1993 Honda Del Sol Si Review - Things Could Have Been Different...
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- My thoughts on the 1993 Honda Del Sol Si with the 1.6L inline 4 and 5 speed manual transmission! ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Engine / Transmission
3:06 - Interior
5:58 - BFB Test
6:04 - Seats
6:30 - Trunk / Cargo Space
7:16 - Targa Top Removal Process
7:52 - Exterior
8:24 - Final Thoughts
10:09 - Outro 
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The del Sol does actually have cupholders! They're really hidden though. If you open the center console, there's a little flap under the lid with 2 holes in it that folds down. You need to keep the lid up to use them, but they do indeed exist.
Came here to say this🩷
let's be fair though, it was a 90s cupholder, so MAYBE a medium sized drink max from a drive thru in the US
@@crojackbojangles Also, if you had a cup in the cupholder, it made it really awkward to shift gears because you had curve your arm around the cup.
okay but hear me out, if you have a 1 liter drink (with a cap) you can place it between the seat and belt buckle as an impromptu holder, without it impeding your shifting arm (passenger can do the same!) @@edmontondigitalmedia2202
0:36. The Si was the mid trim, the "VTEC" was the upper trim. The VTEC, released in 1994, was the US's rough equivalent to the SiR. It was the US debut of the B16. It had a larger front sway bar over the Si, as well as the addition of a rear sway bar (which the Si did not have), and it also came with ABS (again the Si didn't have). The VTEC also came with a front strut tower brace. Of course, mated to the B16 was a B transmission with different gear ratios to better play to the B16's 8k+ rev limiter. (The first two years came with the B16A3 with a 8200 red line, and the later years came with the B16A2 with 8k red line, and each came with the respective matching tachs.)
I still have my black delsol 94 b16 with 213000 miles iv been driving this little machine for 28 years and still running great .I love Honda
3:15. The entire instrument cluster is unique to the del Sol, as are many other parts. Not only that, the del Sol picture is functional. It tells you things like whether the truck is closed, or if you left the rear window down.
Nice one. That cover that hides the aftermarket radio is a good security feature as well. Makes it look it there is no radio in the car. Good idea.
Things other automotive journalists have said about Honda inline 4 engines before today:
✅Fun to rev out
✅Fun to beat the snot out of
❌Fun to take its lunch money
so funny just the other day I went down a long del sol craigslist, car gurus, and autotrader rabbit hole, my friend's uncle had one in lime green as a kid, and ive always been fascinated by them. couldnt believe how scarce they were on the internet, seems like they are actually rare these days, especially in good condition, like many cheap sports cars seems like many were just not taken care of. congrats on 50k!
Dude you are freaking awesome keep making reviews!
These weren't that common back in the day, and even more scarce today. I think a lot of people felt let down after the CRX was discontinued, but I think the Del Sol is a cooler car, especially with the targa top and that smooth, reliable drive you get in a 1990s Honda.
great review and style, especially when showing the interior. hopefully I'll get one of these for my first car
I own 3 del Sols. Won't drive anything else. In fact, i really need 4 more sols, so i can drive a different one for every day of the week.
I'm picking up a del sol si if you want another one
Thought about picking up one of these as a fun little beater, thanks for the review.
For the Bfb test... Took me a couple days into owning mine to find the cupholders in the center console🤣
5:55. The del sol does have cup holders, they are inside the armrest.
great review
These were available with a power targa top overseas, called the TransTop. Look it up, it's weird.
del sol has 2 cup holders inside the center console and the little del sol symbol on the gage cluster tells you if your truck is open or top is off
Back in the day my friend's girlfriend had one of these cars. I asked is it Mid Engine because it looked like it she said no and I didn't really like the car at the time. But I grown that like this cars and I would love the own one I didn't know about the window going down in the back that's pretty sick. Thank you for your video and time and thank you for the people that allowed you to drive the car and find the car
I loved these when they came out
cup holders are in the center console.tou need to open it to use them, you also missed the cool cubby holes behind the seats..
How come from 1:42-1:52 there's white smoke that could be seen coming out of the exhaust of the Del Sol Si, just by looking out the back windshield? Is there a serious issue that is causing white smoke to come out of the exhaust of the Del Sol? Cause I've read on the internet that if you have white smoke coming out of your exhaust then there's a problem and something might be wrong with your cars engine or transmission.
