Genuine questions in regards to purchasing a new car.

[Lemon]

Hey guys,

This is my first post, i have read many of the threads on this forum to aid in my research of honda's.

I have come to a bit of a dead end.

I sold my car and need another one, i have decided to go with honda because i never pay people to work on my cars because i prefer to do everything myself. I am impressed by the K series motors being NA and putting out some seriously impressive power figures compared to other higher displacement engines.

Basically i cant decide between a DC5R (AUDM version with k20a2), EP3r, FN2r, DC2r and lastly the odd cl9.

The information that i have been able to find after countless hours of research is that the k20 series of engines are considered the 'real' performance series form honda. The ep3r has the k20a (jdm) which puts out more power than the rest. The DC2r doesnt have a K series engine but i am still interested in them due to reading in countless forums that they provide a very connected driving experience.

I couldnt care less about luxury, i look at driving feedback, mechanical reliability and the car having a mod friendly setup.

Most will say if you want power and mods go turbo, but NO, i dont want to go turbo. I prefer to get as much power as i can with NA, spending more money in the process but i am happy spending that on something i in the end will be very proud of.

I have driven the FN2r which was quick to a certain extent, but felt shaded from a connected driving experience. The Ep3r was basically like a go-kart with a lot of power even at stock, the dc5r was also very precise and gave good feedback with a bit less power. The cl9 was not great on power but i see a lot of potential(and they sexiii). The only car i havnt driven is the dc2r.

The cl9 with the audm K24a3 LEV seems to be weighted towards an economical drive, im not sure what i would have to do to unlock the power of the extra .4l of displacement while removing the emission reducing components and replacing them.

This shouldnt be seen as another which is better thread, i am simply asking opinions based on experience and knowledge as to which of these cars will be mod friendly, quick, great driving feedback and also looks good(i dont like the rice look).


Thanks,
Ian

(PS: its bloody hard to find a clean dc5r under 15k...)