I had to change the spark plugs after about 15,000 miles, but what do you expect from a high performance sport compact car. If you have replaced the sparkplugs in yours yet you will know the high price for the only type of plugs it will run with (Platinum Plugs).
The Michelin tires that came stock got horrible mileage, I have already had to replace them since I have had the car. ALso the price for the Michelin's are EXTREME! I own an automotive service and repair shop and I get tires for wholesale price for myself and the price was still way too high for 15" tires. Thanks to Honda for putting a special sized tire on the car.
Overall the car is great, it is a good car to drive everyday and race whenever possible.
It could have been produced with more horsepower and especially more torque!
I agree the stock tires suck and are way too expensive for what they are. The car is a great daily driver, but could use a little more power off the line.
Be careful, this car is a highly targeted theft vehicle, mine has been stolen once and recovered, and also it was broken into after that twice within the last month. My wheels were stolen and they are on back order for over 3 months, so now I have a set of steel wheels until the dealer can get some in stock.
Protect your investment!
"A great high performance street racer!"
Give me a BREAK! My '79 Datsun 280ZX is waiting for you! Honda makes a great car, but it cracks me up when I see all the bogus modifications the younger crowd is doing to them. High school Auto Shop must be teaching that stickers and HUGE exhaust tips create HP... Wrong. Give the car to grandma.
Street racer... LOL LOL LOL.
If you think you Datsun can run circles around all these Honda's Acura's and Mitsu's that us "younger Generation" are driving think again. I am positive that we could keep up if not smoke the Datsun so we are waiting... I have friends with Supercharged Type R's that are quick but even better is my friend's 90 Eclipse GSX all wheel drive putting down 400 Hp to the wheels.. Even if the Datson runs 500hp its still heavier. Before you get all cocky pick up a copy of sport compact car!
I also have a datson 280zx stock it is decent, but mine has 537.8 hp 350 v8 and it will smoke any honda no matter what you do to it.
Listen I own an 86' 300zx, (much better than a wimpy 280z)!!
But to the point- Honda's are AWESOME and that's all that needs to be said!!! 160h.p. out of a 1.6 liter engine that's AWESOME Mustang-4.6liter=215 Horrible!!!
As long as you're not prone to comparing apples to oranges (old tech pushrod V8's to DOHC 1.6 liter inline fours) then the car is a great bargain. The engine is to be considered a starting point in your journey for power, but the drawback is these cars are stolen way too often, mostly for the drivetrain.
For the money and reliability it's hard to argue with the Civic Si. Decent performance, great handling and lots of safety features make it a good deal. The depreciation is minimal and as everyone knows, a used Honda holds it's value. If you're serious about buying one, the first thing you should do is hit tekniqauto. com and get a Momo steering wheel with the tekniq removable steering wheel kit. They can't steal it if they can't steer it.
I think its just great how much horsepower you can get from 4 cylinders, but I still think the si should of been made with a 1.8 liter engine; the 1.6 is only producing 160hp and 111 foot pounds of torque; that's pretty pathetic.
I love how you Honda boyz act like you have such a high tech product with the B-series motors.
Ooohhh! V-tec... wow... I'm amazed... a solenoid RPM switch controlled by the computer... wow...the advanced Honda science is awing me.
The EFI system... wow... Speed density system... wow...so advanced.. only the simplest type of EFI there is...
I love how you insult the Datsun when it's EFI was more advanced.. it actually used more sensors than a 90's Honda... in 1975.
Ooh! Look at the DISTRIBUTOR on it! Wow... that's Hi tech alright, only been used since the internal combustion engine was invented!
Yup, B-series is Soooooooo advanced, if you wanted to you could slap a carburettor on the thing, and hook the vtec solenoid up to an MSD box, and the thing would run without a computer, and then you Honda boys would be saying how much better the "Honda" carburetor induction was so much better than GM's state of the art electronics! You know why GM still uses pushrod engines? Honestly? Because they can.
I love how you Honda guys say how it's dinosaur technology when GM electronics are miles and miles ahead of Honda.
The outside dimensions of the LS-7 V-8 are not much bigger then a turboed K24, yet it displaces 7 liters.
It still gets almost 30 highway mpg. (more than your swapped honda).
It's all aluminum and weighs less than most 4-cylinders, and has a lower center of gravity. (yet you say how it messes up weight distribution)
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Hondas.
They are well made reliable automobiles (other than the steel they use in them; prone to rust)
Who the hell cares if you have 120hp per liter, when you have a dinky little 1.6L engine? You still only have 180hp.
A chevy 350 making 50hp per liter will still have 285hp, and most mildly built 350's have over 400hp.
Which one do you thinks gonna win in an identical car?
It's like bragging about the alcohol content of a shot of Everclear, when the other guy has a keg of beer. Which one is gonna get you more messed up?
Yes the shot has a much higher alcohol content per volume, but the keg of beer still has WAY more alcohol.
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