Well, let's see if I can even remember everything.... Different rear control arm design and different rear shock mount design on the lower arm. '88 had pillar-mounted seatbelts, '89 had them on the door. '88 had a different number of splines on the input shaft of the tranny and a smaller flywheel face surface area, causing a need for an entirely different clutch setup that is not interchangeable with any other year model CRXs... The trim (as mentioned before) at the rear edge of the door is narrower on the '88 CRXs, due to the seatbelts not being integrated into the doors.
There was a great deal of body strengthening stuff not in the '88 model CRX... The '88s are 125lbs lighter than the '89s due to no side impact door beams, no additional reinforcement due to the seatbelts being in the doors vs. on the pillar, etc.... If you want a pure race-only CRX, the '88 model would be the best to start with.. Prefereably an '88 HF, but even an '88 Si has a significant weight advantage over the later model CRX's. My '91 Si with a ZC in it porked in at 2270lbs with a full interior and full tank of gas...My '88 Si, with a JR SC on it, and JUST removal of the interior plastic pieces was only 2064lbs, with a full tank of gas as well. Ricky On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Richard Tuttle wrote: > If you don't mind me asking... what are the differences between the '88 > and '89? My buddy and I both have crxs and his is an 89 and mine is an > 88 so I'm curious to know what differences we have in our cars. > > -Richard Tuttle > '88 CRX HF (bah 1.5L.. save money and swap soon -=) > Orlando, FL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Lee & Tracy Grimes > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:19 PM > To: Ricky Crow; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CRX: Differences between a Si crx 90 and 91 > > I'll back Ricky up on this one, I have had all four years as well. The > only > differences between '90 and '91 was the anti-fog headlight vents and the > deletion of yellow (too bad) and addition of green (yucko). Trim, > brakes, > etc. all stayed the same. > > There were a large number of changes from '88 to '89 and '89 to '90 but > for > '91 they probably already knew the car was on phase-out (not to be made > any > longer) so they left it the same except offering a special color and > fixing > the nagging moisture issue. > > Lee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ricky Crow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "kevin hiatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Stingray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "crx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:04 AM > Subject: Re: CRX: Differences between a Si crx 90 and 91 > > > > So do '90 Si's.... > > > > Do you guys realize that for quite a long time, I owned an '88 Si, a > '90 > > Si, and a '91 Si all at the same time? Let's just say that I *know* > the > > differences between the '90 and '91s (as well as the differences > > between '88 and '89s, versus the '90-'91s)... The two I mentioned are > the > > only ones in the '90-'91 model year range -- TRUST me. > > > > Ricky > > > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, kevin hiatt wrote: > > > > > > > > the 91 si has 4 wheel disc brakes also > > > Kevin > > > > > > Ricky Crow wrote:And I will bet any amount of money in the world > that > that molding is > > > IDENTICAL between '90 and '91 model cars.... > > > > > > Like was mentioned before -- the only changes between '90 and '91 > were > the > > > headlights, and Barbados Yellow was no longer available in '91 -- it > was > > > replaced with Tahitian Green Pearl... > > > > > > Ricky > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Stingray wrote: > > > > > > > well one of my friends has a 91 si, and not the molding around the > car, but > > > > the part behind the glass to the farthest back of the car, not > sure > what > > > > that piece is called, trim or whatever on his 91 it is definatly > smaller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Hiatt > > > www.teamclimax.com > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > > > >
