I just stumbled upon two comments from 2003 off Hondaforumscom from two Legend owners 11 years ago. I thought it was pretty interesting. Of course, a lot has changed since then, but cool nonetheless. FIRST COMMENT--Ok-I own an 1991 Acura Legend LS coupe. I have done a few mods. 1. It is not a luxuary Accord. The Vigor/TL use the same platform as the Accord. The Legend is much more IMO. 2. Yes, the aftermarket is slim-Ill agree with that. Importfan currently has some carbon fiber products for the sedan and myself and a few others are working with them to make some products for the coupe. Overall the Legend is a wonderful car. I plan to keep mine for many years to come. And yes if you are wondering, I regestered just because of this thread, but Ill stick around to rep for the Legend. SECOND COMMENT: Posted 14 December 2003 - 12:41 PM IMO, The best Legend you can get to keep up w/ the newer cars on the market would be a: 93-95 LS Coupe (Type II Motor) 230HP 94-95 GS Sedan (Type II Motor) 230HP Both models came in AT / 6-Spd applications. There is aftermarket support avalible for the Legend. Dinan / Bayou ECU chips Custom CAI or on the market Short-Rams Exhaust systems: Greddy/Trust, Remus, Stroumng, ect.. All Legend Spec. applications. Suspension : Eibach, H&R, Kg/mm, Intrax, Ground Control, Koni, JIC Magic, Canover ect.. Power: Custom but on the market, Always NOS, MLS/KMS Bored TB, headers (in the works) Hi flo cats, Custom exhaust system... Alot of parts are JDM. Body kits and most of other aftermarket parts have to be imported and for a 10 y/o car its rare to see someone drop 5K on a Admiration kit for a Legend. Whats funny is that the Legend is just that. No way an accord could compare to a Legend. The 03-04 Accord stock is just now catching up to the 93-95 Type II Legend in terms of unmodified speed. The 03 accord just reccived a 6-speed trans option which the Legend had since 93. No Accord sdn has 6-spd trans options avalible. Luxury no comparison. Newer acura/honda models have just reccived avalible options that were on the Legend since 91. Here are some tech. aspects of the Legend: 1.) It is a technology Testbed. The KA was Hondas first attempt at the Germans so they used the best of the best of the best. 2.) the Drivetrain. Being MF (Midship front wheel drive) it was ahead of its time and there still is NO car on the road with this setup. the Audis Subarus Chryslers and many other Front engine Frontwheels drive cars have something similar but the drive axles are behind the engine. making the engine fully ahead of the axels. 3.) superb attention to detail. you know that even the manual transmission has an oil cooler for this car? Every automatic on the road has a trans fluid cooler but VERY FEW manual transmission cars have transfluid coolers. The chassis structure has some amazing bracing to help with flex. 4.) design. the design is interpretable. i for one believe it is and may possibly always be one of the most elegantly brutish and beautifully crafted design ever created. the sedan has the perfect mixture of muscular tone and pretty face. the interior so supple lining up correctly everywhere your eye flows from one side to the other non-stop. absolutley gorgeous. 5.) Athletic Aesthetics. being a pretty dainty looking car to the casual veiwer it shows that its not really all that polite with its engine. The engine makes the legend the Jewel it really is (plus hte transmission selections) out of 3206cc it puts out 200 or 230hp. in this time with out VTEC or any valve play, that was superior power from the displacement. with a torque curve that made every manufacturer jealous. 6.) Its uncanny handling. Many think it may handle like boat but until they have really learned to drive this car (not just drive fast but drive fluidly) they dont know that this car has astornomical potential. it is an incredible machine with the uncanny ability to surprise you with an ever raising limit. Just some of the few.... Im in no way trying to bash the accord or make it seem like the Legend is the best car ever made, But it is indeed a car that was Ahead Of Its time.... #9 91LSMAN
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:23:30 +0000
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