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I posted this in the tuning section but I didn't get as much feedback as I hoped/wished for. Although 98cwitr gave me good points, I need a wider field of opinions. Sorry for the repost

"I apologize for being such a newb. I have an 88 CRX and plannin to do a swap. But after long thinking, I had 2 choices in mind. The JDM R or B20vtec/turbo. in the end, I decided on the JDM R. But the thing is, I wanna be able to run mid 13s - high 12s street driven everyday. Is it possible?

All I hear is that the Type R is already fully built to the best but i'm sure there are mods you can slap on there to make it run faster. Plz help.

I'd also like to make a note that I have a $20,000 (canadian) to spend AFTER the swap. So plz just shoot at what I can get to make my rex the fastest rex in town. But also keep in mind that I wanna be able to drive this car everyday, approx 200km each day (since girlfriend lives across the city from me) so I prefer reliability over anything else.

I looooove the ITRs but the thing is, it came down to a few factors for me to pick the 88rex. For 1, most of the ITRs in my area for sale are pretty banged up with over 100, 000km on the od. The decent conditioned ones are over $21, 000 and are already modded.
Buying the 88 CRX only set me back $2,000 and needed minor work that didn't even come up to $1,000. Doing the whole install will throw me back $7,500 including labour. So after adding all that up, I have a rex that cost me $10,500 and still have the same power.
The 2nd reason is power to weight ratio. ITRs are 2800lbs (correct me if i'm wrong) and the 88 CRX is only 2018lbs. Throw my passenger seat, spare tire, ac, etc out and i'll be down to 1900lbs easy.

Those are the reasons that lead me to buy my rex. I bought the rex after I knew what swap I wanted to do (1 of the 2 in my 1st post). Having an JDM R crx for just $10,500 leaves me with A LOT of money to play with

Need lotsa help here. Thank you so much"

The only question was if that's put you in low 13s high 12s? If you can drive, are at a lower elevation, a good track, with good tires, I'd say yes. If you wanted something else, sorry I missed it..

GQNammer wrote:... wanna be able to run mid 13s - high 12s street driven everyday. Is it possible?

Yup, it surely is. I could do 13.8 with just the mildest modifications: JDM OEM header, SMSP exhaust, Comptech Icebox.

I never did a quarter after we finished the car in its 192 HP (Dynojet) configuration, but I'm sure it was well in the range that you are after. Still just mild modifications: added SMSP header, mild port/polish, flow the injectors, very slight compression increase.

Original cams, but adjustable gears and Hondata give a lot of oomph down low.

All I hear is that the Type R is already fully built to the best....

Nah, there's a lot you can do.

I'd also like to make a note that I have a $20,000 (canadian) to spend AFTER the swap.

You won't have to spend that much. I understand all you said about why you don't want an ITR, but I'd have searched for one if I had all that money to spend.

Dave-ROR wrote:The only question was if that's put you in low 13s high 12s? If you can drive, are at a lower elevation, a good track, with good tires, I'd say yes. If you wanted something else, sorry I missed it..

Basically, yes, i was asking if i can run 12s-13s street drivable. But I'm also asking how I would be able to do it