ChrisRam

Hello all, I am the new owner of a Honda Civic DX (I think). The badages have all been shaved and I am buyng it off a buddy of mine. My last car project was installing a Formula Atlantic engine in an 86 Toyota MR2. I really know nothing about the Hondas but I look forward to the challange.

The car is really clean besided the holes in the trunk lid due to a spoiler being installed and now removed. Also the engine lid has a few marks on it but I figured I would snag carbon fiber ones and have them painted. I am not looking to ulter the apperance too much on the outside as I am more of a sleeper kind of guy.

The only thing that I want to do to the outside is throw on some light weight wheels and agressive tires. The car will be lowered a bit due to suspension upgrades and that is all!

THE FUN STUFF

I have read through the "Engine Swap" thread and I think I am more confused now. What I would like to find is some type of V6 that would fit into this sucker. Maybe an I4 that would produce 260-300 without boost and not having a 2200 RPM idle (FA engine in the MR2).

Anyhow, please let me know what is available for this car, engine and tranny. I will be using an aftermarket ECU system, something like a Wolf 3D system or maybe something more advanced.

This will be a daily driver and I have never messed with boost before but it is not out of the question. If I were to go that route I would like to have something around 350HP for the trouble.

Also, if this is the wrong forum please let me know. Thanks in Advance

Chris Ram
Avault.com

PS- I live in Indiana and we do not have testing.

bad93ex

Congrats on the purchase.

I think you will be hard-pressed to find a Honda I4 that will make those hp numbers for cheap. Plus I have not read or heard of anyone putting a V6 into a Civic but you could always be the first.

Status Sean

welcome and good luck with whatever build u do !

ChrisRam

I also forgot to ask this. The speed needle sometimes just flops, err...how to explain this. Sometimes it comes right back and sometimes it takes it a few minutes. Is this a common problem and if so what is it. I really need to get a haynes book tomorrow and see what all I am working with. On my old Mustangs we had gears and cables but I was told by a guy at CarQuest that this was all electric.

Last question.

How can I get a tach in the dash. The car that I have is a manual but has no tach and it is driving me crazy. I was looking at other Civics on Ebay from 97 and saw one with a tach. I want it!

97civicdx

Find a 96-00 EX tach and its plug and play. A B series swap is always a good choice. An H series swap is another choice. Good Luck

ChrisRam

OK, so I guess what is the difference between the A, B and H engines. I think my engine now is a 1600cc engine. I guess what is my engine now besides slow and a SOHC.

Ideally what I would like to do is get an engine and strip it. My Formula Atlantic engine came to me in parts and I built it, well with the help of an actual IRL engineer but that is a long story. Anyhow, if I had the head I could have a shop do all of the port work and buy new valves and such. For the bottom end I could go something with a higher compression but that would take out using a turbo (if these are like the 4AGEs).

Are there any examples you guys can point me too? Also, thanks for the Tach info. That will be the first thing I do...off to Ebay.

97civicdx

A 99-00 SI is also plug and play and gives the 9000 rpm tach where the EX goes to 7800 or something like that. Get the whole cluster!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bakuryu06

Nice dude, good luck on your honda. I think you'll have alot of fun

.BigSexy

if your looking for a complete swap....go to http://www.passswordjdm.com http://www.jhpusa.com http://www.hmotorsonline.com all those sites have reputable names and alot of ppl on here can vouch for them. when u order a completeswap, you dont usually have to worry about misc. parts except sometimes sensors do get broken, but you call them up, and they send you a new sensor. as for the tach thing. I have a 94 dx and bought me a 95 ex cluster and it justs plugs in, and everything works. so go here on h-t in the classifieds ands perform a search to seei if a 96-00 Ex cluster is being sold. but right now you are a trial user and u can only post in here, so just wait your two wekks, and then go post. I bought mine for 100 bucks shipped off of here. but good luck, adn Welcom to Honda-Tech