Help Me With A Decision
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Help Me With A Decision
hey guys. im brandon. ive been a member here for a while but got out of the civic scene for a few years. i bought a srt and modded the shit out of it but now im moving to belgium (im in the army). thing is i still owe on the srt (its for sale for 13k as is) so insurance is going to be 7800 a year soooooo i need to buy a car to take with me over that is paid off so insurance is only 70 bucks a month.lol. i found a 1998 civic dx hatch with 47000 miles on it. clean as hell. black. think thats a good car? any big probs? they only want 5k for it and i can probably get it for around 4 cash. any help would be great. is there any mods i can do to it so its not so stockish? thanks
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Sounds like a good move. Is the car auto or manual? Dx oe ex? Either way you can start with suspension and wheels. Then maybe a new more improved motor if you know what I mean. But anyways, G/L
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suspension: obviously im doing coilovers. which ones do you guys recommend? i had skunk 2's on my 93 hatch.
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The motor should be a d16y7 non vtec sohc. If you want, try changing the y7 intake manifold to a y8 civic ex intake manifold, heard that helps, I had it on my hatch and liked it. As far as coilovers, skunk2's are good had them before, ground control and tein I heard good things about. I now have ground control but haven't tested them out yet.
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any other tips before i go get this thing? is it worth it since it has low low miles? im moving to belgium so ill be getting my motor straight from a buddy i have stationed in japan. (wow that sound ricey. lmao) but seriously that is were im getting a motor from considering ill be over there anyways.
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if your going to drop another motor in it check the swap thread out
https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=240079
if your not going to swap or boost it then stick mostly with suspension/handling mods. not much can be gained with bolt ons on an SOHC. plus handling will be way fun on european roads.
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https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=240079
if your not going to swap or boost it then stick mostly with suspension/handling mods. not much can be gained with bolt ons on an SOHC. plus handling will be way fun on european roads.
thank you for your service :usa:
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any other tips before i go get this thing? is it worth it since it has low low miles? im moving to belgium so ill be getting my motor straight from a buddy i have stationed in japan. (wow that sound ricey. lmao) but seriously that is were im getting a motor from considering ill be over there anyways.