looking into buying a one owner canadian spec 93 hatchback from a co-worker for my wife to drive for a couple years until we save up enough money for a house. first of all is there anything i need to know about honda auto's from this vintage?

my main question however is this, after wifey is done with it i plan on doing some kind of motor swap into to car and having another toy. my thinking is that while i'm already changing motors, i'll just get a new trans as well. maybe something with a limited slip while i'm at it. is there any honda specific problem with this? i 91 golf was originally an auto... so i can't see any huge issue. i mean i'll be changing over the engine computer and everthing when i do the swap.

i'll post some pics when i bring the car home.

 

What engine are you thinking about dropping in?

 

correct me if im wrong but 93 canadian hatches do not have airbags? isnt there some special safety requierements to register that canadian car here?

 

don't know for sure what motor i'm gonna put in it yet. i was kinda just thinking of buying a wrecked gsr and swaping everything over. i think even the seats and the brakes with swap over right???

the girl that has it now is a canadian citizen, but it is registered in washington state. even has wa plates. it might be grey market i donno....i know some people have trouble bringing cars down from canada and some don't. i know a guy here in town with an audi a3, it's sorta grey market but what the hell?

is there anything else weird with a canadian spec car?

 

added pictures of my 2 golfs, just for kicks