Red Pepper Racing

Ok, Im looking into buying this 86 civic si.

$1,695
104,671 miles

i would like to know what you thought.
this would be my dailydriver/weekend racer
i am looking into getting into the autox
i have been told that these engines boost well.
is this true?

thanks again for all your help.

SIs takes boost well.
plus fill out you location so we know where you are ... and can advised you if you live inthe rust belt to check wheel wells floor pan pan hard mount and jack mounts for rust

sorry.
there we go.

i hear that they boost well.
but whenever i hear someone talking about boost
its always followed with somkinda problems.
or am i just wrong?
Edited by LAMA, 08 July 2004 - 06:48 PM.

If the turbo kit is done right and tuned properly, you can have years of trouble free boosting...
BTW... Welcome to the board..

anyone else?

The Si (D15A3/EW4) motor has a not-so-staggering compression ratio of 8.7:1 stock, so yes, boost is easily achieveable and maintainable, so long as you keep it around 5-7psi.

That sounds like a good deal to me, the blue book mint value of an Si is $2K, no more, so that sounds about right for the price/location/condition/mileage. I think you could bargain it down a couple hundred dollars depending on the running condition, which should be good given the mileage.

So what are you waiting for, join the Si Hatch club!

Cheers,
Mark

It would be a great deal in SW Wasahington! I say Go for it!

KEEP IN MIND, you are talking to a bunch of enthusiasts almost any car can boost well the Si is no acception with a proper tune job a home made kit will do well IMO... I say haggle with the seller I wouldn't be supprised if you could bring it down to less than 1k. there isn't much demand for the 3G use that to your advantage. Use the money you save for your first mods.
I just got my '86 DX for free SUCKER!!!!!!!!! too bad im broke and
cant do anything anyway
if I had the cash to buy a new car personally I'd get another AWD subaru(i know ima get jumped for sayin that)
jus my $.02
--zak--

if your gonan boost it then get a rebuild first...

Wow, that hatch looks really nice in that pic. I'd buy it.

I'd buy it... but not for $1700. Not a snowball's chance in hell would I pay that much. My '86 Si I paid $400 for. Granted, it needed the floors welded but that wasn't a problem for me. My '85 Si (yes, an '85 Civic Si) I paid $300 for. It needed a clutch, but had Tokico Illuminas at all four corners, a K&N, Yokohama AVSi's and was bought from the second owner. These cars have no resale, whatsoever. Get the guy down to $1000 and it wouldn't be a bad deal...

--Danny