Lude Generation

THE SPEC as of 2016
1996 JDM Type S
Engine & Tranny
- 234.1whp & 162.6wlbft
- H22a JDM Type S rebuilt by Performance Autoworks
- 11.7:1 comp Wiseco pistons
- Skimmed Type S head and 3 angle valve job
- Darton dry sleeves open deck block with Blockguard
- Eagle Rods
- Kingsmotorsports/ACL bearings
- Supertech Valve springs, retainer and valve guides
- Skunk 2 flat face valves
- Skunk2 Pro Stage 2 camshafts
- Skunk2 Pro Cam gears
- Kaizenspeed manual tensioner
- Balancer shaft delete
- Baffled oil sump
- Mocal oil cooler setup
- Skunk2 68mm Pro series throttle body
- Skunk2 intake manifold
- Type S air intake with pipercross filter
- Genuine Hytech long Tube Header with 2.5" collector Wraped in Thermotec heatwrap & Spray
- Invidia Q300 2.75" exhaust
- P28 ECU on Hondata S300
- Stock new engine mounts
- M2P4 gearbox rebuilt by Performance Autoworks with Mfactory Helical Diff Stage 1 Race pack upgrade and 4.64 Final Drive. Mfactory sycro rebuild kit.
- Competition Clutch lightweight flywheel & Accord Type R clutch
- Pspec Short shifter
- Walbro 255lph fuel pump
- DW 550cc Injectors

Exterior
- Fully resprayed in OEM White diamond pearl with 2x pearlescent layer.
- OEM JDM/Motegi front, sides and rear
- Azect front eye Shadows
- OEM Bonnet spoiler
- OEM Type S flush spoiler
- OEM wind deflectors
- Morimoto mini D2S 5.0 Bi-xenon retrofitted projector headlights with Osram Cool Blue Boost bulbs and Morimoto 2 stroke 2.0 h1 led bulbs as extra high beams.
- OEM Gunmetal honeycomb grill
- Debadgery
- Fully undersealed and rust proofed & protected with Bilt Hamber shizzle
- Endless blue concave wing mirrors

Wheels, Suspension & chassis
- 17x9 et38 Rays Gramlights 57cr 3mm spacer on the front
- 235/40/17 Yokohama ad08rs
- Meister R GT1 Coilovers 9kg front and 6kg rear spring rates
- Type S strut base
- Cebuls custom polish made rear strut brace
- Full Energy Suspension polybush and brand new control arms all around, brand new drop links and ball joints etc
- Honda Accord KB1 4 pot calipers in Fat four customs brackets
- Nissan 350z 323mm front brembo discs
- Dixcel Type Z front pads EBC redstuff rear pads
- Goodridge Braided brake lines on Motul RBF600 DOT 4 fluid.

Interior and Audio
- DC2 recaros retrimmed by Edge Automotive with black leather and black alcantara with red stiching
- OEM Type S rear seats
- OEM JDM Sir cranberry/red dash, centre console, door cards, carpet & Mats
- Type S dials and chrome dial surround
- OEM Stainless door trims
- EK9 weighted gearknob and gear gaitor
- Innovate MTX-L wideband O2 sensor and gauge
- Innovate MTX-D oil temp/pressure gauge
- Samsung Galaxy Tab s2
- Helix P Six DSP/amplifier


- Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity U61-2 front speakers
- Hybrid Audio Unity U69S rear 6x9 subwoofers
- Spare wheel remove to make way for custom amp rack
- OEM deadening stripped
- Maxmat and silent coat dampening throughout the car
- Dodo mass loaded vinyl and sound stopped throughout the cad
- Oawg wiring and rear battery relocation. All 0Awg.
- Optima deep cycle battery










Contents
Begginning - Page 1
PSPEC True Short Shifter - Page 1
Cleaning, rust treatment and undersealing - Page 1
Sound deadening Exhaust heat sheids - Page 1
Red Interior hybrid - Page 1
Bodywork - Page 1
Accord Type R Brakes - Page 2
Arch Rolling and bodywork Prep - Page 9
S2000 seats - Page 10 & 11
Rear strut brace - Page 11
Bodywork - Page 13, 14, 15, 17
Genuine Hytech Header and 2.5" retrofitted Mugen Twin loop @ PAW & Engine mounts- Page 18
Fibreworx rear diffuser - Page 19
Paint correction & Protection - Page 22
Bonnet spoiler - Page 23
Endless mirror covers and OEN optional Sports pedals - Page 24
Battery relocations - Page 26
JRSC install - Page 26
Weds Sport Wheels - page 29
Competition Clutch Stage 4 - Page 35
Engine Bay tidy and revised cold air intake - Page 38
More bodywork and wet sanded one step further - Page 40 & 42
Suspension - Page 49




THE BEGINNING

Bought the car for £3500. The engine had spun a bearing so the previous owner rebuilt the engine with a reground crank, mahle 11.5:1 +25 overbore pistons. It ran sweet and i couldnt be happier.
I got it at 70k miles and unfortunately the engine lasted just 7k. I ran the car dry and the reground crank didnt help but totally my own fault.








So the engine has completely fooked. The crank is oval shaped. Big end 4 is no longer present and its somewhere in millions of places in the oil. Big end 3 was close to gone. Pistons are scoured and the block is only good for scrap metal. The head however has survived for the most part but still requires some work.

So new engine move was a good idea.

