Actually, GSR rods are much stronger and because it is a VTEC car, the bottom end is balanced better than the LS. Don't believe the rumors.

 

you guys are pro. good advice!

 

The LS is fun to drive. My car is old as **** (211,000 miles) and all I have is lowering springs, 16" rims, and intake and I frequently surprise myself at how fun my car is to throw around and stomp on the gas! Wouldn't mind having a GS-R but I don't regret getting an LS at all. You GS-R guys are just trying to justify paying more, like StyleTeg said, and I can understand that. A lot of that depends on how much money you make and how much of that money you will put into your car.

I wouldn't say that 28 hp is gonna make the decision for you. The 98 also comes with nicer (in my opinion) headlights, taillights, bumpers and wheels. Not to mention it's 2 years newer which has a certain value.

Ben

 

Freakin' carmax. Their cars are rediculously overpriced and their salesmen are absolutely not allowed to bring the price down or they get fired. I know people who work there. Don't ever shop there if you can avoid it.

 

hey blazinxracer, the way i look at it, is you are getting an alright deal, i just bought a 1994 GSR in excellent condition, i mean excellent( i swear the put in a new interior or something), with 54k miles from Carmax for $12000. It was kinda expensive but they give you 30 days to check everything out and if anything is wrong you can take it back and get the parts replaced. I got a brand new clutch and slave boot, new tires and a new exhaust manifold, and all leaks fixed. And if you buy it and don't like it Carmax will take returns of the whole car in the next 5 days after purchase. And trust me you will love the GSRs engine.

 

for some reason i didn't want to get a gs-r they are getting stolen quite a lot lately....if i had gotten one though i woulda taken off the vtec badge and all that other ish that makes my car look so tempting to be stolen...

i love my LS and i plan on doing a LS/Vtec on my car in the future...a whole complete and running swap would run me around 3 k with labor but i don't care it's just about what u will enjoy driving and not having to worry so much about...

i say get the LS but then again i may be biased but then fear always sets in about getting my car stolen but then again i live in california and not much would set my LS apart from the many other LS's; gs-r and type r now that is another story =X

Well good luck in the car hunt and make sure u carfax all the car's u look for! don't be in a hurry u might end up with a POS

 

94 GS-R for 12000......uhhh

 

I have a nicely modidifed 1996 GSR in milano red for sale at 11k
car is in maine

email me at Robinm2@rpi.edu for info or AIM audipwr1

 

GSR makes around 130-140 whp. A properly setup ls/vtec makes about 160-170 whp (Top Secret's ls/vtec setups dyno around 170).

 

I dont know what insurance co you are using, but with Geico its only a 15-20 $ difference