Just thought I'd post up some of my results today at school.

cyl 1 157 psi
cyl 2155 psi
cyl 3 155 psi
cyl 4 156 psi

Not to bad I think. All the plugs looked darn near new except a little rust (ha) forming around where the ceramic meets the metal, but the tips were just a little grey and all four looked the same.

If I leave this car unmodded and run mobil 1 religiously in it what kind of life can I expect from it?

 

an 04??? alooooooot, like forever haha that things like brand new in honda years, how many miles does it have on it? thats the question. ive heard of civics going 400 thousand and upwards if taken care of

 

70,000. bought it with 55000.

I'm assuming normal maintenance like timing belt, plugs, fluids etc.

how about the tranny? It's a 5 speed manual. I'm gonna change the fluid soon here with honda MTF. How about the clutch? I granny shift it to save gas and I don't get on it too hard too often.

 

it'll last u a very long time so long as u keep up with rutine maintenance. i have a 186k miles on my car, all original motor and trans, original clutch(still great), runs like a champ and i beat on it quite often for about 10 months out ofthe year.

 

cool deal. when do these start to use oil? Mine still doesn't smoke or anything between changes

 

They dont, unless a seal in the engine gets a leak. Then you just change the part, and the car is running like new again

 

ha ha sweet. Thanks guys!