**The Honda Accord with the H23 Blue Top: A Unique and Fun Ride**

The car I'm reviewing today is a Honda Accord, but not just any Accord - it's an older model with a 2.3 liter engine from the H23 Blue Top series. The numbers behind the letters of the code can be confusing, but essentially, this displacement is what sets this motor apart from others. This particular car has 47,000 miles on it and was meticulously maintained by its owner, Logan.

Logan's Accord feels like a big car, with gauges that are slightly larger than usual on the dashboard. The back seat of the Accord is roomy and classy, making it a great option for road trips or everyday driving. One of the things that's impressive about this car is how well it transforms into a sportier vehicle when equipped with a front lip or other modifications. It's surprising to think that with just these changes, the Accord can become much more aggressive-looking than its usual demeanor.

The H23 engine in this Accord is actually out of the Next Generation Accord, which might seem unusual. However, it doesn't really feel like an unconventional swap when you drive it - it's almost as if it was meant to be there all along. The motor is bone stock and features headers and exhaust, but overall, it's a very smooth ride.

One of the things that sets this car apart from others is its transmission, which is a 5-speed unit. It does rev a bit higher than usual when cruising around, but that's also completely normal for an older Honda model. Unfortunately, this car doesn't have power steering - a feature that many drivers might miss out on if they're not used to driving cars without it.

Despite its age and the lack of advanced features like VTEC pull-up assist, this Accord is still engaging to drive. The engine does make you work for it, pushing you through the gears as you shift from one gear to another. However, that's all part of the fun when driving an older Honda model - there's a tactile quality to it that's hard to replicate with modern cars.

One thing that might be surprising about this car is how well it compares to newer Hondas in terms of space and comfort. The Accord feels spacious inside, with plenty of room for passengers and cargo. It also has a smooth ride that's easy on the body - despite its older age, it feels much more refined than you might expect.

The modern Accords that I've seen are certainly influenced by earlier models like this one. They have some DNA in common with cars like the EG Civic, but they're definitely their own unique breed. This Accord, in particular, has a certain style and charm that's hard to deny - it's definitely one of the best-looking Hondas out there.

If you're new to the Honda scene or looking for a car to get your feet wet, this is an excellent choice. It's easy to work on, fun to drive, and surprisingly engaging despite its age. The VTEC engine is hilarious to listen to, making it a joy to drive. Overall, this Accord is a great example of what Honda can do when they're not trying to push the boundaries of technology or innovation - just making a great car that's enjoyable to drive.

I want to thank Logan again for letting me review his car. It was an absolute pleasure driving his Accord and seeing firsthand how well it handles. If you're interested in learning more about the LS nitrous 300ZX, I've got a video review of that car as well - just check out my channel on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Sundays for more reviews like this one.

**Technical Specifications:**

* Engine: H23 Blue Top 2.3 liter

* Transmission: 5-speed automatic

* Power Steering: No

* Torque: Approximately 400 wheel horsepower

**Drive Impressions:**

The Accord feels spacious and classy inside, with larger gauges on the dashboard than usual. The back seat is roomy and comfortable, making it a great option for road trips or everyday driving. When equipped with a front lip or other modifications, this car transforms into a sportier vehicle that's surprisingly aggressive-looking.

Driving this car makes you feel like you're working for your speed - the engine pushes you through the gears as you shift from one gear to another. The 5-speed transmission does rev a bit higher than usual when cruising around, but that's completely normal for an older Honda model. However, the ride is smooth and refined, making it easy on the body.

Overall, this Accord is a fun and engaging drive - not just because of its VTEC engine or sporty modifications, but also because of its tactile quality. It's an excellent choice for anyone looking to get their feet wet in the car scene or industry.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign more is not always better today we are in my first ever Honda Accord review the old Honda Accord not the new one and the Accord to me is the chassis that doesn't get enough praise or love in the Golden Era of 90s Hondas and today we are in a beautiful example now I am very soft to the Accord Wagon I've always kind of secretly wanted those but I did the EG instead but maybe one day maybe one day I'll do the Accord Wagon so this car is owned by my buddy Logan who is nice enough to let me drive his Accord today shout out to Logan and also his family's business their automotive shop has been in business since 1953. so he is of the culture he is of the lifestyle so definitely show them some love if you're in Florida I've always loved the front end of this Accord kind of gives me a little bit of S14 Zinky Vibes but at the same time it's more aggressive than really any other Accord later the Accord later ended up being kind of like just the generic commuter card you didn't really see a lot of people messing with them this one though has a supersonic blue pearl paint job you should definitely see what this thing looked like before it's not even the same car but they're extremely roomy right the Accord was kind of seen as a luxury vehicle by a lot of the Japanese in comparison to us and at the same time we have Acura Integra seats we have a sunroof we also have the Accord s-i-r Wing yes there was an accord sir version of this car in Japan and he got the wing and it's really neat because it molds around the Honda emblem it's very subtle but very classy as you see I'm very relaxed I'm in a nice seating position great visibility this is before you know safety regulations had to have massive pillars thoughts of this car is a Honda Prelude SI transmission and at the same time an h23 blue top swap now the h-series engines are really fascinating to me because for the longest time before the k-series really took over the world the 8 series was the big block of Honda when he heard somebody had an H22 swap in their car it was like oh man watch out he's got the big boy four-cylinder from Honda funny in hindsight but this is the h23 blue top hits a 2.3 liter instead of the 2.2 you know you get it h23 H22 displacement if you're new to Hondas the numbers behind the letters of the code displacement for the most part but the h23 packs a punch man when it comes to a car like this that's pretty lightweight but also a nice wheelbase it gets up and goes pretty good and actually this motor and this setup has 47 000 miles on it Logan did this car very right it was very meticulously done very detail oriented and it drives really nice and really smooth the Accord feels like it has a little bit bigger everything right a little bit bigger Dash the gauges are a little big on the tachometer and the speedometer and it has a pretty roomy back seat the back of the Accord is very classy I wouldn't say it's sporty per se but with the wing it kind of makes it that way right it's so funny how you can take these Accords with the front end and just put a any front lip on it like a generic front leg or even a homemade fret lip and it completely transforms this car into something much more aggressive than the mom car that drove you to school in soccer practice every day the h23 also has headers and exhaust but the motor is bone stock the motor is actually out of the Next Generation Accord believe it or not so in the end it's right at home anyway it doesn't really feel like an unorthodox Swap and that's what I love about engine swaps is when you drive them and they feel normal now this is a five-speed transmission it does REV a little bit high as you're cruising around but that's also completely normal no power steering though but typically the old Hondas as long as you're not doing a 16 point turn it doesn't matter that much all right does this car have the vtecs pulling out of my car meet I'm gonna ruin it I thought mm-hmm I just make you work for it man they make you work for it and that's what makes it so engaging with this old SI transmission yeah you're you're working for it you're going through it yeah the carrying is actually really long if you really never got into the Honda scene I can understand why you don't really get it but once you finally Drive something that's old school lightweight with VTEC and this pretty much counts it's only a little bit heavier you'll start to understand yes does it not have the torque of an LS or a V8 or a coyote or whatever yes it's not about that Hondas are about one they're easy to work on so if you're trying to get your feet wet in the car scene or car industry it's a great platform to kind of understand how things work at the same time they're just fun they make fun noises v-tec is hilarious and it's just a good time it's actually my first time driving a 90s Accord and it just feels so spacious in comparison and it's not that much bigger but think about it it's your first car you want something fun oh there's two go away feedback it's very dramatic but it's a very smooth experience because you're in a bigger body car it's one of those things where you're kind of expecting that crazy torque Seer from an EG hatch or something but you're not really getting that because it's really hunkering down now you still get the stereotypical like tire and the Nook or cranny in the road but nothing like you do in the lighter cars I will say though the modern Accord that I drove really impressed me it made almost 400 wheel horsepower if I remember right and when I did that I couldn't believe it but now I look at it and I go oh my gosh this DNA is somewhat in that car sure I have the automatic transmission and all that kind of stuff but you can tell the influence of this car to that car very much more than like an EG Civic to a modern Civic like that's not even close this definitely has some influence to the modernized Accords in my opinion foreign my opinion maybe the best looking Honda Accord other than the modern ones what do you think about it do you think the Accord should have gotten more love than the other cars put it down in the comment section below huge thanks to Logan for letting me drive his car I had an amazing time very smooth very Serene there's actually my cooldown review from driving that crazy LS nitrous 300ZX yeah so here's the link to that