GSratedR
Rated R
Alright so i traded cars. 99 Civic for 00 Gsr, or so i thunk it......:???:
i traded based on judgement of character and a few test drives. the guy was nice and answered all of my questions to the best of his knowledge so im not knocking him at all i want to get that out first. im not a honda genius but i have had a bunch of hondas and two other GSR's in my car resume and i felt that the car was a healthy daily that just needed some love in a few areas. i was down for it and signed titles and everything. heres what it is guys he told me:
-the title was a theft recovery not damaged. i looked it over under the hood and in the doors as well as behind the plastics in the trunk and found no visible frame damage, so it looked good.
-it was a real GSR
-there was no CEL. (it lit up then went away upon start like normal so it was never removed.)
-the car was his brothers daily and that they just wanted something else.
-it has Pistons and Cams but cant recall exactly whats on it.
Here is the straight dope:
-Title says damage salvage rebuilt w/ nothing about theft.
-The Cluster is a GS redlining way too early @ like 7k.
-For being a 00' it should have the acura sign on the wheel but it says acura so the srs is from a 94-97.
-the trunk cannot be opened with the ignition key.
-rear tires have some mad camber wear.
- oh yeah insurance cards came in and it says GS???????? umm where is the R?:x
-CEL is now on.
-there is now a slight sputter at idle fluctuating between 0.5k to 1k every every 15sec +or- a sec or two. sometimes it behaves and sometime it doesn't.
-Vtec pops loud but lacks power IMO.
This is making me scratch my head. when i thought it was a theft recovery i could see why someone would have to replace parts like the cluster. and when stripping shit out of a car someone could pop the srs if they leave that battery connected so that made sense in my head. but now im thinking it was just a GS with leather and a swap that got smashed from behind (IE: tires camber wear and hatch that wont open with Ignition key, fresh paint, popped SRS:evil
im beside myself and dont know weather to keep it or just get rid of it. My semester is coming up soon and i do not want to have all this work ahead of me with my school workload. what do you all figure i should do about the stutter and such. i still have to see which ecu is in there. ( ill look later) And i also have to find out what kind of pistons and cams its running if it even has aftermarket parts, but i dont have time or garage space to pull a motor and disect the internals right now... what should i do about this sputtering motor in the meantime. its not burning oil and the sputter is not too bad, but i just dont want things going boom.
ANY help or advice would be amazing gentlemen. thnx
i traded based on judgement of character and a few test drives. the guy was nice and answered all of my questions to the best of his knowledge so im not knocking him at all i want to get that out first. im not a honda genius but i have had a bunch of hondas and two other GSR's in my car resume and i felt that the car was a healthy daily that just needed some love in a few areas. i was down for it and signed titles and everything. heres what it is guys he told me:
-the title was a theft recovery not damaged. i looked it over under the hood and in the doors as well as behind the plastics in the trunk and found no visible frame damage, so it looked good.
-it was a real GSR
-there was no CEL. (it lit up then went away upon start like normal so it was never removed.)
-the car was his brothers daily and that they just wanted something else.
-it has Pistons and Cams but cant recall exactly whats on it.
Here is the straight dope:
-Title says damage salvage rebuilt w/ nothing about theft.
-The Cluster is a GS redlining way too early @ like 7k.
-For being a 00' it should have the acura sign on the wheel but it says acura so the srs is from a 94-97.
-the trunk cannot be opened with the ignition key.
-rear tires have some mad camber wear.
- oh yeah insurance cards came in and it says GS???????? umm where is the R?:x
-CEL is now on.
-there is now a slight sputter at idle fluctuating between 0.5k to 1k every every 15sec +or- a sec or two. sometimes it behaves and sometime it doesn't.
-Vtec pops loud but lacks power IMO.
This is making me scratch my head. when i thought it was a theft recovery i could see why someone would have to replace parts like the cluster. and when stripping shit out of a car someone could pop the srs if they leave that battery connected so that made sense in my head. but now im thinking it was just a GS with leather and a swap that got smashed from behind (IE: tires camber wear and hatch that wont open with Ignition key, fresh paint, popped SRS:evil
im beside myself and dont know weather to keep it or just get rid of it. My semester is coming up soon and i do not want to have all this work ahead of me with my school workload. what do you all figure i should do about the stutter and such. i still have to see which ecu is in there. ( ill look later) And i also have to find out what kind of pistons and cams its running if it even has aftermarket parts, but i dont have time or garage space to pull a motor and disect the internals right now...
what should i do about this sputtering motor in the meantime. its not burning oil and the sputter is not too bad, but i just dont want things going boom.ANY help or advice would be amazing gentlemen. thnx