Cup holder are there. Just open the cubby on the center console and pull down the tray
Do all blue Del sols have a black front? Thanks for the video btw! 😊
Fun fact you can rewire the A/C button to your radiator fan for extra cooling of course this only makes sense if you deleted your A/C pump like I did
Wire danger zone up in your FB. It has the same danger lines, no? Just activate it when the buzzer would activate
So are you sure those seats are stock? I just looked at two different low mileage Del Sols and both had seats with a stripe running down the middle of them. Oh wait my bad. I just took a second look and it appears I was looking at seat covers in both cases. LOL
Nice informative video, I want one. I'm a BIG MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAN. My first car in 1971 was a 1959 VW BUG, it was a DOG as far as acceleration but with 36hp what do you EXPECT. I got about 25mi/gal. with it and the gas pedal stayed at the floor board most of the time. That was the only way to get some speed out of it by REVING THE PISS out of the first 3 gears. When you speed shift to 4th gear the engine goes from a SCREAMING REVS to a PATHETIC LOAF, NO LUNG WHAT SO EVER JUST A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN ENGINE REVS, that is at 55mph which I drove most of the time.😁 Then I got a 1964 MGB, IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS "FAST" compaired to the BUG. The next FUN CAR was a 1974 Fiat X1/9 which was a BLAST to drive, had NO POWER (1300cc+4speed manual that 4th gear was a slight overdrive) but it stuck to the ROAD especially after I changed the tires from 145SR-13 to 185/60VR-13. It was like driving a GO CART, STEAL YOUR BREATH AWAY. It was my 3/4 scale FERRARI, only thing was I didn't have ANY POWER to get myself into TROUBLE but it got great gas mileage. I LOVED THE TARGA TOP, EASY TO TAKE OFF AND PUT ON. It was like the Del Sol as far as where the top was stored but in the FRONT instead of the back, IT WAS MID-ENGINE (like the Ferrari). The top was OFF most of the time because it was so easy to remove and if it rained if I didn't stop (like on a trip practically NO RAIN came in except for a occasional little drop or 2 coming off the edge of the driver's door window.😲😁. I miss that CAR. I've got a 1997 VW Cabrio that I'm thinking about RESTORING but I recently saw a 1994 Honda Del Sol VTEC with a 5speed manual that I may consider possibly changing my mind but it is PRETTY BEATUP and don't know about the engine or the transmission, clutch condition as well or HOW MUCH the person wants? KEEP ON REVING THEM UP BUT BE CAREFUL 😉😁👍
love your videos, have you done a review on a cloolster mini jeep?
Not yet!
@@ShootingCars there pretty cool
I got one, pretty fast
I was very excited when this review came up in my feed because I was thinking about the facelift..ish one ( SI) that had the B16A2 that came with 160HP....still respect this one with the old tried and true single cam. What did you mean exactly when you sad the EG civics of this era were played out ( I just wanted to clarify) thanks great work 👍🏾🔰💯🏎️
* When you said.
What I meant is that I've seen a lot of things done to EF's. Pretty much every car meet or car show has 1 or 2 EF civics in it, but rarely do I see Del Sols.
@@ShootingCars Ok yeah I think they didn't make that much of the Del sols. I think back then buyers were just coming out of the American car era 60s 70s and it was still hard to take Japanese cars seriously. It didn't help that both cars ( Miata, Del Sol) in this segment had a feminine image. They probably had a better image in Europe where small 2 seat sport cars were a part of the lineage eg M.G.B, Triumph, E type Jaguar etc. Even Mugen had to pull out of the USA because they weren't doing well.
I love your shirt. I have owned seven red 1979 Mazda RX-7's. And many more 1980's versions.
I ended up scrapping all of them and watched the scrap yard pick them up and fling them into the scrap pile. lol That was 10 years ago.
5:54 Correction, they did come with cup holders as a factory option but you had to ask for a different center console and the cupholders we're intigrated with the storage area
yea man just open the middle storage and mine has cup holders 🤙🏼
mine also has them
I love my Del Sol. Such a cool car.
