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This civic look like a good deal? Real deal or too Ricey?
Here's a guy with an early 90's civic hatchback. He's got a whole lotta stuff in it. What are these like on the track compared to our Miata's. Looks like a cheap way to get a lotta power in a light car.
Here's all the crap he's had done. He'll take somewhere around 6-7K for it. Potential good deal or run like the wind? I've never owned Honda. Never wanted to own Honda (OK I like the S2000 but it's too spendy for my taste) but this looks like a pretty nice, well built, fast little car. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/DSC03974.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...r/DSC03961.jpg Exterior: Electron Blue Pearl with blue metallic flake $4k fully molded rear bumper - skirts - fenders Integra rear taillight conversion JDM Type R Headlight Conversion Shaved side mouldings Interior: Intergra Dash Integra cluster Integra center console with leather armrest ALL BLACK Carbeau Race GT SEats - blue Trust Seats harness Panasonic mp3/cd player All black interior 5 Point Roll cage Autometer Triple Pillar Pod -oil pressure -exhaust temp -Boost Suspension: Stock brakes :( Energy inserts Front and rear welded titanium traction bars Skunk2 pro camber kit 17" White wheels... 205/40-17 good tread V-Spec colovers Tokico fully adj. Struts Motor: 1996 2.0 GSR 0.30 MLS Cometic 84mm turbo head gasket J-Spec Type r Cams Titanium Retainers Billet crower rods P73 Type R Intake Manifold JE 84mm 9 to 1 Pistons Benson sleeves and block gaurd Nology Blue Hotwires P30 intake gasket 550cc P&H Lucas injectors MSD Street Blaster Ignition AC Autotec Cam Seals Powdercoated Valve cover cover - Reflecta Blue/green Hondata Stage 2 with boost control Greddy Exreme Timing belt Skunkworks Cam Gears STR Fuel Rails Turbonetics T3/T4 Turbocharger 3bar map sensor T3/T4 Turbo Exhaust Manifold 2pc Turbo intake piping powercoated Sky White DEI Exhaust Wrap HKS Wastegate Blitz Blow Off Valve -------------------------- 1996 J-Spec Hydro Delsol Transmission A.C.T. stage 2 Clutcth and pressure plate Fidanza Aluminum Lightened Flywheel with resurface by cutchworld Type 2 Carbon Synchros Quaife LSD Stage 2.9 Race axles and Linkage Polished Tranny CAse 4AWG Power/Ground Honda Pilot bearing Dyno tuned 5-Zigen NR-1 sp-08 2.75 piping with New OEM Cat. Conv. NEW OEM integra speed sensor IT's a 92vx with unknown chassis mileage Under 10k on Build Clean Oregon Title in Hand EH2 Well Over $22000 in reciepts $$$ no joke |
Used turbo track car.... just say no.
Unless you know the guy personally... I wouldn't touch it with a 10foot pole. btw... i'm most comfortable with Hondas... I drive a turbo d16 daily... and my last track build was that body year and pure track car. A properly setup Honda can RIP on track... people who tell you they suck are just biased and don't know any better. In a 2000lbs car with 190+hp... I was passing evo/m3/sti's all day long. It's all in the setup. Oh... and its ricey :p |
Lemme break parts of this down....
Rice... Exterior: Electron Blue Pearl with blue metallic flake $4k fully molded rear bumper - skirts - fenders Integra rear taillight conversion JDM Type R Headlight Conversion Shaved side mouldings Actually had these in my hatch... i liked it for a cheap black conversion and easy placement of gauges by driver area. Interior: Intergra Dash Integra cluster Integra center console with leather armrest Seat is fine ALL BLACK Carbeau Race GT SEats - blue Doubt these harnesses are anything but a knockoff... if 4pt... junk... if legit.. I just haven't heard of them. Trust Seats harness Panasonic mp3/cd player All black interior Without brand.... no clue if it'll actually save your butt... or impale/pin you :p 5 Point Roll cage Good gauge choices. Oil temp would be nice also... Autometer Triple Pillar Pod -oil pressure -exhaust temp -Boost Stock brakes... his :( says it all Suspension: Stock brakes :( Energy inserts Has to be a typo... no way to setup rear 'traction' bars. No real proof traction bars help on track (other than drag) Front and rear welded titanium traction bars Fine if installed properly, without some sanding and locking washers, they can slip (if old model, if new model...all good) Skunk2 pro camber kit Junk 17" White wheels... 205/40-17 good tread Ebay coilovers and ok shocks... V-Spec colovers Tokico fully adj. Struts Lots of nice parts here, assuming shop was quality and all build is done properly. Nology wires are useless as is the MSD junk, honda ignition systems are good for crazy power. Motor: 1996 2.0 GSR 0.30 MLS Cometic 84mm turbo head gasket J-Spec Type r Cams Titanium Retainers Billet crower rods P73 Type R Intake Manifold JE 84mm 9 to 1 Pistons Benson sleeves and block gaurd Nology Blue Hotwires P30 intake gasket 550cc P&H Lucas injectors MSD Street Blaster Ignition AC Autotec Cam Seals Powdercoated Valve cover cover - Reflecta Blue/green Hondata Stage 2 with boost control Greddy Exreme Timing belt Skunkworks Cam Gears STR Fuel Rails Turbonetics T3/T4 Turbocharger 3bar map sensor T3/T4 Turbo Exhaust Manifold 2pc Turbo intake piping powercoated Sky White DEI Exhaust Wrap HKS Wastegate Blitz Blow Off Valve -------------------------- 1996 J-Spec Hydro Delsol Transmission A.C.T. stage 2 Clutcth and pressure plate Fidanza Aluminum Lightened Flywheel with resurface by cutchworld Type 2 Carbon Synchros Quaife LSD Stage 2.9 Race axles and Linkage Polished Tranny CAse 4AWG Power/Ground Honda Pilot bearing Dyno tuned 5-Zigen NR-1 sp-08 2.75 piping with New OEM Cat. Conv. NEW OEM integra speed sensor I had this exact same chassis... i liked it :) (basically lightest factory model of the 92-95, same as the base CX model) IT's a 92vx with unknown chassis mileage Under 10k on Build Clean Oregon Title in Hand EH2 Well Over $22000 in reciepts $$$ no joke[/QUOTE] |
