Originally posted by Highrpmek
wow I cant believe people think with the motor swap the car would sell for less. As big as the market is. There is a huge demand for civics with any kinda dohc swaps. I have a buddy that makes a living buying used civics and swapping motors in and then selling for twice what he paid. Look on ebay it happens all the time. I just saw a 96 civic with 125k miles on the chassis and a claimed 34k on the motor sell for 16k just cause it had a B18C5. Its easy bank. Go ahead and do the swap. there are so many idiots willing to buy 10,000 for just a b16A swap thats prolly ur best bet.
true, there are plenty of idiots... but that plan usually only works if you live in california or the E. coast. Around here, and most of the country, dumb kids with too much money are harder to come by. Look at Andy's car...a freakin nice hybrid with all the go parts bushings, quick steering rack, B18c, good susp, a little bit of front end damage and he cant even get $5k for it. IMO, i just cant see it being worth the trouble.