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So, long story short.. I've been driving 120-130 miles a DAY to and from work on my BMW (5 series) so I've been looking for a low cost Civic to do the daily commute in. I found one for almost nothing that's in great shape except for the timing belt broke. It's a girl who just graduated college and she was wanting to buy a new car anyways so she's already done that and just wants this car gone. It's only a few hundred bucks. I'm going to buy this one in a few days as I've been looking for months and there just hasn't been anything better. I have the skills/place to fix it, so that's not a problem or an issue. I've rebuild everything from old SBC's to building a forged/supercharged LS1 to go in a corvette I had a few years ago--so, I have the skills to fix it--I just don't know much about these cars yet as far as interchangeability.

My question, though, is what is my CHEAPEST option here? Some valves are bent or at least I am assuming they are.. Would it be better for me to replace those valves/possibly guides if they're messed up too or to just get another head off of eBay and take my chances that it's in good shape? If I do go the used head off eBay route, what other heads will fit? I assume there are many other similar engines with heads that are more or less the same. I do not care about VTEC.. I just want my cheapest options.

Thanks for any help!

 
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What year is it and trim. I think its in your judgment to replace the head or valves. But heads are cheap. You can decide once the head is pulled.

 
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'95 DX, 1.5L, auto

yea, heads are cheap but i worry about what i'm getting..by the time i buy one and have a machine shop look at it to make sure it's not warped i'd been better off just fixing what i have, i think. although valves are proving to be pretty expensive. i'll figure it out once i get the head off

Thanks for the help, though