I have a friend whose dad rebuilt an old 1985 - 1990 ish honda civic hatchback. I'm only a teenager, but i will be needing a car soon and he offered to jsut give the car to me, and pay only for the paper work, so thats around $50 or so. I have a question about the car though, the guy says there is a short in the electrical system and the batery is costantly being worn down. Is that something to worry about, and is it an easy fix? Getting professional help is not a problem, my whole family lives around cars and 3 of my uncles race. Also, i don't know alot about honda, but is this a potent platform for a quick, fun little daily driver? Thanks for all the imput!

-dj

 

hell yea take that thing find out what it is then start looking into swap options or forced induction

hopefully its 88+ but if not you can still work with it...

i dont know about the short but who cares, rip everything out of her anyway..

 

go for even if u cant fix it u can part it out and scrap it. make ur self some money or have a car there is no downside

 

buy it.. get the problem looked at professionally and if its bad part it if not keep it...

 

Awesome. I also need to get the clutch adjusted, but that should be easy. I'll check with the owner tommorrow and try to see what year it is. One thing i'm sure abuot is that it has more than 100K miles. So a swap will be seen in my future. i don't know much abuot honda's so i'm start doin research. The B16 or B20 sounds like a good engine from wut i read, so i'ma start lookin at prices. Thanks for all the imput so far!

-dj

 

100k is pretty low for a honda unless i has been sittin then some stuff might need fixed

 

hell yeah. if someones just gonna give you a car, take it.

 

buy it, swap it, gut it, and boost it!!! and then run 11's and lower

 

if the body is clean... everything else is no prob.

 

I'm not exactly sure what year the car is so i have a question about what swap i could do. I have searched and found nothing abuot doing a swap for a 1987 civic or lower. I'm hoping its a 1988, but if not what are my choices for engine swaps. I hope to find out the year of the car soon. Thanks!

-dj

 

If its a 87 and earlier model, then you can go with the 86-89 D16A1 integra engine. Drops right in your chassis (unlike 88+). Go to http://www.redpepperracing.com They are a <87 board

 

Excellent link! It is extremely helpful! (not sarcasim lol)

any more good links or options out there?

 

Hey, says your in Louisiana (Unless you mean LA like Los Angelos) i'm a vehicle mechanic for the U.S. Air Force here in Louisiana. If your strapped for cash and not too far i'll take a look at it for you for free....well might have to buy me some luch and Mc Donalds or a 12 pack or something =P I'm in shreveport. I just moved here not too long ago so dont know where you are. Reply or e-mail me at Gludan@ameritech.net