Delsole

Ok first off ive done alot of searching on the net for del sol tips and get alot of mixed ideas... Im sorry if this topic has been covered before and it probably has... but here goes...

Tomorrow i plan on taking a 2hr trip to buy a honda del sol from 1993 with the intention on putting larger obviously more powerful engine under the hood.. All im looking for is some tips on what would make a fantastic car...

The car must be a daily driver, super fast and later will be turbo'd. (id like to do all engine mods to make it turbo ready before the install).

My budget for the whole thing is 10k. The car tomorrow is a 93 del sol for $3000 supposedly in FANTASTIC condition with new white paint (original color was white also). so already im down to under 7 by the time i pay tax tag and title.

The car is manual so i dont need to fabricate a clutch pedal or linkages.

What i hope to achieve here is rock solid advice which ill follow and upload pictures weekly.

One major thing i like is the high revving engines that to way up there like a sports bike..

So whats good?

Delsole

Well with the overwhelming feedback and suggestions on which direction to go ive decided on a k20z1 engine with the six speed manual lsd transmission.

Ive purchased a 1995 Honda del sol from a old lady that was unmolested. The car had a whopping 75k on the clock and comes with a full service history.

I found a k20z1 engine swap on craigslist thats clean and perfect compression.

Total so far.. $7000

94civicd16z6

lmao yya gotta love the overwhelming response sometimes... good choice i say; but honestly i wouldn't swap until i blew that engine. buy a turbo and have fun, then swap when it blows. i am thinking of swapping a b16, b18, or k20 when my d16 goes. i really want the six speed too, but not sure yet. nice find for the money, finding an unmolested and non riced out civic that old is literally impossible to find these days. and only 75k?! wow. post some pics and i guarantee you'll get more replies. dang, 10k to blow, wunna give me a few thou? ;D love your car, take care of your care.

Delsole

Yeah i looked at a bunch of sol's and they had megga milage and every one i seen had the cheap mods. Abused crap mostly. I honestly feel like about to commit a crime by pulling the engine out of this car. It runs so smoothly it was babied. Dont think it ever went to 5000rpm.. Oh well.

The engine arrived. Im going to rip it apart tomorrow and bath it then rebuild it with mostly stock parts due to my budget not allowing for $1200 piston sets and $800 clutch kits.

Delsole

Engine pics. Forgot to mention. Car has the original honda cassette deck. Anyone know any honda museums?