1999 Honda Civic Si from North America - Comments

Absolutely nothing has gone wrong. Perfect reliability.

Let's get one thing straight. I'm an 18 year old from Arizona who couldn't care less about tricking out my car, like those street racing so-called rice rockets with the ridiculously ugly body kits and fart-pipe mufflers. They're the ones giving teen auto enthusiasts a bad rap. I'm interested in building a high performance road car, and I think the 1999 Honda Civic Si is an excellent start.

In terms of performance, I couldn't be happier for the money I paid. This 1.6L VTEC engine has a split personality. When driven like a normal car, it behaves like a normal car. However, once you put it in full throttle above 5600 RPM, it becomes a beast. The VTEC kicks in at that point, creating a sound reminiscent of a Formula 1 car, and carries it all the way to the red line at 8000 RPM. That's right, 8000. When stock, this car churns out times like 0-60 in 7 seconds, and the 1/4 mile in slightly less than 16 seconds. The Si does all of this while getting 26 MPG city and 31 MPG highway. It idles so quietly, sometimes I forget its on!

The fit and finish of the Si is excellent. It has gone 64000 plus miles with almost no wear whatsoever, thanks in part to that famous Honda reliability. I'll have this car for many years to come. The exterior paint is an incredible blue, and the interior sports firm, supportive seats, as well as a great 6 speaker CD system.

I have only one minor complaint about this car. It really, really needs a 6 speed transmission (not that there's anything wrong with the 5 speed, its nice and smooth).

What a great car. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a high performance machine with a limited budget. Best bang-to-buck factor in the industry, and I've test driven a lot of cars.

If you wanted a "cheap reliable performance car", why didn't you just get a 90-94 Turbo DSM? I have a 90 Laser RS-T, and I could get into the 10 second 1/4 mile bracket before I spent $10,000, including the price of the car. How about you? You can probably get 3/4's of your car paid for...doesn't seem like TOO much "cheap" performance to me.

If you would like, you should check out www.dsmtuners.com to see what I am talking about, since most (not all) Honda owners have no idea what a DSM is. Stock, a turbo DSM will go 0-60mph in 6.4 or 6.7 seconds, depending on the year and whether it's AWD or not. which is faster than 99% of stock Honda/Acura's. The only one that MIGHT compete is a new Prelude VTEC... this is not counting the S2000 or the NSX, since those are undoubtedly in a COMPLETELY different bracket.

This is just my 2 cents...3 cents Canadian! ;)

This car is truly reliable unlike a DSM... What is better? a cheaper car that is more likely to fail you, Or a car that will last you over a decade or more?

To the person who wrote the above comment... You have no idea what you're talking about... 2g turbo could whoop any of those DSM's easily. Those small turbos can only handle slower speeds.

Loser!

The civic si is the way to go. A stock si can pull just below an 15 not a 16. I've seen it done. Plus the civic looks a lot nicer than a laser... When you mod a junk car such as a laser it breaks every run. I was at the track in norwalk ohio and a laser/eclipse, an older model. anyways, it through half shafts left and right. therefore it goes to show that a car such as a laser cannot handle power.

PERIOD!!!

As far as the 99-2000 si is concerned, it is the perfect platform to start from to make a strong running tuner car. I highly recommend forced-induction because the peak torque output is low, but these b16's take to it like a duck to water. They will maintain boost around 10-12 psi off most kits with stock internals and you don't sacrifice engine life as far as it being a daily driver is concerned. Just find one quick because they are becoming sparse. I bought my 2000 si in 2001 and kids offer to buy it all the time.

DSM's arnt as reliable. Yeah, their quick, i'll give it that. But, a certain issue called "crank walk" which should srping to mind since you know all about DSMs and all. Yeah I wouldn't buy a car that blows up at 30k miles and have Mitsu say "too bad". I'll stick with the slower, more civilized Honda, Thanks.

I was wondering if A S2000 engine fit onto a 1999 Honda Civic Si.

I agree with all of you about the civic being WAY better than the laser.. Plymouth sucks so much that they have to make a copy of a JDM car just to make an extra $3,000 a year. And about the s2000 motor in a civic, I thought you would have to have the same speed of transmissions in both cars. the s2000 is a 6-speed, the civic a 5. If that soesnt matter, than I'm sure it would...My brother had an idea of putting a 3000GT VR-4 motor in a Eclipse GSX, but the whole 6-speed/5-speed trannies made it a iffy idea.