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[jesterrace777]

[Hercules Q Einstein]

.... You guys got me all excited. I saw there were new posts in here and thought unrealskill was back. He was cool.

[ubernewb]

wow.. first reply in a while and this sure looks different..  


haha, but back to topic.. you do know that the article you linked to isn't a CRX right? that's a 4th gen (92-95)hatchback, not a 3rd gen (88-91) rex. (3rd gen civic as far as year, but 2nd gen for the CRX.. no crx's during the first run of civics)

you could definately make a similar setup, but as the crx is lighter you could lower the psi a bit and still get the same eta's.

[Liquid Oxygen]

Just to add in my 2 cents (didnt read the whole thread)

Civics dont need a lot of mods to make them quick, a proper turbo and tuning setup can produce excellent results.  This is my good buddies car, 93 Civic with an engine swap, your typical engine add ons such as headers and intake and a small turbo setup running 8-10psi.  Runs mid 13's at the track, hasnt been dynoed yet though.  

[jesterrace777]

Yes and no it depends on how you look at it.  Some people talk about engine swaps like it is absolutely nothing, for those with mad mechanical skills and access to professional equipment, you are right that it probably isn't that big of a deal.  However for the average tinkerer, that is a very daunting task, not to mention it is spendy.  I knew a guy who attempted to throw a V-Tech into his Prelude and he got it running but he had a mobile mechanic over there ALL THE TIME and he spent months putting that car back together with the new engine. Even a regular 1.5L Fuel Injected Civic engine isn't that cheap.  Even if you do all of the work yourself by the time you pick up the car and do all of that work to it, you would easily have $10K invested in the sucker.  You can pick up a mid 90s Z-28 in good shape for approximately $7K (or less depending on where you live) and could put in less than $2K in mods and it would run mid to low 12s.  So for the money and the amount of work put into it, the Z-28 would be a far more practical choice if you are talking about a quarter mile machine.  Anyways if you read the original post, the guy is braging about having a CRX with over 500HP.  I don't care what you say, a 500+HP CRX is gonna take a SHITLOAD OF MODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[StrictPuppet]

This thread just refuses to die...hahahhaa... ahhhh the memories.....

[brutalsun]

ALL MOTOR??? Did you not say 30psi?? WTF your car is not making boost all motor, and I can name 5 guys right now that would whoop that piece of shit you call a honda. number 1. Dan Taber Houston Texas... fastest stock block ls1 in the NATION 9.66 http://www.horsepowe...ia/MOV01296.MPG
2. My brothers Z28 10.11 250shot, heads,bump stick, headers, ls6 intake etc. tuned by Dan Taber and HPE. 2. 3.4.5. ANYONE at dsmtuners.com. You are so full of shit, The neighbors non running YUGO could take your ass. You bring disrespect to anyone tuning Hondas, I know several quick Hondas, but they do not BS numbers and lie about parts.

[Hercules Q Einstein]

QUOTE(jesterrace777 @ Dec 20 2005, 05:26 AM)

Yes and no it depends on how you look at it.  Some people talk about engine swaps like it is absolutely nothing, for those with mad mechanical skills and access to professional equipment, you are right that it probably isn't that big of a deal.  However for the average tinkerer, that is a very daunting task, not to mention it is spendy.  I knew a guy who attempted to throw a V-Tech into his Prelude and he got it running but he had a mobile mechanic over there ALL THE TIME and he spent months putting that car back together with the new engine. Even a regular 1.5L Fuel Injected Civic engine isn't that cheap.  Even if you do all of the work yourself by the time you pick up the car and do all of that work to it, you would easily have $10K invested in the sucker.  You can pick up a mid 90s Z-28 in good shape for approximately $7K (or less depending on where you live) and could put in less than $2K in mods and it would run mid to low 12s.  So for the money and the amount of work put into it, the Z-28 would be a far more practical choice if you are talking about a quarter mile machine.  Anyways if you read the original post, the guy is braging about having a CRX with over 500HP.  I don't care what you say, a 500+HP CRX is gonna take a SHITLOAD OF MODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah i remeber my brothers engine went up in his firebird and we had to put a new one in (the same motor mind you). His friend who is a mechanic helped us as well. It still took about 4-5 days.