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 My brother's old '94 Civic 5spd. Sold it to a friend some years ago. She's being gifted a newish car from her parents and was just going to scrap the Civic. I offered scrap value and she took it. Now it needs tires and a whole new exhaust but it runs like a champ. She was in a minor fender bender so the front bumper is borked and the hood is a bit messed up but I saw no structural damage to the bumper supports. So what should I do with my $350 Civic?
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I'll give you $400 
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May 15, 2014 22:40
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I'll give you $450.
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May 15, 2014 22:44
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It was smoked in. drat it.
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May 15, 2014 22:51
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Rhyno posted:It was smoked in. Yeah, you keep it...
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May 15, 2014 22:53
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PCOS Bill posted:Yeah, you keep it... My sister drove it for two years, she was probably smoking in it back then and I forgot. How much of the '95 swaps over? There's an almost complete car in the pick n pull.
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May 15, 2014 22:58
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Rhyno posted:It was smoked in. Go to the detailing thread and read about ratbert's ozone machine.
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May 15, 2014 23:04
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meatpimp posted:Go to the detailing thread and read about ratbert's ozone machine. Eh, i have air fresheners, it's a $350 car.  Edit: Man, she said she'd had a fender bender but the bumper looks fine. Just the hood looks beat. 
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May 15, 2014 23:44
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Rhyno posted:Eh, i have air fresheners, it's a $350 car. Import it to Canada, sell it for $5k+ to some 2f2f ricer, laugh all the way to the bank/credit union.
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May 15, 2014 23:49
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MattD1zzl3 posted:They shouldnt suffer at all The compressor works harder as there is less air density, so there is more temperature rise for the same air volume.
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May 16, 2014 00:32
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Rhyno posted:Eh, i have air fresheners, it's a $350 car. Buy a few cans of Ozium and spray the car and let it sit for a few hours and repeat till it no longer smells. Or sell it to me for 500 and ill drive out there ASAP
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May 16, 2014 00:48
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veedubfreak posted:Keep em off the curbs and they will last a long time. My Petrols are still as shiney as the day I got em 32k miles ago. Be sure to wax em too. Wheel wax, I knew I was forgetting something. Hopefully I'll get everything aligned, washed, and mounted this weekend.
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May 16, 2014 03:22
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yo teal Civic 
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May 16, 2014 04:51
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smax posted:These showed up today: Those look good, I'd rock Hockenheims or Nurburgrings on drat near everything. Looking forward to final pics.
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May 16, 2014 04:52
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Somewhere between Barstow and Las Vegas... 
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May 16, 2014 05:02
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Fucknag posted:Boost pressure pushes against a fixed spring tension; the wastegate will not open until that pressure is reached. Mechanical wastegate springs and boost gauges operate on relative pressure, not absolute. A 9psi spring will give you 23.7psi absolute at sea level but only 20.7 at 5000'. There are ways to have the wastegate adjust to reach a target absolute pressure (usually electronic), but to hit 23.7psi at 5000' the spring and the boost gauge will both be at 12psi instead of 9. Muffinpox fucked around with this message at 05:27 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 05:06
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Muffinpox posted:Mechanical wastegate springs and boost gauges operate on relative pressure, not absolute. A 9psi spring will give you 23.7psi absolute at sea level but only 20.7 at 5000'. There are ways to have the wastegate adjust to reach a target absolute pressure (usually electronic), but to hit 23.7psi at 5000' the spring and the boost gauge will both be at 12psi instead of 9. I guess you can tell who's made power at altitude and who hasn't...
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May 16, 2014 06:21
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SouthsideSaint posted:Buy a few cans of Ozium and spray the car and let it sit for a few hours and repeat till it no longer smells. Or sell it to me for 500 and ill drive out there ASAP Will do. I don't actually have it here yet as the front tires are so busted they flattened in the two days it's been sitting in front of her apartment. Chriskory posted:yo teal Civic 'sup. As I was never really familiar with the car, can anyone tell me if it's some ideal 2F2F wetdream motor based on the pic?
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May 16, 2014 06:38
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Krakkles posted:It's probably the D16Z6, which is to say ... ehhhh no not really. I will look when we go to rescue it on Monday. According to my brother's old fuel log he was getting 44mpg on average in that car.
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May 16, 2014 06:43
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Das Volk posted:I guess you can tell who's made power at altitude and who hasn't... To be fair Florida doesn't really have "altitude" as such. Also lol.
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May 16, 2014 07:09
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Rhyno posted:Will do. I don't actually have it here yet as the front tires are so busted they flattened in the two days it's been sitting in front of her apartment. Looks like a d15b2 to me, which is the stock motor on those cars. You can do a couple of things to it, but you'd be better off with a different engine if you want to go faster. D16z6's get really fun when you throw boost at them.
