indeed, he has had fabwork and the such, never did i say this was the cheap way, just saying any honda can be made fast, faster then any speed3/6 out there/anywhere and you're right i was part of the 1k slow fags in my rsx before i went bigboy turbo lol

But point is, i hate how everyone just shits on honda because 99% are young kids who want to try and fit in and begin modding cars and think they're fast, we all start somewhere, were not all rich, but don't shit on the motors because Honda motors have stood the test of time and have proven themselves time and time again. Shit on the ricer fags who destroy the name of modding/honda/and cars in general.

closer to 300. Good try tho.

:p i figured, i also hate spoiled kids. They make life look to easy.

i'm sure if somebody was to drop 15k in a ms3/6, it'd be crazy fast, but i respect people who actually do something nice to their cars, not shitty looking 12k hids, or unpainted body kits...

I don't disagree, but lets be real... I'd rather have my ms3 than I would 95% of boosted Hondas.

I'm about to take on a side project to build an EG, so I have no hate for Hondas or the motors. Just saying that the majority of them suck balls, and it's not an Apples to Apples comparison.

@7MAR True but he only spent that amount of money because of motor swaps and all his other pretty shit, point is i only spent close to 4k to hit 500's in an already good honda motor.

and like i said jwilkins, its just the ms3 appeals differently and has all the creature comforts most hondas lack. Me id trade all the comforts for the raw power and driving factor, problem is i need room for wife and all our military shit and she likes creature comforts lol =/

Thanks for supporting my point there champ. I don't even have $1k into my car as of yet, and I'm at 304wtq, not done tuning and at 18lbs. Let me haz big turbo and bye bye. Not to mention at the end of the day, you're still in a fucking Civic. He probably STARTED making 620whp at what, 6000rpm's? Useless.

anywho, its been fun chatting but lunch is almost over and gotta head back to the briefings of the day. =/ later!

Please step down from your Mazda throne and realize youre just in a "fucking mazda" which is still a econoPOS thats boosted. Next, hows it useless? the power is still being utilized just in a different band then your car, just when you realize that whenever you hit your power goal and you race a boosted honda making similar power if not less than you and starts to walk away from you due to power/weight, get mad, and no you wont be "Bye bye" with a big turbo because you wont be able to break utilize all that power effectively either. But what ever you say fanboy, im not the one with a closed mind here.

I understand that the K20a3 is the weakest of the bunch, but you can't take away that in itself it's a very stout motor.

I currently own an 05 model and the car is great. I auto-x'd for a whole year with only and intake and tires and I was able to outperform plenty of other cars within my class and some above my class (some cars included an SRT-4, 8th gen Si, and a couple Miata's) within a year of learning my car.

This year after I felt the need to go faster I turbocharged it and swapped out the 5-speed for a 6 w/LSD and bumped up a class.

As of right now the Odometer is clocked at 109,xxx and the car is still driving great, but of course I am on top of the car and do my own maintenance (own my copy of the HELM INC manual).

The thing is for the price I paid for the car 2.5 years ago, it can't compare to the MS3 in terms of how far I can go with it for the same price I paid for my MS3. Sure torque is great in the MS3 but there's no point in having such an abundance of it with trying to whip around a corner. Of course to each his own since everyone else doesn't only auto-x the MS3.

If I were you I would just keep the car and save your cash and headache on a new car. Buy used if you can if you're really bent on getting rid of the EP3. Just remember our forum community over at ephatch is worlds away from the 8th gen civic fags. It's actually very similar to MSF but not as many assholes, lol.

If you bought the car for at or under 10k with decent mileage like 60k<, then keep the car and do a K24A1 swap and call it a day, you'll have MORE than enough torque and an AWESOME motor to boost if you decide to go that route. This motor is the motor Honda should have put in the EP3.

If you overpaid for the car and can get what you paid for it, then by all means sell it/trade it in.

Like someone mentioned before, keep the car, drive it, learn it, and have fun with it. When you're ready to move on, you'll know. Me personally I kept mine, lol. I can't rid of it, too much hard work and parts I got for basically a steal into it and the car just keeps begging me to push it everytime I take her out of the garage.

