ABANDONED 4x4 Honda Civic - Will it Run After 20+ YEARS??
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Today we bring an abandoned Honda Civic wagon back to life!
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I love the classics and antiques, but there's something about an 80's shitbox, that just makes my heart happy.
I think it's just the generalized low expectations that leave us impressed 😂
I knew a co-worker that had one and a customer too from another time in space and they both loved and never wanted to trade or part with this car.
p.s. I don't know what tranny or wheel drive configuration each had but they were in for the long haul with their CIVIC wagons.
Reminds you of a simpler time doesn't it?
It remembers me a bit like the old Fiat Panda for italians, it's a "shitbox" for others, but it's our treausure and the "best" car for us there😂popolo spero che sapete che sto scherzando, ma si sa che il vero pandino e speciale
I agree. Exactly what I was gonna say.
The rear end in that car is worth more than a lot of other car's you've had on this channel! It's crazy!
i've heard that, with a few modifications, you can swap in the the rear from a CRV.
IKR i know the boostedboiz would love to have that rear end and i think the they said the the rear end is like 700-1000$
That valve set you learned about is Hondas CVCC (Compound Vortex Combustion Chamber), they used that design from the first gen civics in the 70s all the way up to like 89, those motors are "stratified charge" engines, which essentially means that the little mini carb and extra valve set introduce fuel early in the compression stroke to even out the combustion vortexes in the cylinders, and by purposely predetonating a LITTLE bit, they managed to increase that engines thermal efficiency by like 13%. Those engines had an overall efficiency of nearly 83%, allowing them to pass california emissions tests when straight piped. Absolute nightmare to work on when the vacuum systems go, but if everything's in order, well my 83 accord averaged 48mpg city and 59-63mpg highway. It's a SUPER cool system, but its insanely complicated for it's time. Leave it to honda to make the most technologically advanced shit box of all time, and still manage to be one of the most bullet proof engines ever built. I believe the engine code for that design was EK (not to be confused with the EK civic) so if it was a 1.5 liter, 1.6, 1.8, it would be titled as an EK15, EK16, or EK18 motor. Did I mention they're absolute tanks
Oh, and that design ONLY works if the engine is reverse flow. As soon as you move the exhaust to the other side of the head, it's no longer a functional system and the predet just blows the motors to shit
Amazing!
The 1978 CVCC didn't have enough cylinder spacing and would blow the head gasket between the cylinders only.
My parents bought one new.
My dad would limp home, park in the garage, pop the hood and go eat his supper while car cooled off.
Had a hook in the ceiling, took hood off, removed head bolts, lifted head about an inch, slid out blown gasket, slid in new gasket and reassembled. Drove to work next day.
First time it happened, he had disassembled it all and checked the deck and head; Tool & Die maker by trade. It was all as it should be. There just wasn't enough gasket material between the cylinders.
A new head gasket hung on the garage wall for years, even after the car was wore out and gone.
That was their first new car.
As a very small child, learned how an engine works during one of these gasket failures. He spun the engine by hand while i watched the cylinders move and could see the valves directly above them.
I was amazed it could do it all so fast and not blow up.
if you think a gasoline internal combustion engine had a thermal efficency of 83% then I've got a bridge to sell ya
My 1978 Honda 400 rebel twin has a 3 valve per cylinder head
I made my living starting in 1975 working on Honda engines and then went on to work on many others but Hondas are special they're bulletproof and sometimes complicated and sometimes simple.
These are getting surprisingly hard to find, despite the rust. I can only imagine how much these are going to be worth in restored condition in a few years- obviously this one has seen better days but it's still cool to see yall give it attention. Always love your videos, hope you have a great Christmas!
yeah, snapped timing belt killed mine, and the rust made it not worth fixing :(
I wouldn’t mind never seeing another one of these again, ever!
Having worked on several 80s cars with vacuum spaghetti. I was amazed you got it to idle. Well done!
Hey if you ever need to remove fluids from a tight spot like that, you can take the head off a spray bottle, stick the straw into the hole, and use the spray head as a pump to remove the fluid. You can pull through a pretty long hose this way too, if you need to.
Great idea!
Good idea! I'll have to remember that for next time. I imagine seeing that this was gas it would have killed the seals pretty quick though
That's going in the mental toolbox, thank you!
Good idea
Top tip !!
