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The Rooster's Integra appears to be the two door hatch, correct? I think it's a 2,500 pound car so about as heavy as the vx with it full of people... dropping the power steering, a/c and putting lighter weight wheels on it will help a fair amount but then again doing that with his stock engine will help as well.
The advantage of trading for a stock civic vx is that you get more cargo space, larger back seat, stock wiring harness and nothing is hacked together so trouble shooting any future problems with the car will be easier.
Advantage of an engine swap is that you get to keep your current car along with knowing what work has already been done to it, you get the sporty feel of the lower bucket seats, sleeker dash and sporty outer appearance.
I would personally wait until you found an Inegra that had a blown engine, altho my neighbor though that was the case with her's (same year as yours) and I was temped to buy it for an engine swap but it turned out that with 340,000 miles on it it just needed a tune up.
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