and on that note I upload typically on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays and I will see you guys next time and take it easy have a wonderful day goodbye oh yeah see you guysforeign more is not always better today we are in my first ever Honda Accord review the old Honda Accord not the new one and the Accord to me is the chassis that doesn't get enough praise or love in the Golden Era of 90s Hondas and today we are in a beautiful example now I am very soft to the Accord Wagon I've always kind of secretly wanted those but I did the EG instead but maybe one day maybe one day I'll do the Accord Wagon so this car is owned by my buddy Logan who is nice enough to let me drive his Accord today shout out to Logan and also his family's business their automotive shop has been in business since 1953. so he is of the culture he is of the lifestyle so definitely show them some love if you're in Florida I've always loved the front end of this Accord kind of gives me a little bit of S14 Zinky Vibes but at the same time it's more aggressive than really any other Accord later the Accord later ended up being kind of like just the generic commuter card you didn't really see a lot of people messing with them this one though has a supersonic blue pearl paint job you should definitely see what this thing looked like before it's not even the same car but they're extremely roomy right the Accord was kind of seen as a luxury vehicle by a lot of the Japanese in comparison to us and at the same time we have Acura Integra seats we have a sunroof we also have the Accord s-i-r Wing yes there was an accord sir version of this car in Japan and he got the wing and it's really neat because it molds around the Honda emblem it's very subtle but very classy as you see I'm very relaxed I'm in a nice seating position great visibility this is before you know safety regulations had to have massive pillars thoughts of this car is a Honda Prelude SI transmission and at the same time an h23 blue top swap now the h-series engines are really fascinating to me because for the longest time before the k-series really took over the world the 8 series was the big block of Honda when he heard somebody had an H22 swap in their car it was like oh man watch out he's got the big boy four-cylinder from Honda funny in hindsight but this is the h23 blue top hits a 2.3 liter instead of the 2.2 you know you get it h23 H22 displacement if you're new to Hondas the numbers behind the letters of the code displacement for the most part but the h23 packs a punch man when it comes to a car like this that's pretty lightweight but also a nice wheelbase it gets up and goes pretty good and actually this motor and this setup has 47 000 miles on it Logan did this car very right it was very meticulously done very detail oriented and it drives really nice and really smooth the Accord feels like it has a little bit bigger everything right a little bit bigger Dash the gauges are a little big on the tachometer and the speedometer and it has a pretty roomy back seat the back of the Accord is very classy I wouldn't say it's sporty per se but with the wing it kind of makes it that way right it's so funny how you can take these Accords with the front end and just put a any front lip on it like a generic front leg or even a homemade fret lip and it completely transforms this car into something much more aggressive than the mom car that drove you to school in soccer practice every day the h23 also has headers and exhaust but the motor is bone stock the motor is actually out of the Next Generation Accord believe it or not so in the end it's right at home anyway it doesn't really feel like an unorthodox Swap and that's what I love about engine swaps is when you drive them and they feel normal now this is a five-speed transmission it does REV a little bit high as you're cruising around but that's also completely normal no power steering though but typically the old Hondas as long as you're not doing a 16 point turn it doesn't matter that much all right does this car have the vtecs pulling out of my car meet I'm gonna ruin it I thought mm-hmm I just make you work for it man they make you work for it and that's what makes it so engaging with this old SI transmission yeah you're you're working for it you're going through it yeah the carrying is actually really long if you really never got into the Honda scene I can understand why you don't really get it but once you finally Drive something that's old school lightweight with VTEC and this pretty much counts it's only a little bit heavier you'll start to understand yes does it not have the torque of an LS or a V8 or a coyote or whatever yes it's not about that Hondas are about one they're easy to work on so if you're trying to get your feet wet in the car scene or car industry it's a great platform to kind of understand how things work at the same time they're just fun they make fun noises v-tec is hilarious and it's just a good time it's actually my first time driving a 90s Accord and it just feels so spacious in comparison and it's not that much bigger but think about it it's your first car you want something fun oh there's two go away feedback it's very dramatic but it's a very smooth experience because you're in a bigger body car it's one of those things where you're kind of expecting that crazy torque Seer from an EG hatch or something but you're not really getting that because it's really hunkering down now you still get the stereotypical like tire and the Nook or cranny in the road but nothing like you do in the lighter cars I will say though the modern Accord that I drove really impressed me it made almost 400 wheel horsepower if I remember right and when I did that I couldn't believe it but now I look at it and I go oh my gosh this DNA is somewhat in that car sure I have the automatic transmission and all that kind of stuff but you can tell the influence of this car to that car very much more than like an EG Civic to a modern Civic like that's not even close this definitely has some influence to the modernized Accords in my opinion foreign my opinion maybe the best looking Honda Accord other than the modern ones what do you think about it do you think the Accord should have gotten more love than the other cars put it down in the comment section below huge thanks to Logan for letting me drive his car I had an amazing time very smooth very Serene there's actually my cooldown review from driving that crazy LS nitrous 300ZX yeah so here's the link to that and on that note I upload typically on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays and