For a $15,000 budget - should i do a K20A(type R) CRX or S2000?
1 - handling and acceleration are equally important to me.
2 - want to go N/A
3 - reliability is a must
4 - should be a combination of fun daily driver and track capability

 

K20 with ITB's

 

When you mean track, do you mean the drag strip or autocrossing?

 

autocrossing primarily, but it'd be nice to be in the 12's

 

S2000
K20 CRX

 

what about reasoning? for example, k20 crx could be faster in a straight line, but i heard the body is softer and flexes more than of s2000. your input is appreciated.

 

S2000, put ITB's on it and a few other bolt ons and suspension and tire upgrades and you'll be fine.

 

if u r going autocross itr is the way to go

 

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ITBs will get him around +15 horse for the amount of money he spends getting them and getting the EMS tuned; he could of got a greddy turbo kit...but ITBs do sound sick

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K20 CRX

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Front wheel drive

 

Really comes down to what you want. Both cars have strengths and weaknesses. It is all what you are looking for in a car.

 

Forget the details of the 2 cars, do you want the front wheels to spin, or the rear?

do you want a project to custimize and work on, or a newer car (that doesn't need a swap or any major changes)?

 

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do you want a project to custimize and work on, or a newer car (that doesn't need a swap or any major changes)? </TD></TR></TABLE>


Those are the main things to work out.

 

In response to your comment about the CRX being soft, that is not a problem if you equip your car with the right suspension upgrades and body-stiffening options. You'd still be able to come up shy of your 15k goal if you shop around wisely for the swap, the car, the tuning, and the bodywork/paint/suspension/ect.

 

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common misconception. they dont suck, in the real world ( without going into the supercar world ) they do well. of course im talking about modified. you ever seen some of the se-r cup sentras tear it up? puts supras rx-7s and sti/evo to shame.

 

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common misconception. they dont suck, in the real world ( without going into the supercar world ) they do well. of course im talking about modified. you ever seen some of the se-r cup sentras tear it up? puts supras rx-7s and sti/evo to shame.</TD></TR></TABLE> Any car can be fast...

 

man if i had 15,000 for one of those. well i would do the k20 crx ( swap it yourself and youll have LOTS of money left.) put in an LSD, intake, exhaust, and (with proper tuning of course) a <U>wet</U> nitrous kit. id start at 50 and work up to however high you want to go. pulling timing when necessary and of course 2 step colder plugs. work to like a 125 shot. it will still be JUST as reliable as a stock k20 (if you can tune right and not put a hole in a piston or detonate.) and youll easilly be in the 12's with tires and good driving. youll get great mpg too! sooooo many people thing nowdays that nitrous is kills motors and/or is cheating. if you can tune a turbo you can most certainly tune nitrous. and its NOT cheating. its the best bang for the buck if you want a fast car. i know you said N/A, but you wont have the nitrous on all the time. so driving the car to/from work will be like driving an N/A car, because thats what youre driving.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tooslohatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">man if i had 15,000 for one of those. well i would do the k20 crx ( swap it yourself and youll have LOTS of money left.) put in an LSD, intake, exhaust, and (with proper tuning of course) a <U>wet</U> nitrous kit. id start at 50 and work up to however high you want to go. pulling timing when necessary and of course 2 step colder plugs. work to like a 125 shot. it will still be JUST as reliable as a stock k20 (if you can tune right and not put a hole in a piston or detonate.) and youll easilly be in the 12's with tires and good driving. youll get great mpg too! sooooo many people thing nowdays that nitrous is kills motors and/or is cheating. if you can tune a turbo you can most certainly tune nitrous. and its NOT cheating. its the best bang for the buck if you want a fast car. i know you said N/A, but you wont have the nitrous on all the time. so driving the car to/from work will be like driving an N/A car, because thats what youre driving. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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my point exactly ff fr mr whatever.

 

if i had 15K i would get an S2000

 

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I'd rather have the more unique car.

If money is an issue, you'd get maybe 70% of your $ out of the S2000 vs maybe 35% out of the CRX.

Just don't sell! =D

 

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common misconception. they dont suck, in the real world ( without going into the supercar world ) they do well. of course im talking about modified. you ever seen some of the se-r cup sentras tear it up? puts supras rx-7s and sti/evo to shame.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Its not a misconception, its the truth sport.

a) ask any physics teacher, 99.999% of the time, its easier to push something then it is to pull it.

b) front tires do EVERYTHING. Braking, turning and power delivery.

c) Those sentras have a ridiculous amount of chassis weight reduction as well as reinforcement, just because they are fast doesn't mean other things magically became slower. Let me put a $8,000 cage and another $5,000 worth of chassis modifications under the wheel of an RWD car, those sentras would look like they are standing still.

*shakes head*

 

It depends on what you wanna do with the car. I have had all 3 (minus the K swap) and I would chose the S2000.

 

K-swapped CRX=
S2000=
ITB's=
Turbo'd Vitara D-series=
you=fail, for wanting to stay all motor

 

although I love EF's ... go with the S2000 it looks better and you will go more bi*ch's with it lol

 

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K-swapped CRX=
S2000=
ITB's=
Turbo'd Vitara D-series=
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It is posts like these that make threads go to **** and deviate from the original question and answers. He gave two options, and you didnt like either, so dont respond.

I wouldn't decide until I looked in my garage at my other cars. If you are like me and have a crx and a 96 subaru rust bucket with an oil drinking issue, then the s2k would be nice to have as a daily driver and not be embarassed pulling up to nice places.

If you have a budget of 15k to play with, then I am betting you are in a lot different position than me, so I would do the k20 crx. A k20 w/75 shot of nitrous, LSD, clean fresh paint, some lightweight wheels, wire tuck, and a good solid suspension is my dream of a reliable car. And it could be had for 15K, like others said do some work yourself and save extra for more goodies.