The car wasnt a vtec when i got it . It was is a lx and like stated above i swapped it to a five speed after purchasing it . I was going to turbo it figured i could make enough power to get that heavy thing roling but i didnt want to sacrifise ac and power steering just to nice of a car to mess up. It has one piece tanabe coil overs and full urathane bushings car rides like a dream man .