vodka doesn't sit well when mixing other drinks. I can only stand it in martinis mostly. I think people who put exhaust on anything near a luxury car (including my past experiences!) are goofy unless it unlocks a huge amount of extra power. Being anything except blown, there isn't much power to be unlocked. Constant exhaust drone gets to anyone after awhile I think.

 

The CL is definitely more refined that alot of the cars that we could drive otherwise. My friend has a 93 Plymouth Laser RS, i/h/e and all that. It's fast, handles better than the CL but the suspension is stiff, its claustrophobic inside and the exhaust gets really annoying after a few hours. I enjoy driving his car every once in a while but then i'm happier than a pig in shit to get into my CL with power seats, sunroof and a spacious interior.

p.s. Vodka rules

 

p.s. H22 rules

 

yea.. CL ride quality > many other cars.

 

 

dude I know exactly how you feel. I'm selling my h22 swapped 93 accord to buy a 99 CL. When I test drove it, it is a lot smoother than my accord. Having the H22 in an accord would of made an awesome weekend car but it's not a great DD. It was awesome while it lasted but it's definately time to get something newer/nicer.

 

how do you like having the h22 in your CL? did u lose anything like power steering or have something not work properly like A/C or something? I'd love to have that power, but w/o losing all the amenities that make the CL a great n comfortable car.

 

Exactly why I want my stock exhaust back. I hate the noise...

 

Palayah8ta is getting his H22 swap done... it should be finished sometime this week.

ill let u kno how it goes... or went... whichever

 

this is why i play my music loud LOL.

but then again... i still dont have an exhaust so it dont matter to me

 

im still gonna get an exhaust system, just trying to gonna get a quiet muffler. im going performance crazy on my car once i get the $$, but i also would like to keep the practicality and comfort of it that i have now cuz going through a weekend with that h22 accord really opened my eyes on the difference

 

H22 is a direct fit. I didnt lose PS nor AC. Even with a turbo setup you can still maintain those in our cars. The location of the mounts allown the engine to sit all the way back therefore u have a lot of space in front.
N yeah I love my engine. Not to jinx it. On the way home just now I couldnt take the Porsch turbo but the 260hp Maxima i had in the bag 90+ MPH
btw no one has to believe me
k?bye

 

 

i fucking love CB Accords.

i want a green CB7 EX-L sooo bad.

 

I envy you in the worst way...you're living my automotive CL dream

 

yah i love the bodystyle too. But my boy's has a ways to go before id consider it properly done. plenty of mods, just needs a few things here and there to be good. When my dad gives up on his seattle silver 93 CB accord, im gonna take it from him as a side project along w/the CL

 

lol... im bored. i wanna do something to my cl...

 

its about time, you've been slacking on that. get up off your lazy ass and finish your project!!!

 

i got it tinted... 20% all around including windshield lol

 

man im sure new yorks finest are gonna love that.

 

lol i was tailing a cop 10 mins ago and a patty wagon was behind me

 

Nice and you are always ridin durty...

 

Loud exhaust on a CL is just :ghey:. I always thought that the CL would be the perfect sleeper. It has all the amenities and with the right efforts can be fairly fast. Have any of you noticed where you are when the light turns green? I've never WOT'd the car from a light and I still usually end up way ahead of the other cars that were stopped with me. No peel offs or anything, just normal driving. Odd.

 

AJ, that's cuz you have a 3.0 v6

These f22 guys don't know what you're talking about, the h22 guys do though

 

keeep talking shit. lol i dont consider mid-high 15 sec times fast by any means.

 

I guess those vids won some respect huh

 

they must have.

everyone used to sleep on the H22. now for some reason the 3.0 guys finally are giving you guys some respect. even though they should have in the first place.

 

Here we go again...
the whole 3.0 vs 2.x question...
We all know the answer...
But I will say there are advantages to both.
But if we (3.0 owners) had a manual...
The 2.x guys could NEVER touch us.

 

still we are bad mouthed big time

 

What are you talking about. I beat the guy by 5+car lengths and it wasnt even a full run. Dont start this again. U get whatever you want. A 7 speed if necessary. J30+gross weight=slow. Im not saying my car is the fastest but its much faster then yours budy.

 

yea but i would still get better gas mileage

 

n ull see my back lisence plate disappearing

 

im not talking about you. duhhhh

 

It was in addition to your comment. I would never turn my back to a fellow 2.x. Lmao. I wanted to run your boy. Not to sound cocky but im curious how well id do.

 

prelude guy or sean.

apparently sean is turbo city now???

i saw his car on rt-18 in jersey with a nice FMIC

 

Nah, never watched any vids, just got more respect for a h22 than an f22

 

Prelude kid
Sean... Yeah man. I wish him luck on that city. He needs internals or else

 

Ask Percy then or aka fuckstick.
Or if needed you are only a short drive away. Come by n i shoot a new vid.

 

I know what h22's got, I almost bought one, got my v6 instead