I still am so fascinated on the part how you literally took all those extra vacuum lines that we’re not needed out and now the car runs 10 times better than it used to I can’t wait till I learn how to do this stuff you motivate me❤️
A lot of the vacuum lines go to emissions systems and creature comforts. You can free up tons of stuff if you don't want anything but the engine to run.
You only need vacuum advance and EGR. the rest is not neccecary
@@1marcelfilmsnah don't need that egr either rip that shit out. You need timing advance and brake booster. Did this on my Toyota pickup. It had about 25 lines too many. Now it's got two.
My man. I've got an 83 I just inherited from my grandfather. Sat in a basement since 87. I've been dreading getting into the carb. Might just end up with the Weber conversion. Nice to see you get this thing running.
Whatever you do , do not break the rear side windows , they are extremely hard to find and you would be extremely lucky to find anyone who can make them .
same shit for toyota tercels 4wd !
Yeah, take them out and sell em!!!! Same for my 94 teggy
To the right buyer they are probably worth whatever he paid for the car, or more.
just make them out of plexiglass
@@josephdias5859 that really doesn't solve many problems... its a 3-dimensional shape so hard to reproduce, making repros would almost certainyl require that you have some originals to get the form from, and on top of that you would be replacing with a material that will fog and crack over time and require replacing and look shit. So no, not a "just do this simple thing" fix at all. Oh yeah, and if you are fixing up old honda wagons as an enthusiast, you probably don't have ford GT money knocking around for things like custom glass/plexi fabrication.
Man, I want one of those. Those little AWD civics were badass.
[Edit] After getting into the video, I don't want that one.
😂😂😂😂
@@JunkyardDigsDashman here on RUclips has one of these with a lift kit and some mud tires. He goes out and does Jeep stuff on the trails and in the snow. They have great potential when they don't have rust like that one.
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80s Hondas are great. Bubble era Japanese cars had a level of soul and personality that most modern ones don't. It's a shame this one was so far gone rust-wise.
they were great little cars, but had complex emissions controls
39:50 thanks for the pictures! That helped me understand that a little better!
Awesome video too! You gave that thing a good rip around the farm! 46:00
Great to see you working on an 80’s Japanese car. I’m quite impressed you got it running so well despite removing all the vacuum hoses. And that engine sounded awesome!
The trans, transfer case, d/s, and rear diff/subframe all all worth pretty damn good money. You'd have no problem selling them as a group, or sell the whole car. Good chunk of dough sitting there.
I've never seen anyone run any wagon parts from any wagons older than 1988.
Hey Mike, you still have your blue one?
@@sideshow45see thats what im sayin, everyone wants the real time 4wd stuff not the older stuff. I have an 86 and they are actually solid axle in the rear 😂
I'm definitely a firm believer in you guys being at least 4x better than roadkill, because you post more than once a month
Also, you guys make those sponsor clips so much more fun than most other channels
Roadkill was good back in the day because they started this whole thing, but these days junkyard and vice grips just do a better job because they're not corporate backed like roadkill is
@prylosec or something yeah, I just like the weekly videos instead of the monthly videos roadkill did, roadkill was great tho
Also Kevin is an ex helicopter mechanic, so hes EXTRA good at explaining the technological specifics in a way that us average corn eaters can understand
@Sam Streeter yeah, instead of just hold a rag over the carb at wide open until it almost drives and then go do donuts in the junkyard til it blows up
@@jacobm9263 I'm a fam of roadkill stupid builds though, like the 440 swapped samurai, or the charger with the motorhome engine swap
Need more videos like this ripping through the woods. That was amazing!!! Looks like so much fun I totally went from thinking OMG that is such a shitbox, to wishing I was riding in it with ya.
Hats off to that starter for putting in all that hard work.
That’s because the car was made in Japan. When Honda switched over their manufacturing plants to USA; the quality went down.
Am I not the only one who found the start up satisfying?! She fought but she ran. Nice to see a Civic on the channel. Speaking as an actual R18 Civic owner here.
Coming from D16 and an A20 owner you DID NOT want to own an old pre 90s accord or a similar era civc, those vac lines are a major pain to work with. Can agree its very intresting to see something besides amarican V8's
@@daneneedoba8930 Judging from the video, I can see why that's a pain. The R18s are a breeze to work on in comparison.
