some people just like keeping things the way they came originally. I think you're overreacting a bit, the d series may not be a powerhouse but it can move a civic along just fine..

 

tell em lol. personally why even touch a motor if you have no intention of making the car faster. best to leave things original then go messing with something that doesnt need messing, and have things never run the same... most ill do is tuck wires, and clean up the bay removing un necessary things.

 

But if that were the case, why not just leave it stock?

 

just like your teg, its pretty much original under that hood. I had the same intentions for my hatch.. just put a b16a in there like an eg would from japan.

cause we all enjoy modifying cars. some people choose to modify the car with the original motor. I appreciate all types of builds, you can have a d, b, h, k idc... WHITESLIPS' car is a timeless classic and like he said he enjoys it fine with the d. who cant appreciate that?

 

I understand where your coming from 100%. Before you buy the motor from somebody, get the VIN number so you know its legit and you can always look at the sellers posts and usually find out whats been done to the motor. If they dont have many posts then its kind of a hit or miss situation and probably wouldnt buy it. Nitrous also doesnt damage a motor like people think, unless its done incorrectly. Thats a whole different subject though. Im just sayin that there are good, cheap deals that can be had out there if you look around.
I maybe overreacting just a bit, but thats because its been a long time since I've driven a D series Honda. I do remember them being slow as hell though and having to use the whole on ramp like a race track, just to get up to speed to merge lol.
Exactly! If people wanted to keep things originally how they came, why even mod the car? To me having and modding a car that performs well and is fast is > modding a car to still have the about same performance and HP.

 

That's the difference between someone who appreciates the car in stock form as it came from the dealer 20 years ago and someone who wants to go as fast as possible. I got the whole racing thing out of my blood a long time ago and just like cruising around in a car that looks like it could be a few years old with low miles. It's just like the guys who restore classic cars to be identical to the way they came 40 years ago..... I would love to have a swap, but it would almost be a shame to pull the ole single dingle out.... It may not have much more HP, but it definitely performs better in every other aspect.

 

not so clean front



pretty clean back

 

the Giraffe guy

 

We've been arguing about some random *** **** as of late lol. Can't we all just get along?

edit: #nohomo

 

I'm not arguing at all. I'm just trying to explain my side of the story. I guess I'm more in to the whole restoration thing than going fast at the moment. My old hatchback had a shitty body, tore up fenders and a swap. I just built the car I have now completely backwards from that.

 

Acouple shots from today! Long ways to go!

 

people talking bad about single cams are obviously not old enough to remember when thats all there was lol Single cams are great motors. If you just want a nice looking and nice handling car then a sohc is just fine. A good handling car does not have to have a ton of power to be a blast in the corners any way........look at how many fun/good handling cars their are out there with just over 100hp. I had a hatch with a Z6 and I really dont remember it being slow at all, had plenty of get up and go for a stock motor IMO.

Anyways who cares if some one has a single cam or a dohc? If its what they like its what they like.

 

plan and simple my build..... every one's build is different

 

bought mine new with sohc vtec-e, now has z6 vtec. might hit 300k before end of year. some day might be dohc.

 

clean bay and i have a z6 in my hatch and i love it i can crack vtec and get great gas mileage

 

thanxs. si tranny keeps it fun.

 

Oh I remember those days, but times have changed, bigger and better things have emerged. Thats like saying a VHS player is better than a blu ray player or streaming video off the internet. Sure the VHS player will work, but the blu ray/instant streaming will get the job done even better.

Its a Honda, most of them get great gas mileage and can "crack vtec". **** I get 30-35mpg in my hatch with a K and can smoke 95% of the **** that pulls up next to me on the street. Can you do that with your z6?

 

Jeeez must be nice. I get like 5mpg at the moment

 

"Who gives a ****" is the appropriate response at this point. I'm an adult, only kids are out there trying to "smoke every car that pulls up".


Steve

 

I think he was speaking hypothetically. Just because you can doesn't mean you're going to try.

 

My car can literally SMOKE everything behind me. The ole 007 smoke screen trick. Who needs valve seals haha.



turned in to-

 

Then why mention it? I can shoot the guy sitting next me, not that I would...just saying.





Steve

 

this whole swap debate is really pretty stupid. who cares how fast your car is if youre not competing for money in some form of racing? if you drive a shitbox with a b or k swap, its still a shitbox. i promise you whiteslips hatch is cleaner than most of the swapped eg hatches in this thread. why have a swap in a car that might see 50 miles a month, at best? all you gain is internet street cred. in most peoples eyes, interent street cred means nothing. to me, id rather drop the cash on my house, wife, kids, or an education. things i can appreciate everyday of my life rather than a depreciating liability that sits in my garage 99% of the time. it took me a while to learn that. priorities change

 

U gots to be baller to have it all!!!!

 

CivicSi95


I imagine one wouldn't be driving a Civic if they were a real "baller".