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Hi everyone, after finally getting registered in this forum and lurking for a couple of years it's finally time to show my Aerodeck. It's a 1999 MC3 that my dad bought in 2019 as a temporary car, but since I've grown quite attached to it he decided to keep it so it can be my first car. It had 315 thousand kms when we first got it and it now sits at nearly 355 thousand (it was the second car in the family for most of the time it was with us, until I got my license) Here is how it looked like when my dad bought it, and as you can see it had some work done. MTS technik comfort coilovers, JR 5 mm spacers at the back, hardrace adjustable camber arms in the front and the back, retrofitted Rover rear ARB with custom brackets, slotted Brembo OEM size rotors up front and OEM Brembo pads (nothing special) and every bushing has been replaced with hardened Hardrace ones. I've also added a VTi fornt lip. It's sitting on Momo Corse 17×7.5 ET35 wheels and 205/40 Hankook Ventus tires. Since I am a bit of a rally fan the Deck gets used quite a lot for the longer journeys (the pic above is in Austria after New Year when the Jännerrallye took place, had the most fun sliding the car on snow covered roads when driving inbetween stages) This one was taken last year when the ERC was held in Croatia and some of the roads were really rough and unpaved but it was built to take it💪. I'm quite satisfied with the car as is mechanically. The next thing on my list would be the interior. Having only 4 speakers and not that good sound isolation you can't really muffle the sound of the diesel up front so I want to get it sorted in the summer. I was thinking about putting in Recaro SPJ seats and reupholstering them in the original seat pattern which i quite like. But seeing they are getting rarer and rarer that might have to wait. If anyone knows the name of the pattern or where it could be found I would very much appreciate it (I've got other options, but finding an OEM fabric would be best). I was also thinking of putting in an EP3 steering wheel but as far as I am aware that means putting in a different steering column which sounds like a bit of a job so I'll see how that turns out. So that is a short introduction to my pride and joy, I hope that you like it.

After some pretty similar thoughts i´ve found that it is indeed possible, quite easy and extremly cost efective, specially in my area were d16z6 are rounding 1500 prices for engine and tranny, and f20b6 (vtec engines) are 250 with trannys. What ive found is that it is just like an prelude h22 swap but without the difficoult parts, no block grinding needed. You wil need: -F23a1 5 speed swap, shifter cables, shifter box -F23a1 accord halfshaft (female) -F23A1 passenger side inner cv axle cup -90-93 Accord dx/lx manual rear T-bracket -90-93 Accord dx/lx manual driver side engine post -90-93 Acura Integra cv axles, -H22 into EG mounts( Hasport, Avid, etc) I used Avid billet aluminum mounts -Smaller belt to just go around alternator and crank (I just measured with string and took the string to Advance Auto and found a belt the right length) and miscelanous things. i might be diving further this route and attempting an sub 1000 pund swap. this is really nice because they have quite a strong vtec engangement, same wire harness as my engine (d15z8 MB3) 189Nm of torque and plenty of potential (11.1/1 compression, great fuel millage and a lot of potential since this engines stock can easily handle 300HP )Im really pumped on this topic and i might be updating you guys in the topic. Cheer´s A lad from Spain.