The body style looks like it would go well in rally
I had (have) a '93 Si, too. but, mine was completely ruined by my mechanic a few years back. so, it's just sat in my garage for centuries. but, when it worked I thought it was superb and I loved it to death. it had a couple of minor design issues - a blind spot here and there and one other thing I can't recall. but, other than that, it performed really well and kept a ticking even while it was dying a premature death.
I was gonna restore mine. but, times are super tough for me now and I'm seriously considering selling it (probably a lot of people want the parts).
If you have the space and it isn't rusting away, keep it. We'll need clean ones in the future.
Damn I didnt know they did cruise 😬
I was looking forward to this review! These are very quirky
What days do the suburban and the 30th anniversary MX-5 come out?
Suburban the 21st, 30AE the 26th!
@@ShootingCars Nice! What are tomorrows?
@@garrettraakman6465 Rav 4 Hybrid
Cupholders in the center console. Under the lid
I always thought those cars were cool remember seeing them in that Honda magazine
There are cupholders
The Delsol is not a missed opportunity but a miss understood car.
Why? Because it was:
Snubbed by European brand owners
Snubbed by Prestige brand owners
Snubbed by high displacement owners
Snubbed by high powered car owners
Snubbed by rear wheel drive car owners (Front wheel drive cars still relatively new with virtually all main stream cars up to the mid 80's being rear wheel drive).
This is where it adds on:
Design language shock - Era of first of the new design language departing from decades of square shapes, irking people not used to seeing a curved design
Even Honda people blame it for the demise of the square CRX
Honda made the error of using many names confusing or not giving its separate identity (CRX, CR-X Del Sol, Civic Del Sol, Del Sol etc)
Era of cars increasing in size and weight of cars (due to move away from economy fuel crises of the 70's) but also heavy safety hardware being made compulsory or introduced (Side impact beams, front and rear bar impact supports, ABS modules/pumps, Air Bags) irking some people still wanting light weight.
Conclusion:
The Del Sol received criticisms for being misunderstood. But looking back the Del Sol was ahead of its time:
Car design language have become similar (no longer box and wedge designs)
Front engine and front wheel drive is the most economical format (now most widely used configuration). Front engine cars with rear wheel drive suffers power losses when transferring to the rear.
Front wheel drive is safer with more intuitive natural recovery reaction in emergency situation vs rear wheel drive. Rear wheel drive also has snap over steer tendencies.
All points to the Del Sol just being the spear head of cars to come.
You only need to look at the current Miata RF to see how ahead the Del Sol was.
The Miata RF is not only mimicking the design (Targa roof and flying buttresses) but also has dimensions and weight like the Del Sol.
It does look a lot better without the spoiler. It's shit with a slush box. They're getting hard to find in general, and not clapped out. The rear window is the greatest feature of all time if you've driven one of these for any length of time.
Weren't they originally called the crx del sol
No, but sometimes they are referred as CR-X del Sol as the Del Sol is the successor of the CR-X.
@@pinut187 I have also heard them referred to as Civic Del Sols
Depends on which nation you're in. In the US they were launched as the Civic del Sol. In Europe they were referred to as a CRX del Sol. In the US civic was dropped from the name in later years. Though, CRX is a fitting name, as the del Sol is truly a "Civic Renaissance eXperiment".
If you want to review the vtec version hmu
V-TEC KICKED IN YO! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That little car on the dash tells you when the windows down ect. The radio door was to cut down on theft. It has a cup holder. Cup holder sucks. Interior light sucks. Door handles suck. Car really doesnt need cruise control or power steering. I have a 93 Si.
it has a cup holder. ypu just didnt look hard enough
They do have two cupholders hidden by a hinge in the center console. They kinda suck, and they wouldn't pass the big friggin bottle test. Not even close.
d15? what? are you NOT from the USA? because in the US there was only 3 models. in 93 you had the S and Si which came with d16y8 with S and d16z6 on Si.... then in 94 they added the VTEC trim which came with b16 engine.... we never got a d15 motor.... that sounds like European bullshit. in fact a quick google stats d15 came in the VXi model, which is not a US model name at all.
Toyota: builds the 4 runner. Honda: I have an idea
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Clean ur cars b4 reviews
Bro needs to clean his car