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[00vtec]

I can't afford what I like. Right now I love my civic. It's just that the torque converter sucks. I dont know if replacing that will fix the no launch effect or not. My original plan was to swap in a b16 with manual and boost it. Now I am not sure because the handling on my civic sucks. I can barely turn a corner at 35.

[DrifterExtreme]

the reason you cant turn is because you have stock suspension and crappy tires. get some decent coilovers and a set of wheels/tires and it will handle pretty good. Now with the motor and your torque converter, the reason it is slow is because it is an auto and honda sucks at auto trannies. so just swap in a manual tranny and it will be alot quicker then it is now.

[Erik]

Wider/lighter rims and performace tires made the biggest difference to me when I was doing suspension mods.

[00vtec]

Ok well i am getting rims n tires end of month. what kind of engine should i go with. because i am not going to just swap in a tranny.

[DrifterExtreme]

why not swap the tranny and boost the d16y8? they make good power and it can be had cheap.

[Jim]

Unless you can do it yourself, just sell your car and buy a manual to start out with...

[00vtec]

ok thank you matt. I have some people that can help me out. and i dont have money to just get a different car

[DrifterExtreme]

^^^^^best idea yet....:icon_thumleft:

[KA-T_240]

jim has a good point, shops well charge an arm and a leg for that swap

[00vtec]

well ya ok.. so the whole point of this was then to figure out what to get.. i know i wasnt planning on keeping mine n fixing it.. i was wondering what would b a good car to get.

[DrifterExtreme]

crx cheap and plentiful

[00vtec]

what about an integra gsr stage 3 clutch full exhaust with 170 hp at 7600 n 128 torque at 6200

[DrifterExtreme]

what are you taking about?

[Guest]

get a high stall tc and boost what you have.

[Bryce]

I have a 5-speed 98 Red civic ex coupe you might want to buy!

[2slo50h]

I will have a mustang or two up for sale soon.... cheap power.

[darkelvis]

tjamz wrote:
get a high stall tc and boost what you have.

Honda's automatic trannys like to explode the spider gears once it sees even the smallest ammount of HP gain.

[94NDTA]

You can always get an F-body...

[Joel]

You have no idea what you are talking about... not to be mean, but you sound like a 9 year old after watching fast and the furious.

An integra gsr is a good car, but I think it would be a little too much $$ to use as just a race car...

Honestly, mod your car before anything else.... slowly you will know more and more about cars and eventually u will know enough to start a project...

I jumped into several projects not knowing wtf i was doing and I wasted a lot of time and money.

[treimche]

If you're going to sell your car, get a 92-95 hatchback, and swap in an LS motor. Then throw a 50 shot at it, that's an awesome bang for the buck deal right there.