- Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:43 pm
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Gorveatt wrote:So you were the one that bought that hatch, I was looking at getting it when it was up for sale. friggin thing was only 2 grand or so. good buy 
Did he throw in the Konigs with it too?
long story, for those that already read this in the 'Engine - General' section, sorry lol
i was calling/emailing this guy back and forth... what it came down to in the end was 'it doesnt run anymore' - what the email says.. anyways i showed up and once i pulled the cone filter out of the cylinder it started right up and idled fine. this guy had his intake cone filter pushed so far onto the intake pipe it was plugging it with the plastic body of the cone and not letting air pass, just not letting enough air to start the motor...
i emailed him about the car about a month ago, he says im leaving for fort mac end of nov, ill need it till then. calls me last thursday and says im leaving on tues, come bring money.. oh yeah btw it doesnt run anymore, 1200 and its yours...
i get there, look it over and a buddy takes the key.. after whirling it a couple times and hearing it trying really hard to start, we check the rotor and caps and wires.. all good.. i went around to the rear end to same buddy fiddling with the muffler and see fuel pouring out of the exhaust.. this plus the weird sound it was making trying to start made us think it was not getting air... he pulls the filter off and it went vroom... needless to say dude selling the car was pissed, and had already accepted the 1200 bucks so there was nothing he was doing. he also told me when it ran, it wouldnt get over 4000rpm because a dent in the oil pan doesnt permit the pickup to get enough pressure for vtec to engage - load of trash. as soon as it started and warmed up it went right to the rev limiter no problem lol...and the oil pan is brand new oe replacement, the factory swell is the dent he was talking about... not only all this but i get it home, start tearing it down to check it all out, and its got a full tein supersport kit, fully adjustable camber kit, new bushings all in the front end, rolls on a really nice set of volk ce38 knockoffs (konig heliums - still a wicked wheel) with decent rubber... the thing is so virgin it still has all the factory plastic shrouds around the front end. Wow. also needless to say; im stoked. period. sorry for the long read, but man, im kinda a happy guy. car is black with type r rear lip, mugen (i think?) front, black and painted a couple years back, power sunfoor, pioneer premier head unit and clarion door speakers. i cant get over how lucky i am to be the one to find this car.. unreal.. sorry for the long read, but it will amuse most!
bottom line, the suspension and wheels are well worth the 1200 bucks.. Tim, you thought that it was a buy at 2000 bucks, what do ya think now? lol. UNREAL. the more and more i talk about it the more and more excited i get lol!
Last edited by colpitts on Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:17 pm, edited 3 times in total.
... might be a turbo and hiding somewhere in those shadows too 
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