97 civic motor swap????!!!!!!!
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97 civic motor swap????!!!!!!!
Ok, with me being a DSM guy i figured one of the 24k Honda owners on here could help me with this alot better than me guessing at it myself... Anyways a friend of mine just bought a 97 civic hx i think it is and i was wondering what would be the best motor to look at getting for a swap? Not really tryin to do anything outrageous just somethink thats kinda quick. LMK
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Re: 97 civic motor swap????!!!!!!!
$ compared to power. imo, the best bang for the bucks swaps are the ones i listed. and k-series swaps are in a different league then a d or b swap. here is a more broad list of possible swaps:
buget: d-series swap (cheap and easy)
normal: b-series swap (fairly cheap and easy)
best: k-series swap or h/f-series swap (fairly easy, depending on swap kit)
top of the line, you sh!t is so big it hangs on the floor: H2B swap (cause 12s on a stock engine is pimp)
i could break it down even more if you want fran. but that would be more then the OP asked for. but for power to weight/$ the b-series swaps are going to be king, till the k-series swap is more affordable.
buget: d-series swap (cheap and easy)
normal: b-series swap (fairly cheap and easy)
best: k-series swap or h/f-series swap (fairly easy, depending on swap kit)
top of the line, you sh!t is so big it hangs on the floor: H2B swap (cause 12s on a stock engine is pimp)
i could break it down even more if you want fran. but that would be more then the OP asked for. but for power to weight/$ the b-series swaps are going to be king, till the k-series swap is more affordable.
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Re: 97 civic motor swap????!!!!!!!
$ compared to power. imo, the best bang for the bucks swaps are the ones i listed. and k-series swaps are in a different league then a d or b swap. here is a more broad list of possible swaps:
buget: d-series swap (cheap and easy)
normal: b-series swap (fairly cheap and easy)
best: k-series swap or h/f-series swap (fairly easy, depending on swap kit)
top of the line, you sh!t is so big it hangs on the floor: H2B swap (cause 12s on a stock engine is pimp)
i could break it down even more if you want fran. but that would be more then the OP asked for. but for power to weight/$ the b-series swaps are going to be king, till the k-series swap is more affordable.
buget: d-series swap (cheap and easy)
normal: b-series swap (fairly cheap and easy)
best: k-series swap or h/f-series swap (fairly easy, depending on swap kit)
top of the line, you sh!t is so big it hangs on the floor: H2B swap (cause 12s on a stock engine is pimp)
i could break it down even more if you want fran. but that would be more then the OP asked for. but for power to weight/$ the b-series swaps are going to be king, till the k-series swap is more affordable.
And getting b18c5 from Hmotors is like 4k, when locally you could shop around and probably get a k motor for 5k or less. Then you have an amazing powerplant.
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Re: 97 civic motor swap????!!!!!!!
He said he's thinking probably nothing over a grand. The car is automatic too and the motor thats on there now is over 230k so.... A motor swap will be in order as soon as it dies or he has the money for.
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Re: 97 civic motor swap????!!!!!!!
I will find him the stock engine, put it in, and he will still have 300+ left over. Non-vtec single cams are cheap, and direct bolt in. Take it out, put it in.