Newbie with some questions

ranger zx3 · #1 10-13-2004, 07:34 PM

Hey guys. I am a newbie and need some advise. I own a 2002 Focus ZX3 with a couple of bolt-ons. I really love it, but I would like to have a fun little project vehicle and something to save miles on my Focus.

Here is the deal. I have an opportunity to buy a 91 Civic DX for $100. The body is in great shape, a little rust on the passenger side rear wheel well but thats it. It has 185,000 miles on it, but I am not to worried about that because in the spring I would like to drop a B16 in it. I just need it to get me through the winter. The drivers side motor mount is toast, and the radiator has been pushed up about 8" (he drove over a deer). Oh yeah its also a 5 speed (like I would want anything else).

Eventually I would like to swap a B16 into it, and put the usual bolt-ons on it and kind of fix it up into a real nice sleeper. Do you guys think I should go for it?

Thanks in advance for your help
Ranger zx3

travagliante · #2 10-13-2004, 07:36 PM

um well for only a 100 bucks yeah!!!!!!!
besides the fact its in an accident the body has minimal rust---which is hard to find with our cars...

but id say YEAH go for it!

Shaguar47 · #3 10-13-2004, 07:48 PM

$100 is excellent sounding. I say go for it all the way. And even if it's for a winter car, it's perfect for a swap and possibly a complete build-up. And the rust on the fender is normal on any civic. But is it a 4-door or hatchback?

Hilikus Funkin · #4 10-14-2004, 01:17 AM

definately go for it dude, that stuff you mentioned is very fixable. You CANNOT beat a car for $100.

SiZ · #5 10-14-2004, 08:40 AM

Umm.. I'd have to say yes, but only because people who don't own 91 DXs suck.

ranger zx3 · #6 10-14-2004, 10:02 AM

thanks for the advise guys. It is a hatchback. I guess the only reason that I am a little tentative is because I dont know anything about hondas. But this is a great site and I have already learned a lot.

I think I am going to buy it and just get it running so that I can drive it through the winter, then come spring I will start moding it. I am sure I will be needing your help!

Thanks

ranger zx3 · #7 10-14-2004, 07:46 PM

Me again. I also found out that the cv shafts are clicking, so I will need to replace those, is that a big deal to fix?

ranger zx3 · #8 10-14-2004, 10:01 PM

bump

TheSilentChamber · #9 10-14-2004, 10:10 PM

its pretty simple, dirty, but simple.

]{iwi · #10 10-14-2004, 10:11 PM

its not to hard to change them out, but if ur going to do a swap in the spring i would try to find 1 (or both if needed) from a junkyard or something. u will need diff half shafts when u do the swap, if u can limp some old ones for the winter that would be ur best bet

TheSilentChamber · #11 10-14-2004, 10:24 PM

heres a helms service manual

SiZ · #12 10-15-2004, 10:03 AM

CV joints or driveshafts are a pretty common problem. They're cheap and quite easy.

Honda has toothpick driveshafts and hardly any acceleration while the wheels are turned will cause the CV joints to start clicking after a while.

I'm real easy on the gas when the wheels are turned and I've had good axles with little to no problems with them in quite a while. But when I was younger and didn't know better I would break them all the time.

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