PSPEC true shortshifter

1st mod i did apart from headunit was a Pspec short shifter. The only propper one for a 5th Gen.







Copy and pasted my review from graveyard forum.

Only place to get it is from the US. So you will have to import it.
http://www.pspectuning.com/

Email Pete Stefanowicz at [email protected] and he will very quickly get back to you. It cost me a total of £113 including the $35 shipping but i got bent over and raped but customs and they wanted £39 charge. Yes pure rape but i guess thats the price for importing good.
Other than that Pete gives excellent service, responded to my emails very quickly and helped me well. It took just over 2 weeks to get here but remember parcel force held onto it until i paid customs to more like a week to get here.

So then whats it all about. Well basically since i have moved from 4th Gen to 5th Gen as you know there is a major difference in gear changing. I preferred my 4th Gens tighter shorted and lower throw. The 5th Gen in comparison is way more loose and longer. Plus the gear stick is quit high. I missed the feel alot so i bought this.

Out of the box you are welcomed to some Lube. Lube is always good. Wink Wink.
The quality of the shifter is spot on. Very weighty stainless steel. Very well made and put together. Way way better than stock welded stuff and nice new aluminium bushing to replace the crappy rubber bushings.

Installation is an absolute breeze. Used the online tutorial on the PSPEC website and it took only 2 hours but adjusting to my tastes. Some of the removals are an absolute bitch like retaining clips that need to be broken but some beer, aggression and a massive hammer always helps.

Im not going to show install images as they can be seen on the website.

As for adjusting and getting your own setup this requires some testing. I didnt drives i just changed gear with engine off.
1st thing to notice it how much more weighty it is. A good weightyness.

Here are some measurements i did of the settings comparison.

Stock height and throw of the gears. (i measured these from the tip without the gearknob and to the front bottom part of the centre dash trim)
1-10.5cm
2-20cm
3-10.5
4-20
5-10.5
R-20

PSPEC shortest throw
1-9
2-16.5
3-9
4-16.5
5-9
R-16.5

PSPEC next throw up
1-9.25
2-17.5
3-9.25
4-17.5
5-9.25
R-17.5

PSPEC next throw up
1-9.5
2-17.5
3-9.5
4-17.5
5-9.5
R-17.5

PSPEC Longest throw
1-10
2-18
3-10
4-18
5-10
R-18

The height can be adjust from around 17cm to 25cm. Is its to low it gets stuck on the shifter frame that holds the shifter in place. If the shift is shortest and is lower it rubs against the trim which can be cut away to use it.

I have the height on lower enough so it doesnt touch the frame and the throw is on the 4th setting. Im still messing with the setting but all i can say is, its shorter and much crisper. I tried the lower gearstick setting but i couldnt get the gear knob back on sice the plastic clip to hold it into place would move down from it being stopped by the shifter.
Since the throw is weightier i dont mishift. You stay out of the clutch more so shifting is a quick breeze. Very crisp and precise shift. Feels very good.

So is it worth the £113? Yes it is. Great quality and good results.

Is it worth £150 including customs? Hummm i not sure. Getting raped by customs is never good. Considering iv had to pay roughly £100 in custom charges over the past month from other rare Prelude stuff iv bought. Cant really do anything about it.

Is shifting better than touching yourself now? Thats a tough one. Shifting when i VTEC is always great, this makes it better but when Viagra timing and erection control (VTEC) kick in, touching yourself is amazing too. Decide for yourself.

Am i happy with this sexyness? Yes very. Great product and worth this sodding review for you sad touchers.

loving the rob style epicly long posts. keep it up!

CLEANING, RUST TREATMENT & UNDERSEALING

Pressure washed and cleaned with Bilt Hamber Surfex HD and the properly dried.















The underseal is Bilt Hamber Underbody (UB) i did 3 coats. 1st coat is the hardest to do but primes well. 24 hours between coats and the 2nd and 3rd coats go on really thick. Smells sexual.





















I then moved onto the exhaust head shields, i treated these with Bilt Hamber deox C and deox gel, degreased and primed with Bilt Hamber Electrox.
Then i put some second skin spectrum sludge on them to sound deaden them to reduce zorst noise. Its added barley ANY weight.

INTERIOR

So iv done a Type S/cranberry SIR interior mix.

Red carpet IN





Red door cards ON (i have 3 sets so far)



DC5/EP3 steering wheel installed. Nice and chunky and slightly smaller than OEM. Feels great. ATTS sensor notch filed out too.





In with the red dash. I LOVE IT!





ITR gearknob and EK9 red stiched gaitor

BODYWORK (BOOTLID)

So this 5th Gen suffered from a rustybootlid.
No problem.

Sanded back




Debadged


Primed


Basecoat


Pearlcoated and the 3 coats of lacquer


drokks SAKE BITCH


Orange peel


Wetsanded and compounded to flatness.

BODYWORK (REAR BUMPER & AZECT LIP)

Dont see many 5th Gens with Azect rear lips so mine is unique.

Masked


Filling cracks and feathering scuffs out and general prep


Azect lips stuck on with Silkaflex 221. Its solid


Primed



5 layers of basecoat, 3 layers of pearl and 3 layers of lacquer



Orange peel


Wetsanded


Getting there


Hello kitty

FRONT BUMPER/LIP and MOTEGI SIDES

Like before but the same so less pictures.





Better iut the gun finish but still orange peely

I LOVE NITIN

looking great matey