Hello, Im Manne

[rawr]

haha engine conversion ftw... welcome to the forums bud and nice car, if i were you i wouldnt worry to much about the paint atm as it can be a bit pricey and you would be better off respraying the whole car so all the paint is even and that can be pretty hard on your pocket specially at our age.. im 16 too Ps in may..

[manne]

Yeah, thats why Im gonna do it all in bulk when I get a kit, no point on respraying the body, and the nrespraying the kit later..

Although the car does look nice enough, So I might just jump straight into Engine mods.
I've been told by a few people to do an engine conversion, and the carby engines arent very powerfull. and I was told to get a Fuel Injected one...
But that is abit too expensive right now, and the Carby is good to learn on.

[rawr]

a b series conversion should be the same price as a kit and respray?

[manne]

Really? Wow...Didn't expect that.
I might read in on this...

[Jarkz]

Welcome manne... nice ride your've got there. You won't know yourself if you do a VTEC engine conversion...

forget the bodykit.

[manne]

hahaha, I think I'll tinker around with the current engine in it for now, that way I have some sort of idea of what is happening if I do a conversion.

[Muzz]

The best aspect of your car is its handling, the EG chassis and suspension system is really somthing special.

In my opinion, suspension is the best area to improve upon when 1st getting into cars, purely because you will grow as a driver better/quicker than if you put a powerful engine into a poor handling car while your growing as a driver.

Youll learn your car better, how it responds to your inputs and the cars true limits.

Theres a saying, that i belive is 100% true. "You cant truly drive a fast car fast, if you cant drive a slow car fast".

I recon the best first modification is swaybars, both front and rear. This will greatly reduce the cars bodyroll in the corners, it will corner much flatter it will greatly increase the performance feel of the car.

Second i would look into some lowering springs, good quality ones like kmac, whitline, tein, eibach etc. And good shocks like koni, kyb, tokico, bilsten.

When your current tyres wear out, some good tyres will make your car an awsome performer.

Just these few mods, will make your car an absolute ball to drive, it will handle really really well, and be the perfect base to learn on while you save up for a conversion. The combination of great suspension and a light car, makes for a car that is very capable in the corners!

[manne]

Ah, that sounds smart. ^_^, and I totally agree with you, do you know where I could get these parts from?

~Manne

[Muzz]

For swaybars and lowering springs, the 1st things id get, i would go with whileline. Autobarn is a dealer for whiteline parts so when you know what parts you want, just go to your local autobarn and order them. You avoid any postage charges that way and save some $$, its cheaper than ordering your parts off the whiteline site.
To get part numbers go to www.whiteline.com.au
Whiteline swaybars come with a heavy duty mounting system, which will help to prevent expensive dammage (subframe tear). In the past whiteline has been knowen to also repair this dammage if caused by their products for free.

Can get shocks all over the place, the best thing to do is do some research on ozhonda and the net, to find out the best shocks for your needs. (honda-tech.com has tones of shock reviews if you cant find much here). Once you know what you want, call up suspension places and get quotes. Koni yellows, KYB AGX, and tokico Illumina are popular performance shocks, koni being the most expensive, but also the best performing.

Same with tyres, have a read through ozhonda's tyre recomendation thread, find what you want, and start making some calls to get a good price.

EDIT: Also, have a look in the marketplace section of ozhonda.

[Muzz]

http://whiteline.com.au/docs/catalogues/WL_0323.pdf this is whitelines catalogue. A bit before half way down, youll find the parts for 91-95 civic.

[manne]

Thanks man, you've been a big help.
I understand that Swaybars are a DIY style mod?
and are farely easy to install?

~Manne

[Muzz]

The parts id get are.

1 rear swaybar, 22mm thick (last 2 options on the list)

1 heavy duty mount for the rear KBR28-22 (for use with 22mm rear bar)

Front sway bar 24mm - BHF39

Springs for front and rear, either control or flatout (30mm drop, 50mm drop)