Yes i said honda on EVOM like it is a good thing. Don't get me wrong I love my Lancer that is my baby! But i am to G'dammed afraid to drive it after all the time and money and experimenting done to the damn thing. So i made an executive decision, buy a cheap *** run me down car drive that till it blows up then drive the lancer again. So i did just that bought a 1997 Civic LX for $350.00 no lie. 115,000 miles good solid tranny, new belts, the works.

So now in my infinite wisdom of being an ***, i decided to give the car a little love. I wanna hook it up good, done a lot of research. Hondas are friggin easy cars to buy for, except for the LX damned cruise control! Any ideas for making this car special also, or should i just run it till it falls apart? open for ideas.

 

run it dead save the love for the lancer ...

 

at least let me make it rumble while i drive it! maximum $500 dollars spent promise

 

For $500 you can't get much go, so I say get a muffler and intake. Spend the rest on a body kit. At least have a good looking beater, no matter how slow it is.

 

Racing a Honda is like being in then special olyimpics even though you win your still retarded

 

 

that was awesome! yeah, i want a good looking beater. I don't plan on racin the damn thing thats what my lancer is for. I just don't wanna be caught driving this 1.6 without something to help me keep up with the rest of you. Magnaflow makes a good exhaust, i have that on my lancer, the honda version is $350, then a CAI is only around $100. Tanabe springs, $100. that will make it move a little better. BTW screw JUST the muffler. I like it CAT back, no poseurs. Still it's a beater, so when it dies, a highschool kid could buy it off me thinkin it's the shiznit.

 

if your gonna get intake and exhaust for around 500, you mine as well get turbo, they are kinda cheap for civics i think u can get one around 1500, slap that on there....a hoopty with a turbo!

 

If you want a good exhaust, go with the Apexi World Sport, it's an awesome exhaust. I bought a Nissan beater to save the Lancer, and I bought some nice tires and wheels for cheap ($300 total for Azenis and alloys), that's the only mod I have done and will ever do to it. Buy some nice rubber, and leave it at that.

 

holy crap...that was funny as hell

 

I'll assume you're referring to the Civic riceboys. Honda makes/made a lot of good cars - NSX, S2000, Prelude, CRX, etc.

Regardless, the same is true of Lancers, Neons, Cavaliers, and whatever other economy cars people are trying to soup up.

 

You really need to appraise your situation. You've invested $350 into a beater car. If you get 10,000 miles out of it, I'd say it's a pretty solid purchase. If you leave it alone, I don't see why you couldn't get 25,000 miles or more out of it, so it's that much better of a buy. Putting any money into it ruins that, especially if you're looking at body kits and other garbage. It's still a Civic LX, which is a slow high mileage econo car. Your goal is to get from A to B, so why worry about appearances?

Leave it alone, drive it into the ground.

 

Agree with Billy. IMO, from a financial point of view, It just doesn't make too much sense to spend $500 on part that will depreciate to close to $50 (once you install them) onto the $350 car. You can put that $500 in other use that would give me better return....Just my opinion.

 

LX SOHC cant do much.....but you can do some...
if you want i mean if you do spend more that 500. i have a LS Vtech engine sitting around....

 

yep, why spend any money on it? A to B... Exhausts on Hondas irritate the crap out of me. Sound like a damn underwater fart.