So I bought a B13 yesterday for $900, I feel better about modifying this car as opposed to my SE-L as I don't care if I break shit with this!
I know that I'm at least the 5th owner, probably more like the 6th or 7th, and the car has had at least 5 different engines grace it's bay. It runs and drives fine, it doesn't have any electrical gremlins, has a JDM DE with ~100K on it, and a B13 LSD with ~150K, chassis has 216K and has been in Wisconsin for at least the last decade, if not it's entire life. This thing has blown engines, been broken into, got into accidents, and has had all sorts of bad luck in the past. I hope that streak doesn't continue! Here are all the mods that I know are done to the car...

-shorty intake
-megan racing headers
-megan racing catback and test pipe
-ACT six puck unsprung clutch
-lightened OE flywheel
-no AC
-no PS
-no ABS
-short shifter
-newer B13 seats
-Tsuru headlights (kinda junked)
-tokico blues (blown)
-eibach pro kits (very old)
-JVC deck (no speakers)
-plenty of rust (weight reduction)

















That's how the trunk looked AFTER I had cleaned it up a bit, the drain plugs had been removed for a while and I think something had started living in there!



The bay looks so empty compared to my SE-L!




I'll spare you the gory details of the rust, it is pretty prevalent, but I believe it can be stopped! Overall, I'm very satisfied with the car, it has it's odd quirks, but for $900 I'm not complaining!

Good stuff. You're lucky I didn't get my hands on it 1st.

I've checked the last few for sale listings on the forums, and each time you and DJ were both trying to buy it!

BTW you find those headlights/corners/grill? If so I might swing by tomorrow.

wow bro that sounds like a rly good car for $900 good buy i wish i saw it first lol

good find man , let us know what you have planned for it.

My plan is to put this in it...




Along with a T25 setup, built tranny, CSKs with GC sleeves, fix as much of the rust as possible, and try my hand at a ghetto paint job.

I was wondering why you were interested in a pair of tubular a-arms for a B13. Nice car though, its nice to have a beater you dont have to worry about breaking. Let me know if you need any help with anything. Keep us updated as well.

The list of mechanical/electrical problems I have found with the car...

-Blower only works on setting '4'
-OE idle system has been removed, in it's place there is a screw that holds open the TB
-Reverse doesn't always like to work
-No battery tie down
-Hood is loose due to smashed up rad support

The car is kind of a pain to drive right now, as it wants to die whenever you let off the throttle, but RPMs drop to ~100 and bounce around a bit and then stabilize at ~900. Cold starting is a bit of an issue as, once again, it wants to die, you just have to manually hold RPMs at ~1500 for a few minutes then it's fine. Another thing that kind of bothers me is the amount of sensor plugs that are just bundled behind things, not plugged in. I've found about 15 or so already.

After some professional consultation, this won't be the project car of my dreams. The rust is alot worse than I've been telling myself, and I would be stupid to invest 3-4 times the value of the car into the engine while the body rots away around it. Especially while I have a clean and 95% rust free alternative.

I think I'm just gonna clean it up a bit, replace some bits, make it run a bit smoother, and just drive it into the ground.

The cold start and idle issues are due to the cold weather and the IACV is missing. Once it warms up it will probably start and run a lot better. Rust is always a killer. Try to find a clean XE or E some where and go from there. Its not like you wont replace all of the SER items anyway.

Unfortunately I know exactly where I can get a '94 XE with a blown GA, and the body is in much better shape than this one. But I don't need three cars while I'm going to college and living at my parent's house.

The blower only working on high is due to a bad blower motor resistor.

I figured thats a common problem, considering GSpec has them listed as a normally stocked part on their website.

almost every vehicle seems to have that blower motor issue with the resistor