Rice Rice Baby, it's got the Rice Rice Baby.
It's got a ton of track related stuff on it but he did nothing with the brakes. I'm pretty active at Portland Raceway and I've never seen this car. He may be a 1/4 mile guy or autoXer but I'm thinking with stock brakes and a spendy paint job he wasn't seeing track time. There are some seriously fast new VW GTI's running regularly at track days. I'm not biased against honda as a car, just what the usual crowd does with them. This obviously isn't stock but it's not outrageous either. Looks like it was done pretty well. I'm starting my turbo build on the Miata, I have know idea why this car caught my eye. |
Damn splittime, you serious about contributing to this thread. I'm thinking from the traction bars he might have racked up some regular 1/4 mile time. Definetely wouldn't want something that's been at the drags every weekend.
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Heh, i just can talk alot about track... and hondas. I strayed from a car I really enjoyed for my miata build. It was just time to try something different (had a kid offer to buy my car.... and i got most of what i spent outta it... so i sold :p)
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where are the windsheild wipers?
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I like the JDM zip ties holding the front plate on. Don't forget the popularity of civics to thieves, esp if modified...
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Yeah....alot of stuff on it. Sounds like One of those guys who drives around looking for "race's". Then does hard pulls from Light to light....you know the type. Rev's there engine at random when stoped :)....
as For civic hatch"s as good cars. with the right stuff done and a compentent driver Ive seen these things rock in the canyons. light car with good handling charecteristics makes for a fun fast downhill car. its all prefrence anyways. |
I miss my 92 DX hatch more than I miss my 91 NSX.
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The Trust restraints i've heard of, i think they're in cahoots with Greddy. I've only ever seen their shift knobs though..
http://www.trust-power.com/11accesory/ph/knob_grex.jpg |
Pretty rice. :td:
You might be able to get away with it if you change the front bumper and slap some big brakes on. How much WHP on that setup? Any pics of the rear tail light conversion??? If all else fails get 1 of these bad boys! http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...377063153.html :gay::gay::gay: |
Originally Posted by mazda/nissan
(Post 132593)
The Trust restraints i've heard of, i think they're in cahoots with Greddy. I've only ever seen their shift knobs though..
http://www.trust-power.com/11accesory/ph/knob_grex.jpg |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 132567)
where are the windsheild wipers?
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RainX?
I dunno the exterior is pretty clean. I'd give it a borderline "not rice" rating except for the expanded metal and, of course, zip tied plate. Really though, the exterior has no value to most people so consider that when buying. |
I think that the car looks decent overall, but like all these people have said before me. Buying someone elses used track car = pain. How do you know he's not selling cause the rings are going bad? or the seals arent failing?
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I'd guess its probably a decent car for a street racer, but anyone who has put that much money into a "track" car and didn't do brakes...not so sure I'd want that. But, if you can fix any problems that arise yourself or very inexpensively, well, it'd be fun to play ricer once in a while, right?
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The civic sounded interesting since, other than brakes, it sounds like a potentially hot set up for track days. I haven't and likely won't be able take a look at it. Dumb even to think about anything else until I get the miata build done. Heck I have hardly gotten my old 69 GS400 out of the garage this year. What would I do with another toy working 7 days a week.
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it looks somewhat decent but i'm going to say it's border line ricey... i kinda like the paint. LOL
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