JDM-FREAK

[Modified by takumi79, 12:47 PM 3/6/2002]

JV

For somebody to give me an H22 swap.
Why are you a Genie..........? Do i get 3 wishes now............?

MaxBoost

Here's a copy and paste from CSI Where someone asked the same question, but regading an Si, and I wrote this.

Everytime I see someone driving an Si, I ask myself, why??? Some peoeple want a reliable normal car. Other people are enthusiasts and want to go fast, look good, and handle well.

Those are the people that give me brain farts. Here's my reasoning. Let's say the average Si owner has rims, springs, i/e/h, and shocks. OK So.. $17,000 + 1000 + 1000 + 400 + 250 = 19,650.

So for nearly 20k dollars they have a mid 15-second car, that looks ok, handles, ok, and doesn't do much else...

Here's my Hybrid Honda dream

-Junker EG - $1000
-Gut the interior completely, drop the motor, leave it a bare shell. Get a roll cage installed $500
-Take it to the paint shop, and get everything made perfect! Get all the dents taken out, and a bad-*** paint job $3000
-Install complete ITR 5-lug $2000
-Fiber Images CF lip - $300
-Fiber Images CF hood - $450
-Fiber Images CF duckbill - $250
-Vision mirrors - $250
-Kg/mm drop springs - $300

You know have a Pimp!!! EH with a stiff *** chassis, bad-*** suspension, bad-*** brakes, brand new paint, perfect body, carbon fiber everything, pimp exterior, pimp wheels...it's just perfect waiting for a swap.

So far your out $8000

That leaves you with $12,000 on motor!

Soooo..
Block
-LS Block $400
-Golden Eagle Sleeved $600 (group buy)
-Custom J&E Pistons $500
-Eagle Rods $325
-GSR Crank girdle $200
-Bore, hone, balance, hot tank, etc $150
-Fresh bearings $150
-Seals, gaskets, etc $50
Head
-B18c1 head $500
-Portflow headwork (deshrouding, spotfacing, port and polish, valvejob, ferrea SS valves, portflow valve train $1200
-STR intake manifold $700
-Bored throttle body $150
-Fuel rail $65
-990cc Injectors $350
Turbo
-SFP Race manifold - $500
-Garrett 60-1, thick shaft, p-trim, .70 a/r $750
-Tial 45mm Wastegate $350
-Miami Muffler custom DP, TP, 3" mandrel bent exhaust to an Apexi N1 muffler $650
-Spearco Air-to-water intercooler, resovoir, water pump, water cooler, hoses etc $500
-Custom Intercooler piping $50 (it's short remember!)
-Greddy Type R BOV $270
-Bosche fuel pump $100
-Cusco catch can $100
-Misc Lines, hoses, clamps, connectors, an fittings, ss braided line, etc $300
-DEI Heat wrap tape (for the manifold, DP etc) $45
Hybrid
-Axles $200
-Mounts $150
-Radiator hoses $40
Engine Management
-Speedpro Standalone plus tuning $2000
-Autometer EGT $120
-Autometer Boost guages $50
-Gauge Pod $40

That's a total of $11,510 on the motor and getting it running perfectly an reliably. That leaves you $500 to get a nice clutch. When you get some cash buy a flywheel and quaiffe.

So, for the price of an Si with MINOR mods you cah have a Hybrid that will weigh 2100lbs, handle like a bear, brake like a champ, look completely gorgeous, have perfect paint and body, make over 500whp, and run mid to low 10's in street trim + slicks.

Imagine what you could do with that amount of money you'd spend on a turbo si!!!!!
I don't think I forgot about anything.

Dodger2940

Dude I have been getting this thrown in my face alot of late. I have an Si if you couldn't tell

j.Ngo

oh that sucks for me...

SpoonCivic

y forgot shocks boss..

trust me, when u actually do it..it ends up coming to way more. think of labour on some of the parts installed, dyno time to tune the beast, maintanence costs to oil change it every 2-3000km, etc.
don't get me wrong..i love ur reasoning, but trust me..if it was that simple, i wouldnt be in so much debt lol

Mr. Thunderlips

basically just someones opinion...personally, i would never want to have my primary means of transportation being a bare shell with a rollcage...but thats just me. now for a track or race car...yeah that sounds great, but im not going to drive my girlfriend around in a gutted race prepped car. when i bought my Si, it was somewhat of a compromise of the few options i had...i liked the civic base model, ive owned a few before, i knew i could buy an older model and drop a motor in...but im sorry, i dont have 10k cash in hand to work on my car, while most of the time is spent in the garage being repaired/fixed/whatever. the title of your reply should have been more along the lines of..."my dream of a race car, while i have a high paying job, and an extra car on the side, and 2 really good mechanic friends."

dohc_crx911

what's my dream?? maybe two girls at once... lol

infamousALLMTR

Project-"im going to have a gsr engine, championship white paint, type r interior, teg dash, full suspension, and be runnin low 13's in a show car"

but this is what it looks like right now
btw nice engine up top

pagong

My dream by pagong:

"I want to win the Gosh darnit lottery and live the life of luxury."

thank you,
pagong

TRE_

The engine up top is outta that silver hatch in the March 2002 Sport compact car. Bad *** little car.

^^^ my dream just like pagong said~ win the lottery!

GSRaCeRbOI

fully built turbo'd H22A motor and tranny swap into a Civic Hatch, w/ some Tien coil overs, big brake kit, lightweight wheels, mugen exhaust, full audio system, recaro seats AND NATASHI YI sittin in the passenger seat.. HAHAHAH hey its MY dream rite?

bigTom

my dream? my car the exact way i am building it... what iv wanted for a while now... soon it will be done

Krow

Hell yeah

TheShad0w

most banks wont give you 20g's ona personal favor, thats why most people dont go that route, but it is a better choice if you have 25 grand in savings.

DR. ON POINT

990cc injectors?????? thats out of hand

92cxgsr

At least the B18c5's aren't winning the poll right now. Just about everyone i know thinks that there just the bets out there, well don't get me wrong they might be stock but try against a built b20/vtec, or even a built gsr, its all the same in the end except for the b20, casue there is no replacement for displacment.

Pat McGroin

well who cares children, at least we're not ricers

EVIL Hx Coupe

My dream is finally buy my damn car... Is it posible to get a decent dx hatch for 2000 in FL????

JDM-FREAK

well, i think none of us will fulfill our dreams... itz alwayz B after A and C after B... thatz just my $.02...

auto-x

my dream like what pagong said with anna kournikova, hehehe

dxlst

*better motor*

and

a white s2k

that is all

maxim

My choice: WRX Sti..17psi stock!!!

tampaSi

Thats a good theory, but youre overlooking the main reason people go with newer cars: FINANCING!!!

You cant finance a $20,000 EG project. If i had $20K cash then i would have gone that route, but i make payments on my baby. I dont make enough at one time to drop that much cash on a car.

Its a nice idea, but you really have to take this other stuff into consideration-- another example would be resale value: good luck getting most of what you put into a project like that.....whats valuable to you usually isnt worth **** on the market.

As far as my dream car ---

Probably a:

2002 BMW M3
1998 CW ITR w/ JDM frontend and built N/A
and maybe a Mustang Cobra R thrown in for good measure

Civic VTi

Dude, I am glad that you got rid of that CF intake crap. The CAI in chrome is MUCH BETTER! I admire you, not for what you did to your car, but for the real reason, I mean...you are the coolest and your wallet must be really heavy, did I mention I could carry that for you? I am really strong! http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292256213


[Modified by Civic VTi, 7:08 PM 3/7/2002]