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I just recently went to import auto salvage in marion NC and they told me for $15000 for K20a2 entire swap,Hasport motor mounts, k-pro hondata ecu, cybernation stg 2 turbo kit, type r disk breaks (All 4), all installed.... what do u guys thin,k its goin in my 03 ex...as awesome as that would be i could put down a big down payment on the new vette....IDK WHAT TO DO!!!!!

 
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Vette

 
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If main post is a joke, then I'll say go K20!
If its not a joke, then I'll say Vette!

 
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Get a Vette, but only if you think you wont' kill yourself in it.

 
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If i had 15k the thought of a new vette would be sweet but youd be stuck making payments for a long time. Or you could spend the same amount of money on the swap and have one of the cleanest/fastest looking civics around and be done with it. On the other hand you could trade in your vic for an rsx-s and fix that up. I'd probably trade in for an rsx but thats just me

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

 
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Coke

Jp Get The Vette

 
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Get the K20!

 
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many factors involved... but if you can afford the mainenance and gas on the vette (assuming you can if you are considering it...) then this is a very silly question. get the vette.

 
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Corvette 8 days a week.

/end thread.

I think that the maintenance costs would be about equal with how much would be done to the K20 and the sheer size of the Corvette's LS2.

The 'Vette might even be less of a PITA since it's all factory performance.

 
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Vette. End of discussion.

 
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i would trade car in for a evo and mod it to beat a vette

 
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vette over swap, but I'd buy something different over either. Used M3 or something else w/ a nice interior

 
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well im with the other guy who said to get 15 grand worth of coke but thats not one of the options so i would say... how do you feel about your vic, if you love it but just want it faster than do that but if you want a different car then i think the vette would be a good choice. Also i sure as hell know i woulnd't want all that power in a fwd car but to each his own your about to have a shitload of fun either way (after you get done payin for it that is)

Used?? aren't vette and m3 in the same price range? i dont remember.

 
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^^^ I only said used b/c I'm not sure when the new M3 will be out and he sounds like he wants something soon

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

 
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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

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

 
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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.

 
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I would swap, i love sick sleeper hondas.

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

 
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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 *** ram you later in life

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

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

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

 
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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

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

 
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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.

 
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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)