Thread: Think Civics are **** ?

Originally Posted by BeastlyGroceryGetter

All that and one of his headlights is not working? nice car though im a fan of imports.

Think he took it out. im not sure why tho.

and why drop a 4 in there? He should've done the j35a8 or something, just my opinion, only a few have done it.

^^Cuz Dave likes these colors...

hah...

Yeah they can be done right, if your gonna do an oddball color, keep it with the calipers. I've been contemplating Orange or Purple calipers these days.

The ej1's can be made into a decent little road handler with all the parts they have for these cars.

Bottom end stuff isnt cheap in the honda camps. FWIW, I had a 94 Coupe I did a engine swap in in 1998 I payed 3,300 for just the engine. Im sure prices have come down since but its not really that cheap

Its a nice car, given the work and $$$ thrown at it. But what sux is for a little more money than what is thrown in overall... that older C5 Z06 could have been what you left with. Granted, its not as custom, maybe even a little slower thru the 1/4, but top end its faster, its cleaner (no offense) and IF you get some hot chick to be interested, shed much rather roll in a Vette, than a honda. just give her the option and see what she chooses

You don't even need a turbo...Cosworth has built N/a four cylinder engines that have hit 400-500hp!

I love clean, built imports, but the problem is there's too many damn imports done wrong in this world to make up for the rest of them. So when people talk about crappy hondas, more often they are in the right. lol But there's few things better than having rediculous hp in a sub 2000lb fwd car. The only downfall to most of these 4 cylinders is the lack of torque. As shelby says, HP sells, Torque wins races. An example: I know of a grand prix that dynoed at 430whp but ran 11.3's in the 1/4 mile while weighing in at 1,500lbs more than the nicely built honda mentioned here that dynoed 466whp running 11.6-12s.

Originally Posted by FoSHO99

I love clean, built imports, but the problem is there's too many damn imports done wrong in this world to make up for the rest of them. So when people talk about crappy hondas, more often they are in the right. lol But there's few things better than having rediculous hp in a sub 2000lb fwd car. The only downfall to most of these 4 cylinders is the lack of torque. As shelby says, HP sells, Torque wins races. An example: I know of a grand prix that dynoed at 430whp but ran 11.3's in the 1/4 mile while weighing in at 1,500lbs more than the nicely built honda mentioned here that dynoed 466whp running 11.6-12s.

He toned down the HP, i left out another Dyno that he was only at about 400.
so about 400hp running 11s.
and wow they have madd torque. sit in one and then when ur head slams against the seat tell me otherwise. Even before he turbod his GSR, it was a nice car to cruise in. Think felt like a race car and it only was running a mid 14 second or so 1/4mile.

Originally Posted by DrunkieTheBear

You don't even need a turbo...Cosworth has built N/a four cylinder engines that have hit 400-500hp!

Turbo is just a better idea. rarrreeely will u see a built honda, subaru, etc with no power adder.
Build it solid, then turbo that **** :P
plus who doesnt like BOOST!

Originally Posted by 02GrandPrixIraqVet

Ive said for a long time id rock a 92-95 civic coupe with a k swap and 300 na hp @ like 9k rpm lets be honest done right it would be like a crotch rocket on 4 wheels. Done clean with oem body paint, no turbo to mess with no sc to mess with ect ect.

like this guy:P except its an EK not EG

YouTube - Civic hatch k20 vs supra 400 whp!


silly firebird LOL i love it. id buy a civic, build it, just to do that.

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I dont know how much HP he has

LOL @ all the GP drivers **** talking Hondas like they drive Bentleys. Give credit where it is due. I always watch out for the Hondas in my neck of the woods. I worked out an LS1 Camaro last spring, after seeing that race a Civic hatch on slicks rolled up next to me and made me look silly.

An import done right, H23 swap- 89 prelude:

Originally Posted by Javi

An import done right, H23 swap- 89 prelude:

Rims are too big:P. for "JDM" Standards haha. but nice swap.
For it to be JDM a small car should have like 16" rims lol:P rarely will u see 17s for true enthusiasts.

For are cars, its a little different.

And it looks good too.

Originally Posted by dpzelenak

nice car, to bad he had to dump a sh1t load of money into it just to get it to that point

I'm willing to bet it was a lot less spent then you think.

I love EG hatch builds, yeah it's still a civic, but it's a civic that would drag most of the GP's on this site down the track. And to some people that's more important then heated seats, and a hud.

honda's aren't my thing by any means but, props, that car is fast

I just have to put this out there!

someone mentioned a "4 banger" running 45 pounds of boost............ blah blah blah


But now lets play the game of take all those same "power adders" and put the equivalent on a v8.

I am not hating on this honda because to each his own and it does look like he put some work into it but there is still no replacement for displacement