this thread is for MOD addicts that cant and wont stop modding their cars no matter how big their current project is.....Please come forth!!!!! M.A.A Modding addicts anonymous!!!

 

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coming to H-T and posting this is like walking into an AA meeting looking for a drunk.

 

yeah thats true but you'd be surprised how many people stay pretty true to their project cars. some peolple know their limits and their budgets too.

 

Porsche 944 turbo, 9K purchased, 7-8K invested... (lots of maintainance too) nowhere near where I want it, but closer.





1995 Civic Hatch, just purchased, LOTS of plans...



HELP!


Modified by Eyal 951 at 5:39 PM 9/8/2005

 

Well my "real" car is a totally rebuilt 1992 Cx with B18C5 swap (click the link in my sig) and my "beater" started out as a regular old 70hp 1990 Civic STD model with the 4-speed trans. vinyl seats, one mirror, no A/C, etc. - 100% bone stock since the day my mom bought it back in 1989. It also served as my first car from age 16-18.

I reacquired it from my sister a few years ago to be strictly a beater, but it has since seen:

11:1CR D16A6 build with all brand new parts from Honda
ZC 1-4 gears in an Si case with Si 4.25 final drive
Exedy clutch
14'' HX wheels painted batteship grey
KYB GR-2 struts with Tein S-Tech springs
Si guage cluster with tach
Si seats and rear speaker install kit with cargo cover (rare rare!!!)
Custom 2.25'' exhaust and muffler
DC header
OE Sanden A/C system that blows 32 degrees even in 95+degree heat

That's about all I can think of.

 

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BTW:

My "real" car is done. The last thing I spent money on for it was a brand new OE Acura Integra Type R transmission because mine **** out for the 3rd time, and I was tired of rebuilding it.

People always tell me "you're never done with a project car" but i'm happy with mine and it is truly done.

 

My project car, beater and DD are all one and the same. It's also my track *****. When something breaks, that's when I think about fixing or upgrading it. I'm fine with that. It's just a Honda.

 

about 3 shakes

 

well like my signature says i just acquired a 96 civic ex coupe and its tough not giving it any love. Already I'm thinking swap or some type of forced induction......
the **** that goes through our heads.....this can be way more expensive than cocaine.......

 

huh?

 

97 gti vr6....exhaust, h&r cup kit, 15x8's, chip, polished intake mani.....probably building somewhat of a nasty eg soon....

edith yea, and a 9 lb flywheel


Modified by Root Beer at 2:58 PM 9/8/2005

 

Believe it or not, my Beater is bone stock down to the Honda Battery.

On the other hand, my Civic Project is done as well. I'm finished modding it and now I'm really don't want to drive it at all, it just sits in my garage. I have not driven it for almost 1 month and it sunny here in S. Cal all the time.

Besides, the way Gas prices are rising no wonder I don't want to drive my project car.

$ 3.89 a gallon here in Pasadena, CA. for 91 Octane.

 

how long have you had the beater for?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jmk2888 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Believe it or not, my Beater is bone stock down to the Honda Battery.

On the other hand, my Civic Project is done as well. I'm finished modding it and now I'm really don't want to drive it at all, it just sits in my garage. I have not driven it for almost 1 month and it sunny here in S. Cal all the time.

Besides, the way Gas prices are rising no wonder I don't want to drive my project car.

$ 3.89 a gallon here in Pasadena, CA. for 91 Octane.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I understand your sentiment regarding the price of gas, but you have to admit that it is a shame that your project car--the car you claim is done, meaning it is just the way you like it and it needs no more--does not get driven. This makes me sad...

 

come on people anyone else?

 

Copied from my bio cause I'm lazy. A few changes since then, but more/less the same. Many suspension parts waiting for install too . And it is my daily beater.

JDM H22 w/M2B4 (LSD) in 93 del sol s.
Stock internals, CM stage one clutch, CM 7lb flywheel, header (Cheap 4-2-1 with 2.5" collector mod), 2.5 inch exhaust with test pipe and magnaflow es oval and resonator, hondata intake manifold gasket, greddy catch can, place racing shift box, driveshaftshop stage one axles, AEM SRI, chipped p28/chipped p13, ebay short shifter, ST sway bars, teg brakes, gsr booster/mc, mc brace, stainless steel brake lines, cross drilled rotors, arp extended wheel studs, 5mm spacers, 16" rota's w/azenis rt-615 rubber (205/40/16).

