Just curious, but what was the hottest CRX Del Sol they made, import or otherwise, and same applies for the Civic, both the coupe (same version used in first Fast and Furious movie) and the old grandad style one (narrow front lights)???

Just curious, as said.

Ta

 

Type R for the civic. Old style was way better than new style lightweight 1.6 190bhp (i think) revvy as fook proper little race car. but was only available in japan.

Think the crx was the vti. Same as the civic vti.

 

VTi for Del Sol, 1.6 160bhp

TypeR for the older shape civic, this shape

185bhp from a 1.6, jap import only.

All other shapes and models of that age n older was 1.6 VTi at best.

 

I'd love an ek9 type R... only built for one thing

 

I absolutely WILL get round to owning one of those 1.6 civic type R's at some point, one of my favourite cars ever.

DO IT JAY, FUCKING DO IT!

 

Totally agree with you on that one. Seem to be pretty hard to find a decent on though

 

im sure the CRX wedge shape civic was jst a VT an not the VTI my mate picked a 1.6 16 CRX up the other day an i was pretty impressed with it revs real freely, an doesnt feel like you have to wait on the vtec as it pulls from quite low down,

MB.

 

True. The hot old style doorstop shaped crx 1.6 vtec was the hot version but he asked about the gay hairdresser del sol which had the vti engine same as the civic

 

The old wedge shaped 1.6 vtec would be a great choice of car for you Jay:

Great handling for the ring
Fast
Cheap to run
Reliable
In your price range
LOADS you can do to it later on if you want to modify
Cool looking in an almost old skool way now


Im just not sure on insurance?

 

Theyre pretty good. Depending on his age of course. I was looking at getting one but only problem was there is very little if anything in the way of replacement panels including sills etc which seem to go alot as theyre covered with plastic trim

But if you're not bothered about rust then theyre awesome little cars. Do the right mods to them and they will outhandle most cars in the twisty stuff but for the love of god dont stick anything bigger than 15's on it

 

I would go slighjtly bigger than 15", i would go for 16 inch compomotive MO's on a 195/45/16 tyre probably

 

LOLOL watch this space mate, watch this space.......

Still leaning MR2 though

Turbo power!

190bhp n/a in a lightweight, reliable car could well be superb fun though

 

Get the CRX vtec not the mr2 i reckon, far cheaper to run

 

Far more forgiving if you get it slightly wrong coming out of a corner as well.

 

You talking door stop CRX? God, I love those cars

I can't imagine them being as quick as the MR though? Only worry with the MR is the maintenance costs that can come with turbo cars. If the turbo goes I have a fair sized bill etc

 

They are quick enough mate.

Get a nice twisty track and give me one of those and you try and catch me in a standard mr2 turbo!

Might not be blistering top end, but point to point they are a very capable little car

 

Aye but slower than my Fiat 0-60 in standard form. MORE POWER!!! I wanna move up in terms of speed not stay at the same level. I really fancy those type Rs you know.

 

There's none of those Type-Rs (EK9?) as pictured above on ebay OR the trader

Can't get an idea of price now but there is a Jordan one for £5750... what are they like? Prefer the type R to be honest.

 

Get the wedged shape CRX and tune it mate, honestly, awesome cars!

160bhp as standard in something so small is no slough, im convinced it would be quicker to 60 than your fiat!

 

my younger brothers got an import Del sol 160bhp. Is a great car for the money, go for the import if u get one, you get an extra 8-10bhp, electric roof and a momo steering wheel and gearknob as standard. There pretty nippy for a 1.6 and sound shit hot when the v-tec kicks.The only problem with it is the roof squeaks all the time, they have a good driving postion though and it seems to handle pretty good, gotta say though my mate has a 150 bhp CRX v-tec (the little wedge shape thing with the window in the back ) and this thing seems to fly for a standard motor, seems alot livelier and sounds a bit 'looser' than the del sol

 

Not so, according to the figured my furry friend.

Although to be fair these do vary from site to site. Carstats.co.uk has the CRX as 0.1 secs faster

I take it they respond well to tuning then and 200bhp-ish isn't out of the question for reasonable money?

Just dunno if it's worth spending money tuning it when I could by the MR2 with vastly superior power and release loads more with a stage 1 upgrade.

 

You're looking at around 7-8 grand for an ek9 probably more for a really good one. They arent all that common over here . I believe it was the start of the type R and was actually the equivelant of a road going race car.

As for 0-60 times it depends what you want the car for. If you want to go fast in straight lines then the mr2 would probably be your best bet but if you want a fairly fast extremely good handling fun car that you can throw around in the bends then the crx would be alot better.

Personally I have my driving fun on extremely narrow country lanes usually late at night in the pitch black where you cant get up any real speed between bends so a nippy light good handling front wheel drive car will continue to be my weapon of choice. I'm currently planning a pug 205 gti b road weapon complete with lamp pod and lots of spotlights

 

I saw at least 2 on the trader this afternoon

 

The original type R?

Edit** Just looked. You're right there's 2 within 200 miles of me