General Civic Talk - shopping..

hi all, im new to the site and i have some questions on a 96 civic coup

1st of all, i dont own the car right now but once my dad gets his income tax check i think he is buying me one, will be my 1st car i own (im 17 and long over due)

1st things 1st. what is the tech name of the stock engine, and is it a v-tec... i dont kno much about hondas and all, so if someone could give a brief overview of what v-tec rly is.

another thing would be some performance online stores u guys like. ive found TODA racing, and i only see k series and b series on there. i do have some general understandings of cars.. maybe a little more then general but ya.

also, the car i might get is ganna cost 1,500 - 2,000 from a guy at work. lowerd and has some nice rims and a kicking stereo. ive never rly SEEN it, but seen it around. so i dident get a good look at it for anything, but its clean i kno that.

as far as power goes, i dont want to turbo.. id like to keep it N/A for now with some spunk.

hey, nvm on the v-tec thing... just looked at the stickys :D

I buy most of my parts off Ebay.

Another site I've bought from is http://www.autopartswarehouse.com
They carry alot of stuff and their ship time isn't half bad.

Watch out for Ebay parts. If your buying engine or mechanical stuff stick to brand names.

Right. I forgot to mention that. Mostly, I buy OEM parts from Ebay.

always be carefull on ebay, i ordered some tein s-tech for my civic, and the guy didnt send me any and got suspended from ebay. so i never got any thing and had to file a complaint or whatever, so i got my money back, not all of it but most of it. but it was good that he gave me my money back. but any ways like AgentofDarkness said stick to brand name parts for engine and mechanical.

i probly wont be on ebay all that much... i dont kno enough to kno if im getting some good or something that will hurt me later. only thing i was looking at was some engines. all other things i kinda want new so i kno what im getting. and thx for the replies!

before u start trying to mod ur engine or w/e, do some gooood research since it seems like u dont know all that much about civics. this is a great forum to learn about new things. dont be afraid to ask, we dont bite...

is there any swap websites with how to's, parts list, and such thing like that?
:)

i hate to turn you to the darkside but www.honda-tech.com has some in depth information when it comes to tuning, but be prepared to deal with assholes when it comes to replies.