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1992 NSX + 1975 Civic
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Your Civic RS are real classic! very nice. 
Peter,
We are about the same. My 91 NSX and 89 Civic.
We are about the same. My 91 NSX and 89 Civic.
Looking good! I always wanted to get a 70's civic and put a modern engine like B18C. Now that'll be a sleeper!
Sweet!
ak said:
Actually, I really wanted to put a b18 or even a b16 in but I'd need a CVCC body. The motor I'm using is from a 2001 Acura EL, which is a 126 hp 1600 cc SOHC VTEC motor. The stock motor in my Civic was a 1200 cc 56 or 57 hp motor.
what's a CVCC body?
ak said:
The CVCC Civic had a larger engine bay to house a 1500 cc engine. I was told that it's big enough to handle the DOHC B18. The engine bay I've got is pretty small and it's barely big enough for the 1.6 SOHC.
That is absolutely gorgeous ... Minis watch out!!!
So I don't know much about the weight of the EL motor, but I do think the B16 would be heavy for a little car like that. Maybe you are better off with what you have.
Pam
... Minis watch out!!!So I don't know much about the weight of the EL motor, but I do think the B16 would be heavy for a little car like that. Maybe you are better off with what you have.
Pam
Impresive! I'm partial to the 78-81 Accord hatchback myself. :sigh: Someday...
clean old school civic! Very nice! And I love your 1st gen NSX-R Enkei wheels. How hard was it to locate a set?
Honda F1 Racing said:
Thank you for recognizing the 1st gen NSX-R wheels. I was horrified to see that someone thought those were S2000 wheels!
My friend in Japan found them on Yahoo and bought them for me. He picked them up and shipped them over for dirt cheap, including tires. They were in really rough shape though so I had them refinished.
I'm loving my Civic, it's so fun to drive. Still needs some work, like suspension, wheels, tires, a quieter fuel pump....but it's awesome. It's a loud little thing and it flies.
peter said:
I love your NSX-R rims and especially the Civic. I am looking for a good shape Civic CVCC body to plan a 1.6 sohc turbocharged in there. I saw one CVCC in excellent conditions for sale on ebay awhile back for 8K. Too much for a project to start with imo.
Great restoration works.
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Nice indeed.
thanks for the great photographs Peter
So did you go with the M5 HIDs on your Civic like you did on the NSX :wink:
Pam
Pam
VE7NSX said:
Nope, the factory BMW kits are too expensive! I got this one way cheaper. It's another company that my friend sells. The kit I got is 6500k hi (regular) / lo (HID) beam unit with a sealed ballast (they dropped th ballast in a tank of water with the lights running!).
Here's a comparison pic of a single beam kit installed in my brother's ES300. He's got the regular hi-beam and the HID lo-beam on at the same time:
