All I can say is why? Was it given to him and he thinks he can sell it for a profit?
It is a Toy to play around with, older Hondaās are VERY popular with some tuner crowdsā¦ Add HP to a very light car for not much money and you can make it much faster, it is all about power to weight ratio, not everyone likes a flathead vehicleā¦
Me, I am not into the tuner thing, but hot rodding is hot rodding!!
It has also been fun having to fab stuff to make things like a 4 door gas tank fit the 2 door hatch that nobody makes anymoreā¦
Anybody can drive a checkbook vehicle, not everybody can build one with their own handsā¦
He also has a S10 4x4 he is wanting me to (help cough cough) build up at some point in time, his DD is a Mazda Protegeā¦
You either get it or you donātā¦
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But first they had to dump the carb.
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GM disagreed with that thought ā¦unfortunately!
GM built (Rochester Division) and used electronically controlled carbs with catalytic convertors in the 1980s before they embraced fuel injection.
Yes, that 3bbl carb was a real pain.
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Some of us didnāt have that option. Back then, as a State Certified Emissions Specialist, I was prohibited from tampering vehicles under penalty of losing my license. So I had to become an expert at Keihin carbs and getting those old Hondas to pass tailpipe smog. Got to the point I could rebuild them without removing them from the car to save from messing with as many vacuum hoses.
Also, fixed a lot of old Honda tailpipe failures with proper valve adjustments.
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Yep, I donāt get itš
I still want a bucket T with a Mercury Flathead! Not a lot of power, but looks great.
My preferences, in order of desirability based on looks:
FoMoCo Flathead, Buick Nailhead, Chevy/GMC 348/409
Of course for the 409 I would have to save my Pennieās and save my dimes!
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I thought maybe there was more to it than cost cutting. The 1976 Civic CVCC was the top of the line: the 1488 CC CVCC engine, bigger than baseās 1238 CC non-CVCC engine, 5 speed trans instead of the baseās 4 speed, hatchback, cloth seats!
I read that the CVCC engine was new in 1975, and was the only Civic sold in California that yearā¦ Did the base models, with catalytic converters, not meet Californiaās emission standards?
Interesting, too, what texases said about staying with the carb to avoid license fees for fuel injection.
I donāt think the base engine had a cat. It avoided that by being so small, putting out few grams/miles.
And they had a LOT of problems with them. My 84 GMC pickup went through at least 10 different designs of the Carb. And they never could get it right and reliable.
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There is a lot more to smog and pollution. There is a lot of science and specifically chemistry behind this. Thermal inversion layers here in San Jose trap the air and prevent it from going over the mountains. We are also surrounded by mountains on 3 sides. Population growth, location and air flow play a large part in smog. Another thing is cities are not planting enough of the correct trees to help with this. There are trees that could be planted to exchange the carbon dioxide for oxygen making the air cleaner. That isnāt being done! There are also certain trees that would help with removing smog. Again, not being planted.
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