hey me and my mom are in the process of purchasing my first car (i just turned 17 on the 8th of this month) so right now im just studying about the car and what i want it to be.So far i want to go with chikara performance parts i have some wheels that are made by them but i cant find them so if anyone knows if chikara has a website plz direct me im trying my hardest to find it so im not just sitting on my *** and letting you do everything.I plan for the car to have a built ls/vtec engine with my goal to reach 13 this is what else i want it to have

1990 integra ls
-built ls/vtec im still learning about what parts i need
-aem intake
-some kinda exhaust
and other stuff im not big on sound and looks so the stereo is going to be stock and and the body will be stock and in the future i will go show maybe well if anyone has any suggestions for a nice street legal car and isnt very expensive let me know cuz i am not rich

 

Hey man, can't go wrong with a G2 Integra. No offense, but it sounds like you have A LOT to learn, so I'd just get the car and hold off on mods for a while. Chikara makes decent stuff, but no respected tuners have them on their cars. Also, you make LS/VTEC sound simple and easy. It isn't, it's difficult and expensive. So again, I'd definitely get the Integra, but wait a while before the mods.

 

If you have enough, try a 92-93 GSR

 

Good luck finding one they are very rare.

 

and far from cost-effective for a younger person entering into this area of imports. i'm not trying to push anyone away from purchasing a G2 GSR, but like previously mentioned they were quite rare, and finding one that has been taken care of, while it may be relatively easy (as they were nice cars and 95% of the time were taken very good care of), it won't be cheap by any means. I had an opportunity to get either my 92 LS with 62k miles on it (female teacher was previous owner, just drove it to work 2 miles one way each day, didn't drive much during summer) or a 93 GSR with 115k on it. The GSR had more miles, and was in less desirable condition than the LS, and was nearly $1000 more. I went, naturally, with the LS. Insurance was a booya cheaper too. A big booya cheaper. Just another thing for someone younger to be thinking about, because the younger you are, the more insurance companies can justify charging you (less driving experience, more of a risk to be driving--they have stats to back it up too).

 

Yeah, you'll be happy with an LS. Not counting G2 meets, I've seen two or three G2 GSR's in the last eight months. Two or three. And I live in CA, have been in LA and the Bay Area many times. Counting G2 meets, I've seen like five. There are so rare it's insane.

 

i see one everyday in my garage hehe anyways yeah if u can find a g2 gsr that is in good condition i'd get it...
I'm not a big fan of frankenstien motors so i'd rather suggest getting a b18c with a xsi/g2 gsr tranny than a lsvtec with the stock ls tranny..... good luck

 

I am feeling what G2 said. Not to say that there aren't LS/VTEC's out there that are running good, but your goal is to build a daily driver. You might want to swap in a different engine if you want to meet that goal. A well built LS/VTEC isn't going to save money ... you might want to research the swap some more.

Good luck with your future project.