Well I am back and thought i would share my views from owning a 1995 GT Turbo going onto a 2008 FN2 Type R Civic.
Back in August 2008 i had to put the Starlet up for sale as when I joined my new company i was led to believe i couldnt use a car older than 3 years if i did not take the company car which i didnt so the GT had to go for a newer model. After some test drives, calculating of spend the Civic came thumbs up. In September of last year GTdan came daaawwnnnn saaarrrthhhh and after swapping £1900 i think it was the GT was gone (yes i almost shed a tear that day!). week later my brand spanking new Milano red Type R GT was delivered and OMG she looked lush. However when things were looking good it went quickly down hill. I missed very much the Torque and defently missed the woosh sounding of the BOV! The Type R just didnt seem to come close to the smile that the GT used to put on my face. My first major modification was fitting a Alpine IVA 502 double din dvd screen/player and Fusion 12" sub and mono block amp. That kept me happy for few weeks lol!
After a night scouting around I brought an AEM induction kit for it just to see if that could help bring back that good old smile I once had but sadly it didnt. The noise especially when vtec kicked in was amazing however due to the poor designing of Honda (or a clever one to stops modifers) I suffered major heat soak and flat spot from 2k to 3k so off it came and replaced with standard air box. This month however i have gone a bit crazy after alot of reads on the internet and brought a pipercross induction kit which comes with a heat shield and so far so good no power loss! I have also fitted a decat brought off ebay against what alot of people said on a forum and it does sound lush however still no smile! Also I have had to replace the rear brakes after 28k miles as they were shagged (i was told by Honda this was good they only usually last 10k
) and set of front tyres last less than 18k miles at £180 a corner
It appears that to get a smile out of the Gen 8 Civic you need deep deep pockets as things are highly expensive such as manifolds that start at £799.00, Gruppe M iduction kit at £900.00, CAt backs at £500 and even with these mods your still making only approx 235bhp and under 175 of torque.
So my final thoughts is the Civic's are expensive to run 280 miles out of a full £45.00 tank and really not that enjoyable, yes the interior is lush, vtec does sound lush when you finally hit it and it is very stylish but fun no not a fun car at all
Back in August 2008 i had to put the Starlet up for sale as when I joined my new company i was led to believe i couldnt use a car older than 3 years if i did not take the company car which i didnt so the GT had to go for a newer model. After some test drives, calculating of spend the Civic came thumbs up. In September of last year GTdan came daaawwnnnn saaarrrthhhh and after swapping £1900 i think it was the GT was gone (yes i almost shed a tear that day!). week later my brand spanking new Milano red Type R GT was delivered and OMG she looked lush. However when things were looking good it went quickly down hill. I missed very much the Torque and defently missed the woosh sounding of the BOV! The Type R just didnt seem to come close to the smile that the GT used to put on my face. My first major modification was fitting a Alpine IVA 502 double din dvd screen/player and Fusion 12" sub and mono block amp. That kept me happy for few weeks lol!
After a night scouting around I brought an AEM induction kit for it just to see if that could help bring back that good old smile I once had but sadly it didnt. The noise especially when vtec kicked in was amazing however due to the poor designing of Honda (or a clever one to stops modifers) I suffered major heat soak and flat spot from 2k to 3k so off it came and replaced with standard air box. This month however i have gone a bit crazy after alot of reads on the internet and brought a pipercross induction kit which comes with a heat shield and so far so good no power loss! I have also fitted a decat brought off ebay against what alot of people said on a forum and it does sound lush however still no smile! Also I have had to replace the rear brakes after 28k miles as they were shagged (i was told by Honda this was good they only usually last 10k
) and set of front tyres last less than 18k miles at £180 a cornerIt appears that to get a smile out of the Gen 8 Civic you need deep deep pockets as things are highly expensive such as manifolds that start at £799.00, Gruppe M iduction kit at £900.00, CAt backs at £500 and even with these mods your still making only approx 235bhp and under 175 of torque.
So my final thoughts is the Civic's are expensive to run 280 miles out of a full £45.00 tank and really not that enjoyable, yes the interior is lush, vtec does sound lush when you finally hit it and it is very stylish but fun no not a fun car at all
