CRX Hunting and Howdy All

[Jase]

Howdy everybody

I am a new user and currently driving a big thursty M535i Beemer, a very cool and fast car but it is now time to move on.
I want to buy an unmolested or mildly tweaked CRX 1988 -1992 vintage preferably the 1.6 fuel injected version.
There are a couple of 1989s on trademe, one in Napier and the other in Christchurch, has anyone had a look at them and are they any good?

Alternatively if you know of anyone selling one please let me know.

Cheers
Jase

[DURTYEF3]

Welcome to NZH . i believe "Crzysi" (Shiv) is selling his EF7 with Vtec conversion. other then that i'd have a looksie in the vehicle exchange or put up a WTD: add.

[mr_tec]

ask tjones he may have a shell or a full car for you up there.
Theres a few selling on here that are all good aswell

[Soichiro]

Aaron (Tompen) is selling one in Welly, it deserves a good home.

[4VTECN]

look at all these helpful guys anyways Welcome to Nzh

[vtecd]

yet again another jase who likes hondas! lol.. we seem to be everywhere! haha
welcome to nzh.

have a good one!

Churs,

[Jase]

Cheers for the info everyone.
A couple more CRXs have appeared on trademe but appear to be in very sad condition

The mechanic I use for my panzer is a trained Honda guy and recommended the 1.6 fuel injected over the 1.5 carb version, as he said the 1.5s can cause probs

Any thoughts

I took a 1.6 for a spin that was at ezy buy car auctions in Orcs but the car was a wreck, seriously pulling to the right, electrics faulty and full of rust
I asked them to pay me to take it away, they were not amused !

[SK1TZ- EF]

theres a guy that lives near my work, has a 1989 EF8 CRX VTec DOHC, its done 200,000kms but has had a B16a2 put in, its on 17" 5 spokes and has an exhaust.

he bought an altezza manual (didnt like my jokes about downgrading to the altezza, lol)

so he needs to sell it, $4,000 or less will own it

sam

[doo0T!doo0T!]

Good choice! They are great little cars, about 5 years ago i bought one as a beater to go to work in and got addicted bigtime and now it's my obsession.

Forget anything with a 1.5, they are all carby and boring, get either a ZC powered 1.6i Si or a vtec b16a1 powered 1.6i SiR.
The first is 130hp and quite torquey, the later is 150-160hp and rev out to nearly 8,000rpm but dont have the torque of the later.
They are both fun to drive, the Si's ar ea bit more common and roughly half the price of the SiR but the SiR is more desirable because of it's engine.
You will have noticed they had a facelift in 1990, most easily seen by the bonnet and tail lights, the pre-facelift has the little "power bulge" over the cambelt end of the engine, the facelift has the whole bonnet midsection raised and has a black rim around the tail lights.
All SiR's are facelifted.

If I were you I'd look for an SiR as they are much easier to modify as there is a lot of aftermarket parts available for the engine and they have bigger front brakes.
I doubt your find a nice one for less than $4000 though as they are pretty rare and sought after.

The Si is lighter and only 0.3secs slower down the 1/4mile (going by Hondas quoted performance specs) but has smaller brakes and no where near the amount of aftermarket support.
They can still be made very potent though!!
The main thing going for them is they are very cheap to maintain and cheap to buy.

Good luck!

[sk-itr]

Hey there, It looks like its not an easy way to find a good CRX in these days

[SK1TZ- EF]

I can go get PICs of car for you, Jase, I can also arrange freight to you from wellington, vehicle checks etc

sam

[ZzZz]

hey welcome^^

[Jase]

Thanks again for the info, They are thin on the ground, maybe everyone is hiding them in garages or have they all been trashed and wrecked.
I have found a 1992, which I am looking at in the morning relatively cheap, but you get what you pay for
Cheers

[Jase]

Thanks Sam for the offer of help with the CRX in your hood, I really want one that hasn't been modified and is factory original. Cheers

[efp0wa]

I've got a 1990 EF8 SiR that i'd sell.
PM me.

[madDC4]

Welcome to nzh bro. Good choice to move on from the bmw to a honda.
Crx is a good car, you'll find heaps of people helpful on here

[mizdsol]

i got a 92 crx del sol that i'm thinkin of selling/swapin... mint condition, b16a dohc vtec.... recent respray n tidy as

[TheProdigalSon]

Hey bro.... beautiful choice!!! and welcome to the club...

Honda Crx 1987 Si

this link might help you, i think this is the sorta thing you might be after... addicted2hondas is crazy about crx's... so this is what i would recommend

Hope to see u next time i'm at a meet or somethin'...

God bless dude