I own a 99 JDM civic type r with a few mods,

excellent car out of the box, engine would rev to 9k all day long and never caused me any bother at all and the handling out of the box is awesome.

Ive now turbo'd it and it should be making around 400bhp by this time next week,

 

sounds quality mate.have you got a thread about the car? or any pics please

 

ive had my fair share of fords over the years, still love some of them, i drive a honda vti-s daily now this is my 3rd honda, had a crx vtec then a civic vti and now as said got the vti-s good motors cant go wrong tbh

 

whos doing the work for you etc?

 

Think you need to look over my post and actually read what is says

I'm saying if you buy a frs for 4k more than a Type r when you come on to sell it it'll still be worth 4k more, I never said you'll get the money back from it, you never get any money back from modifying unless you strip it

I was making the point that the " I can buy a civic for cheap and with the difference make it better than an FRS " point is wrong, as when you come to sell the cars the FRS would still be worth more so to compare corrrectly you'd need to spend the same on a FRS and IMO that would be the better car

 

Lets hope its not the wanker who rebuilt your mates FRS that blew up

 

ill not mention names but they come highly recommended on here and wouldn't really call him a wanker

 

no i havnt tbh m8, and i only have pics of the car standard:





Basic spec:

Laskey racing 83mm B18 9:1 cr
B16b (CTR) head cams inlet etc.
AEM ems ecu
RC 750 injectors
T3/t4 0.63 turbo
3inch exhaust
CTR LSD gearbox

I did pretty much all the work by myslef apart from mapping and building the bottem end

 

Well if it blew up 4 months after a rebuild, it was either built wrongly, maintained wrongly or specced wrongly. arguably two of the three is down to the builder

 

one side blamed one thing, the other side blamed the other

 

Ive been in a teg SiR, and that was nippy, i wouldnt call it fast, but it went very well, and sounded mint, and of course the handling was very good with the lsd

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/747148.htm

2004 04reg Civic Type R in Silver

Facelift Model,

Tax & MOT

1 Previous Owner

Very Good Condition Inside & OUT

Standard Refinements Full Electrics, Remote Locking, 17" Alloys

Also Has Privacy Glass, Uprated Sound System

Unabused Example

Car is Totally Hpi Clear unlike all the others out there

Car has just devolped rattle from engine, has been run low on oil, car still starts and drives 100%, vtec engages as it should, just a small rattle around 3k revs.


Bargain Price for Quick Sale, Car owes me over 7.5k

Ł5200

*** NO TIMEWASTERS NO EMAILS ***

Now up for Ł4800

How much where these new?

17-18k?

Lost 13200 in 48 months?

275 per month? OUCH!

And no I obviously buy cars for their resale value (see fiesta in sig ) but it has to be a factor you consider

 

Shame :-( What failed?

 

good job i didn't buy one new but like i said i only buy them to drive i dont expect them to be an investment otherwise i wouldn't be chucking another 4k at it

 

Sounds MINT

 

Hahaha just a small rattle at 3k... which will become 2k... then do it at idle... then the engine wont rattle at all because it'll stop working completely.

Its only lost that much in value because it needs a completely new engine/full rebuild, normally that car would be up around 7k IMO.. and I actually think its worth around 2500-3000 tops at that mileage with a fooked engine.

If you run any car low on oil then it'll do damage, Honda are good at making reliable cars, but they still need maintained and most VTEC engines are known to use a bit of oil when they're given a proper workout.. nothing major.. but it is recommended that you check the levels regularly.