 

the pic you posted never came up. And the hatch hmmmm were to begin. Most defintely an swap LS if your conservative b18c5 if you wanna go all out. Or the infamous k series....wow then there is the possiblity of forced induction....

 

Well My beater is really a beater its a 94 civic ex with 3 different colors of paint 2 kicked in fenders and both bumpers falling off I am getting ready to drop in a jdm d16zc and trans then down the road maybe a turbo kit also during the winter all of the body work and such will be performed ill keep you guys posted

 

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Once you've built something that cannot be recreated (because of either time and/or money constraints) you may have a different outlook on driving your project car.

I built my car to be a driver first and foremost, but honestly it gets driven rarely in the summer because I've got a bike and my beater has ice cold A/C.

Also I never park my "real" car where I cannot see it. This means it's in my home garage with a padlock on the inside of the door, or else it's in plain view of me at all times.

At work?

My car sits in an open stall in the shop right by my service desk.

At the movies or at dinner?

Doesn't happen, car stays home.

Running errands?

I plan ahead and don't take that car.

Trust me when you're done building something that you want to keep forever, you won't drive it nearly as much as you think you would.

I do auto-X mine and drive the **** out of it, but it's no errand-runner any more.

 

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My project car is a 1991 version with a big *** turbo. (see the "little bastard in my sig)

My everyday beater is a 1994 civic coupe with a greddy turbo kit and a few other add-ons. Runs 13.5s @ 99mph on slicks.

 

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I had since March 2005, I bought it used from a girl.

 

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I atotally agree with B18C5-EH2

 

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If it's black, you might have my old car (weren't many EX sticks around, took a couple days for the dealership to locate one out-of-state & trade stock for it). I traded in an 87 CRX for it, but just couldn't cope with that floaty EX suspension, made the car feel way heavier than it was.

So I traded it in after 6 months. Thank god Hondas keep their value, I lost money but enough left over to still go towards the new car - a 97 Del Sol VTEC. Discontinued 3 months after I bought it. After a couple years when I started getting dirty looks from service reps when I took it in for maintenance intervals at a dealership. Some people really don't like deep knee bends and haven't sat in one before - so they think I lowered it.

If I ever get a 96 EX again I'd have to dump that OEM suspension. On the highway it just completely disconnected you from the road, starting around 60mph...

The Sol is my daily driver, still mostly stock - CAI, ACT Streetlite flywheel, ACT AI4-HDSS clutch kit, Tein HA coilovers, ITR rear LCAs, 195/60R14 Yokohamas during the summer, 185/65R14 Winterforces during the winter. Suspension wore out, replaced it with Teins, clutch wore out, replaced it with the ACTs... problem is I'm starting to get the new car bug, but there just isn't much out there that interests me...


Modified by MonkeyBoy668 at 6:51 PM 9/8/2005

 

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Once you've built something that cannot be recreated (because of either time and/or money constraints) you may have a different outlook on driving your project car.

Also I never park my "real" car where I cannot see it. This means it's in my home garage with a padlock on the inside of the door, or else it's in plain view of me at all times.

At work?

My car sits in an open stall in the shop right by my service desk.

At the movies or at dinner?

Doesn't happen, car stays home.

Running errands?

I plan ahead and don't take that car.

Trust me when you're done building something that you want to keep forever, you won't drive it nearly as much as you think you would.

I do auto-X mine and drive the **** out of it, but it's no errand-runner any more.

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here in lies my problem..... my first project car, i dont wanna drive near as much... as in rarely where it is parked and i go in somewhere. and now i have the hatch and is my new project. and its almost to the point to where i dont want to drive it anywhere out of my sight. and i bought that hatch as my daily beater so i could park the classic, but i couldnt keep away and had to do work on it. had to, i couldnt resist. so i guess i'm in the market for another beater again.

 

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here in lies my problem..... my first project car, i dont wanna drive near as much... as in rarely where it is parked and i go in somewhere. and now i have the hatch and is my new project. and its almost to the point to where i dont want to drive it anywhere out of my sight. and i bought that hatch as my daily beater so i could park the classic, but i couldnt keep away and had to do work on it. had to, i couldnt resist. so i guess i'm in the market for another beater again. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Damn, you need 2 beaters............................

Just sell one, get another beater and with $$ left over, you mod your Classic.