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Are you looking for something on par with your MR2s, in terms of handling? Bushings and inlinks are quite the serious suspension mod.
I've never driven a base civic, but I have driven a stock Si, and am on my 3rd aftermarket suspension. The one I am on now was designed with autox in mind, and it rides rough, but handles soooooo well. The stock Si has some good amount of rotation in it. I think the winner in the national GS autox class was an Si.
Our cars have a really stiff chassis and bracing is basically a waste of money. You are going to read a lot of threads to the contrary, but they really don't know what they are talking about. The only brace that might be worth is is the under body H brace. Any brace that has a hinge, is gong to loosen over time and not do its job.
From your post, you already sound like you know what to do, you just need sugestions for parts. Was the suspension for the MR2s a TRD suspension? If that is the case, maybe you should look into the HFP suspension. No one knows the specs of it, but from what I have read, its about 15% stiffer than a stock Si. Mugen also makes a suspension for the Si. Its not the same one on the Mugen Si, but a little more handling orientated. Its specs are closer to that of the JDM Civic Type R. If you want more still, I would say call Redshift Motorsports. They use Koni shocks and the stock front housing. They use a more secure process for installing the front inserts than the OTS konis. Also, you can get coilover versions to adjust ride height and you can pick custom spring rates.
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