If you love your Honda's so much, GTFO here, get rid of your MS3, go get a shit interior quality Honda and make your big power. Oh, forgot, your wife won't let you get rid of "your" car.

the k20a3 is good for 300 to the wheels.

I've considered swapping to a k24a4 as they can be had for about $600ish dollars and they make good torque.

Good to see some unbiased people.

Got another offer of 21982 from another dealer, gonna hit them up.

this is a troll....go ask this same question u posted about on the 8thgen forums.

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You're a closed minded idiot. It's not that she wont let you, i dont want to. Yes i miss the power, and all, but im in need of a decently quick DD with cargo space.

So please save your self the trouble you huge faggot and stfu with your fanboy shit cause you only make your self look stupid.

k thx.

lol, those are the same reasons I switched to Mazda. I almost went insane from the fucking clutch squeak!

Fanboy? Lol........have you seen my sig? Actually, I'm anti import, only reason I have it is I sold my truck so I could be more financially stable, and the MS3, for me, was a no brainer compared to any other boosted import on the market and well reasonably priced. I've loved every minute owning this car and have no regrets with it at all. My friend owns a tuning/motoring shop and he mainly specializes in SS Cobalt's, but will build any car if the owner is willing to pay. He's built a few boosted Honda's, and yes I've gone for rides in them. Don't really impress me. That's MY opinion, not a "fanboy" comment. So stop being butthurt about it, it seems like you're the Honda fanboy in this thread.

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I understand why some people likes Honda but I don't see why. Honda as gave up on performance in their line-up, just like Toyota did.

The 2012 Civic sucks, it looks like an ugly 2011. And don't get me started on the new CR-Z!
Back in the day Honda had the NSX, Integra, RSX, S2000, Prelude, CR-X.....Now nothing.
Back in the day Toyota had the Celica AWD Turbo, Supra, MR2, Corolla SR5....Now nothing.

The fact is most Civic owners are young and loves to rice it up. Some builds nice cars but the bad tasteless ones kills the brand. I'm tired to see a dumb kid with a riced-up rusty Civic with a dumb ass fart-can and super ninja bumper/wingwest coming beside me and reving their high pitch can and loosing badly. I see the well build Hondas, clean looking Civic with a engine swap + turbo, no fart-can, nice wheels and lowered as the exterior mod. But I don't see them often. They exist, it's like the new beetle turbo, some builds nice ones, but it is known as a girls car. Would you want to be seen in a girls car....nope even if it may be a fast fun car while been modified.

So there, this is why you may see some people loosing faith in Honda and buying them selves a little Zoom-zoom.

My self, if I had money I would be driving a Boss 302 instead and having a second car to carry the family. But I needed one car that does it all and the MS3 does that, and I don't look like a 16 year old boy racer punk driving it. Thats my 2 cents.

Maybe it's the alcohol...but I think I already drive a girls car. They always seem to think it's so fucking cute lol. Seems to me like a new fast beetle with a custom plate like mywifes or wiferyd would make a nice sleeper lawl. Fuck the haters when you're beating on em...

I agree with this....some people asked me why I bought a new Mazda and I had to tell them that....well, Honda makes nothing that fits my daily needs and will satisfy my performance side. Toyota makes fucking economy cars only now, and all the domestics except the SS seem over priced or just out of my price range. It's really kind of a shame that neither toyota/honda have the....i guess you would say variety.....they used to.

The problem with the new Beetle is that it's based on the Golf, it's supposed to be rear engine/rear drive. They would have sold a shit more if they made it like that. Imagine a 210hp rear drive Bug, sounds like fun. Why get the Beetle instead of the Golf, well it's for the looks. The flower holder doesn't help the car, should be an option. The 2012 Beetle looks a lot better, but it's too late, people's minds have been set.

