so i finally found a decent local ef here in bumfuck new mex. got a zc engine and everything. only problem is the guy curbed it and bent the frame. frame was pulled at a professional body shop and he claims when he had the car aligned they coudn't even tell it was in a wreck. i'm looking at this for an autox or rr project. should i consider it or just run the **** away. i'm a bit nervous bout the bout putting the kind of stress that autox would incur on a damaged frame. i'm supposed to go drive it tommorow. any advice with bent/reworked frames would be mutch apreciated. late

 

I would keep looking. With the old Si hatch I used to have, it had been hit in the front pretty good, and wasn't repaired right the first time, and couldn't be aligned. Spent a lot of money getting it squared up, and it was never really 100% right. It's a lot cheaper and easier to start with a straight car.

 

that's pretty much what i was thinking but ef's don't come round to often here. specially si's or ones with swaps. and i don't really have the facilities to do my own swap right now. i dunno

 

add some kind of reinforcements since u will be doin auto x ?

 

stay away from swapped ones anyways man. get a stick si and you can run stock class instead of street modified. u'll be running in a less competitive class and you'll blow em away.

 

for and AutoX or RR car if it isn't terribly off then if would be perfect for that

 

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yea if your going to use it to get to work everyday youd notice something silly like that, but not when your doing 30 around a cone....

i want to try autox really bad

 

maybe you should get some frame rack time before you buy it and see what the body shop says about the condition of the frame then reevaluate.