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VeritechCRZ · 09-19-2012, 10:06 PM

So.. I'd love to own a CRZ, and I hope some day I will.
Until then, I guess I'll drive the next best thing. Gets the same gas mileage, it's classy, it doesn't have the blind spot problems the CRZ has, and it only cost me $550.

It's my 1988 Honda CRX DX!!!

Check out that super clean body

And the pristine factory interior

Don't forget about my OEM miss-match taillights either. They add about 5 hp each.

So it's not the prettiest thing in the world. The hood latch cable was cut too, as someone in the past had tried to steal it from the previous owner. So I took that all out and it has some classy $10 hood pins from Autozone. So now the thieves can get into the engine bay even easier.

I had some problems when I got it. It kept bogging and dying, but I took apart the distributor, and cleaned it all up, especially contact points, and put it back together, and it's been running like a champ since.

It's got a D15B1 motor (only about 70hp and came from an 88-91 civic dx hatch) Instead of the D15B2 that someone blew up in the past.

About 300k on the chassis. about 120k of that is the current motor.

Scotty001 · 09-19-2012, 10:12 PM

Noth'n wrong with that..

VeritechCRZ · 09-19-2012, 10:14 PM

Honestly. Despite all it's faults and fatigue, I am way happy to have it!
I've wanted one of these for forever, so I'm glad to have it.
I'm hoping it lasts long enough for me to get a CRZ, and then I'll probably turn it into a autoX beater.

CR-Z Canadian · 09-20-2012, 10:00 PM

It's a gem. It runs, and gets you from A to B, pretty cheap to own, and the price of admission was pretty sweet, too. Didn't set your CR-Z savings account back too far.
Good for you!
Hope you can take a picture of your X and your Z, side by side, very soon.

09-19-2012, 10:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
VeritechCRZ Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 42	In the meantime So.. I'd love to own a CRZ, and I hope some day I will. Until then, I guess I'll drive the next best thing. Gets the same gas mileage, it's classy, it doesn't have the blind spot problems the CRZ has, and it only cost me $550. It's my 1988 Honda CRX DX!!! Check out that super clean body And the pristine factory interior Don't forget about my OEM miss-match taillights either. They add about 5 hp each. So it's not the prettiest thing in the world. The hood latch cable was cut too, as someone in the past had tried to steal it from the previous owner. So I took that all out and it has some classy $10 hood pins from Autozone. So now the thieves can get into the engine bay even easier. I had some problems when I got it. It kept bogging and dying, but I took apart the distributor, and cleaned it all up, especially contact points, and put it back together, and it's been running like a champ since. It's got a D15B1 motor (only about 70hp and came from an 88-91 civic dx hatch) Instead of the D15B2 that someone blew up in the past. About 300k on the chassis. about 120k of that is the current motor.

09-19-2012, 10:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
VeritechCRZ Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 42	Honestly. Despite all it's faults and fatigue, I am way happy to have it! I've wanted one of these for forever, so I'm glad to have it. I'm hoping it lasts long enough for me to get a CRZ, and then I'll probably turn it into a autoX beater. __________________

09-20-2012, 10:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
CR-Z Canadian CR-Z Forum Librarian Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,108	It's a gem. It runs, and gets you from A to B, pretty cheap to own, and the price of admission was pretty sweet, too. Didn't set your CR-Z savings account back too far. Good for you! Hope you can take a picture of your X and your Z, side by side, very soon. __________________ Eco Stig SOME SAY, that when he gets into his car, he plugs the IMA cable into his left ear … but no one can tell who is charging whom!

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