Have you tried to flush the oil and replace with gen honda oil. I through mine was ducked and after a flush out I was very supprised that it fixed 90%...
Civic are a good soild car but no car for under $4.5k wil be trouble free. Civic will be alot cheaper to Insurance and keep maintenance on than the other suggestions.
I have also looked into this conversion and there is alot more to an engine swap than just bolting up the motor and box. Driver shafts need to be made ( Mega Buck$ ). P/S lines and A/C lines need to...
The 3rd Gen Preludes are a bitch to work on. Very cramped under the bonnet and part new are not cheap. Even some wreckers think they are still a $30,000 are try to charge that way.
There is also a kit on ebay for $800.00USD with a T3/4, Wastegate, Cooler & Piping, Cast Manifold, Oil lines. It will get you going but you will have to get a...
Matt is my name and I have just brought a 3 Gen Prelude. Its stock engine wise ATM with only a slight body kit (Jap spec I think). Picked it up on the cheap and plan to do a few mods in...