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thread 18 and 20 i consider to be bagging:).
it kool but.
every one who chose a vtir or a gsi had their reason for buying that vehicle, i saw more potential in the gsi, thats my personal choice.
others might not think so but when you consider the price of a gsi as opposed to a vtir and insurance, and the price of a turbo kit well makes you think. dollar for power ratio, boost is ahead by miles, and theres a few car on this forum to prove it to
heh, i missed those two pearlers. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by locote
i know the frustration though, since in the past, i've had a few people telling me that i wasted money on the vti-r, to sell it and buy an R.
if i had the money at the beginning i would have bought a type-r, so the last thing i wanted to hear was people telling me i should have gone out and bought one at day dot...
i used to console myself by thinking to myself that the vti-r represented a better platform for going crazy with since the price difference between the two cars was about 10k at the time- and 10k buys a shitload of mods ;)
but most gsi owners probarbly dont regret buying a gsi and they are quite happy with it. if i wanted a quik vtec a eg civic B18c would be my choice.
but i think the integra looks awsome and your average Joe cant tel the difference between a gsi and vtir from just looking at it specialy if athe badges have been rubbed off.
i baught a gsi to boost if i wanted to go N/A i would have baught a typeR!!
personaly it doesnt bother me people with slightly quiker cars telling me my car is slow.
i used to play with moded typeRs and s2000 like toys with my last car.
and i sold that to build a quiker car.
just found this post
Bought this used 1 year ago. Came stock. It's a very fun car and unique colour (Its stock)
2001 Integra SE
b18b 120 000km
AEM v2 cai
DC Sport 4-1 Header
DC Sport stainless catback exaust
AEM power Pulleys
ES motor mount inserts
VIS OEM CF hood
Type R lip
Moldings painted to match
OBX R coil over sleeves with Tokico illuminas struts
BSA 303 16" Black rims with polished lip
Removed rear wiper
Ran 14.8@89mph this year on drag radials
Ran 14.9@92 mph last year on street tires
dynoed at 130.1 whp and 116 trq
i'm going to contact him, see if he can give me a timeslip or something
dc header is quite cheap too. 545aus$ delivered to your door
Didn't this thread start by asking about a type R tranny in a GSI? And the improvements that would make to a GSI?
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Originally Posted by sydteg21
Well its obviously NOT stock.. The mods are listed.
I could of gotten a VTi-R but the insurance and price was more than a GSi so I thought to myself is it really worth paying the extra money for the car and insurance just for and extra 18kw? So I bought a GSi.
Fair enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreekWarrior
Insurance for me though is only around $150 diference between Vtir insurance and GSI insurance.
I wouldn't say that purely the power difference between GSi and a vti-r is a reason, i think the design and the engineering of the vti-r's engine (b18c2?!?) is much more desirable.
I simply could not afford the extra cash when i bought my car and had relatively no experience/knowledge of honda's in general, it seemed like a good price, call it an impulse. My GSi has been a reliable car, and i'm not afraid to let my girlfriend take it when she wants to because it's not a dangerous car as far as power and reliability are concerned.
The only nark i have is the price of honda support in general, servicing and parts etc. This is made obvious when im chatting to friends who own skylines, evo's etc and see the bang for buck factor their rides provide.
At the end of the day, i feel that honda enthusiasts need to stick together because there is a lot of undue critisism that comes with owning a car that looks, and is considered in some cases as a sports car, but doesn't quite have the performance to mach the label.
Every car has it's own attributes, and it's own faults. Consider what the honda engineers/designers had in mind when they produced these models. I don't know about other people on this site but i find myself constantly defending my decision to buy/drive a honda, and being critisised for driving a 'rice mobile'. The car i drive is not fast and doesn't look like something from the fast and furious, BUT ITS MINE!
You make do with what you have.
**end rant, wipes eyes**
the point of that post is to show B18b can get around to the time which vti-r is able to with just basic mod, it is bit hard to find a stock gsi with type r tanny : )