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July 15, 2008 8:40 p.m. TOZOVR New Reader

So a few weeks back a co-worker mentions he had a check engine light on and his '98 Integra was at the shop. I told him he should have called me and we could have taken a peek over beers....but the car was at the shop already etc etc. Turns out the car has low compression on one cylinder and was throwing a lean code. Code cleared and didn't come back. fast forward to this past Thursday...calls at 9am...car is doa on the highway, tow truck just came and hooked it and he needs a lift. Timing belt went. Tach went dead and car just stopped.

Trav walks over to me this morning and says, "I'm done with the Acura. get it off the garages property by Wed and it's yours....First pic is at the garage....second is my driveway LOL.

Not really sure what the heck I will do with this yet...LS?Vtec swap? B16 head? back to stock plus boost? Back to stock and flip it? Who knows!

RJ
July 15, 2008 8:41 p.m. ignorant SuperDork

lisc plate should read..

Live

Die..

Then

Free...

nice score.
July 15, 2008 8:41 p.m. atlantamx3 Dork

$200X challenge?
July 15, 2008 9:24 p.m. CarKid1989 New Reader

sell it to me?
July 15, 2008 9:28 p.m. hotrodlarry New Reader

NH Plates.. nice.. where abouts?
July 15, 2008 9:53 p.m. TOZOVR New Reader

NH MAine border....I work in Somersworth and live in York.
July 15, 2008 10:31 p.m. Gimp Dork

I say back to stock, add boost. Enjoy the fuel economy when out of boost, have a blast when in.
July 15, 2008 10:39 p.m. neon4891 HalfDork

Nice score, keep it simple yet fun.
July 15, 2008 11:24 p.m. Nitroracer Dork

A buddy of mine recently picked up a gs-r, very nice cars. And much better than the beater 2.3L stang he was bombing around in the past three years.
July 15, 2008 11:49 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

Damn. Nicely done. LS/VTEC makes a lot of sense after a broken timing belt.
July 16, 2008 12:57 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

I guess that is par for the course with a honda.. they need so little maintance, people forget about the biggies until it is too late.

nice score for you though
July 16, 2008 1:11 a.m. Luke HalfDork

Nice score. For a while there I thought you were considering a Chevy 'LS' motor , which would be a crazy feat even by GRM standards. Then I realised it of course refers to the B18. Shows how little I know about Hondas.
July 16, 2008 6:11 a.m. TOZOVR New Reader

Thanks guys :)

Travis had actually done a timing belt at 95k and with only 138 on it he was planning on another in the next 10k or so...ooof
July 16, 2008 6:56 a.m. jwdmotorsports New Reader

Wow.....timing belt should go longer than 43K miles. Sucks for him but good for you.

Some people have all the luck. Nobody ever offers me free cars.
July 16, 2008 8:16 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

jwdmotorsports wrote:

Some people have all the luck. Nobody ever offers me free cars.

I just got rid of a free car. It was an old 68 Caddy DeVille Convertable that had been rotting away in the garage I rent. After trying (unsuccessfully) to get a hold of the previous owner, the landlady told me to do what I want with it..

I got $575 for it at the scrap yard. I filled the trunk with all a couple of dead bicycles, all the suspension parts that I replaced on my BMW, and some miscallanious fiat parts I was not going to reuse.

As for you Teg with the mysteriously early dying Timing belt.. did your friend have the tensioner done at the same time?
July 16, 2008 9:53 a.m. ZOOMiata Dork

Those Cadillac pics make me kind of sad . . .
July 16, 2008 10:13 a.m. phillyj New Reader

you telling me that was free?? I see them on sale in the $1000+ range
July 16, 2008 11:09 a.m. TOZOVR New Reader

CarKid1989 wrote:

sell it to me?

Trade it for an older motorcycle :)
July 16, 2008 2:54 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

WARNING: There is no such thing as a free ride.
July 16, 2008 4:18 p.m. DirtyBird222 Reader

damn dude you just scored an integra for the same price as the thieves of central florida do.

Central Florida = the worst place to own a Honda.
July 16, 2008 4:30 p.m. Nashco Dork

Great score, that's probably the fastest looking free car I've ever seen. Too bad looks aren't everything. ;) My dad works at a shop, he has had tons of cars for free or near free over the years. With scrap prices continuing to rise, they're usually in the near free window these days. Times are getting tougher for us deal-hounds, things like 24 Hours of LeMons, $200X, and BABE rallies are a lot tougher to bring to fruition than they were with car prices a few years ago. Just scrapping the converter(s), alloy wheels, car, and dumping the fuel out of a dead car into your car can get you from $250-$500 assuming you don't pull and sell any parts individually. That makes a free car that nice even more impressive!

Bryce
July 16, 2008 5:03 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

ZOOMiata wrote:

Those Cadillac pics make me kind of sad . . .

Don't be.. that car lived it's entire life at the seaside.. 40 years of salt air and possible immersion during flood tides had not been kind to the metal of that car. Even the frame looked pretty iffy
July 16, 2008 7:00 p.m. gamby SuperDork

TOZOVR wrote:

Not really sure what the heck I will do with this yet...LS?Vtec swap? B16 head? back to stock plus boost? Back to stock and flip it?

All good options. Back to stock and flip would be the most profitable. You'd probably clear a few grand after all was said and done.

A proper LS VTEC will cost a good amount of coin if longevity w/ high revs is your goal.

LS's love boost--prbably the best bang-for-buck option.

Too bad you weren't closer to RI--I'd buff/detail that car out and really wake it up.

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