K20a2-T or new vette

[xproductionz]

damn.. talk about overly priced for everything.. locally i can get a k20a2 complete for 3500 with subframe... $1000 for kpro... cybernation for $5000.. also why get TYPE R disc brakes when the TYPE S is the same thing... locally i can get that for about 500+.. hasport mounts probably around $600 (thats what i got mines for).. so in parts alone that adds to about $10,600.. so lets just round it up to $11000 give or take a few hundred... so in general you are paying the $4000 or more dollars on just labor... man whoever those guys are are gonne be $4000 richer.. lol

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[redem2]

id trade in the old civic and use the cash as downpayment on a new si + turbo.

[Darkness03]

Well the thing is with the vette is the insurance im only 19 and the insurance lady told me that if the cars in my name then i would have to have the insurance in my name as well, the insurance quote i got was $1950 every 6 months thats with no tickets....plus ive had my civic since i was 16 and ive preached k20 for as long as i can remember, but if i sink that much money in my vic then i want to make sure its not goin to be a waste..does anyone know how much hp i would be packin by any chance?

p.s. i do love evos and m3s but the vette just caught my eye recently

[TransformedBG]

I know someone selling a Type R Swaped civic fo about that much

[doubledeuce2k2]

vette hands down, all things the same.

but they aren't. you have so many better things to save/spend that $ on. that is a whale of insurance to deal with. get something cheap and fast, get liability, and have a blast.

[puidokas]

I would swap, i love sick sleeper hondas.

[Nick]

Based on your two options, i say get the vett, but u are getting raped on the price for the swap/turbo/brakes.

[a4turboss]

well me ask you this how do **** do you have so much money for a 19 year old if you dont mind me asking and if you have a steady job or business then get the vette but make sure you have the money to pay it of and for insurance you dont want to **** yourself so early in life and then it will ass ram you later in life

[C2i0v0i1C]

vette. IF ITS NEW, YOU DONT HAVE MAINTENANCE. if it breaks take it to dealer

[kasimmmmm]

holly crap, i wonna pimp slap you for comparing the two. C6 over the civic any day of the week!

[dalaw]

Originally Posted by eye_see_you

with the price of gas these days.. k20 any day and its a swap which means sleeper for the most part

Auto week put the Vette agaiinst the Prius a month ago and the Vette got 27 mpg.

[xproductionz]

like i said earlier... you can still save money now on the swap by going somplace cheaper... ur getting raped on those prices.. but u have to think long term here...u spend $10,000 now on the swap... u still pay the same amount for your yearly registration and the same for your monthly insurance... and you still get a decent gas mileage if you dont punch it alot..


on the other hand.. even if you use the money to put a down for a vette... look at how much ur monthly payments might be compared to the civic.. on top of that your yearly car registraion is way more than.. i pay $190 to register my car every year yet my friend who owns a mustang paid $498 for his.. i dont know how much the vette is but i know its way more than any civic.. plus imagine how much your insurance rate will jack up.. think long term to get a bigger picture of what you are getting urself into

[diskreet]

Do you like good gas mileage and import reliability, or a cheap but very fast car?

[pNOYjOSH]

go with the k20a2 swap turbo! No ones gonna care if they get smoked by a vette, on the other hand, imagine the look on a sti owner that just got smoked by a little civic! plus better gas milage, and more seats! But like ^ said, $15000 is a little too much.

[Darkness03]

Yea i know that the swap is more expensive but the place is close to where i live and the person who installs everything offers a 30,000 mile warranty on all the installed parts, and yes i would love to see the face of the sti owner who just got blew away by a lil civ....nothing would make me happier, my friend has an sti and i told him that if i did the swap i would put I8URSTI on my license plate.....needless to say he wasnt too happy,LOL

Bottom line would a civ like i intend to build turn your heads?

P.S.-but for A4turboss im currently a commercial diver through cal-dive in houston and they pay really good around 3800 every 2 weeks (after taxes)