1998 Acura Integra GSR: 100,000 Miles

[OCB]

Just got a digital camera so I thought I would post some pics. 98 GSR and just hit 100,000 miles. Besides timing belt and water pump all I have had to replace is the clutch master cylinder. When I joined the site I tried some Auto RX around 80K. Just finished my second application to be safe and am on my rinse phase. Car runs Great!

 

[BigDenCCMD]

Car looks great too!

 

[OCB]

Thanks BigDen!

 

[wavinwayne]

Very nice car; I can tell you've taken care of it.......I'd like to race you in my VW. What kind of oil/filter do you use & which engine does it have?

 

[OCB]

Thanks Wayne Before I joined BITOG I used various DINOs with strict 3K changes. Alot of Castrol GTX. I'm now on my second ARX application (First one at about 80K) and I plan to switch to Max Life Syn. I have used some of the Max Life dino for 3K changes and I thought it worked very well. I think the engine was very clean to begin with and now that I have done the ARX I'm hoping to end my oil safari...... stick with the ML Syn and never look back. I have heard great things about this oil. I have been using Napa Gold Filters. I bought a Mobil One the other day and might try that for my first change with the MaxLife Syn. The motor is the 1.8L DOHC VTEC. What have you got?

 

[Cerbera LM]

Nice car, it's just just hitting its stride. Had a white '94 GS-R until it was stolen with 167k miles on it. Great car, didn't have the money to replace it with a RSX-S so ended up with a Civic. Sure miss the 8100 redline. It'd been to 19 states and stuck in a couple snowbanks. Other then Ground Control coilovers (great mod and with DIY installation isn't too much $$) and a home made filter on a stick it was stock. It was always fun crawling under the car to replace the oil filter which is why I changed oil every 5k. Never tested the oil (that was pre-BITOG) but it was using/leaking a quart every 2.5k when someone else wanted worse then I did. My clutch master cylinder also went out but still had the orginal clutch. Only thing I didn't like about it was the weak a/c. 95+ sitting in traffic wasn't cool.

 

[OCB]

Thanks Cerbera! I would love to get up to 175,000 + with this car. I have an AEM SRI on this car and that is about it. I'd like to get a new header because mine makes a very annoying rattle at certain RPM points. I have been told by several Acura mechanics that this is typical. I don't like crawline under the car at all. I don't like tight spaces and its tight. I usually jack up the driver side. Right now I'm down about 1/2-3/4 of a quart every 3K miles. I think that is pretty good for this motor with over 100K. The AC isn't great but I think that is true of all the Honda / Acura I have been in. Especially Civics and accords