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Old 07-10-2008, 12:09 AM   #1
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I have been driving hondas for years but have never driven an ls power teg . Are they worth buying for a DD ? I have an opertunity to buy a 4door 99 civic thats got a b18b and auto trans for a daily driver . the car is all stock . and yes they did make 1.8 powered civics . i am just tired of my over cammed, manual hatch in traffic in Bangkok .Just to avoid being flamed non stop here is a photos of the back of the car and the engine bay . its called a civic Si AT,



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looks nice.
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that would be a great daily driver! sounds like it would have enough power.. and the ls auto should give you great gas mileage to go along with it!
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Why not? Looks pretty nice...
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that would be a great daily driver! sounds like it would have enough power.. and the ls auto should give you great gas mileage to go along with it!
A manual LS gets better mpg than an auto. Trust me, I know.
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yeah of course a manual gets better mpg but an auto ls would still get better than an auto si
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but slush box i said " i am just tired of my over cammed, manual hatch in traffic in Bangkok"
not worried about mpg . just really tired of physco traffic jams and pushing in the clutch 500 times in an hour to move 3 inches , traffic here can be a total nightmare
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Great calf workout though, haha. I wish I had one.
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Automatic LS for the win. SWOOSH!
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If one was able to get ahold of those auto LS/EK tranny mounts is there any other reason you couldn't do this swap in an EK? I'm thinking it would make a great DD for the wife, the auto D16Y8 in there now is low on power and thirsty because of it.

To the OP, ya I'd think it would make a good daily.
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it would be too much work to change it to 5spd, ecu trouble, gauge cluster, blah!!!
keep it the way it is?
btw, what does a civic like that sell for?
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your looking about 10k , cars cost a shit load here
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A manual transmission does get annoying after about an hour in stop and go 1/2 mph traffic. If thats what you're up against, Have at it. I drove a manual truck in austin tx, when they had it all fucked up with road construction. 4 hours a day in traffic jams in a manual ftl.
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i feel you thats why i am thinking about buying the auto ( 20 years or driving in bad traffic all over the world ) no its not performance but i am not getting rid of my hatch , and its all performance
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Id drive it.
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i feel you thats why i am thinking about buying the auto ( 20 years or driving in bad traffic all over the world ) no its not performance but i am not getting rid of my hatch , and its all performance
if you're keeping the hatch, that civic is a very nice ride.
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Looks like a perfect daily driver if you're looking to get away from the clutch.
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Looks nice.
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