Prelude Ride of the Month | October 2004 POLL

[mike_sho]

Here are the final contestants for the October 2004 Prelude ride of the month submissions. We used a few more this time around. Winner & Prize will be announced after OCT 24th.

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[mike_sho]

Vehicle info:
98vtec
1998 Red Prelude
5 spd / NA tune

Pictures:









Engine Mods:
Custom NRG CAI
DC sports Header
A'pexi N1 exhaust
MSD plug wires
NGK plugs step colder
Vafc (tuned)
Skunk2 Intake manifold
AEM fuel Rail
B&M FPR
ACT HD Plate, Street disk
Hondata intake manifold gasket
Energy Suspension Motor mount inserts

Suspension Mods:
KYB AGX Adjustable Shocks
Neuspeed Sport Springs

Wheel and tire:
Stock wheels painted glossy black
Yokohama Es100 225/45/16

Interior:
Greddy Counterweight Shift knob
Nokya Pedals
DC short shift adaptor

Exterior:
Wings West RS Front Lip
Shaved Emblems
VIS OEM CF hood
JDM Foglights
Painted stock skirts and rear skirt
Rear turn signals cleared
Window tint

Not shown in picture:
OEM front turns back in
Silver part of inside headlight painted glossy black

Biography:
Bought this car pretty much cuz i totalled my old silver lude . I bought it thinking i wasnt going to do anything other than the parts i had left over from the other lude. That changed the second I put that stuff on. My future plans for the car are to get the mugen sides and Wings West Rear skirt. Then 18" SSR Professor SP-1. The car is getting color sanded to get the paint in tip top shape. If money is availible i want to get the Greddy Turbo kit with the Big greddy intercooler kit. But this is the way it is for now and probably will be like this for a little bit.

[mike_sho]

Vehicle Info:
crdcz03
1992 VTEC 4WS Brittany Blue-Green Metallic
5-speed | N.A.

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Vid! thanks Jay!
www.ludehawk.com/movies/craig_engine.mpg

Modifications:

Engine:

H22a4
E-spec intake
Skunk2 intake manifold
Greddy header
Thermal cat-back exhaust
ported and polished head
JDM h22 Type-S pistons
H23 crank
H23 rods
Chipped P28 ECU
Removed A/C
Spoon radiator cap
ACT HDSS
ACT Streetlite flywheel
DSM 450cc injectors
h23 manual tensioner conversion

Suspension:

Neuspeed sport springs
KYB agx shocks
205/55r15 Regul Challenger

Brakes:
Brembo cross drilled rotors (VTEC size)
5th gen stock calipers
5th gen stock pads

Interior:
2005 Accord 5-speed shift knob
First Aid Kit
Genuine S2000 start button

Exterior:
JDM one-piece black housing headlights
cleared taillights
OEM foggies

Audio:
JVC headunit
Polk audio door speakers
Polk audio rear deck speakers
Polk audio "VTEC" sub (6x9 between the back seats)

Biography:
I bought this Prelude as a result of wrecking my old red one. The car was riced out when i bought it but it was also rust free and had no huge dents or scratches and ran well. Soon after i bough it parts started to fail and i found myself thinking "why did i have to buy this one?" So I swapped all my old parts from my old Prelude and rode around like that for a while. Then i changed the one aspect that was still rice... the rims. I got rid of those heavy ricer rims and switched over to some hardcore stock rims that me and my buddy Kyle (specalk) polished and painted. Then came summer time, i intended to save money and spend a lil here and there but my mechanic came up to me one day and said "hey i found you an h22 for $300." So after much deliberation i decided id buy it, buy the few extra parts that were needed to get it running and be done. Now its October, i just finished that engine about 2 weeks ago and from now on i vow to listen to my conscience when it says "its too good to be true." But hey, i cant complain as long as she runs

[mike_sho]

Vehicle info:
Luder099
1999 Crystal Blue Metallic Prelude
N/A SS 5th Gen. Prelude








Engine Mods:
- AEM Cold Air Intake
- DC Sports Header with modified collector
- CarSound High Flow Cat
- GReddy Evo exhaust
- AEM Tru Power Pullies
- CFR Crank Shaft Pully
- Nology Hotwires
- Blue Si-R Valve Cover

Suspension Mods:
- Neuspeed Sport Springs
- Tokico HP Shocks

Wheel and Tire:
- Stock Wheels painted flat black
- Dunlop SP Sport FM901 tires in 205/50/16

Interior:
- "Beamer" Bezels

Exterior:
- OEM carbon fiber hood
- Type S carbon fiber lip
- Rear turn signals cleared
- Both sets of front turns blacked out

Biography:
Yeah, its an auto. An auto I can chirp second in . Believe me this car is faster than you may think. I have never gotten to the track, but one of my friends is buyin a GTech soon( I can get a rough idea). I helped pay for this car as my 16th birthday. Within a month of getting the car. I already had intake and exhaust. It all snow balled from there. I am saving now for either new wheels or getting cam gears and a vafc installed and tuned. Sorry for the bad pictures. Peace.

