1991 Honda CRX Si Review (Pre-Restoration)

After 3 months of ownership, we give our 91 Honda CRX Si a review and go over what's been fixed, how the car drives, and the next steps of our restoration project.

Transcript
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hey guys we got the team at restoration CRX with us today. My name is Alan. We also have Denny here. hey whats up guys. and we got Ray in the follow car behind us
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today we're going to go over how Nancy our 91 honda CRX SI is doing you know but before we do let's kind of go over a little some of the stuff that we fixed before today so we first purchased a car there wasn't a week
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right
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yeah it's that so we've got a new uh change that to all pan gasket
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we put a new radiator also it was overheating wasn't a slight overheating
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we want to put in a new thermostat yeah you were driving up the hill and I
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started loving you
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yeah that's briefing ok what else we think it takes a sunroof yeah that is a
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common problem you have to c RX it was a when you include one clothes for you
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because of the stoppers
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yeah so we got that fixed well its climate control
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yes coming from a common control its day cracks so we probably one of the worst
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engineered hundred pieces
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yeah
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we searched quite a while but with two hundred dollars for it
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that's a lot for a 26-0 climb before us Jesus
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okay so we got that sorted out what else did it
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yeah um so your ears can see like the interior is kind of a mess right now
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we took up all the panel's the back seats are gone there's no radio
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so we're just trying to kind of just figure out what we're going to do before
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we paint this or before we bring this car to the paint shop in a couple of
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months and also figure out what else we can fix the interior right up
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cool so yeah let's uh let's start driving you think
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alright so we are out on the road driving
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many you had a 89 deciding you
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yeah I did
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back in high school are back when we just got out of high school
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we weren't you know we're making real money i think i was working at the movie
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theater for about 5 75 an hour
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575 an hour well okay so this was this was one of the few hard that you might
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be even afford right
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yes what why riding this bike roll
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are you
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for seller we're gonna head back then
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I want to choose hearing it was the the body lines
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it
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it was small the lines are timeless
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angry
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this car has aged very well over time
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yes even a drastic on your CRX
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I did you did yeah so the clutch was destroyed when you sold it
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but you're so good it was really easy to learn but let's talk about the clutch on
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this one
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you know this is probably one of the issues that we're going to have to take
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care of you can hear back
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there's a really awful squeak yes on this clutch
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what what is the problem I think could be the components like a spring or
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bushings
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we have to get under the look at it but is it is a pretty common problem it's a
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very common problem very common problem on
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on my six year old car yeah even this car like even the civic even that they
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also would have this squeaking noise problem
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you know that being said though that the clutch crabs pretty well
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yes I don't know the owner has ever changed a bunch i would assume so though
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after a two hundred 6,000 miles and it's gotten at least one clutch replacement
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but you know i'm not complaining about how it grabs possible
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the feedback is very good
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we can talk about suspension yeah so this car
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has never been lower
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you know
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stock suspension 16 years old yes
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no very good wine
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this is fully functional
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mom
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hells yeah i'm actually really surprised how comfortable ride is right now
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being such a light car with no
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nothing in it pretty much I mean you would think that like every time we have
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been crazy right
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feels good yes really
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it took us three months to find this car
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and it is really hard finding a bone stock CRX
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yes with a clean title yes my god
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what you are actually the one that bought it yes you you ever look at the
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buyer
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yeah I'm gonna build a buyer
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initially we put the car back so it everything was clean so that was a bonus
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so I knocked on every single panel make sure there's no bondo on
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I didn't notice the oil leak but that's common with this especially a 26 year
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old car
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mom
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right when I hopped in i started out i had a big smile on my face this
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knowledge and yes it's like oh man to bring me back
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10-15 years ago
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when he didn't have to worry about how you're going to pay the next mortgage
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payment
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yes like this all
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it was fun may be carefully made me forget about my current the current
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bills my current current issues
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you know I think that's what it's all about right we do something like this
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mean
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you know
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or work hard we're car guys work your heads but in this particular with this
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particular project like I don't know I'm not too concerned about how fast these
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cars or you know it's like a show stopper right yes and I just I just this
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thing just brings me back
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super time you know I think that's what it's all about
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all right then so we're gonna go ahead and test the acceleration report yeah
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I everything
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second year
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40
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right around
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here alright so long
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it was fun yeah
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it wasn't the fastest thing in the world ok it's ok it's ok that mean
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but you know I think I think that's what makes cars like this great
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right like
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I don't know the fact that i am going for here right now I'm not breaking the
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speed limit
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I mean you just you just don't get that new hours nowadays right
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you know like I've been in cars were like you're in second care and you're
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going like he just go with more go and I don't see how I mean this is as far as
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fun factor causing it's just that's not to me that's not very fun
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you know to me fun is you're going through the gears are making a lot of
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noise but you're not really going anywhere but that's okay
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yeah - you're always doing something always shifting gears yours up shifting
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down shifting on
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there's not a lot of power so you have to keep up the RPMs hi yeah you always
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have to find that sweet spot and
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very interactive
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just love that about this car
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so you know all in all this is a pretty great car
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if anybody you know anybody who's looking for like a cheap theater or
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something
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you know have some weekend fun with definitely recommend getting a CRX
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probably time
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yeah you can get the shorting year shorter gear ratios and all the other
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tidbits that come with
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getting hard trip
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oh I hope you guys enjoy this video we talked to about a few things and we're
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definitely going to follow up with another video after the restoration is
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over so we mentioned this on the blog but we're going to get this car fully
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painted any paint job
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brand new suspension bushings all that good stuff yes and fix the stupid clutch
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yes that brainless breaks and will probably try to redo the seats
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oh yeah upholstery definitely needs to get a once-over as well these posters
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are
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are breaking that though you know I think we have a pretty solid car
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you know if you liked this video hit subscribe and you know definitely check
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out www solution CRX calm and we'll see you next time