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Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

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Post by norks27 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:53 am

Looking nice indeed, good find.
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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:47 pm

The car has had a respray some time in its life. It looks like the same Prelude silver but with more metallic put in the mix.

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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:22 pm

Guys, this week I am planning to do a major service on the 'lude and obviously this will include an air filter. Is it worth buying a K&N filter for my "typeS" intake or should I just chuck a standard one in?
Also, are there any other standard parts (spark plugs...etc) that it is worth getting a performance/uprated version?

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Post by wurlycorner » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:11 am

K&N filters in A8 intakes are a very popular setup, well recommended, though I don't know if anyone has dyno'd the difference on a Lude.

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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:53 am

wurlycorner wrote:K&N filters in A8 intakes are a very popular setup, well recommended, though I don't know if anyone has dyno'd the difference on a Lude.
That's good to know. It would be good to see a dyno chart. I guess you'll save money in the long run with a reuseable filter.

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Post by Andy1000 » Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:43 pm

Car looks to be in great condition

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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:17 pm

Bit of a sneak-peak on the maintenance coming up soon! Thanks to wurlycorner for his cam-belt parts guide I picked up some seals from Honda today. Now I'm waiting on all service items, rocker cover gasket kit and the cam-belt kit with water pump. Hoping to use the car asap.
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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:04 pm

Slightly off topic, I finished painting the wheels on the civic yesterday and this is the turn out.Image
The colour wasn't what I was looking for so I guess they made it up wrong, even so I think the wheels turned out pretty cool.
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Although here they look matte, the wheels are pretty glossy!
The car will soon be up for sale.

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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:35 pm

So the ep2 is up for sale and there are already a few potential buyers.
In the meantime I've started doing the cambelt job on the Lude. It's going to take me a while because I'm doing everything that I see needs doing while I'm at it. Here's todays progress, more tomorrow!
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Re: Toms 1999 VTi 4WS LHD

Post by tom023 » Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:41 pm

The rocker cover got finished today, fitted camshaft seals and end seal.
New radiator is on order and I'll be ordering an auto-tensioner and radiator mounts tomorrow.
Everything that comes off is having a clean and paint if neccesary.
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