thought i would share news of my new toy

bleh · 10-20-04, 05:05 AM

as i have mentioned before in some other thread, i got another civic.
i got it for $1100completely stock. the motor is a d15b8(70hp super econo engine) with 185k miles on it, but thats ok. this weekend i bought a d16z6 longblock/tranny/axles/ecu/etc. for $300 and hopefully ill get around to doing the swap one of these days. as it sits now the only modification i have done is neuspeed race springs with koni yellows and integra lower control arms(for when i get a rear sway bar) and of course: a good wash and wax

zit · 10-20-04, 12:24 PM

the civic is a great car cheap great to drive and there is no better car for the money well done on ur new car by the way

LateNightCable · 10-20-04, 08:15 PM

License plate NA for Naturally Asperated or Not Applicable?

Now, if the insurance company wants you to pay $100 per month for this $1,100 car, you should go on the war path.

wEstSide · 10-20-04, 09:22 PM

Lol...That would be ridiculous. In 10 months the insurance would be worth the car. If he could buy all the engine parts for 300, what would the insurance company have to pay to protect it?

zit · 10-21-04, 12:20 PM

i dont think you should mention upgrades to insurers they just put the price up to much

bleh · 10-22-04, 03:48 AM

of course i would never mention anything to the insurance company. new jersey is notorious for having rediculous insurance rates. me paying $100 a month is great considering that i am 21 and yes that is just liability. my girlfriend pays $30 a month, but she is from pennsilvania.

i think this civic is going to have a lot more potential than the four door. the best from the four door was a 16.0@87 in the quartermile. as the car is now it runs an upper 18@72, yea i have to work on that. its kinda funny i didnt need to warm up the tires....not like i could anyway. suprisingly enough i have heard of someone getting a 15.0 with the setup im going to be having.

one second is a pretty decent shaving considering the only real difference is a lighter chasis. but knowing myself ill probably get too excited and pull a 15.4-15.6, either way its still better than the 4door.

i did the license plate as a joke

photoshop

also as a brief update the d16z6 goes in tomorrow and i picked up a dc 4-2-1 header for $125

skyline_r34v · 10-23-04, 02:20 AM

Shorty or long-tube header?

bleh · 10-23-04, 03:31 AM

yea now the motors in. i wish i couldve taken a few picks of the install.

as always, i ran into a few problems. the engine hoist took a crap on me and wouldnt lift the engine when i had to guide the mounts to be bolted in. also the axle got stuck in the new motor so i had to use part of the new axle and part of another... ghey. also an unanticpated problem: the cx o2 sensor is 1 wire and the d16z6 has a 4 wire... time to run 3 more wires either way i was forced to sell off the header. it sucks but i still have the stock one so thats ok. i drove it around tonight and it runs fine no codes

LateNightCable · 10-23-04, 07:11 PM

So you have a little shop going on, that's cool. Running a fart can straight off the manifold, I wonder what that would sound like.

bleh · 10-29-04, 05:37 AM

yea i am having some fun with it. this car has stock exhaust though

so she is nice and quiet unless i give it more than 1/4 throttle. it gets loud after that since i dont have a cat. when i do get the proper exhaust im going to go with a real but high flowing cat and pretty much any 60mm exhaust that is quiet. i hate undue attention.