Originally Posted by puffy

I see kids these days taking their 02 civics with less then 30k miles and putting k20, k24 etc. I mean I just don't understand it. I understand you will go a little faster and have a little more torque but why spend 4-5k when you can just sell your car and get ep3 for a lot less headache and no smog hassle. I realize not everyone likes the way other cars with more powerful engines look, but maybe you should just keep your car stock and then trade in to something else that you do like with more power. I am guilty of the "swap" thinking myself but I never done it, even on a civic I had with 160k miles.