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1st Gen Accord Resto Roots

Resto File: Keihin to Weber Swap.

February 18, 2015 Ethan Strok 4 Comments 1st, 1st gen, accord, black, box, california, carb, cvcc, ek1, install, keihin, removal, tools, weber

Tune in and see some high speed carb swapping action as I remove the Keihin off the 81 Accord and

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1st Gen Accord Resto

Resto file #8: Fender replacement

May 22, 2013 Ethan Strok 0 Comments 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1st, 2nd, accord, bumper, cars, civic, early., fender, first, front grill, gen, generation, grill, honda, Honda Roots, install, light, marker, prelude, removal, replacement, resto, restoration, Roots, sedan, signal light, trim

Well, I lucked out recently and managed to not only find a decent replacement fender but one in just the

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1st Gen Accord Resto

Product Review: Evaporust.

March 20, 2013 Ethan Strok 3 Comments 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1st, 2nd, accord, cars, civic, cleaning, dirty, early., Evaporust, first, gen, generation, honda, Honda Roots, install, prelude, product, removal, resto, restoration, rust, sedan, test, testing

Restoration isn’t always about tracking down tricky to find parts or installing them, sometimes it’s a matter of just cleaning

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Old school tools and dying arts…

February 6, 2013 Ethan Strok 0 Comments 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1st, 2nd, accord, advance, cars, civic, control, cvcc, diagnosis, dirty, driveability, emissions, first, gauge, gen, generation, honda, Honda Roots, install, knock, pinging, prelude, resto, retard, sedan, smog, timing, tool, tools, tuning, vacuum

So I re-installed my Weber recently and was running the vacuum line from the brake booster to the base of

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ROTM January: Richard Judge’s ’85 Prelude.

January 2, 2013 Ethan Strok 0 Comments 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2nd, 86, A18, a20, cars, cold air intake, corbeau bucket seats, early., gen, honda, install, month, resto, richard judge, Ride, ROTM, second

If you’ve ever ventured into some of the more popular forums like 3Geez, Prelude Power or even Car Domain, you

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3 Barrel Keihin Breakdown. Part #1

December 8, 2012 Ethan Strok 3 Comments 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1st, 3, accord, barrel, bbl, black, box, carb, carburetor, cars, civic, connector, control, cvcc, diagnosis, driveability, early., ek, ek-1, ek1, el, el-1, el1, emissions, first, gen, generation, honda, install, keihin, prelude, sedan, smog, testing, vacuum, vacuum leak, vacuum leaks

Ever wondered why there’s so many strange gadgets on the body of your Keihin? What do they do? Why are

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My love/hate relationship with cvcc.

November 22, 2012 Ethan Strok 25 Comments 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1st, 3 barrel, 32, 32/36, 36, 3bbl, accord, black, box, C.A.R.B., california, carb, cars, civic, control, cvcc, diagnosis, dirty, draft, early., edm, emissions, first, gen, generation, honda, install, jdm, keihin, mikuni, prelude, sedan, seide, smog, testing, tuning, usdm, vacuum, weber

Well, it’s that time again… Time to get that old Keihin dialed in for smog testing. Now, if you’re like

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1st Gen Accord Resto

Resto File # 6: Axle Install.

October 10, 2012 Ethan Strok 0 Comments 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1st, accord, axle, cars, file, first, gen, honda, install, resto, sedan

So, I present the latest resto file! This may have been done on a 1st gen Accord but I would

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