Not to familiar with everyones budget but I have a friend who can get and
entire JDM Type R front clip for
around $5k. Thats the sheetmetal, motor, suspension, everything from the
firewall forward. And from
what he tells me, it all bolts up. The only problem would be smog, but if
its an all out race car that
doesn't matter. Plus the JDM motor is rated at 210hp and not 195. And you
also get the nice looking
front end with HID headlights. About the motors getting stolen up here in
Nor Cali at all the import drag
races, they run the ID#'s of the blocks to see if there stolen. Mainly any
Honda DOHC motors.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Murray [SMTP:mattm@optonline.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:02 PM
> To: Chris McCann
> Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Part swapping
>
> Some parts are swappable, such as shocks, front sway bar, etc. All the
> normal stock stuff you'd be able to change. The rear bar, reinforcements
> and
> the like, would not be legal in stock, but certainly SP, and the like. To
> do
> a complete conversion would get ugly, not to mention expensive. In
> addition
> to adding parts, you'd have to take some out, too. Such as the sound
> absorption material. You'd have to get a Type-R motor, too. All in all it
> would be easier to buy a complete Type-R. Just a FYI, in Westchester
> County
> (NY) and Fairfield County (CT), Type-Rs are getting stolen quite
> frequently.
> Apparently, the Type-R motor bolts directly into a Civic. The Rice Boys
> are
> (allegedly) snagging the motors. So, if you see a Type-R motor stuffed in
> a
> Civic, chances are there is more to the story. To quote Esterhaus: "Let's
> be
> careful out there."
>
> Chris McCann wrote:
>
> > Since the Integra GS-R and the Type R are both in GS, is it legal to use
> > Type R parts on a GS-R?
>
> --
> Matt Murray
>
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> It was mattm@nassau.cv.net
> Please note the change in your address books
>
> As always, work is:
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>
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