'79 Civic 1200...

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  1. mmtasty

    mmtasty Active Member

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    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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  2. Greg

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

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    I wish...
     
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    lol how much does the car weigh?
     
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  5. Greg

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    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

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

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    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

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

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

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    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

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    :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...
     
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    wow, thats really clean!
     
  14. BrianGT

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    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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    awesome old school hondas guys!!!
     
  16. mmtasty

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

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

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

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    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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