JDM Civic and Local Civic

[EKCrazy]

wah..mahal juga la.... :<
so better get one civic with a B series staraight away..

 

[edy7311]

wah..mahal juga la.... :<
so better get one civic with a B series staraight away..

if civic wit ori b-series, also mahai.. but wit converts vtec dohc, can get cheaper and also pricely! try survey in car for sale there.. got many variety of ej/ek! :X-:

 

[shiroitenshi]

wah..mahal juga la.... :<
so better get one civic with a B series staraight away..

Depends.. I wouldn't say that buying a civic that has undergone conversion to be a wise decision either..

Imagine buying.. then gasket leak, rubber seal leak, then transmission problem, then etc. etc. Then you will start wasting money repairing each problem as they come.

If convert yourself, it will cost a lot more initially, but after conversion, you don't have to worry about leaks or worn parts, since you already checked everything when the engine is out of da halfcut.

Still, unless you know the guy personally (his driving & maintainance habits) when you buy the car.. I don't think a converted one is a good choice.

 

[hattech-v]

yes... build the machine from zero is the best.. plus the knowledge that u will gain...

 

[Hikaru]

The lord has spoken...

 

[shiroitenshi]

yes... build the machine from zero is the best.. plus the knowledge that u will gain...

I got an offer for a (good-cond, his mechanic told me) B16B powered SR4 before I bought my current one, but too bad the owner jual mahal.. It was so expensive, I can buy an SR4, plonk in a Type R, then buy a B20 block after that and pay someone to do the VTEC fuel feed.... Gila!

Finally.. he's still driving that car coz nobody wanted to buy (I think he didn't really want to sell). ROFL!

Still if he could have given 5K less.. I'd have said yes! Still I didn't really think he was a serious seller anyway.. asked him for a copy of the 'geran' also took him almost a month.

 

[c00lric]

Guys,

Doin' the conversion will still depends on the condition of the engine from da halfcut and also the mechanic that's gonna do da conversion. A good n healthy engine and a good mechanic will has less problem. Still u hav spend money fixing it later. I hav frens being thru that. So i would say everything has it pros & cons. It just a matter how much u hav for buyin' the car and da time u hav for doin' da conversion.

P/S: Never ever rush ur mechanic. hehehehe.

 

[shiroitenshi]

well... you pay peanuts you get monkey mechanic... better find a mechanic who's not a monkey!

 

[c00lric]

Shiro san,

True. I agreeon that but Monkey mechanics or not, i think it kinda depends on luck 2. Even for new cars , we do get hiccups like this also. :)

 

[shiroitenshi]

not only hiccup on the car.. sometime the SA also 'janji' maximum! Then... later.. excuses, excuses, excuses.

But usually, before attempting conversion... search for a good mechanic, make him a friend, ask him to look over the halfcut, or ask him to source one from his connections.. For mine, his halfcut shop friend gave me two weeks of warranty of test driving the engine in my car (not including the time taken for my conversion/front end work/paint, which is about a month, if anything breaks, replace, even the block is covered.. of course, stock ecu only lah... if not stock.. he won't give warranty!

 

[c00lric]

yup yup. That's rite. Wif all da empty promises, and nothing is delivered. Sigh.

 

[red jdm eg]

jdm is more beautiful...10 years jdm model like new...

 

[Hikaru]

jdm is more beautiful...10 years jdm model like new...

what's that suppose to mean?

 

[shiroitenshi]

Well.. I do think that the old school civics look better than the new gen.. but some people like the 'new' status of the newer gens.

 

[hattech-v]

i love the 2010 civic design...

 

[X-Koma]

quite a powerful engine......given the right mods to it

D15 engine is the 3 stage economy engine, i think..... if that is the same engine i experience, it is useless! no power at all, sound like diesel. basically it is for those who are concern about fuel economy.

just my 2 cents.... :>

 

[udengfahlawi]

i think udengfahlawi got ek3 front seat. u can visit him at putrajaya to see the seat.. hehe

ek3 seats look like this....nothing special....

 

[Hikaru]

ek3 seats look like this....nothing special....

Not really, bro. My EK3 seat looks a lot better than this.... :_:

 

[EKCrazy]

for a 96 SOHC Vtec engine, what is it called?is it powerful or damn lembik?

 

[X-Koma]

for a 96 SOHC Vtec engine, what is it called?is it powerful or damn lembik?

it depend which coded engine you have, the lembit SOHC is the 1.5 VTEC E (E = economy)

p/s: temple of vtec (forum) has some description.... :>