i will have a total budget of around $4000. can this get me a CRX, newer the better.

i also plan to swap the engine out for something more beefy, such as a newer B-series. i plan on getting shop to do this, but i wanted to know what kind of things i would need beside the engine and transmission.

TIA

 

just find yourself a crx shell (no engine or one with its engine on its last legs)...that'll get you a cheapo ~$500-1000 car...a b16a1 costs around 1600 with mounts...add some more for other parts and you'll get in well under $4k

 

i don't like the way the crx looks........ i dunno why, u pretty stuck on the idea of a crx?

 

b/c to a sports car weight is something you want little of...a lighter car accelerates, stops, handles, etc. better than another car of equal power

the heavier a car is the more it requires larger brakes, more powerful (heavier engine), etc.

a 2,000lb car with 200whp will out run a 300hp 3,000 lb car...that's b/c it takes 4 times the power to move something that weighs only twice as much

 

thanks for the physics lesson jaje

 

need something cheap and will easily take a swap...plus i think they look nice...

but they are far from a sports car jaje

 

ever driven a modified crx on a track?...i've been in stock crx's (108hp) that have outhandled and passed c5 vette's, 911's, etc. easily...only to be caught on the straight by outright speed...but then just stay inside and easily outbrake them and take off through the twisties...i've even met a driver of a b series swapped rex that can keep up with a track prepp'd ferrari 348 challenge

just b/c something is fwd doesn't mean it cannot be a sportscar...b/c if i remember the old mg's, austin healys, and porsches that invented the sportscar segment...lightweight and great balance were the key attributes...both of which a crx has

 

i never knew the crx was that great.....

im might look foward to getting one even more...

 

A CRX properly setup ownz the twisties. A CRX properly setup with some power... ownz the twisty owners. But, if someone doesn't like how they look or whatever, fine, don't get one, more left for us to buy

 

Wow I never knew CRX's had so much potential. There was one being sold by my house but I never looksed at it. I should have. It's gone now