2004civic

I just purchased a 2004 civic ex, what type of engine swap can I do to it? I want an egine that I can build up and boost the hell out of. In addition, are there any turbo kits out there now for the 2004 civic ex? Thanks..

GAccord

Should of bought alittle bit older civic to swap engines. Seems like kinda a waste to do it to a brand new car.

mrdanglez

**** do have a warranty????? **** if u wanna have sum ***** do a k20a3 or even better k20a2 swap.....man if u new to swaps u should got an older car to do a swap imo! the k20 swaps are pretty new so RESEARCH!!!!!

2004civic

yeah i've got a warranty, i just want to prepare myself for what i'm going to do with it. the newer one ws cheaper for me to purchase because of interest rates, etc.

Kista20

thats exactly what I was thinking. You just bought the car probably new if not then it's still under warranty. Plus there aren't that many modifications out for the em's unlike the eg and ek's which have anything and everything you could ask for. Now to answer your question you can swap any k20 series into your car fairly easy. As for turbo I don't know if all the k20's are this way but they have high compression which is bad for boost unless you do a lot of tuning, build the motor and get everything right. If it was me I'd just find some bolt-ons, and exhaust and go that way and wait till the manufacturers bring more parts out.

mrdanglez

go here https://honda-tech.com/zeroforum?id=18 or even try http://www.7thgencivic.com/

2004civic

my idea was to do a gsr swap and boost it, but i'm not confident on to how simple that would be.

KRiS1

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I agree

zer0.

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GSR swap=b series.....you need a K series motor.

veggiemaster

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true. doesnt your car have the d17y(5?) with the direct port iginiton? why not just turbo what you have?

2004civic

This car is 1.7L SOHC with VTec. I wouldn't like to put DOHC with VTec in there with a T3/T4 E turbo........

Boilermaker1

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true. doesnt your car have the d17y(5?) with the direct port iginiton? why not just turbo what you have?</TD></TR></TABLE>

D17A1 (LX/DX)
D17A2 (EX)
or
D17A6 (HX)

And just buy the Stafford Fabrication Turbo kit and be done with it.
$3500 buys you about the same HP as an $7500+ Swap.

veggiemaster

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D17A1 (LX/DX)
D17A2 (EX)
or
D17A6 (HX)

And just buy the Stafford Fabrication Turbo kit and be done with it.
$3500 buys you about the same HP as an $7500+ Swap.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the clarification. i knew it was a 17 something.... anyway, just turbo what you have, you have a spanking NEW motor that is unabused and in tip top running shape. just use that and build yourself a killer sleeper.

CivicEKCP

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thanks for the clarification. i knew it was a 17 something.... anyway, just turbo what you have, you have a spanking NEW motor that is unabused and in tip top running shape. just use that and build yourself a killer sleeper.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I like this idea