@@alexpaumen3937 I'm kind of tempted to try that on my old 87 accord though with the vac delete stock carb. I swapped a manual bottom to a auto top half. Long story short she flooded A LOT, due to having an extra vac line. All it needs is a carb tho and it'll run 🤔
I had a carbed 87 Accord that ran okay, j kinda wish I kept it now, could've eliminated all sortsa that shit and had a cool little daily. Flipup headlights even worked!
@@jculbert2221 I still got it, it's just I also had it and an old friends house. Think a tree fell on it recently though, there's and 88 a block away though
You guys always have such unique projects. Love when you mix it up and you do stuff that is even new to you. You gotta find an old Alfa Spider or something next lol.
Dude that’s the best thing I’ve ever seen to eliminate All those crappy vacuum hoses and emissions junk you can really see a engine for once and to simplify things. And you have the balls to do it thank you.
really wish more people would do a will it run on various older cars like this. For instance my family has owned two 1987 Subaru gl's and a 86 they were all carbureted and pretty amazing cars. Would love to see people revive and drive stuff like them aside from just the usual muscle cars and old trucks (don't get me wrong I love that as well)
They're unique and fun to do, just hard to find and even harder to get parts ordered in quickly!
Those Subaru GLs weren't the best looking car (to put it nicely), but they were dead reliable and the awesome Subaru AWD system made them like a mountain goat on snow or rough terrain. Subaru wrote the book on AWD, even now, the rest are all poseurs, lol. I remember seeing 70-80s Subies , rusted up to the door handles, but still plowing along like 4wd sewing machines. Great cars.
80's Subes are awesome. Love my '90 Euro-spec BRAT. Fantastic car, although the continuous fight against rust can be tiresome, but that's life with old japanese cars
@@nickis_speedshop You have no idea how much I want a Subaru BRAT. They re everything the El Camino, Ranchero and even the Dodge Rampage aspired to be. They're pretty much nonexistent here in the northern US.
My boss is currently doing a revive on a 86 Subaru GL it's got it running but running into issues with the entire fuel system and wiring but it's a nice car for $300 if you can look passed the 2 inches of bondo on the driver's side rear quarter panel and trunk😂
I had an '84 civic wagon 4x4.
Best four wheel drive I've ever had.
In 4x4 it had a super low gear. At 5,000 rpm it maybe went 5-7 mph. It was great !
Awesome find man. I had one of these when I was right out of high school in 03. Mine was AWD. No button. Shit brown color. They were gutless with no power steering and a 5 speed. I drove that thing every where. One day the camshaft broke clean in half and that's all she wrote. Love your vids!
My mother drove one of those averaging 90 miles an hour from Milwaukee to Winona in about four hours. Total champ!
Must have had one hell of a tailwind 😂
@@JunkyardDigs I was terrified. It was a 2 wheel automatic, and she held it at 90 most of the trip and topped at 105-ish. I drove it for years, it was fast as hell.
@@JunkyardDigs I ran 90mph in a 2002 2 door Honda Civic and it handled well. But I wouldn't stomp on the brakes in it, rear drums and front disks I learned early on you can easily lock up wheels despite being anti lock. But I can stomp real hard on my 2000 Grand AM GT brakes.
@@VintageCars999 That's a little different than a 60 horsepower 1985 Civic
@@HappyOldDogAndCatFarm terrified at 90? OK...
That would be a perfect donor to make a AWD Civic as thats the differential to use for it and they are hard to come by.
Say the right one? Saying wrong one just makes you sound like an ass instead of helpful and intelligent.
Kool vid. To make this even run is a miracle. I'm impressed, you have a runner. Amazing revival.
Man this is something special, it deserves your respect just as much as a domestic
Exactly
Jap scrap!
My daughter has a 1990 Honda Civic all wheel drive. 74,000 original miles. Same color combo. 5 speed with a super low. Making it a 6 speed. I've really pushed this thing and it moves. Reminds me of a rally car. Cool little rig.
Hahahaha my favorite part of this one, “WHY DOES IT JIGGLE?!?!” 🤣🤣🤣 I like these unique cars like this!
can i say i love the revival community its all so welcoming and cooperative from all over the usa
I used to have a few of those Wagovans when I worked for an import car recycler. Same deal, AWD and manual transmissions...loved them especially considering I lived in the country in northern Canada and winter roads could be dicey. Even in the 90's those rear pillar glass panels were hard to come by used as there weren't a lot of these vehicles sold.