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May 16, 2014 12:04
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Fucknag posted:Boost pressure pushes against a fixed spring tension; the wastegate will not open until that pressure is reached. This is all very easy to demonstrate, when I power up my Megasquirt without the engine running, the MAP is about 78-82kpa while at sea level it would be 100kpa. I have to build 3-4 psi of boost on my boost gauge before my MAP sensor reads 100kpa, while an NA Miata at sea level would pull 100kpa at WOT. Bajaha posted:Technically you still have atmospheric pressure in addition to the spring, which at a higher altitude could influence your peak boost numbers, although not as severely as was mentioned earlier.
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May 16, 2014 14:53
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Rhyno posted:As I was never really familiar with the car, can anyone tell me if it's some ideal 2F2F wetdream motor based on the pic? Since the wheels are steelies, I'm gonna guess that EJ Civic is a DX model that came with the 1.5L motor with no vtecs. Not worth doing anything to it at all. Thorpe is right though. Single cam D16s with a turbo are pretty fun for not much money. Grab the hood from the junkyard and strip out the interior to get rid of that smell of smoke. $350 for that is a nice score.
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May 16, 2014 22:20
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Rhyno posted:
Honda legos
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May 16, 2014 22:31
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The only thing I had planned on doing with it was to save money on gas.
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May 16, 2014 22:47
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Rhyno posted:The only thing I had planned on doing with it was to save money on gas. Boring. You can also get good gas mileage out of the fun honda engines
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May 16, 2014 22:48
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Nodoze posted:Boring. You can also get good gas mileage out of the fun honda engines Seriously, in my boosted d16z6 1991 hatchback I'd see insane things like 30-37 highway mpg if I stayed out of boost.
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May 17, 2014 01:19
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Dyno tuned the Vette today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4bAAWEgCq4
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May 17, 2014 04:37
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Nodoze posted:Boring. You can also get good gas mileage out of the fun honda engines Thorpe posted:Seriously, in my boosted d16z6 1991 hatchback I'd see insane things like 30-37 highway mpg if I stayed out of boost. I'm not doing an engine swap on a $350 beater.
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May 17, 2014 04:40
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I love a < $500 car. It makes me feel like such a good owner when I buy an air freshener, floor mats or vacuum it.
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Chriskory posted:I love a < $500 car. I want to keep it that way. Made a call about tires today, just putting used tires on it. Local place has em for $25 a corner. I hope I can just mess with the hood but she tells me it's pretty hosed. Probably do a full service when I get it.
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Speaking of MPG, I would like to introduce the new aircraft carrier I just bought a month ago. Its a 2014 F250 Super Duty XLT Supercab 6.2L with all the toys I wanted like power telescoping tow mirrors and shift on the fly electronic locking rear axle  .The first new vehicle I have ever owned but I've always wanted one and finally decided to go for it. Its super roomy inside and rides so much better than my old lifted jeep (big surprise right). Shes got a pretty big rear end when it comes to parking lots, I'm just glad I didn't go for the long bed and with the power folding mirrors I can squeeze between most things with relative ease. Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to do about the pansy rear end factory tires. Also Its going to be neat having a warranty I wonder what its like.  This isn't going to fit in very well with all these car posts is it.
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A friend just reached out to me on FB asking how much I actually want to keep the Civic. The seller and I have not really publicized the price we agreed on. This other friend offered $500 as is. Take the beer money or save the gas money?
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May 17, 2014 06:08
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JaySB posted:Dyno tuned the Vette today Well huh. Lucky you. I still haven't even seen one yet.
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May 17, 2014 11:42
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Rhyno posted:A friend just reached out to me on FB asking how much I actually want to keep the Civic. The seller and I have not really publicized the price we agreed on. This other friend offered $500 as is. Take the beer money or save the gas money? I'd keep it, personally. For $350 it won't take you long to recoup the money you've put into it via fuel savings if you have a decent commute.
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May 17, 2014 11:54
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JaySB posted:Dyno tuned the Vette today Sounds crazy good. Anything done to it to get that amount of hp? Aren't they rated at 460 from the factory?
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Rhyno posted:A friend just reached out to me on FB asking how much I actually want to keep the Civic. The seller and I have not really publicized the price we agreed on. This other friend offered $500 as is. Take the beer money or save the gas money? Drive it, fix it up a little bit. Get the smoker smell out. Resell it later for more than $500.
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 2004, 6 speed, brembo, lsd superscumbag fucked around with this message at 15:01 on May 17, 2014 |
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Firstly we have the daily driver.... Its good on fuel and has lovely french electrical problems but it runs and drives fine.  Then we have the new... to me obviously... Ford Transit 1989 with a 2.5di in it. runs like a champ and I only paid £200 for it with tax and test! Plans are for a camper interior, after the rust removal and welding and sorting the exhaust blow.  You all can stop being jealous now. How I miss the lancia, and VW camper.
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