I never saw this day coming...
 

That i would own a honda powered car.... But... Ive been itching for a non boring DD (was driving an auto 09 Pontiac g5) and came across this. My buddy was selling it. So I flew out to Indianapolis and drove it 11hrs back home to NJ...

Its a 97 honduh civic ex with a b18c black top motor (painted red). 5 speed LS trans. Thing is fun as hell to drive. Grocery list of suspension and stuff.

Suspension:
Koni Yellow shocks w/ ground control coilovers (400F / 450R Spring rates)
Whiteline 22mm Rear sway bar kit
Energy Suspension Torque mount inserts
JDM ITR 16”x7”Replica wheels in gunmetal with 205/45/16 Bridgestone RE-11's

Engine:
JDM ITR B18C
Compression test 210 across the board but it does burn oil under high load.
PLM Toda Replica header
Yonaka 2.5” exhaust with Vibrant resonator. Nice and quiet cruising around town, good tone under load. No rapsy-ness whatsover.

LS 5speed Transmission.
Civic SI gauge cluster and spoiler
Del sol front seats.
Aftermarket sound deadening added to doors and front floor panels. Helps a lot with road noise and speaker performance.
Retrofit source FXR projectors retrofitted into stock headlights and DDM tuning HID kit. Miles better then the stock headlights
98'+ Tail lights
20% tints

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My plans for the civic:
Install all new splash shields
Rear disc brake conversion
Velocity stack filter
New front bumper (current one has speed holes)
Fix the rusty ugly header bolts
Engine rebuild (smokes bad during vtak yo)
B16 LSD or itr trans

I'm enjoying it so far. LS trans is such a **** block though. Gears are too long. VTEC hits hard though the car moves. should be around 190hp to the wheels....

Missing the manditory fart can

ummm

I actually like those year civics, especially with the little spoiler you have on there. they can be really nice daily drivers...reminds me of my old Paseo. :D

Also need another erector set wing on the current one ;)

Mmmmmyes? :P

Its a fun ride. Sunroof too lol

Just need some green underglows bro. Then you can hijack semis!

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But I thought you said you wanted a non boring dd.

Watch out for when the vtec kicks in.

Lmao. I can get that bumper too!!!

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/pts/4698839635.html
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I did. and within a budget lol. If i had $$$ I'd probably get a turbo cobalt or a new focus ST. This thing got 38-40 MPG for me, and its nice. The VTAK engagement is sweet lol.

(Insert all F&F quotes)

You'll be saving the cash from the gas mileage :clown: , you get that bumper you should add a red light in it, KITT.

why cant they make a vtec that works all the time instead of having turbo lag without the turbo?

MPGs would go byebye I assume.

Just get a vtec controller to make it hit earlier. Definitely a better upgrade than the g5.

Haha maybe one day. right now, I just want it to be reliable. It is much more fun than the G5. i regret the G5 because I jumped to buy the last Pontiac, and I wanted to drive something besides my 92 dakota lol. There was a rumor that the G5 GT would have the turbo motor the cobalt SS did. i was waiting for it... but alas... stupid gm!

Clean car man, all jokes aside its tastefully done! I'm probably going to be in the market for something similar next year for school.

Thanks! That is why I was interested. It was tastefully done and not riced out, and actually has a good engine lol.

Right now, my big gripes are no splash shields, and the air filter is just in the air grabbing water from no splash shields. That is the only "unclean" part about it, and the speed holes in the front bumper (owner before the guy I bought it from did that...).

This should be fixed in a week or so.

When I went to get it, I helped him diagnose the TPS issue. It kept throwing a TPS code, for voltage too high. He drove the car without the TPS plugged in, and it ran fine somehow. Anyway, It was reading 5V at idle and .5V at WOT. lol. He has a OBD2 to OBD1 converter harness and it has a OBD1 ECU in it. So what I did was I just swapped the 2 wires at the TPS, and now the code is gone. I guess he effed up the converter harness. I didn't want to touch it... so many damn wires lol. Next issue is the CPS is throwing a code, since the B18C doesn't have a CPS. so now I gotta splice the wires together to fix that. CEL should be off then.

OOOFA!! :facepalm:

I would have kept the Toronado:-P:rofl:

hahahah I wish! That car was awesome. Rust got the best of it though :cry::cry::cry::cry:

What year toronado?

1979 was gray with red "velvet" interior. so awesome lol

I always wanted a toronado trofeo'

not a bad car. i had a 96 ex 5 speed and miss mine...almost feels as if you are driving a go cart whipping around turns lol. yours is very clean.

be mindful of where you park it and who you show it to, these get stolen a lot, the black market demand for these and the motor swaps is astounding.

so I've heard only thing that sucks. :( if I ever get more $$ I'd be looking into a turbo cobalt or focus ST