just as the title says. should i mod my current car (ef hatch) or save up for a better car to mod? dsm, 240, new hatch?

 

Mod it but maybe not a std. hatch.

Save up for a swap

 

Mod it. A ZC or b16a in a STD hatch is fun.

 

Mod it...honda is just as good a car as any.

You're from Minneapolis...we're like neighbors, kinda.

 

EF will always be t3h w1nn4r!

 

as you said you are young and there will be plenty more cars ahead. hell i'm 31 and i tool around in a swapped std. it's also a good learning experience to learn to work on cars. it will save you money and time for the rest of your life.

 

Im in the same debate. I want a B16 in mine, but I keep throwing around different routes I could go such as just take the money and buy a Civic Si or something. Hrmmm ...

 

EF hatch is a great car for you to start with.

The 240 is RWD, this could be a problem for a daily driver way up north where you live.

DSMs are junk. Fast cars but not reliable like Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Mazda.

New Hatch is basically the same as what you have except heavier.

 

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Depends on what you consider a "good" or "better" car to "mod."

Why do you even need to "mod" the car? What does modding involve anyway? What sort of goal are you looking to achieve? And who are we to tell you what you "should" do with your time and money anyway?

Personally, if I had a G4 Civic STD, I'd probably make an ITC car out of it and enjoy some of the cheapest ("cheap" being relative) sedan-based competitive racing that there is - all while learning to drive the epitome of a "momentum car," which would be a great learning experience and develop driver skill in anticipation of "bigger" things down the road. But that's just me. Being that you're 16 years old and have to "drive it to school," this is not the most practical route for your needs. Nor do I think you have the resources (read: money) at your age to do real wheel-to-wheel racing, or even DEs for that matter. I sure didn't.

I've been in your boat and I made all of the wrong choices. Learning the "hard way" - from experience - has been a royal pain in the *** and I wished I'd have listened to everyone around me when they gave me advice. Looking back, the cars really weren't worth all of the trouble I went through (and am still going through).

Save your money for now. Wait until you're done with school and have a real job - then you'll be able to go crazy on cars. For now, stay focused on what is more important . . . and be glad you have a car capable of over 40mpg.

- Targa, who is amused that he had to put so many words in quotes to write this post . . . and thinks he sounded like a codgety old bastard with all of this philosophical ranting


Modified by Targa250R at 9:07 AM 11/25/2004

 

throw a b16 in the car, give it a good stance with some decent suspension, open up the intake and exhaust and be done with it. the swap is very streight forward and you will appreciate your self as of what you did with the car after you're done. it will teach you alot about working on cars if you dont have the experience. trust me...i have been through it. have fun!

 

I would keep your hatch if the body is still good on it. There are a ton of used parts and motors you can use in that car for cheap. You will learn alot and have alot of fun with that car. Now save up some money and do alot of reading before you do anything. Then come up with a plan of what you want to do with the car and stick to the plan.

P.S. I would stay with the D-series motor for now. The first thing I would do is a MPFI and a D16a6(Si motor) swap. You will be happy with the added performance of that for awile and it will cost you less than $500

 

RWD is better in the snow than FWD, and i drive FWD.

If i was you i would just keep it stock sell it and get a SI hatch, leave that stock and drive it and have fun with it(autocross,HPDEs, snow covered road etc).

 

Keep driving the car to school - this provides you stability. Buy a car someone has already swapped a b series into. This will save you a lot of money in the long run.

 

You should def. keep it and mod it.

Jon

 

Dont get a dsm. You will be upset when you are walking to school casue your tranny exploded.

 

You could always get a zc, those things are cheeep, and fun.

 

All depends on what condition the body is on it

 

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I'll second that.

 

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third that a rust bucket is a hard platform to mod.....if its good save for a swap a std hatch is the best IMO....next to a crx

 

If you have this question then i don't believe that you should mod the current car that you have.

Otherwise, you'll end up with the little voice on the back of your head telling you you shoud have modded another car, living with that sucks.

 

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no rust. i got it then put greese under the whole underbody. so the body is good for the winter thats about to come. the current mods that ive done is ex tachometer, ex seats, ex tranny, ex clock, ex hubs, ex rotors, ex calipers, and wagon shocks/springs. the car came with shortshifter and some very low springs so i had to get rid of those. so its kinda like a stock ex hatch, except for the motor. i think im just going to do something little like a zc just to learn off of then move on to a different project. its going to be my dailydriver for a good while so yeah. maybe turbo zc. something that can smoke dsms and wrxs that underestimate hondas.

 

save and mod up your ef hatch....one of the best honda cars ever built

 

sell it to me for 200 bucks

 

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for real, i didnt know that. why is that? is it because its one of the lightest?

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no i pass, thats how much i got it for though. he heee

 

yeah i think ima keep it and mod it. b16 to b20vtec, next debate will be allmotor vs. fi again.