Sup!!

i just wanted to say hi to everyone real quick and do a little show and tell about my 6th Gen coupe.

I have a 97 Civic Coupe DX 5 speed (yay...... )

in a week or two im having a GSR dropped in. a local shop here is going to put in a rebuilt USDM GSR engine with a Rebuilt USDM GSR tranny. out the door im looking at $3700 out the door including tax (pretty good i thought). other shops have quoted me $6000+ to do the work and the motors are only garunteed for 3 months. the shop im having the work at is giving me a 12 month 12,000 mile warranty and im getting a lot of word of mouth and good rep from them so far.

Anyways, i had a few questions about what kind of mods i can do to beef that badboy up without dropping too much cash.

the guy said they wont start building the motor till i put a deposit on it, so i figure that gives me a little bit of time to figure out some add ons to drop in that badboy to pick up some extra ponies.

what kind of i/h/e should i look for considering that i have a EK with a B swap? i was thinking i should look at stuff for the US Si (Can/jdm SiR) but im not to sure. any help would be greatly appreciated. im not looking to drop 400 on exhaust and 200 on a header and a 150 on intake.. im cool with ebay items that aren't complete crap.


Heres a list of my current mods and some pics for you all. Thanks for looking and feel free to drop me a line anytime about comments or suggestions.

Glad to be aboard as a member!

d16y7 manual w/ :
Ebay Intake
Ebay Hub and Quick release Momo Wheel with Mugen emblem
Unknown Axelback Muffler
R-1 shift ****
Soundstream DVD player in stock cassette location and 7" Moniter in the glove box
Pioneer DEH-P5900iB IPod deck w/ Ipod
Phoenix Gold Components Front 6x9's Rear
Alpine Amp for speakers 600x4
2 Audiobahn AW1206T Subs w/ Cliff Designs 2400w amp powered by 2 Kinetics HC800 Batteries and 0awg wiring
JDM "type r" coated valve cover (red wrinkle finish from VHT, dam it looks good too)
10.3 mm wires made for iridium plugs w/ iridium plugs
17" Wheels w/ General Exclaim UHP tires (incredible grip wet or dry), Delsol Si wheels for winter
Ebay front upper rear lower tie braces
15% tint all the way around
SI chrome clear lights ( LOVE THEM and you never see anyone w/ them either) w/ euro bright high intensity lights
CTR style black houseing headlights with 8k HID's and amber signals
Maxspeed 1.2" drop springs front and rear with Skunk2 adjustable control arms front and Wicked Tuning Rear camber arms
Viper alarm with 2 horns

and here are some pics

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