[mike_sho]

Vehicle Info.

ludermark
2001 premium white pearl Prelude
5 spd | NA tune.

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^^check engine light yo



my team ^^


Engine:

Aem Cold Air Intake
DC sports Ceramic coated header
Apex'i N1 exhaust (60 mm piping)
KTeller 2.25 inch test pipe
AEM tru power pulleys
Apex'i VAFC II (dyno tuned )
mugen oil cap
spoon resevoir covers

Suspension:

Neuspeed Sport Springs
KYB agx Adjustable Shocks
Front & Rear spoon strut bars

Exterior:

Greddy Front Lip
OEM skirts and rears(soon to be painted and put on)
Clear front turn signals
Clear corner lenses
Stock wheels powdercoated black
Red brake calipers
15% tint all the way around
JDM honda badging
shaved "prelude" & "dohc vtec" badging
h o n d a - t e c h.com rep stickers

Interior:

ITR shift knob

Biography:

Well what can I say, from the moment I bought my prelude I loved it. Everything I do revolves around cars; whether its what I talk about with my friends, my job, everything. I love my prelude more then life itself even though it is my never ending project car.

[mike_sho]

Vehicle Info:
Mike1627
99 Milano Red Prelude
5 spd | N.A w/ Nitrous


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Modifications:

Engine:

AEM Cold Air Intake (with bypass valve)
ACT XTSS clutch kit
Apexi N1 exhaust
Apexi V-AFC II
Clutchmasters lightweight flywheel
DC Sports 4-2-1 header
eBay test pipe
ECG o2 simulator
MSD Digital-6 Plus ignition
MSD Super Conductor spark plug wires
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Zex hyperformance sparkplugs
Zex dry nitrous kit with purge and bottle heater

Suspension:

Tein Super Street coilovers
Spoon front strut tower bar
Suspension techniques rear sway bar
17" X 8" Work Emotion CR rims
215/45/17 Yokohama AVS sport tires

Others:

VIS Carbon fiber hood
DC Sports short shift adapter
Clear side markers
Clear front turn signals
PIAA Xtreme White Plus H1 bulbs (highbeams)
PIAA Xtreme Super White 168 wedge bulbs
Hella HID conversion kit
15" X 7" ASA LW5 rims
225/50/15 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A® Drag Radials


Biography:

Bought this Prelude used march of '03, had 30k miles on it and the interior/exterior was near perfect for a car almost 4 years old. Shortly after getting the car I was rear ended, the car wasn't really damaged but the other insurance company paid to have most of the car repainted. I've been modding the car pretty much since I got it back from the bodyshop. The car as it is is looks, handles, and runs pretty good IMO so this is probably how it's going to remain for a while until i can afford to do a motor build-up.

[mike_sho]

Vehicle Info:
ludehawk
98 San Marino SH
Track setup

Pictures:


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Modifications:

Engine & Drivetrain Mods:
- JDM BB6 Type S Valve Cover
- AEM CAI repainted SMR
- Mugen Cooling System
-- Mugen Thermostat
-- Mugen Fan Switch
-- Mugen High Pressure Radiator Cap
- Thermal cat back exhaust
- JDM Mugen Header
- High-flow cat
- JDM Hood Insulator
- Mallory Hyfire Digital Ignition System
-- Mallory Hyfire Coil
-- MSD 8.5mm SP wires
-- NGK Iridiums
- AEM accessory under drive pulleys
-Mugen Oil Cap (not a mod)
- Gemini CF SP Cover
- Running all synthetic fluids
-- Mobil 1 5w and filter
- Clutchmasters dual friction clutch
- GM Synthetic Synchromesh MTF
- Mobil 1 ATF for ATTS unit
- LEAN Racing True Short Shifter

