Civic Si 11th gen to TYPE R

[Redpanda_SI]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been getting messages asking about why I'm selling my parts and stuff so I figured I would post the story.


I purchased my civic si December 16th the day it arrived at the dealership

The mechanics and I would talk about making the civic si just as great as a type r for less if not the same as Msrp.

So I got to work.

March 4th was the day I finished it

I had the mods of

•Civic type r front bumper/grille conversion & color matched
• A’pexi N1 EX coilovers
• A’pexi N1-X evolution extreme catback exhaust
•27won turbo down pipe
•27won front big brake kit
•stop tech slotted rear rotors
•work emotion cr 2p 18x9 +36 (F) 18x9 +35 (R) wrapped in general GT G max AS-05 255/35R18
•Whiteline
-Front camber correction kit
-Front control arm lower inner bushing kt
-Engine torque arm
-Sway bar end link kit (F&R)
-Rear sway bar 26mm HVDuty
-Rear Upper control arm
-Rear lower control arm lower front
•spoon reservoir tank cover
•spoon oil filler cap
•spoon blue wide door mirrors
•hybrid racing
-heavy duty trans detent springs
-Shifter base bushings
-Shifter cable bushings
•diode dynamics led reverse backup lights
•broadway blue glass 270mm tint wide mirror
•Honda oem Alcantara steering wheel
•Honda oem type R shift knob
•Honda oem Door visors
•Yofer V2 led rear diffuser
•Yofer V2 side skirts
•Ultra race strut bar
•PRL
-Titanium turbo charger inlet pipe kit
-Intercooler
-High volume intercooler outlet
-Charge pipe kit
-Front mid pipe
-High volume intake
•Twostepperformance
-Titanium valve covers
-L15 turbo head stud kit
-Custom tune
•KTunner v2.0
Royal purple 5w20

Fast forward to March 26th vehicles odometer was @ 3,070 miles

I was involved in an accident and decided after the damage the vehicle had gone through I was gonna part ways with my favorite civic build.

So I bought A red 2024 civic Type R.

Now I need to sell the parts from my civic si to fund new parts to my new daily.

 

[Clark_Kent]

There's ~$15K delta between the two vehicles. Seems like a resource suck for the car to never be a Type R. What was the cost of parts + labor for all you had done?

Congrats on the RR Type R. Welcome!

 

[Redpanda_SI]

There's ~$15K delta between the two vehicles. Seems like a resource suck for the car to never be a Type R. What was the cost of parts + labor for all you had done?

Congrats on the RR Type R. Welcome!

Close to $15k and it’s true but it allows someone who can’t afford Type R prices be able to experience something close to it.
After everything I was in the car close to $44,000

 

[Cornercarver]

First, congratulations on the RR CTR.

Did you get to dyno your SI before the accident? Just curious how much power you got after the mods.

 

[NoelPR]

I said it before and will say it again.
The SI + 1.5T doesn't make sense.

 

[Redpanda_SI]

First, congratulations on the RR CTR.

Did you get to dyno your SI before the accident? Just curious how much power you got after the mods.

Thank you !
Never got it to the dyno and saw what it was doing to the wheels.

 

[Cornercarver]

I said it before and will say it again.
The SI + 1.5T doesn't make sense.

At least when I bought my '17 SI with said 1.5T - which by the way had no reliability issues while I owned it, my cost was $ 23,500 - brand new. How Honda justifies that engine now in the $ 30K+ 11th gen SI, I can't see. Not when you can get a decent used FK8 with the fantastic 2.0L turbo for that same money.

 

[NoelPR]

At least when I bought my '17 SI with said 1.5T - which by the way had no reliability issues while I owned it, my cost was $ 23,500 - brand new. How Honda justifies that engine now in the $ 30K+ 11th gen SI, I can't see. Not when you can get a decent used FK8 with the fantastic 2.0L turbo for that same money.

As much as people dislike Hyundai. You can't deny that the EN 6Mt is a great alternative to the SI.

The EN is a superior performance vehicle in every way you can imagine very close to the CTR/ITS territory.

I can't understand how Honda decided to use this engine in a performance oriented vehicle.

 

[Cornercarver]

As much as people dislike Hyundai. You can't deny that the EN 6Mt is a great alternative to the SI.

The EN is a superior performance vehicle in every way you can imagine very close to the CTR/ITS territory.

I can't understand how Honda decided to use this engine in a performance oriented vehicle.

So true - the price on everything, Hyundai included, has gone up - but the Elantra N and the Veloster N before it were a lot of bang for the buck. I went straight from the SI to the CTR but did consider the N cars before I found my used CTR. Overall, though, I still strongly prefer Honda.
But much respect for what Bierman has accomplished with the N division.
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