What an absolute awesome video!!!! had such a laugh when you guys drove in the field, looked like genuine awesome fun!!
me too esp the noise from the rust spot along with when he could not get up the hill last the "over heating" started once he rolled backwards, then again trying to another hill shoving the gear into gears and go into gear and then the real overheating started and the donuts/major overheating continues with the fumes coming frrom the starting of the hill clinbing. i wonder if he could do another round. what got me ws he did not drive foreward only backward donuts. is there a reason ? do you know? i am not auto inclined
I’ve got a buddy that has one of those. Same color, it’s his daily driver. Great little car. He actually has slightly lifted it, with bigger tires.
...and it's rust free, JK...lol
@@claztube They're all "rust free" if you look at em from 100 feet away while squinting...
@@claztube No such thing as a rust free Honda 😂
@@_Frank_the_Tank the ones in the south at junkyards I've seen so far have been surprisingly clean body wise, but super clapped out naturally
Damn that must look a lot like the old Subaru Outback sandwiched between two semi's
Stock boosted boys wago
Amen and people would pay a pretty penny for it also. I've got to watching it. And I changed my mind!!!!! This car is awful
No! Kyle has a 2.gen wago
They woulda love that car ..woulda.
@@RC.3RD864 lmfao
Those guys fell off the face of the planet.
Y’all guys are definitely living y’all’s best years!!! Keep up the great videos and work!!!!!👍👍👍🚗🚗🚗🚗
When it was first produced in the early 1980s the Civic was actually CVCC, or Controlled Vortex Combustion Chamber, which you found out about. The spark touched off a small pocket of normal fuel/air that then ignited a lean mixture that made up the rest of the chamber. Quite a boost in economy.
My first car was an 85' Accord. Automatically tuned in here! Looks like y'all had a blast ripping and running! Blessings and respect!
Nice to see that AWD civic back running again makes me happy.
I had a 87 civic sedan with 5 speed manual. Exact same motor as that civic wagon. they are notorious with carburetor problems.
I have an 86 Civic sedan, 4 speed auto. I use it on the weekends. Mint condition.
I was watching a show just yesterday that was talking about the Honda CVCC engine. I had never heard of it until recently! Very interesting. You did a great explanation on it too! I actually understood how it works haha.
I remember watching this video a year ago, and can now say Im a proud owner one of these wagons! Love it so far.
Nice, 85?
86! Motor is in the rebuild process. Then fixing some minor rust and a new paint job
@@alanbellie187 nice! Gotta send me pics! Where you at in the states? I daily a 87 honda hatchback si. Shitbox dose 0-60 nearly as quick as my 69 Plymouth roadrunner 440 did. I love my shitbox!
Something I have learned. because my dad works at a Honda's factory. they never die you can literally pull them through the roughest terrain ever beat the living heck out of it. push it through its limits with no change of oil or anything and it would never die. the older the Honda the more stubborn it is until it rust itself to death. it will keep on moving.
Great way to say what makes Honda a highly sought after used vehicle for a daily driver when you need reliability to get to and fro....
Honda v Toyota
well today Honda is most sought after in my circle of peeps but.....
... I own a 2003 V8 Tundra that I love to death,
literally,
I will die b4 it does.
I'm 65 it is 20 and with my inner workings I'm really like 85.
well, my "Baked Alaska" (clear coat has been burnt off) residing for all its 20 years in the SW (ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO) the inner frame, well it's still baby behind fresh as the day it rolled off the assembly line. So if you don't look at the skin and concentrated on its inner workings, mechanically, she's still an infant.
I've put some 2 grand into the basic needs and she has 164K on the clock so let me repeat the reality of my satement, "until death shant we part."
Yes, she'll out live me.
@@claztube I may be only 29 years old. about to be 30 next year but Honda's always been around me in the 90s and early 2000s. I have dealt with enough of them where they were even my first vehicle I drove. I have never seen a Honda die just like a Toyota unless the entire floor rust right through. and I have seen that several times knowing my dad works at a Honda plant here in Indiana. one thing I can definitely tell you they don't make them like they used to. especially the four bangers they are truly stubborn.
Yup. I drive a 92 accord. That f22a sees 6700 rpm daily 🤣🤣. 230k miles on her now. I had one before. It was 300k miles and that one I absolutely abused neutral drops ,it saw 8k rpm when the tcu shorted out , ran without oil alot and still she kept going
ain't that the truth
"...the older the Honda the more stubborn it is until it rust itself to death." Yup, I can testify to that. I had a '74 Civic (manual trans and choke) and while the engine was indestructible, the body gradually became...imaginary.
