Project 3rd Gen Civic (1984-87)

Well with taxes coming back and expected any day... I'm buying another car, a work and winter car that is. lol don't laugh... 1986 Honda Civic hatchback, 1.3L 2BBL carb, 4spd on the floor in all of its massive HP glory! lol I'm actually buying it off of my uncle and of course it needs a little work, but hell, it's almost as old as I am.

nice man, congrats.

Congrats... Any thought about a swap?

that would be sweet, but no. this will be a strictly work car for now. Needs some work on the rocker panels and other minor stuff.

I haven't checked the import engine market in a long long time but you should be able to do a swap cheap.. Like a B16 or something..

man i understand the whole beater thing, but why on earth would you get something that old? i'd want something at least from the 90's so its reliable as well as cheap.

A swap in a '86 work car? That money could go torwards a turbo for the G5! :)

Or you could have bought a 2000 Saturn off of me!

Also needs some work -- only a front bumper though, being a Saturn they never rust [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

r/tguy02 wrote:

man i understand the whole beater thing, but why on earth would you get something that old? i'd want something at least from the 90's so its reliable as well as cheap.

For the right price I would buy and drive anything. :)

I drive a beater 90 C1500 that i brought for 500, 2 years ago and knock on wood its still going.. I'm thinking swapping to a B16 or 18 would prob get better fuel mileage.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

D-Rod wrote:

A swap in a '86 work car? That money could go torwards a turbo for the G5! :)

agreed! lol. It's an 86 with less than 100k and its been in the family since 86. My Aunt bought it new, and then moved to NC for 10+ years and when she moved back, she bought a CRV. My uncle took the Civic, and drove it and completely rebuilt the engine and put a new clutch in it at 60k. The thing runs like a champ, its just been sitting for two years so it needs a little TLC

jolly roger wrote:

I drive a beater 90 C1500 that i brought for 500, 2 years ago and knock on wood its still going.. I'm thinking swapping to a B16 or 18 would prob get better fuel mileage.

this thing gets better mileage than my G5. I drove it for about 6months between my Accord and my GTP. I only had to fill up maybe once every three weeks, and avg 33mpg in the city.

MotownG5 wrote:

jolly roger wrote:

I drive a beater 90 C1500 that i brought for 500, 2 years ago and knock on wood its still going.. I'm thinking swapping to a B16 or 18 would prob get better fuel mileage.

this thing gets better mileage than my G5. I drove it for about 6months between my Accord and my GTP. I only had to fill up maybe once every three weeks, and avg 33mpg in the city.

My truck can't even get half of that on a good day on the interstate!

The G5 does pretty good mpg as well, but not like the civic!

Going from 37-38mpg Saturn SC1, to the 21-22mpg Evo hurt a bit, but the fun more than made up for it. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

The worst part, the Sky gets a comfortable 34mpg freeway, sometimes even better. Got 36.8mpg on a trip to Detroit in it (the only long trip it's been on).

congrats man.

ScottHofferPhotography wrote:

congrats man.

thanks man, it'll help cut down on all the DD wear on the G5

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Here's a quick pic of the civic... I'll get some better ones once I get it all cleaned up and a few bugs worked out

Do a K-series swap

And put some 70s/EARLY 80s Advan rims on it [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I'm not a big fan of the k series... a B16 or B18 would be just fine lol Honestly i doubt i take it any further than it stands, unless something happens to the motor

First trip to work and back with out the assistance of a tow service! The Civic has a mostly clean bill of health. Still gotta figure the low speed stalling... Ugh damn carborated motors lol

its the gas man. i have to gut my carbs on my bike every year before i ride. there is always varnish in the bowls guaranteed.

Thought maybe the accelerator pump, but me and one of the tech's at work tore into it and actually found that the low idle adjustment was bottomed out. We adjusted it way up and now seems pretty good, but we'll have the best test for it tomorrow morning