Rhino
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everyone ive spoke to goes on about Civic VTi's and think they are the fastest thing on the road. I think its got alot to do with the noise they make in V-tec. which is something else.
I can get by most VTi civics and Del sol's with usual mods. but its is a close thing.
bad thing with VTi's and Type R's is they may have 160bhp+ but the the torque figures are not too good.
Nice cars tho...
In the valver?
if its close then im happy with something that performs that well against a valver, I just like the fact that they're reliable and the insurance isnt too bad..
trying to find some spec on them
oh aye.... there not slow by any means for a 1.6.
In v-tec there good but under that its.... no no.
Honda's are pretty reliable like any other car if they have been looked after.
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Rhino
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Also... can supercharge them, my mate did this! Crazy stuff, along with other mods i'm sure he got 288bhp on the rollers. cant quite remember.
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Jas
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well I wana concentrate on getting one first, it think this is the best option
ive looked at the following
106 gti (got a few local)
mr2 (Hard finding a tidy 1+high insurance)
xsara vts (not nice to look at)
the civic is the best bet, I can get a tidy one for 2500-3000
But il be keepin it for a while so a turbo conversion would be nice providing the car would still be reliable and a good garage did the conversion
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Rhino
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to do a turbo conversion you'll need to look at the internals of the engine.
Wouldnt have to do much for a supercharger...
106GTi is also a good choice, fun to drive!
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Jas
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id rather a civic to a gti, and its going to xost me similar to get a clean one of each, supercharger would be even cooler 
And a little cheaper!?
we have a few 106's local, fancy something differant, no civics local 
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corsacalvin
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get a vti m8 u wont regret with exhaust,4-2-1,decat,n mugen chip ya b laughing m8,get a ek shape as there newer n look better,if u want help go on civicsportclub.net,forget about turboing a b16 engine,if u want raw power you jus turbo a d16,or put a b18 in but the choice is yours gd power there if u want m8
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Swiftay
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Originally posted by Rhino
to do a turbo conversion you'll need to look at the internals of the engine.
no you wont, not for a low pressure turbo, engine can take around 250bhp without internal work.
im in the process of doing a turbo conversion, will cost around £800 for the turbo bolted on and tuned.
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corsacalvin
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wot engine that on m8?n who doin the conversion
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Swiftay
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im doing it myself, and on a d16 with internals aiming for 350bhp
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corsacalvin
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ahh rite as i wanna do 1 for my d15,where u get parts from?
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Swiftay
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all over the place you can change from a d15 to a d16, only a matter of connecting 5/6 more wires
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WATSON
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Al be looking into getting a wee EG in white with some carbon soon as i have the cash
I dont think they are all that bad in the low down rev range 
Heres a few pictures of my mates one 
Went like shit off a shovel 
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WATSON
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Oh oops sorry for the rather large pictures
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Jas
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not sure on that one 
we'll see how it goes..
for the extra power it doesnt cost that much, seeing as though i spent similar on my corsa's engine
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Martin_C
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The whole lack of torque thing is not an issue.
How often do you ever pull away at 1k revs, and completely nail it from there. Once you're over 6k it'll stay over 6k til you run out of road/gears. Change down to the correct gear and boom...in the vtec, plenty of power.
B16 is a nice engine, B16B is even nicer
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WATSON
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I wasnt so sure on the colour change as i loved it when it was black looked so evil but now the yellow/gold is starting to grow on me 
Al hunt the spec list out soon and fire it up
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oli_h
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my mates got one cost him 3200 and its mint ek9 kit on it spoon manni full spoon exhaust and very quick
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Was this car bought off someone called Martin by any chance? VTi's are quick and very tunable! 
have no idea mate, he saw it on pistonheads and the bloke that hadit was was civic life i think
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topshot_2k
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whats the torque like on them? i heard it was fairly average?
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P1CK4D
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Originally posted by oli_h
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Originally posted by oli_h
my mates got one cost him 3200 and its mint ek9 kit on it spoon manni full spoon exhaust and very quick
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Was this car bought off someone called Martin by any chance? VTi's are quick and very tunable!
have no idea mate, he saw it on pistonheads and the bloke that hadit was was civic life i think
Yeah its my mate's Martins old one then. He now has a MR2 Turbo. Ive been in this, very nice car indeed. Im a member of civiclife.net from when I had my old Eg VTi 
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corsacalvin
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m8 just get 1 u wnt b disapointed
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Rhino
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Originally posted by Swiftay
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Originally posted by Rhino
to do a turbo conversion you'll need to look at the internals of the engine.
no you wont, not for a low pressure turbo, engine can take around 250bhp without internal work.
im in the process of doing a turbo conversion, will cost around £800 for the turbo bolted on and tuned.
I stand corrected mate...
Thats a good price...
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glasgow_corsa_c
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120ish torque is it not ?
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andy1868
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i'd have one if i could afford the blighter
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