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Post by James H » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:25 pm

Hey boys & girls me & the mrs just got outselves a 5th gen Prelude, sadly not the VTEC but was tempted then relized that we were meant to be buying something a bit more practical to justifi my other car an RX7 (which as most know, drink fuel, heavly!) anyway so we have a 97 black manual 2.0lt. Picking her up tomor morning so i'll get some pictures up asap, as I know we all wanna see a picture of the ride! She's stock for now but plan is to get a nice overal look, low ride height, some nicely tucked 17's or 16's & a few minor styling mods anyway look forward to getting envolved with you lot, James :)
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Post by indigolemon » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:29 pm

Welcome to the site James, look forward to seeing the pics when you get them :D

VTEC or not, it's the handling that makes Preludes fun. Really chuckable cars, sure you'll both love it!
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Post by Ammo » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:37 pm

Welcome to LG :D
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Post by Kawa » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:36 pm

Hey James, Welcome to LG - good luck with the new motor! 8-)
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Post by James H » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:16 pm

Cheers for the warm welcome guys!

Oh question does the 2.0lt prelude i have the 4ws?? Sure it doesn't but there is some funky set up on the rear suspension, or is does it have a double wishbone on the rear as well as the front??
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Post by indigolemon » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:30 pm

No 4WS, but you will have double wishbone suspension all round yup.
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Post by nitin_s1 » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:51 am

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Post by James H » Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:08 am

double wishbone suspension
Sorry to sound naive but whats the gain from having this, my mate had it on his Skyline & got shot off it but that was due to it being a drift car??
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Post by indigolemon » Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:12 am

It basically means the handling should be pretty awesome, as each wheel has it's own independant suspension setup with a good degree of movement in it. I can understand it not being desirable for drifting, but for basic hooning around it's considered one of the best choices.
wikipedia wrote:Double wishbones are usually considered to have superior dynamic characteristics as well as load-handling capabilities, and are found on higher performance vehicles.
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Post by Ammo » Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:03 pm

James H wrote:
double wishbone suspension
Sorry to sound naive but whats the gain from having this, my mate had it on his Skyline & got shot off it but that was due to it being a drift car??
Are you taking about the HIACs or what ever it is? The Nissan version of 4 wheel steering?

I'm not 100% on 5th Gens but normally the 2L versions of preludes don't have 4ws
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