'79 Civic 1200...

Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by mmtasty, Mar 9, 2007.

  1. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

    Sup guys and gals. I thought I'd share my (other) project car with you. It's soooo fun to drive. The engine is out getting a stroker kit and beefy cam. It should have about 60WHP when it's done. These little cars are so fun to play with because a lot of the parts from other Hondas will fit. The engines are so simple I can change the HEAD within an hour... Even though it's a Honda, I love it.

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    Mike
     
  2. Greg

    Greg Active Member

    did you mean to say 600hp...?
     
  3. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

    I wish...
     
  4. bomjoon

    bomjoon Active Member

    lol how much does the car weigh?
     
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2007
  5. Greg

    Greg Active Member

    What kind of engine is it...? :) I having a hard visualizing an engine with a stroker kit and cam only making 60hp... What was it before? 5hp Briggs and Stratton ;)
     
  6. Greg

    Greg Active Member

    It is in good condition though! +1
     
  7. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

    haha very funny James.

    It's a little 1200cc four. The power killer is the exhaust manifold. I can get custom headers, but that's some MONEY.
     
  8. Greg

    Greg Active Member

    :rofl:
    Kinda sounds like a little Legend car
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    I believe they run Suzuki GSX-R 1000CC engines
     
  9. Greg

    Greg Active Member

    It does look fun to drive
     
  10. ShaneSTI

    ShaneSTI Active Member

    whoa...u don't see a car like that everyday. you should put a "type R" emblem on the back.lol
     
  11. FTZ

    FTZ ^.^

    I have a friend back in PA that was all about the old old old school Hondas. He had a 74 Civic I think, and a couple others. He said the same thing, they are incredibly easy to work on, and fun to drive.
     
  12. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

    :rofl: I'd like to get some Spoon wheels, but it's 4x120 and they don't make those. I can swap the hubs from an Accord, which I'm going to do someday. So maybe I'll put Spoon stickers on it...
     
  13. Demo24

    Demo24 Member

    wow, thats really clean!
     
  14. BrianGT

    BrianGT Banned

    nice! I love older hondas. That has to be the nicest 1st gen civic that I have seen so far :)

    We have 3 crxs now, all 1st gens. Picked up one last week for Mere's daily driver to keep miles off the sti:
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    1987 Civic CRX Si, 276k, and we are the 2nd owner :)

    just put some RPF-1 wheels on it (15x7), it came with these wheels:
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    Brian
     
    Last edited: Mar 10, 2007
  15. 1ll-WRX

    1ll-WRX Active Member

    awesome old school hondas guys!!!
     
  16. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

    Hey Brian- if you run across a CRX cable clutch 5spd let me know. I'm in the market...
     
  17. BrianGT

    BrianGT Banned

    I have a spare, sent you a PM
     
  18. BlackAndBlue

    BlackAndBlue Member

    its a honda mini!
     
  19. crash#2

    crash#2 Member

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    i laughed really hard at that comment until i remember how balls out fast my old briggs go-cart was (it was later upgraded for an oddessy with a CR500 motor)
     
  20. Weapon

    Weapon 90lbs of dynamite Supporting Member

    very clean! I am also a big honda fan
     
  21. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

    What year?! I had an '85!!!!! I kept the 400cc on it, but I can only imagine how fast yours was. Those things are AWESOME!!!! Don't you wish you still had it? They could go anywhere. I'm still looking for a Pilot in good condition.

    I never jumped mine more than 3-4 feet, but a friend of mine who had never driven it (and had no idea how fast it was) panicked, forgetting where the brake was, and hit a HUGE motoX kicker going about 25ish. He caught about 5 full seconds of hang time and launched a good 10' into the air. I almost pissed my pants I was laughing so hard...


    Good times...
     

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