azimoeg

well here i am breaking my head for my Friend because he wants to do this swap, and he asked me for help, i have done swaps before but never on a 1978 civic im not really worried about the electrical but i am about the motor mounts fabrication and the axle fitment, is the 1988 crx parts interchangeable such as the hubs. but anyways to make a long story short any information such as motor mount fabrication or how to's will be appreciated thanks.


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Modified by azimoeg at 3:55 PM 2/7/2006

Nerologic

its been done a few times, one person i know did it here in CA with a 76 cvcc (no smog) he used custom fabbed mounts and a complete Eg hatch harness...

linkage was custom, custom clucth cable routing everything...

DEIVIONCRX

ive seen a 88-05 Style dseries swap and it was a tight fit, bseries would be a hella tight fit
it was a SOHC Vtec and they had to use a aftermarket intake mani cuz the factory one would hit the firewall, so i dont think theres a possible way to get a DOHC head in there without some cutting and bending

davens

I don't know of a B-swap being done, but I do like this one: 1978 Civic with an early D16a1 or browntop ZC.

goforbroke

I've seen it done before it was also a white civic but I don't remember the year. It had some crazy built to the hilt ls/vtec in it. Its on the net somewhere just have to search.....

beyondspexj

there was a blue one on cardomain.com with a b16 in it i believe

Pooby88

I used to own a '75 with a D16. It fit pretty well. The only problem was with the custom axles. The driver side was much longer than the passenger side. So, under acceleration the car had major torque steer, pulling to the right. It also had a lowered suspension, which rode like crap.
If you're hellbent on a swap, the D-series is probably your best bet. That's already double the original HP.

azimoeg

Whats up my honda tunners, thanks for the feed back. And also "NEROLOGIC" can u ask that guy u know what kind of axles did he used and also did he change his hubs and if he did what kind or what year hubs is he running, and also do you think u can get pictures of the motor mount position so i can get an idea? thanks, well anyways thank everybody and if i get some more information on this is beyond more likely there be another hybrid oldskool civic on d streets, and i will also post some pictures as soon as i figure it out and learn.

vtecn8ive

i was looking to get this exact year 1978. some guy has one and is trying to sell it who knows what the summer holds maybe i will end up getting it

78si

I have a 78 with a JDM DOHC ZC.. Bseries is really tight.

This is the "official" site of first gen civic nerds.
http://www.1stgencivic.com/

Here is some old pics of my car
http://www.1stgencivic.com/for...ID=24

78si

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.Grimace

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by davens &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't know of a B-swap being done, but I do like this one: 1978 Civic with an early D16a1 or browntop ZC.

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any more pics of this car?

DEIVIONCRX

im pretty shure they are using 2g or 3g Civic knuckles up front and rear, they are similar in design and are 4x100 with axles avaliable for dissesembly

davens

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PurpleEKHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">any more pics of this car?</TD></TR></TABLE>


Free tip: Chop the file name (P5070100.jpg) off the end of the url and it takes you to the index where there are other pictures.

azimoeg

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Modified by azimoeg at 10:58 PM 2/7/2006

azimoeg

sorry guys just learning on how to post pictures, And thanks for all the feedback.

vtecn8ive

uh why did you put a 92-95 Civic in there? delete that crap

Boosted Chemist

iTrader: (1)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtecn8ive &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uh why did you put a 92-95 Civic in there? delete that crap</TD></TR></TABLE>

hell yeah, old school only!

Pee Wee

guess he thought they were talking about his car

azimoeg

hey sorry about the pictures guys i was trying to figure out how to post the pictures and i got the wrong file.

azimoeg

like i said before sorry about the pictures of the eg guys got the wrong file, and to make up for that ill show u guys this crx, u guys probably seen it here before its always a kick watching this, especially in this situation us trying to put a b16 in a 78 civic and trying to stuff it in, this is just to show me and everybody "weres there a will theres a way".

SiMateoAko

Since we're talking about fitment, what will fit in my Honda n600? Think I can squeeze a d-series in there?

crx18c1

Im bringing this back up because im also interested and since its been 3 years since this post I figured someone has done it and they're mounts for it now...


Anyone have any info??

I went to 1st gen civic.com but that sight seems useless to me...alot of people beating around the bush..

I want to know:

-Can you put a b-series in it
-Who makes the mounts,shift linkage,wiring...etc parts for the swap?
-how much fab?
-Rough budget estimate if i have the swap already and the car already..??

Any help or Prior experience would be great. Thanks HT

EFinawesomeman

It's an air cooled 2 banger so it'd be hard to get sufficient cooling to the radiator if you did swap it. See if you can fab up a 1st gen Accord engine in there. Keep it oldschool.