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This Indiana University Knowledge Base page has a good summary of the most commonly used acronyms in internet newsgroups and mailing lists.

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Mike Celone has compiled this useful page containing many of the specifications of the '86-'89 Integras.

One of the simplest and safest modifications you do in the quest for more power is the installation of some sort of cold air intake. Here is one way to do it, submitted by Mike C.

It is possible to lower the ride height of the front suspension of a 1st generation Integra using nothing more than simple hand tools. (For reference purposes, the factory height should be 653 mm +/- 15 mm from the ground to the highest point of the wheel arch.) To adjust the torsion bar in order to adjust the front ride height, the 1989 Acura Integra Service Manual offers these directions:

1. Raise the front wheels off the ground.
2. Adjust the height by turning the height by turning the height adjusting nut.

3. Lower the front wheels to the ground, push the car up and down and back and forth several times, then confirm that the spring height is within specifications.

There are currently no "off-the-shelf" clear corner or clear tail lenses available for the 1st generation Integras. As far as we know, the only such clear lenses that have been made were a single set, custom-made by the owner of the car for personal use.

In response to a list member's question of whether his car's malady of pulling to one side was due to torque steer, Chris <JamesBondo@aol.com> had this to add:
"Torque steer is a side effect of high horsepower front wheel drive cars, especially with unequal length driveshafts. In essence, the twisting force of the engine is so great that it can actually make the car turn under hard power. Your car has equal length driveshafts and not enough power to get torque steer. It sounds to me like something is loose in the suspension. When the load of the suspension is changed through the application of power and the resultant weight transfer, the geometry is changed and the car begins to wander. Have you car's alignment checked and check your bushings/tie rods, etc...I don't think torque steer is your problem."
(Taken from message #7612 of the g1teg email list at Yahoo! Groups.)

The oversimplified explanation: Understeer is the condition in which your front tires lose traction with the road before the rear tires. An understeering car is also sometimes referred to as "pushing". Nearly all production vehicles are designed to understeer, at least slightly, as one proper response to understeer is the natural one for most drivers: applying the brakes. Oversteer is the opposite; the rear tires lose grip before the front tires, and the car is "loose". Oversteer is not normally considered an optimal setup for a street car, as it can result in the car spinning if the driver has not had much experience with oversteer. When both the front and the rear tires lose traction at the same time, the vehicle's handling is neutral. In an understeering car, one will hit the hypothetical brick wall relatively head-on, the oversteering car will probably back into the wall, and the neutral car will hit somewhere in between.
This Oversteer and Understeer FAQ has a helpful diagram explaining the two. Also, SE-R.net has a much more in-depth explanation of oversteer and understeer than this one.