Hello all..

I got my '91 Accord back from the shop last week, with a 1996 JDM H22a1 w/ 5spd LSD, Prothane bushings, Frozen Rotors, Neuspeed brake lines, Eibach pro-kit, Koni Yellows, front/rear strut brace and rear Progress sway bar and a bunch of boring other random fixes, and I must say that I'm not really that pleased.

My car is just quick. It's not fast at all... A friggin' Ford Focus wagon was trying to pass me on the highway and I didn't have a lot more than it did until 5000 rpm... Even then, I wasn't pulling away from it with any urgency...

I've spent close to $25k CDN on this car, including the cost of the car itself... when I think of what else I could have bought with that money, I feel like taking a sledge hammer to the front windshield of my little money pit. I've been telling myself that all I need now is a turbo kit.. new paint... an engine rebuild with new sleeves and a 96mm crank... but how much would all that set me back? I'd have put $40k CDN into the beast only to get 300 or 350bhp.. That’s a lot, but a mid nineties Supra, NSX, 300zx, RX-7, or M3, would cost about the same... power right out of the box with no messing around. In the end, I still have an Accord.

I'm not really disheartened; I still like my car.. it suits me, it's decent on gas now, it handles fairly well and it IS quick... it's also fairly unique in my neck of the woods... but it sure ain't fast.