Any import guys here?

[RC3]

Dont hate, but import alliance is coming to town this weekend. Any fellow TGOers going?

[Ted S.]

Nope. Too much stuff going on, and my Subaru is hardly an import, nor is it impressive. Edited October 23, 2014 by Ted S.

[ironsniper1]

i went one time but there was more civics than you can shake a stick at, plus the one civic where the guy put a v8 in it

[hipower]

"... the one civic where the guy put a v8 in it"

 

WOW!  I bet that was a booger to keep in a straight line run!

[whitewolf001]

Nah, last show I went to was NOPI Nats in '06. I haven't been in the tuner scene much since then.

[nightrunner]

WOW! I bet that was a booger to keep in a straight line run!

I dont know if it was the same guy, but somebody did a build, and documented it online with pics, called it the civette. Evidently the 97-04corvette and the 99-00ish civic have the same wheelbase, so he just dropped the civic body on the vette chassis, so he had corvette engine transmission suspension everything but looked like a civic.

[hipower]

Did find some references and videos of the civette. If the same one, 528hp/600ftlbs torque.

 

And yes it looks on video like a brutal ride to control.

 

And I did get sidetracked for about 40 minutes watching all kinds of car vids.

Edited October 23, 2014 by hipower

[ironsniper1]

WOW! I bet that was a booger to keep in a straight line run!

might be but the guy couldn't keep the thing running lol would drive two feet and it would die and him and his buddies had to push it lol also from what I heard he had to completely cut out the firewall Edited October 23, 2014 by luke9511

[hipower]

If he crammed an LS series engine in the civic, that's not at all surprising.

The videos I watched had the vehicle running pretty strong on some quarter mile tracks and on the open road.

[ironsniper1]

If he crammed an LS series engine in the civic, that's not at all surprising.

The videos I watched had the vehicle running pretty strong on some quarter mile tracks and on the open road.

when I saw it, it was back in like 06 or 07 before I lost my 95 Mitsubishi galant to a broken timing belt :( I still miss that car Edited October 23, 2014 by luke9511

[bersaguy]

when I saw it, it was back in like 06 or 07 before I lost my 95 Mitsubishi galant to a broken timing belt :( I still miss that car

Ouch, That sounds like a bunch of bent valves since the Mitsubishi has interference cylinder heads and valves. It can be an expensive repair if you don't know what your doing. Sorry you lost your Galant. They are or were good cars.

[NextExit]

Never heard of it and all I drive are imports. But after looking at pictures of the event, I'll pass. Don't think my Land Rover would fit in. :)

[ironsniper1]

Ouch, That sounds like a bunch of bent valves since the Mitsubishi has interference cylinder heads and valves. It can be an expensive repair if you don't know what your doing. Sorry you lost your Galant. They are or were good cars.

you would be correct, my uncle tried replacing the belt and when he started you could hear it crunching or grinding, it was bad, was my first car too had almost 220k miles on it

When I first got it


After I wrecked it


When I stripped it


And after everything was replaced
Edited October 23, 2014 by luke9511

[No_0ne]

I dont know if it was the same guy, but somebody did a build, and documented it online with pics, called it the civette. Evidently the 97-04corvette and the 99-00ish civic have the same wheelbase, so he just dropped the civic body on the vette chassis, so he had corvette engine transmission suspension everything but looked like a civic.

But, why?

[RC3]

Only reason I am going is my group of friends is rather diverse. And not one civic. RX8's, Evos, Z's, WRX's, BRZ's, supras. And it will be fun for a few hours, which is what really matters.