Back to Honda's; just 1 hour ago, a young guy with a Civic non-SI ( I know it's not an SI because the gauges cluster's light is blue) came beside me. White 2010 body style, 4 door, fart-can, Giant wing out back, Glued-on hood scoop painted blue, blue stickers "Honda, V-tec, SI, Honda emblems, NOS" , windshield banner "honda". This is why I don't like Honda, it's not the cars, it's the people that drives them that drives me nuts.

As for the Domestics,
Ford: Focus ST, Mustang v-6 (305hp), Mustang 5.0l, Shelby, Taurus SHO
GM:Corvette, Camaro v-8, the v-6 is too heavy but still a fun car, later to be out Cruze SS, Regal GS (2012).
Dodge: Charger, Challenger.....no more low cost fun for them but still so muscle.

So under $23,000us, there's only the V-6 mustang, Cruze SS and later the ST.

Yeah, I was thinking about this the other day. Honda and Toyota make nothing exciting anymore. Shit, the corolla still has a 130hp motor, while all the domestics/mazda have atleast a 160hp for the cars in their class.

Toyota is bringing out a rear drive Scion in the near futur with the help of Subaru. No word on being turbocharged.

Honda, well they want to bring out a new Beat with the CR-Z engine.... boring! Come on they have good tech, why not making cool cars with VTEC/GI/turbo's. Make a new S2000, bring back the NSX. Make a non-hybrid/K20 CR-Z. Nope, econo minded only.

Even Mitsubishi is going crazy, killing the EVO and Eclipse.

I'd have to say, if they made a k20 cr-z, i would be at the honda dealership with a check.

lolwut

A K20 in a CR-Z would be great, and lighter than the hybrid version. It would a great little car. Honda would be stupid not to build it.....they probably wont.

So, this is your thread. No input? Are you buying a Speed3 or not? If yes, well welcome and Donate!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, if Honda would put out an AWD turbo rallyish car, I'd drop everything and buy it tomorrow

But they wont!

I know... Now I'm depressed

after the world finishes ending

Don't be, just look at a Gen2 front bumper. It's always happy to see you :burnout:

regarding hondas: one day a few years back i was at Church Automotive getting my all-motor prelude tuned (189 whp/156 ft-lbs, nothing too exciting) hanging out. Shawn was tuning some kid's RSX-S with stock block, unknown turbo, and 11 pounds of boost. the guy was making 450 whp. He took it for a test drive and said he was breaking traction in 6th gear.

fwiw, i think the MS3 is more car than anything honda makes today. but as far as FWD sport-compacts go, the old hondas are still better cars than most of the shit being sold today. I can't say that I wouldn't own an ITR instead of my MS3 (if i didn't have to worry about it being instantly stolen). But owning a car is more complex than having double wishbone suspensions and 2630 lb curb weights.

except you'd still have a torsion beam rear paired to a motor that's actually capable of exposing how inadequate the rear suspension design is.

they have the motor (K23) and they have torque vectoring AWD (SH-AWD), but they don't think they have the market, for whatever reason. seems elementary that there should be a turbo-SH AWD CSi, TSX, or RSX-replacement in the future at some point, but ever since '01, Honda's been on some other shit. I have no explanation or defense for it.

Just look at the RDX, it's old and out of date. Why if they have the tech they don't use it. They don't want to sell cars?????

Hondas were the shit....




10 years ago

the old man died (soichiro honda) and the company lost its sense of purpose.

now it's a half-ass toyota clone trying to sell appliances. which breaks my heart.

i'm satisfied with a 200 bhp/170 ft lb K24 powered CSi--if the CSi weighed as much as a DC2.

I love the way the EP3 looks. It's too bad Honda didn't put a better engine in it.

sell the civic get a better body style civic, k20 turbo and rape.

A guy that was out this past weekend has an EP3 with a turbo k24. It's fully built and tuned on 12 or 14 psi (don't remember exactly). He hasn't dyno'd it, but I guess it was 310 whp at 6....so it's probably 400-450 now...pretty mean ass car.

You shut your mouth! Seriously... I heard this, knew this, but blocked it out.

So... us, the wrx, and the supposed ford rs... the cruze? and in theory the scions and si...

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