You should be able to find several of these built between 94 and 2001 on Craigslist in your price range,,,
Remember that;
1) modified cars tend to have more problems...
2) the reason a person is selling a modified car is, something is wrong with it, because previous owner ran the hell out of it.
of those two choices look for the Civic, Mitsubishis tend to spend a lot of time in the shop....