Absolutely one of my favorite videos y'all have done so far. I love seeing a little 4 banger just thrash around, something about the sound and the sight just puts a smile on my face.
7:56 this is one of those cars that is impossible to tell the difference between a vacuum line and a spark plug wire!! 😂
Road signs work perfect for speedy floor patches. They are made of aluminum and easy to shape and rivet in.
A nice “ men at work” floor panel seems in order😂
They’re also free
How do I… “”borrow”” one? I’ve been needin to know how to take the sign OFF 😅
@@elliehill9165 they look like a 7/16 nut but it might be 1/2 or something
They’re all size sawzall
I just get pure joy from watching the craziness that happens on this channel!
Okay, I gotta give props for that HelloFresh spot. Mook smacking her face with the recipe card made me literally falling out of my chair laughing and getting WEIRD looks from everyone around me. Love yours and Mook's content and frequently binge my favorite episodes. Hope you guys are doing great and I'll see you in the next one!
Yes! Love it when you guys upload, and I’ve always wanted one of them!
Me too, It's too bad this one is a POS
man that brought me back to my early years when we had so much fun with junk cars! thanks for this one.
Something about old cars getting back to life that makes my heart feel happy. Please give this guy a second life somehow, don't part it out!
My daily driver is a ‘99 CR-V 5 speed manual with the Real Time 4WD, it’s a great car with plenty of sporty for me with the stick and B20, and it’s basically the first evolution of these. Been watching the channel for awhile, keep it up!
Every Honda guy in the world gonna be pounding on Kevin’s door for the AWD parts.
Especially the rear diff and viscous coupler. Veritable gold mine.
28:54. This is some stoopid sheet! You made my day brother!
What a super cool 4×4. A quad with a heater. Keep up the great work and I will keep on watching
i loooove those things! been looking hard for one for my first car, love those funky wagons.
Can't get enough of this stuff Kevin keep it comen. Also I got my hat and love it man you are a inspire to myself and my RUclips channel I'd love to have you on my live if possible I imagine your a very busy person keep up the content and thank you
This takes me back! I owned an '87, sky blue just like that one for years back in the early 2000's. Mine was "Real Time 4WD" which was basically AWD, it didn't have a button.
It was ugly, it topped out at about 80mph, and it cornered with all the grace and agility of a drunk Rhino, but it had a 5spd, it only cost me $500, it was as good as any Subaru in snow, and it ran like a tank! Never once left me on the side of the road.
In the end it was rust that killed the beast. I put it in for inspection and found out the entire rear axle was basically hanging on by a thread. The mechanic bought it off me for the motor and trans which he put in another civic that he drove for years afterword. You just can't kill a Honda engine.
I love classics but the 80s are just so neat keep up the great content Kevin and mook
Pretty sure there is a drag civic that utilizes this 4x4 trans, might make a fun race car project
What a fun little car. I love the idea of giving it one more rip before parting it out so that others may live.
My dad had the normal 2WD version of this Civic when I was a little kid, can still remember the box of cassettes he kept under the passenger seat for the stereo, along with the lack of air conditioning (very memorable during Australian summers...). He used to run it on a 50/50 mix of leaded and unleaded fuel.
Awesome episode! Can't wait to see more of it!
What’s epic is I haven’t seen one of these civics in years. When I was a kid we saw them all the time with blasting bases and vibrating license plates. Funny thing was my brother and I were headed to a friends place last night and saw 3 of these ripping down the highway so funny and awesome to see!
That car is INCREDIBLE! I've never seen such a smokey burnout without the wheels moving!
never had one of those but i went thru plenty of 84 to 86 toyota tercels...loved them ...quite a few of them were 4x4 its been a while but if i remember right the sr5 standards were fulltime 4x4 with a super low 1st gear ....and the automatics had a little button on the shifter
This has got to be one of my favourite vids so far, amongst the cheap truck challenge and grand prix grand prix.
Can't wait to see the next episode with that little beast!
I'm 11 months late for this party, but I had to say that I had a 1984 Toyota Tercel, 4cyl. 5 speed, 4 door hatchback. It had 47,000 miles on it when I bought it. The first thing I did to it was put new spark plugs and wires in it and oil and fuel filter and 10w40 oil.
