I bought it for $2200 from a friend who owns a salvage yard. The parts needed to fix it are coming off another 98 coupe that was abandoned at an impound lot, so it cannot be titled. I have a D16Y8 that came in a few days ago that I'm going to tear apart this weekend, then send the head and block out to be built up. My plan is to run a T3 or T3/T4 turbo setup, not sure of all the details yet. I hope to have it running by spring. Any suggestions as to what color I should paint it?

Impound donor car:



A little bit of work to be done...

 

nm, you fixed it
Damn, good luck.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mycivicstoo(s)low &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nm, you fixed it
Damn, good luck. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Aha yeah the pictures weren't working at first...haven't used Imagestation in like 4 months. Thanks.

 

as far as i'm concerned..that's alot of work..

 

Phew, good luck man.

 

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Yeah the bodywork is being handled by the guy who owns the salvage yard, he owns a bodyshop too. The block and head are being sent to McQuillen Race Engines in LeRoy NY. The rest of the work I'll be doing in my garage on the weekends between now and the spring.

 

can you use the impound car as a basis and build it up? That car that your purchased looks like it has frame damage.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kommon_sense &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can you use the impound car as a basis and build it up? That car that your purchased looks like it has frame damage.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, frame damage is not your friend.

 

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No it can't be. The person who owned the car never claimed it at the impound lot, so they still have the title for it. The frame is ok also, just a lot the front end is torn up, but apparently it can be fixed.

 

I know this is not a good idea most of the time, but if you change all of the Vin nos. over wont it be like the donor car is actually the silver car??

 

Yeah we joked about that. Thats the first thing I thought of. He said that he wouldn't do that, seeing as he didn't want to put his *** on the line for a Civic.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dtmamg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah we joked about that. Thats the first thing I thought of. He said that he wouldn't do that, seeing as he didn't want to put his *** on the line for a Civic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Fair enough. Honestly, frame damage would steer me away from any car, especially one as dime a dozen as a Civic.

 

All said and done, with the issues you'll run in to with the condition that front clip is in, it would have been more worth your while to switch the entire front clips over. Pop the spot welds and go to town. Seam weld it all for more stength, y0!

 

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Fair enough. Honestly, frame damage would steer me away from any car, especially one as dime a dozen as a Civic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, he said that there is nothing damaged that can't easily be repaired. If there was damage to the frame, I would stay away from it.

 

honestly that front end damage isnt that bad, It seems bad to the naked eye but when you actually know what your doing its pretty simple, Good luck with you project!

 

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No it can't be. The person who owned the car never claimed it at the impound lot, so they still have the title for it. The frame is ok also, just a lot the front end is torn up, but apparently it can be fixed.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the impound guy can apply for the title for the red one.