B16 In civic 98
I HATE SCAMMERS!!!!
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From: Outta my mind
I hear this stuff over and over again as to all the BS and comparison of hondas vers. 5.0s.... Well I'm an owner of both, and I have to say that these cars are two totally different animals! Yeah, my 93 si handles great and looks really cool, but it won't hit 155 like my 86 GT (and yeah, it still has the restrictive stock heads on a 100k mile motor) With a ton of Polyurethane and suspension mods under the 5.0, it handles much better than stock, but about as good as the 93 si with tokicos and springs. The big difference is that REAR WHEEL DRIVE is so much more fun and predictable. I enjoy driving both my cars, and I understand the reasoning behind people that defend both cars. This whole Import vs. Domestic thing is a bunch of BS if you ask me. It's kinda like Ford people bashing Chevys, and vice versa. Dare I say it again, there is no substitution for cubes, and that's why you can make a V8 much faster and quicker for the same money and you can make it a daily driver at the same time.... but no american V8 car is gonna top the 93 si's 35 MPG, not to mention that it's pretty quick for the fact that it's an ECONOMY CAR! As far as reliability goes, both the 302 Ford and the D16Z6 Honda are VERY reliable engines. Just everyone enjoy the fact that we live in a country where we can max out our credit cards buying crap to make our imports and domestics faster and more fun and not worry about where our next meal comes from or where we will sleep that night.
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From: Southern New Jersey
Originally posted by doctorsohc
I hear this stuff over and over again as to all the BS and comparison of hondas vers. 5.0s.... Well I'm an owner of both, and I have to say that these cars are two totally different animals! Yeah, my 93 si handles great and looks really cool, but it won't hit 155 like my 86 GT (and yeah, it still has the restrictive stock heads on a 100k mile motor) With a ton of Polyurethane and suspension mods under the 5.0, it handles much better than stock, but about as good as the 93 si with tokicos and springs. The big difference is that REAR WHEEL DRIVE is so much more fun and predictable. I enjoy driving both my cars, and I understand the reasoning behind people that defend both cars. This whole Import vs. Domestic thing is a bunch of BS if you ask me. It's kinda like Ford people bashing Chevys, and vice versa. Dare I say it again, there is no substitution for cubes, and that's why you can make a V8 much faster and quicker for the same money and you can make it a daily driver at the same time.... but no american V8 car is gonna top the 93 si's 35 MPG, not to mention that it's pretty quick for the fact that it's an ECONOMY CAR! As far as reliability goes, both the 302 Ford and the D16Z6 Honda are VERY reliable engines. Just everyone enjoy the fact that we live in a country where we can max out our credit cards buying crap to make our imports and domestics faster and more fun and not worry about where our next meal comes from or where we will sleep that night.
I hear this stuff over and over again as to all the BS and comparison of hondas vers. 5.0s.... Well I'm an owner of both, and I have to say that these cars are two totally different animals! Yeah, my 93 si handles great and looks really cool, but it won't hit 155 like my 86 GT (and yeah, it still has the restrictive stock heads on a 100k mile motor) With a ton of Polyurethane and suspension mods under the 5.0, it handles much better than stock, but about as good as the 93 si with tokicos and springs. The big difference is that REAR WHEEL DRIVE is so much more fun and predictable. I enjoy driving both my cars, and I understand the reasoning behind people that defend both cars. This whole Import vs. Domestic thing is a bunch of BS if you ask me. It's kinda like Ford people bashing Chevys, and vice versa. Dare I say it again, there is no substitution for cubes, and that's why you can make a V8 much faster and quicker for the same money and you can make it a daily driver at the same time.... but no american V8 car is gonna top the 93 si's 35 MPG, not to mention that it's pretty quick for the fact that it's an ECONOMY CAR! As far as reliability goes, both the 302 Ford and the D16Z6 Honda are VERY reliable engines. Just everyone enjoy the fact that we live in a country where we can max out our credit cards buying crap to make our imports and domestics faster and more fun and not worry about where our next meal comes from or where we will sleep that night.
I HATE SCAMMERS!!!!
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From: Outta my mind
Originally posted by pinoydon2003
don't compare the price of an older mustang to a 98 civic.. 5g hatches can go for as low was 2/3k as well
ur point about the 11sec civics vs. 11sec mustangs is probably correct, i just don't know.. but for street purposes, civics have better reliability.. to mess up a honda engine, you have to throw insane amounts of boost at it or hit the rev limiter like crazy.. to mess up a mustang engine, all you hafta do is drive it daily and it'll mess itself up..
don't compare the price of an older mustang to a 98 civic.. 5g hatches can go for as low was 2/3k as well
ur point about the 11sec civics vs. 11sec mustangs is probably correct, i just don't know.. but for street purposes, civics have better reliability.. to mess up a honda engine, you have to throw insane amounts of boost at it or hit the rev limiter like crazy.. to mess up a mustang engine, all you hafta do is drive it daily and it'll mess itself up..
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Originally posted by sol_guy02
yeah you hit the nail on the head, no replacement for displacement.
yeah you hit the nail on the head, no replacement for displacement.
There's no replacement for displacement, except technology. :fawk:
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From: South GA
yeah but then use that technology on a high deplacement motor, first one would have to be developed and you have a motor that could kill an f1 car. and we are talking about drag racing i thought, which an f1 car would get killed indefinitely by a top fuel dragster.
Come in My Hole
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Originally posted by 18secFerio
just keep the civic as a daily driver and buy a weekend warrior
DSM, Mustang, 240sx, something cheap and easy to work on.
just keep the civic as a daily driver and buy a weekend warrior
DSM, Mustang, 240sx, something cheap and easy to work on.
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From: Your Mom's House
Originally posted by SpeedRacerEX-R
Not entirely true. Look at Formula 1 motors.
There's no replacement for displacement, except technology. :fawk:
Not entirely true. Look at Formula 1 motors.
There's no replacement for displacement, except technology. :fawk:
