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Thanks! I'm entertaining the idea of buying one just to play with and learn. My father-in-law runs a japanese auto shop with one of his old buddies. My father-in-law specializes in drivetrains and his friend is more about the powertrain. They were both engineers of sorts on the honda racing corp (motorcycles) when they started back in the 80's then switched to cars in the 90's and now they run a shop specializing obviously in honda's although they do most every thing japanese (they don't advertise as a performance shop, they mostly just do repairs/maintenence although they do special jobs for long time customers on proper hondas (NSX/S2000 only none of that civic/integra shit) It's a 4+2 bay garage. The +2 being in the back for special jobs and that is where my evo lives next to their nsx and s2k. I am lucky in that they let me use it for free although I help them out with customer cars (usually easy shit like oil changes, brake pad changes or cleaning/organizing bays).
This year they were gracious/curious enough to help me build my 4B11T with new rods, pistons, bearings etc. We balanced and honed for perfect fit and feel and the car is running great.
Right now, I'm only entertaining the idea of buying one to play with. I could throw down probably $15k to buy and maintain one for this year. But I have no clue what that would fetch me yet I'm still reading, trying to find the weak points of FD's are and what I should watch out for if I do end up pulling the trigger. I am not afraid to get my hands dirty, but I don't want to have to do a build the second I buy it.
If there are really good reads on this forum, I wouldn't mind some links.
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