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Hondas are new to me. I've owned nothing but GM since I have had my license. My friend has a 95 coupe with a D15 swap and a few other mods. I'll be searching around when I have more time. But any quick info is appreciated. It will be my younger brother's car, and I'm trying to get him set in the right direction. I understand the search button, so no need to rip into me on that lol. But any info you can pass my way would be appreciated. The motor swap and honda in general is a whole new ball game to me and is a lot to take in from my quick 10 min lurk around this section. What potential is in the D15?

The car can be seen here: http://erod.com/erodscivic.htm

1995 Honda Civic EX

Body Style: Coupe
Color: Red
Engine: JDM D15B 1.5L (12-24-03) --Good article on the D15--
Transmission: Manual
Interior: Black
Purchase Date: 7/1/03
Purchased From: Shenango Honda

Engine:

* JDM D15B 1.5L VTEC
* Pacesetter 4-2-1 header
* Flowmaster 2-chamber
* 3" angle cut polished stainless tip
* AEM short ram
* Short throw shifter
* Sachs stage 1 clutch

Suspension/Wheels/Brakes:

* Tein S-Tech springs
* KYB GR-2's
* 17" Limited 445's (summer)
* Black Gorilla spline drives
* 14" Sacchi S12's (black/polished. winter)
* 185/60/14 Blizzak WS-50's

Exterior:

* Sylvania super white headlights
* Tint
* Amber city lights
* JDM amber corners
* Mugen-replica front lip
* Type-R rear lip
* Depo JDM replica foglights
* "Crystal clear" red/clear tails (NOT altezzas)
* Silver/Red two tone paint scheme

Interior:

* Changed cluster/climate controls to amber lighting
* OEM JDM Honda center console/armrest

Audio:

* Alpine CDA-7839 head unit
* Alpine 3527 4-channel
* Phoenix Gold Octane R 6.5"
Phoenix Gold Octane R 5.25"/1" tweeters
* Bazooka 8" BTA8200
*

Miscellaneous:

* Alpine alarm
* Honda-Tech.com stickers
* Removed EX stickers & pinstriping

 
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I got a few questions.
1st: is that the pictures of the car?
2nd: Are you sure its a 1.5l?(because from the pictures the valve cover says vtec, they never made a 1.5l vtec) or is it a 1.5l with a 1.6l head on it?
3rd: how much is he paying for it?

 
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1) Yes, the red/silver is the current paint scheme on it. The solid red pic is a previous pic of the same car

2) VTEC-D15B engine http://asia.vtec.net/article/d15b/ Or so says my friends link in my first post. Jeff (owner) stated "...a new JDM motor. Its a D15B VTEC. Just slightly more hp and torque, but its got around 35k miles on it. Runs great so far!" Quote taken from his home page. I trust the guy, been a good friend of mine for a few years

3) $3,400 includes all mods listed in the first post, 38k miles IIRC

 
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ahh my bad yeah i forgot about the d15b.. lol 3500k for that isnt that great of a deal.. but its a nice looking ride

 
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What exactly isn't a great deal? The car has 38k miles on it, is in immaculate condition, decent start to upgrades, etc. It's better than the 100% stock 03 focus he was looking at lol

 
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im just saying i wouldnt go the full 3500 maybe 3000 at the most

 
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It's not the car its the engine that has 38k on it. He says its a one owner car on the website but he bought the car in 2003??? That's the kinda stuff to keep an eye on. Make sure the swap is done correctly and that there are no loose wires and hoses. no CEL and such... 3500 is a bit much for a 1995.. swap or no swap. Your car is on that website as well is it not??? Seems like you can talk to the owner about it and get a good idea about what the car is like.

P.S. if he put 38, 000 km on the engine and its a swap, you have to assume the engine now has 98, 000 kms on it. Most JDM engines that come over the big pond have 60, 000km already on them.

 
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I just reread the website and it does say he is the second owner my bad.

 
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lol i just dont get why the retard swapped out the d16

 
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probably because he blew it up racing.

 
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Lol probably who knows

 
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So he swapped in a lesser engine? Hmm..

And no, my car is not on his site. The cars under "Erod's Cars" are all his. I have never met the other guy. I'll see what all I can get from him in more detail.

This is my cobalt:

 
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Nice Cobalt. Clean looking car. Offer him 3000 and see where it goes. Maybe even offer 2500 but only if you really like the car. The engine was swapped for a reason and it's probably not a good one. How many KMs on the actual car?

 
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Having trouble getting ahold of him as he's out of town this weekend on assignment. I'll try to find out

 
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Yeah the original engine code is a d16z6, maybe he bought it from a different owner who had swapped it out only god know why it was swapped.. that is a kick *** cobalt not a fan of them but im liking yours.. i really like the shorty wing.. i cant stand the big SS wings

 
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Do kidding, the high rise spoiler is annoying. It also sits at the right height that it blocks view of the light bar on a car behind you if it's a cop car lol.

I'm still trying to get info on why it was swapped and what not.

 
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yo jdmtech.com orlando based import company, imports 1.5 vtecs all day long. It's a d15b. Promise you they do exist.

 
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and not all eg's came with a z6, some came with the b7 econo motor. Ive also seen b8's but that was mostly in cx's. Ex's and Lx's were actually more common to come with the b7's rather than z6's. Its kind of a love hate thing though with it. I mean a z6 comes stock with more hp and tq, and a vtec salenoid which makes it a bit more of a task to boost. While as the b7's were less torquey and less hp, but came with smaller pistons which are more primary for boosting.