Im building a new project car... Using the body of a 92 Civic Hatch. I know that suspension, tires, and driver has alot to do with the times one gets on a track but do you guys have any advice on which motor would be the best choice in the car. I was thinking of going with a Type R Set-Up, what do you guys think?

 

personally i would go with the VX vtec engine...there is a ton of potential there!

 

Yeah they have the best version of VTEC.

 

get some seat time and put in saftey items, brake upgrade (pads/fluid), and suspension setup before you start adding power. Once you've done a year's worth of events and started to dial in the car, then it might be time to double the stock power output of the civic hatch and start dropping some weight.

RJ

 

Times?? I have been doing driving schools for 3 yrs & I never got a time until the last event I went to. The only reason I did that was to see about different suspension settings.

When you should care for times:

-When there's $$$ on the line
-Racing
-To see if you're doing better & figure out why your times are different

If you have an engine in the car... go do a driving school w/ that first. Best thing I ever did was run my 1.5l beast out on track. I learned a lot.

Pete




[Modified by pest, 12:38 AM 10/9/2002]

 

If you go race on the track so longivity is what you looking for. B16A or B18C will be your best bet.

 

I'll agree with most of what has been said. Use whatever is in the car now. Learn to drive. If there is no engine, a B16 is a good bet. Just remember, the faster the car goes, the faster you will wear stuff out (brakes, tires, shocks, etc). Slow cars are also great for learning.