Cheers,
Grant

 

i cant believe this is still going lol, i dont know why you all get a pissy on when i slag fords of cause i might be selling my integra and buying another cossie

 

 

He's seen the light....you're next

 

I'm only kidding why would buy another cossie

my 2wd melted a piston a week after i sold it

my escort set on fire with terminal electrical problems

my 3 door blew up in less than a week of owning it

There fucking shit end of

 

if the insurance was reasonable there would be one in the garage

 

ive had loads of faults with my CTR to be fair


the gear knob is way to cold in a morning

the fag lighter works when it wants to

black was a bad choice of colour so hard to keep clean

u always miss the radio in the morning due to the spoon exhaust

 

ok maybe mine was a bad example but there are plenty more

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/751346.htm

didn't see the low oil bit in mine

 

Reilable as any other 2 litre turbo if maintained and specced properly . Ask Stu/Karl/Mark Shead/Ahmed/Harvey etc

If you buy an old shitter that has some issues then what do you expect?

I bought a 23 year old Rs1600i a few years back...went through it with a fine tooth comb, sensors, loom, engine, ancilliaries, the lot, it was all tested and approved or replaced till I was happy it was relaible. Thrashed it for 18 months every day come wind rain or snow over nearly 20k miles then sold it for Ł1500 profit.


Thats nothing to do with Ford or Honda's, its just good practice.

 

How do you explain that all 3 cossies were maintained with no expense spaired and all my old crx's have been thrashed to fuck everyday and never maintained or serviced?

Hondas are more reliable than fords especially if you drive like a cock

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/762916.htm

Thats similar miles/age to the one with the fubar'd engine in it.. shows the difference in value better.

That silver one you put up looks like great value, probably get that for under 5k if you went up with the wonga and waved it in his face.. plus its got the A/C fitted, ok added weight and saps power, but it also cost around a grand extra as an option!! When I see things like that, I can't think of another car I'd buy for 5k if I wanted a reliable and modern hot hatch that would put a smile on my face when taken out for a blast around the countryside.. and also take me to work day after day.


Cheers,
Grant

 

http://www.whatcar.co.uk/news-specia...50&EL=3142811#


then click on top ten at the bottom of the page what do you notice?

the click on the table at the bottom of

http://www.whatcar.co.uk/news-specia...spx?NA=222866#

what do you notice?

 

That they were maintained badly or badly specced/set up, end of

 

Maintained badly the escort had failure of the main loom behind the dash how do you polish that you plum.

The 3 door ended up with a cracked block how do you badly maintain the block

my saph melted a piston and was properly set up and mapped by msd

 

If you cant explain that then leave modded old cars to the pro's.....

There's plenty of reasons all of those could have happend on old performance cars....none of them being " because its a Ford"

 

Guys, I only posted the Jap version just to show that Honda actually do make brilliant cars and was wondering why the heck they won't sell it to us but only to the Jap market and give the UK a different version. I didn't want this to end up as a Ford vs Honda argument.

I'd have the JDM Mugen RR over the ST, possibly the JDM Civic Type R too. But only those. The CTR we have over here I would never pick over the ST in a million years, only the JDM

 

so your telling me that the entire car loom melted and set on fire becase it hadnt had an oil cange in 10k miles lol

Mate your just spouting utter wank now so i'm going to leave you biting

 

The only problem with honda is FWD (apart from the S2000).

 

..........and the NSX.


Cheers,
Grant

 

and the honda beat lol

 

...and the Honda S600.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Hi Guys,

I was working in near Gloucester today and finished early.

So I went and checked one of these babies out at Litchfield Imports.

Guys I was really impressed, the handling is incredible for a standard setup. It's deceptively quick as well. It also feels far more "rawer" than the UK spec Type R.

I really like this car.

LSD, 4 pot Brembos, Bridgestone semi slicks, gear shift lights, fully functioning aero pack and a great chassis all from stock, I've been thinking about it all afternoon...

 

I wouldnt waste your money buy a bright orange focus st instead there far superior or if your really feeling adventurous a mondeo

 

JDM Civic you talking about mate? The FD2? The one I posted up?

Sorry to say this, but get your ass back there and buy it

 

Yes the exact one at the beginning of this thread.

Seriously I'm really impressed with it. Have you driven it too?