Alright, here's the scoop. I have a 91 CRX Si with about 131k miles on it, and it's burning oil pretty bad (almost 3 quarts an oil change). I've been saving my pennies and dimes for a while, and I have about 500 bucks.

Here's what I have:
high-flow muffler (NOT cat-back, just an OE replacement)
Corbeau Forzas
autopower rollbar
EDIT: homemade rear strut bar

Now, I'm toying with a few different ways to spend my $$. The emphasis is on FUN. I want the mods the have the most "fun factor," but I'm open to anything.

A few idea's I've had:

- rebuild the A6 bottom end (maybe with up compression pistons...A1?), slap a VTEC head on there, run a VAFC or maybe OBD-1 conversion if it's not too much of a pain.

- drop + shocks. Probably HK and tokikos. And a bottom end rebuild.

- i/h/e. Doesn't solve my oil burning problem. Boo...

What do you guys think? The car is pretty much a street car, and I value it's straight line performence more than it's turning abilities.

PS. Is it hard to rebuild the bottom end by myself? Do I have to break in the motor again?


[Modified by JustChou, 11:07 PM 11/25/2002]

 

I would just go ahead and buy a low mileage d16z6, you should be able to find some at that price.

 

yeah you'll have to break in your motor if you rebuild it...its just my opinion but hauling *** through turns is alot more fun than going in a straight line...whatever floats your boat

 

I bought my d15b with block+head+intake manifold for 300. Worth every penny!

 

 

Yea, cornering is always fun, but going fast in straight lines is fun, AND you can do it more often.

 

What he said.

 

C'mon, how hard is it to spend 500 bucks? lol

 

front and rear strut bar from ebay = 50 bucks
the best struts you can get for 450 bucks.......

 

AEM cold air intake and a centrifugal blower. i hear superchargerkits.com makes a good one.

 

Yea, i agree with buying a Z6 or even a Y8... You can get them for under $500, and if you have an extra person for a helping hand, dropping it in your car wont be too hard. If you get a Z6 or a Y8, more than likely its gunna be good milage so itll last longer, plus nowadays companies are starting to come out with more SOHC V-Tec parts (I.E. Skunk 2's coming out with stage 1 2 and 3 cams, and an intake manifold, they already got their valvetrain out, etc.) 125 stock hp compared to 108 stock hp actually does make a difference, especially in a CRX. Plus youll feel it more since it wont be as old as your 130K mile A6 So Z6 or Y8 is a good way to spend your $500, Just my opinion