The Confused Turbo Civic-S2000 Hybrid
The Honda S2000 may be a desirable car, but no matter how many S2000 parts one hurls at their Honda Civic, it will never be an S2k.
Craigslist Autos Strikes Again
Chances are that you have browsed Craigslist at least a time or two when shopping for S2000 parts, or even entire S2000 cars for sale. While Craigslist has been known to turn up some diamonds in the rough that make for good deals or nice projects, there are also a number of ads that are hocking complete rubbish or questionable mashups. Our example today is a Honda hodge-podge brought to you via San Diego Craigslist.
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Brutal Body
This bizarre creation looks to be a fifth generation Honda Civic that has undergone some gaudy "upgrades." The seller highlights one of main attractions of the car being the custom fitted S2000 front bumper conversion combined with a widebody kit. Unfortunately, the front end looks to be an unsightly aftermarket fiberglass unit that has been crunched an cracked in several places resulting in a pretty poor fitment. The black light underglow behind the grille mesh it not doing it any favors either. Are those fender louvers or a convenient set of bottle openers for when you are hanging out at the local cars and coffee event?
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Engine Bay Eyesore
The engine looks to be the original single cam D15 VTEC engine that has undergone a turbocharger conversion. While this sounds like a decent combination, one glance under the hood will have most buyers running away from the disaster that awaits. Random wires, cables, and hoses are running rampant throughout the engine bay with a shop rag or two conspicuously tucked into crevices to catch weeping fluids that make for quite the fire hazard. "Nah bro, the car is not leaking fluids, its sweating horsepower!" Good luck passing CA smog in this beast!
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Intolerable Interior
One bright spot about the car is the customized Integra interior. If you are a fan of orange creamsicle ice cream bars, you will feel right at home here. The OEM gauges have an Elite Motorsports sticker placed over them, so one has to assume they are non-functional. But fear not, the 5" tach just in front of the shifter will help you keep the boosted engine in the right rpm range if you are able to train one of your eyes on the road and the other down towards the gauge while your passenger shouts out additional readings from the glovebox gauges. Don't forget to take the car out of gear before starting it via the push button starter on the stripped steering column. We can't allow this car to be driving off by itself...
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More Wings Than A Bucket Of Chicken
Another Acura Integra feature are the clear altezza taillights. That said, most folks will be ogling at the massive amount of downforce the car is producing with its giant roof wing, integrated hatch wing, and a rear diffuser tucked up under the rear bumper with coffee can muffler in tow. The car supposedly has ISC N1 suspension to help it stick to the road, but the strut towers look a bit out of whack so its a toss up if the alignment can be corrected. All said and done, this ride could have been yours for the low low price of $1500, but the ad quickly disappeared from Craigslist leaving us to wonder whether someone bought the car to burn it, or if the seller had seller's remorse because they were not ready to part with their Orange-Crushmobile.
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