Suspension:
- Spoon strut bar (front/rear)
- Tein HAs
--custom spring rates (771f/1059r)
- Suspension Techniques rear sway bar
-- Progressive adjustable rear endlinks
-- Custom endmount mounts
- Custom lower tiebars front and rear
- Reinforced upper strut towers
- all suspension bolts replaced with aircraft grade bolts
- entire ES suspension setup
-custom rear control arm bolts

Street Rims/Tires
- Custom RAYS Engineering Rims
-- United Arrow S-05
-- Forged not cast
-- 17” x 7.5” not 17” x 7”
-- +42mm offset
-- Custom spoke design to clear BBK
- 215/40/17 Kuhmo MXs (heatcycled)
Race Rims/Tires
- Stock SH Rims
- 16x6.5
- custom shaved for lower offset
- +45mm offset
- 225/50/16 Kuhmo v700 (shaved & heatcycled)

Brakes:
- Rotora BBK (front)
- Rotora Competition Ceramic Pads (front)
- Cobalt GT-R Race Pads (rear)
- Rotora slotted rotors (rear)
- S.S. braided lines (front/rear)
- Modul 600 Racing Brake Fluid
- Custom air ducts for front brakes

Interior:
- CTR Knob
- Momo black leather shift boot
- OEM CF Interior trim
- OEM Floor Mats
- JDM Cupholder
- JDM Rear Ashtray
- Full Red LED interior light conversion
- Custom red LED guage cluster
- Type S CF Gauge Bezel
- Mugen Pedals
- Mugen Style Dead Pedal
- JDM Stainless Prelude Door Sills

Biography:
I bought my prelude with roughly 50k miles on it. I was looking at a car that I could have fun with. I had 2 swapped civics prior to the lude and wasn't really looking for a fast car, but instead a car that could handle and has a luxury feel to it. The lude met or surpassed my expectations
The ludes been back and forth across the US with me. I've been to a large amount of prelude meets. Both National Prelude Meets have seen my lude. 1 bone stock and the other modded.
The lude has seen 20+ full day track events @ Mid-Ohio, VIR, Beaverun, Talladega, and recently Gateway Internation. The ludes seen over 100 autox's as well. The lude has beat 3 track records at beaverun, mid-ohio and Gateway International.
It's been quite a trip from a stock lude to what it is today. 60k+ miles, all of those track events and victories have really caused me to connect with the lude.
When I started to mod the lude my goals were an unmatched handler (max of FWD that is) and a mid-low 14 second lude. I did just that. The lude has yet to see a street car on the track it can't take. It also ran a best of 14.4@ 97.5, which to this day, is the best non-poweradder stock head/block SH EVER!!!! I did what I wanted with the lude.

I have LOTS of video, on track and off:

14.6 1/4 mile run (4.26mb)
http://www.ludehawk.com/movies/146hires.mpeg

Gateway International Raceway Highlights Vid (18min & 127mb)
http://www.ludehawk.com/movies/gateway.wmv

A local Corvette Club Sanctioned Autocross (4.68mb)
http://www.ludehawk.com/autox/vettecross/autox2.mpg

I have lots of other videos, if you would like more, just ask.

[mike_sho]

Vehicle Info:
mp57078
1995 4th Gen Honda Prelude VTEC
5 spd | NA Tune

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Videos:
Bugs Eye View Video


Modifications:

Engine:

AEM Cold Air Intake
Test Pipe
VAFC
Apex-i N1 Exhaust
Coolant Bypass

Suspention:
All stock

Interior:
4Bidden Short Shifter
Factory CD Player

Appearance:
Factory JDM Fog Lights

Biography:
I bought the car on August 25th, 2002 for $9950 with 92,000 miles. The car was in mint condition then, but now has a small rust spot forming. I am the second owner. The dealership that I bought the car from was the same dealership that sold the car brand new back in 1995. All service records were given to me that were done at that dealership. Every single check point and matenence schedule was done on time within 1000 miles. Even the clutch was changed at exactly 60,000 miles as the maintenence shedule suggests. To the day, the car has 105,000 miles and runs exactly the same as the day I bought it. I have not needed to do any repairs at all. At that time, it was my dream car and I was so happy that I bought it that I wanted to sleep in it that night, but I had first say of school the next day lol.

[Wooderson]

tied for first bwaahahahahaha :clap ........

[01preluder]

Originally Posted by luder099

tied for first bwaahahahahaha :clap ........

Sorry but iam gonna have to call bull shit on you chirping second in an auto!

[Wooderson]

Originally Posted by 01preluder

Sorry but iam gonna have to call bull shit on you chirping second in an auto!

well thats good for you i guess, but im not the kind of person to lie over the internet