Honda CRX

1.6 ESi del Sol

'96 Honda CRX Del Sol 1.6 ESI SOHC VTEC
D16Y8 engine with S8G 5 speed gearbox

I've owned the car now for 4 years and I've replaced almost everything.
- New 1.6 ESI D16Y8 engine swapped at 232,000km with an engine from out of a Canadian automatic with 170,000km.
- Current mileage on the chassis is 269,500km with 207,000 km on the new engine.
- Weber Sports Front Bumper, side skirts and rear bumper bodykit
- Racing radiator
- Mishimoto silicone radiator tubes
- Car starts and runs well.
- D2 Racing RS coilovers
- Big Brake kit from Integra DC2 282mm EBC grooved and ventilated front discs and 268mm grooved Brembo rear disc brakes with steel braided HEL brake lines. Ferrodo DS2500 Brake pads
- Carbon fibre vented hood
- GT spoiler
- Custom speaker enclosure behind seats
- 2x 12" Rockford Fosgate DVC subwoofers
- 2x 6X9 Rockford Fosgate speakers
- Rockford Fosgate 2000w Monoblock amplifier
- Rockford Fosgate 1400w 2 channel Amplifier
- Hardened rubber PU lower engine mounts
- Supra muffler tip
-Plasma LED gauge cluster
- Candy apple painted valve cover, distribution cover, intake tube and strut brace.
- Hardrace rear sway bar
- Hardrace rear stiffener bar
- Hard race rear sway bar linkages
- Hardrace rear toe linkages
- Monoblock aluminium racing 17" wheels
- Toyo Proxxes Sport tyres (replaced 2023)
- Manual Targa top roof which secures into the trunk. Large trunk space, very practical.

Mechanically car drives, breaks and steers beautifully and sounds sporty.
Car is an absolute pleasure to drive and a lot of fun for the occasional track day.
You can watch my YouTube series on everything I have done to the car:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjZertrGdVAh_1YH6J6jSj_uImTgsg6L

Some rust spots on usual rear wheel arches, trunk lid and above the front windshield.
Speedometer is not working since a few weeks, but the gauge cluster works fine. Suspect blown capacitor on speed cluster issue, needs a new cap soldered on.
Recently replaced with a new speed sensor but the issue is still not resolved.

I love driving this car, it is like a big Go Kart and my friends who have driven it all enjoy it.
The reason for selling is that I own 5 cars and I don't have the time to drive this car as much as I'd like to and it deserves someone who will continue to have fun with it.