MOJOMONKEY

Ok, so before i do my swap, im trying to decide on which car i should put it in. I own a 1990 CRX si with short ram intake and an exhaust header, and i have a friend who wants to trade me his 88 Si with AEM fuel rail, Intake. Now he needs the camshaft pully to return back to stock (wont pass smog visual) and a timing belt change. Now i was wondering if i should streight up trade him and just fix the problem myself or i should stick with my car and go with the swap.

4sd4dr

the only main differences between 88 and a 90... well, its the rear LCA's, bumpers, uhhm... i think thats the only differences. maybe a tad lighter the 88 would be.,

MOJOMONKEY

Well that and he has drum breaks in the rear and my 90 has all around disc breaks. He just NOW told me that his tranmission syncro gear grinds in 3rd gear

PacificDude

If I'm not mistaken, the '88 & '89's have the seatbelts built into the door, and the '90 & '91's do not.

In my '89 si sometimes the seatbelts don't retract all the way (old I guess) and occationally a passenger will slam the door shut on the buckle, damaging my door jam

So I'm not a big fan of the seatbelts-in-the-doors. If I had an '90 or '91 I'd keep it. I think what I may do is get a 4-point harness w/ racing seats and get rid of my stock seatbelts, while replacing the door panels with those out of a '90 or '91 :dunno:

RevengeCRX

The 90-91 models also have a slightly different gauge panel, cluster bezel(that hood around the gauge panel), and different headlights and cornerlights.

MOJOMONKEY

Well i have a 90 and my seatbelts ARE built into the door. The 88-89 Si had the option of having the belts in door or on the car, the 90-91 was standard and the 88-89 had rear disc breaks also as an option, and for the final years it was standard.