super51fan;1851687 said:
these kids drop so much money on these hondas. 6-10k for a K swap? 5K for the motor itself? for that same money i could be riding comfortably in a 2jz mk3 supra and they will still have the same car my mom drives. its like a V8 in a pinto.
and just because hondas are hard to blow up and parts are cheap, kids think they are race cars.
nothing is more annoying than a 4 cylinder banging off the rev limiter.
/rant
OUCH....
You guys are snobs. Civic's are awesome. I had an EG just before the M3. Not worrying about gas or blowing up an engine or even smacking up the body. Cheap to fix, cheap to modify and cheap to run. There isn't another car with a better ratio of speed:money.
It is a type of owner that gives Civics "poseur-punk" distinction. We know. Also, EG's are old and really falling apart. Trying to stay on top of the rust is impossible if you live above the Mason-Dixon. They just don't exist in good shape here. I imagine EK's are showing their age too.
Don't worry about K swaps. That's what Pro-modified Drag guys do. I use to have a bias against Civic's and the people who drove them especially. We had Talons, RX-7's, 300's, Supra's, NSX's, some higher end stuff and guys would roll in with their gutted Civics, extra $2000 in tires, busting the same or slightly improved 1/4 numbers. We stepped to another platform, they stuck with Civics cause it was easy. That stalls the progression of the sport.
We've all hated on tuner Civics/Honda's for so long the cars are disintegrating.
That was a fun, fast and loud winter beater/engine transport. I miss front wheel burnouts on winter tires and the way the 6 puck solid hub grabbed the car and, BANG, like you were hit by a truck. Every angle of engine was accessible. Drive down a quiet street, E-brake tire scream and scare some kids. Some lady road rages, hit the throttle to 9000rpm, she's done yelling.
1994 EG, 6-puck, ebay header, coilovers, chipped, 2nd hand Carbon Fibre hood. Awesome.
