I too had a Civic before my Evo and it might have been slow in the quarter mile (couldn't tell ya a time because I never ran it in the 1320) but it was a monster up top and a very reliable sleeper that got great gas mileage. The b-series motor is the modern day 350 small block, there's almost no limit to what you can do with that motor and a well built one will walk just about anything on the highway. I love my Evo but there are days when I sit back and think about where my Civic would be now in terms of power if I would've kept it. Damn thing was nearly stolen three times though which was a huge headache.

 

are you serious ????
did you see the car weight to begin with from what i posted???? you advrege CRX can weight around 2000lbs , taking 200 off can be done
first of all several friends and i (used too) drag race honda's and a 1800lbs car with just a gsr b18c1 swap (tune near 178whp) will run high 12's on 13x8 M & H slicks.
Dr. Charles (use to owned Atomic Performance -long time ago, then worked for area 51 & help auto link) was one of the first ones to swap a K20a in to an EK (which weights near 2300lbs) the car with street tires and the parts that you need to make it work on a swap (custom header, intake and exhaust) not sure if he was running hondata flash at the moment ran the car and hit low 13.05's with street tires (he only made 2 passes) im sure he can manage even deeping into high 12's , imagine with slicks and less weight. Other guys running an EG w/ a K20 swap has hit high 12's runs. So is not impossible or difficult taking in mind that a CRX can be gutted out and weight at lot less then an EK.
Theres also a huge difference in TQ between a b16 vs b18 (near 20-25lbs) and from a b16 vs K20 -since the motor is a 2.0l (near 40-45lbs) which tq makes a huge difference on a car that doesnt weight as much.

 

i really don't understand the hate that some evo owners have for hondas. i own both... and i'll tell you that they are both great cars, but i'd get rid of my evo before i'd get rid of my honda.

 

I'll have to agree here. people get a bad impression of hondas...because there are so many out there that are poorly modified.

those light eg hatches can be very fast. there's a few low 12, high 11 sec honda around here that can/do make vettes look real bad.

big problem with the honda platform is fwd, it's a huge wall to get over for a street car.

 

this post is teh ghey.
I miss my EM1 sometimes, 8000rpm is really fun and so is the engine response of a high compression NA.
-James

 

Most people that hate on honda's are just uneducated. My friends 95 eg has a rs sleeved 2.0L ls/vtec with jun stage 3 cams and a full valve train. it's runing 12.7:1 cp pistons and eagle rods, and all the proper bolt ons. tuned with hondata. with full interior and a 180lb driver the car went 8.21 in the 1/8th. since then the car has been striped down. just a drivers seat and passenger seat, dash and center console. all the ac, powersteering compents are gone. no power anything. the track opens up in feb. I would expect the car to go High 7's with the most recent tuning and my friend who only weights about 140lbs that now owns the car. after I do cams and piggy back and few other small things. I'm gonna start on another boosted honda. I know for a fact for $7000, including the price of the car. I'll have an 11sec honda. and then once i do the engine work and what not. it'll be mid to low 11's. If my evo wasn't so damn incredible to drive and own. I sell it for another honda.

-Chad-

 

Anything is possible with enough time and money. I say if you have both, go for it.

Invention and risk taking make this passion for cars better for everyone.

 

There's a RWD CRX in Trinidad that runs 8's. Most of the parts were supplied by David Buschur.

 

I have a b18 swap in my 1988 crx with boost and it only cost me 3k to get it runing 12.6 on stock tires and thats with the price of the car.

 

This is why i love hondas too, but I love my evo more. Lucky for me i have both

 

did you read my post or did you just see me say hondas suck? the dude had a B18 with a B16 head with JUN Stage 3 Cams!!!! JDM ITR Header, skunk 2 intake manifold. aem CAI. DC cat-back with test pipe, JUN ECU with apexi VAFC. short shifter. and it still did 14's so i think i know what i said and he still did 14's and put a good chunk of money into it. so shut yo mouth

 

maybe he didn't get it tuned!
i know my car dropped 2 tenths when i got it tuned, and it wasn't all the way tuned either!!
and why did he have a b16 head on a b18 block?

 

it was a built head and had the jun cams in it. honestly i dont care for the hondas when it comes to speed. an SI or ITR would be a cool DD for jumping in and out of traffic. but my evo would tear those cars a new **** hole. my freind in a GSX raced a turbo nitrous Civic and gave it a few cars and still handed the civics *** to him. im sorry ive never EVER seen a fast civic it is always "ill call my buddy that kills evos all day" and the dude never shows. go figure.

-Steve

 

it's call your friend blows at driving. it's kinda weird that you friend runs 14's with that setup and my friend with a very similar setup runs 12.8s. with full interior and now the engines in a striped down eg. hummmm??? I've got all the dyno's on my computer to prove it. It made 201whp tuned with hondata. I can show the 1/8th mile time slip where he ran 8.21(old setup, full interior).. we couldn't find his 1/4mile slip last time I was there. I will bet the car will go high 7's with the new setup and once he gets the head port and polish and a port matched intake manifold it'll go mid 7's.
-Chad-

 

you just really need to be educated on honda's. I'm guessing there's not many honda people in your area. another friend of mine has a stock b16 power'd 93 hatch. with just a basic turbo kit @ 9-10psi and slick. and a little self tuning with an afc. he runs 11.8s in the 1/4mile. and I can show you the slips on that one also. he's only go about 7k invested in his car including the price of the car and the swap. So don't hate on something you not very knowledgeable about. it's just like some domestic guys coming up to you and I with our evos and saying there slow pieces of crap, because they're 4cyl import cars. You and I both know our cars are decently fast and with a little money and modifications they can be real fast.

-Chad-