I took my boys to the car show in St. Ignas just over the Mackinac bridge in Michigan. And I got 54 miles to the gallon. I actually only used 3/4 of a tank of gas going up there and back home to Grand Rapids. That little fukker was the best vehicle I ever owned for gas mileage. But one day it decided to blow the head gasket and crack the block between number and 3 cylinder. I don't know why, because it never overheated, but it was blowing oil into the radiator and it just gave up the ghost for no reason. It lasted 3 years and was well worth the $350 I paid for it.
2:25 The 1987 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z had me floored!! This is the exact car I rocked and wrecked in the late 80s.
Im usually one of those people who first thought is that even junk cars should respected to some degree. ( I just dont like seeing things get destroyed lol) But those feelings disappeared pretty quickly after seeing the seats crumble like after Thanos's snap XD. Good show as always, keep up the good work!
Now that the engine bay is more open, you've got room for a cheap Ebay Turbo to add to the jank!
I had a '92 Accord that I had for years. When you got that carb to idle and it fired it up, the engine noise immediately reminded me of my old clunker. Don't see many of those older Hondas any longer.
I’m sure it has already been said but all the AWD Honda drag cars and various other 4wd Honda conversions use the viscous diff/driveshaft from the wago van not to mention other drivetrain parts, they hold a surprisingly high amount of power, look at boostedboyz 1000 hp wagon.
Cool find and great channel! Keep it up!
Man I remember the foreign cars back in the 80s and 90s a thousand vacuum hoses everywhere you guys raceing around the corn field looked like so much fun funny how stuff was coming up in the car awesome video ✌👍🇺🇸
What a sweet revving engine. Love this content. Now I'm on the lookout for one, if they even exist in Sweden.
A 4 whell drive one can be definitely useful in Sweden, especially in winter. Also, the small wheels are economical to fit winter tires on.
The Smokey Bandit...........has its own rolling smoke screen. That was a great walk through on how to simplify a carbie that is buried under pollution clap trap.
The Grass coming through the floor!!!😂😂😂😂Ima subscribe for life for that clip!!.. Goodtimez!!!
Sometimes you guys have such gems as this one, and I can't stop thinking it should be just shot directly into the sun. Bravo for having the courage and patience to bring this disaster back to live.
he's got such a great system of diagnosis for getting these things running
Why, because its not some newer shitbox made of tin?
My step mom had one of these. They actually came out around 1981 (Sorry, I don't recall the exact year but I was still living at home at the time.). They, or at least hers, had a six speed manual transmission, the sixth gear was actually a granny gear which rarely saw any use. I used to love driving that car.
Honestly, those cars are super cool and you are lucky you found one. Can't find any like that around here. I wish I could haha
Man I would love to have that thing pretty cool little find! keep up the great content guys!
Always nice to have a car that can be pulled out of a ditch with a four-wheeler
Or a riding lawnmower
I love how your driving around the floor boards touching the ground to funny . Great video.
The idea behind the CVCC was the same as the direct injection on newer engines. Stratified charge. Lets it run really lean at part throttle without detonation or high NOx.
Exactly. @Junkyard Digs, if you pull the valve cover off, you'll see that the EW1 engine actually has 16 valves. Three large valves, then the small CVCC valve. The oil smoke might be caused by loose valve retainers, especially since it doesn't completely go away after the engine is warm.
The system was used on all US model carbed Hondas through 1987, except for the Accord, which went to a standard carb setup in 1986. Allowed them to run without catalytic converters through 1979 in California, and 1980 in the 49 state emissions markets. 1981 was the first year that they installed a converter on all US model cars. Mixture is set on the Keihin carburetors using a propane enrichment system that's connected to the engine.
@@john242ti Honda built a pair of heads for the 350 Chev that passed the EPA testing at the time.
@@enwri That is correct. GM didn't seem that interested in licensing the head design, which is why Honda decided to use it on their own engines.
@@john242ti Honda was already using it, they did it after GM said that it only worked on little toy engines and not GMs proper 5 litre 145 hp engines.
Now "The MAHLE Jet Ignition® system" are using it with electronic injectors instead of valves and extra carby bits.
Absolutely love your guys's show been following you guys since the very beginning so awesome that you proposed to Mook you guys make the cutest couple keep up the good work looks so forward to every episode it's like Christmas when it comes out always love it when you guys are in the video and not pawned off on somebody else didn't mean anything by it just letting you know Love you guys oh so much blessings and may the Lord's face shine upon you
i eagerly await the full revival of this complete beast of an 80s car. amazing job dudes! please keep it up!