I will see you guys next time and take it easy have a wonderful day goodbye oh yeah see you guysforeign more is not always better today we are in my first ever Honda Accord review the old Honda Accord not the new one and the Accord to me is the chassis that doesn't get enough praise or love in the Golden Era of 90s Hondas and today we are in a beautiful example now I am very soft to the Accord Wagon I've always kind of secretly wanted those but I did the EG instead but maybe one day maybe one day I'll do the Accord Wagon so this car is owned by my buddy Logan who is nice enough to let me drive his Accord today shout out to Logan and also his family's business their automotive shop has been in business since 1953. so he is of the culture he is of the lifestyle so definitely show them some love if you're in Florida I've always loved the front end of this Accord kind of gives me a little bit of S14 Zinky Vibes but at the same time it's more aggressive than really any other Accord later the Accord later ended up being kind of like just the generic commuter card you didn't really see a lot of people messing with them this one though has a supersonic blue pearl paint job you should definitely see what this thing looked like before it's not even the same car but they're extremely roomy right the Accord was kind of seen as a luxury vehicle by a lot of the Japanese in comparison to us and at the same time we have Acura Integra seats we have a sunroof we also have the Accord s-i-r Wing yes there was an accord sir version of this car in Japan and he got the wing and it's really neat because it molds around the Honda emblem it's very subtle but very classy as you see I'm very relaxed I'm in a nice seating position great visibility this is before you know safety regulations had to have massive pillars thoughts of this car is a Honda Prelude SI transmission and at the same time an h23 blue top swap now the h-series engines are really fascinating to me because for the longest time before the k-series really took over the world the 8 series was the big block of Honda when he heard somebody had an H22 swap in their car it was like oh man watch out he's got the big boy four-cylinder from Honda funny in hindsight but this is the h23 blue top hits a 2.3 liter instead of the 2.2 you know you get it h23 H22 displacement if you're new to Hondas the numbers behind the letters of the code displacement for the most part but the h23 packs a punch man when it comes to a car like this that's pretty lightweight but also a nice wheelbase it gets up and goes pretty good and actually this motor and this setup has 47 000 miles on it Logan did this car very right it was very meticulously done very detail oriented and it drives really nice and really smooth the Accord feels like it has a little bit bigger everything right a little bit bigger Dash the gauges are a little big on the tachometer and the speedometer and it has a pretty roomy back seat the back of the Accord is very classy I wouldn't say it's sporty per se but with the wing it kind of makes it that way right it's so funny how you can take these Accords with the front end and just put a any front lip on it like a generic front leg or even a homemade fret lip and it completely transforms this car into something much more aggressive than the mom car that drove you to school in soccer practice every day the h23 also has headers and exhaust but the motor is bone stock the motor is actually out of the Next Generation Accord believe it or not so in the end it's right at home anyway it doesn't really feel like an unorthodox Swap and that's what I love about engine swaps is when you drive them and they feel normal now this is a five-speed transmission it does REV a little bit high as you're cruising around but that's also completely normal no power steering though but typically the old Hondas as long as you're not doing a 16 point turn it doesn't matter that much all right does this car have the vtecs pulling out of my car meet I'm gonna ruin it I thought mm-hmm I just make you work for it man they make you work for it and that's what makes it so engaging with this old SI transmission yeah you're you're working for it you're going through it yeah the carrying is actually really long if you really never got into the Honda scene I can understand why you don't really get it but once you finally Drive something that's old school lightweight with VTEC and this pretty much counts it's only a little bit heavier you'll start to understand yes does it not have the torque of an LS or a V8 or a coyote or whatever yes it's not about that Hondas are about one they're easy to work on so if you're trying to get your feet wet in the car scene or car industry it's a great platform to kind of understand how things work at the same time they're just fun they make fun noises v-tec is hilarious and it's just a good time it's actually my first time driving a 90s Accord and it just feels so spacious in comparison and it's not that much bigger but think about it it's your first car you want something fun oh there's two go away feedback it's very dramatic but it's a very smooth experience because you're in a bigger body car it's one of those things where you're kind of expecting that crazy torque Seer from an EG hatch or something but you're not really getting that because it's really hunkering down now you still get the stereotypical like tire and the Nook or cranny in the road but nothing like you do in the lighter cars I will say though the modern Accord that I drove really impressed me it made almost 400 wheel horsepower if I remember right and when I did that I couldn't believe it but now I look at it and I go oh my gosh this DNA is somewhat in that car sure I have the automatic transmission and all that kind of stuff but you can tell the influence of this car to that car very much more than like an EG Civic to a modern Civic like that's not even close this definitely has some influence to the modernized Accords in my opinion foreign my opinion maybe the best looking Honda Accord other than the modern ones what do you think about it do you think the Accord should have gotten more love than the other cars put it down in the comment section below huge thanks to Logan for letting me drive his car I had an amazing time very smooth very Serene there's actually my cooldown review from driving that crazy LS nitrous 300ZX yeah so here's the link to that and on that note I upload typically on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays and I will see you guys next time and take it easy have a wonderful day goodbye oh yeah see you guys\n"