aceryan

I might be buying a civic HX this saturday. It has AEM cold air intake, ground control suspension, 4" exhaust struts and 17" white rims with 130,000 miles for $3,000. People have been telling me that i should get a tranny swap cause the HX tranny blows and a engine swap. Just want to hear your guy's imput on the car. The first thing i want to do on the car is get a b16 or b18 vtec engine swap.

JetRudie

Man thats a pretty sweet deal for 3000 buckaroos. The HXs arent all that bad, better than EXs if I'm not mistaken. 97 is a nice year as well. I raced an HX with a Tanabe Silver Racing Medallion Catback and it smoked the hell out of me. Look it up on kbb.com just to make sure, but I'd say thats a good price for that year and all that stuff. Go for it.

aceryan

If i where to get a engine swap what engine should i get a b16 or b18

noooorb

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http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878010

MajinB

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3k for a 97 with 130k miles is a little high. especially if its modded. but hey its your cash. good luck

aceryan

a little high... its in excellent condition and kbb says 4g's mm k

aceryan

and plus im glad its modded cause i would dump more money into it on stuff that it already has

jttegx

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its a fair deal for a project car. if you know for a fact that the tranny's on the hx models are crap...expect it soon with that kind of mileage.

aceryan

130,000 miles. and a fair deal for a project car?

SOHC_VTEC_pwr

careful any car with mods have to be ragged out or raced to hell and bakk. It wont last too long if you dont take good care of it.

aceryan

would it be wise to but a engine swap in it

dalaw

HX engine and tranny are designed to achieve extraordinary gas mileage, you would love it. But if you dont give a **** about fuel economy, then go for an engine and tranny swap.

pimpc

Dont spend 3g's on that offer 2300 and then but a b18 in it......before you buy it I suggest looking on Honda-Tech.com for more info

JetRudie

All right, if this is gonna be your first car, I highly recommend this deal. Its not too expensive, it already has some modifications and if something breaks it wont be expensive to fix. I wouldn't recommend swaping the motor but if your gonna do it, I'd say go for a LS VTEC with a Type R tranny. Unless you can find better, Id ****** that car up.

MajinB

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i would not pay more than 2500 for it. if that.