They're rednecks, they will just wreck it and do another generic LS swap.
@@carsandfunnystuff1244 i await to see the LS swap then!
This was very funny episode to me great job. I don't know why but looking at this model Civic kind of reminds me of the Gadget Van from the 80s cartoon Inspector Gadget.
Kevin, Mook, your 'Hello Fresh' bit was great, really so well edited and presented.
Mostly what I'm noticing is of all the couples on AV/Film in the last severeal decades,
George and Gracie, Alice and Ralph, Archie and Edith and Tim and Jill.... well you two are cutting a path to being in their league.
Just FYI, I had a career as a speaker and know what I learned about the spoken word, patter and melodic tone that is pleasing for the audience. You two have that and chemistry and more, you're together and seperately, charismatic!
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I'm so happy for you and your families.
My favorite part was the sound when Mook brought up the recipe sheet and Kevin absolutely died laughing.
I haven't laughed so much in ages seeing all the crap coming inside through the rust holes in the floor while in the corn fields 🤣🤣 That Civic really goes places!! Always enjoy your uploads. Keep them coming guys 👍
My ribs were hurting when you guys were driving this around the woods. Actually started crying laughing. Lol love it.
My fist car was a 86 Daytona Turbo Z when I turned 16, parents bought for me new, it was a leftover model in 87. Loved that thing....
What a cool rig that thing is! Hmm, it sort of reminds of the early-to-mid 80s Toyota Tercel wagon that had the 3AC powerplant that torched off 62hp, as I recall.
Your beast has real potential to win any off-road challenge. Who needs exhaust, a driveshaft, or even seats! :)
That Toyota suffered from tercelaration
we had them here too, in sweden. Havent seem them in years and years tho. Good find. :)
Also, that trailer of yours, what is it rated to? max carry load and total wight?
Love the fact that his first idea for the car was to turn it into a gambler car, also also I recommend the northern Nevada gambler that is this summer
Our first car was a brand new '89 Wagovan, with 5 speed manual. We had the dealer install AC. I installed the aftermarket cruise control. We were always getting >40+mpg.
When this does end up as parts bear in mind those rear diffs are worth a bit to the Honda drag racing crowd. Don't know if that crowd is that big in the US though.
The test drive through the corn field/woods was hysterical 😂
I have an 84 Nissan/Datsun 720 4x4, carb was real tired. Threw a Weber from Redline on it and it's never run better! Took a bit of fiddling to get the cold start how I want it but best thing I ever did for the truck.
Had a 84 Accord with a 12 valve like that. Made a custom turbo setup for it with a side draft SU carb, turbo sucking through it. Would shred the tires 1-3 gear, 135 MPH machine. This video brought back some great memories.
Great video.Just FYI. I work at a Honda dealership and one of the veteran mechanics was telling me that the weak point of the older manual transmissions in the Accord’s and Civic’s are the reverse gear. He informed me that you never put them in reverse when still rolling forward or Vice versa.. Apparently it will break the drive idler gear or a shaft. Used to be a problem area of these transmissions back in the day. Just thought you might like to know.
Thanks for the tip. I and my '93 Accord thank you.
@@mescko I also have a CB7. Mine is a 2 door manual coupe . 92' Had it since high school, and im 37 now. Shes on her 3rd engine now. Went from the stock F22(Non Vtec) to a 97' F23(Vtec) and then finally bought the B18c, trans and seats/dash//wiring harness/ecu from a buddies wrecked 99GS-R integra. I had to swap the entire wiring harness over from the teg as its obd2, and i just used the dash and cluster from the teg. Had to modify the dash to fit, but surprisingly not as much as you may think. It basically just sits right in, just needs a bit of "Help" fitting the way one would want it to. *Glances over to the saw-zall* "You dont need to worry about the saw-zall.... Its fiiiine." Ha, but yeah man, glad to see some others repping the cb7s. Only like 6 or 7 clean ones around my county that i have seen. And ive talked to most of the owners over the years. I dont daily the accord, but, it does get a few thousand miles annually.
A CVCC carb repair kit is gold. You need a coil of vacuum tubing to do one of those. The turbos on the daytonas crap out. 88 and up will accept later engines. I was working as a Honda tech back then. Best of luck.
You guys were having absolute blast at the end
The awd system in those things are worth their weight in gold just about these days so I'm sure it was well worth the purchase regardless of the plans for it.