alright me my dad picked up this 76 civic hatch/truckback for 100$(runs) i drove it around a lil bit and beat the hella outa it so we just decided to build it...puttin in a d series or a zc in it wanted to do a b serie but the engine bay is way to small for it....here are some pics of it were pickin up a motor today possible...lmk what you guys think give me some ideas for it...please respond








Modified by GsR92HaTcH at 11:40 PM 10/2/2006

 

go with b series, lol

 

Damn that thing is PIMP, you sure you can shoe-horn a B series in there? lol.

 

that will be sick to have it built for autox. throw some real oldschool wheels on it.

 

we are we were lookin at the oldschool mini cooper rims lol...if we had teh other version of the civic we could do the b series...we'd have to cut off the front end and extend it like a foot lol...we also have to get rid of the crossmember or shave it just to put the d in it..

 

holy **** that thing is awesome

 

A K is pretty skinny haha...

 

i always wanted one of those props to you and good luck on the build

 

thanks man

 

stick with a D series (turbo).. looks like its going to be a good amount of work. keep this thead updated with progress

 

will do

 

dude just shove the B in there lol

 

dude do at least a LS motor in that thing...its gonna pull haha...good luck on your build man...

 

I like the Dseries Turbo idea... polished valve cover and detailed and shaved engine bay! That thing would be awesome. i want one.

 

if we had teh other version of the civic we could do the b???
you mean a 92-95?
those are done all the time.....
but really al sarcazim aside wth do you mean "other version"?

 

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you mean a 92-95?
those are done all the time.....
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as in other verison its the bigger motor not the 92-95 i have one of those with a gsr swap i know there done all the time...there are diff motors in teh 76 and i have the smallest one and the engine bay is smaller

 

big pimpin

 

you have what the 1.3l? even so the engine bay is the same size whether it was the 1500 or the 1300.... besides that ive seen somewhere a b series in a 1st gen, as well as a k. it is possible, but dont underestimate the power and abilities of the motors that come in those cars. swap out for the 1500, sidedraft carbs, pistons..etc.. search for the forum for these guys, on a side note, my dad and a good friend of his have 2 of these, my dad's friend has one with an lsd that is one of four in the world, there are ppl out there who have turned these things into real road warriors...great on stlying too

 

clean body on that thing!
i think 100 is a great deal.

cool project

 

hell yeah 100 is a deal. i was looking for one about a year ago and some guys wanted 3000 for his.

 

That's amazing, that's back when they were made out of steel right? Civic 4 life

 

this car reminds of the previews for the movie Employee of the Month. dude throws something at another guys civic "this is an 81 honda! how dare you! haha! that thing is a classic!

 

H-22 or better yet, K swap................................

No weight to that car, hehehe

 

my first car was an 81 honda civic hatchback 1500, actually looks exactly like the one in the movie, i miss that car, i would womp on it all the time and it never quit. I paid 300 bucks for it and it had 110000 original miles and that was in 2000 when i bought it. Had it for 2 years til the ignition switch went out and honda wanted 250 for a new one so it sat in the driveway for a year, i got another switch for 30 bucks it fired right up and i sold it for 300. GL on your build

 

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K Swap!