Monchi

Ive got a 98 civic coupe ex. I want to swap the engine. I have all the money but I want to get a good price. I dont want to be bent over and *** rammed because of the cost.
I called a shop earlier and they gave the the price of $5500 for a H22. Ive got the money but it seems way over priced. Please if you have any info or have had a swap let me know. I want to have an idea of how much I am going to need to spend before I go shopping around for prices.
Thanks much!

PhoebeusFenix

Is there any way you could do it yourself? Or do you not have the tools? I am almost in the same boat. The h22 swap will be pretty high from a shop because of all the custom stuff that has be done/installed. If you just bought the h22 complete swap from hmotorsonline.com, with the custom hasport axles, and mounts, then rigged up the cable shifter, you would be quite a way under $5500. They also have a h2b kit out now so you can basically have a h22 attached to a b series tranny, axles, mounts, everything. It is a extra $1000 however. Just giving you some insight. Good luck with your choice.

I will be getting a b16a3 here shortly in my 93 dx hatch and I think a b16 is definately a good platform for upgrading. It can handle boost well, and even stock it is a damn fun engine, being able to rev to 8200 stock is a nice thing.

djSALIX

5500 is a bit high, but you have to remember a LOT of work is required for an h22 swap

rewired harness
cutting the floor for the shifter cables
mounts
axles
ecu

tallyturbo

for 5500 you can get a engine from hmotorsonline.com and turbo it and it would still be cheaper.

djSALIX

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you are forgetting labor charges

tallyturbo

^^^ im not forgetting anything. i did everything my self and it ended up costing me 4800 bucks.

schardbody

thats what he meant by labor charges, you did it yourself so you paid no labor.

tallyturbo

that just shows how much you can save by doing it your self. sure i could of spent another 800 buxks on labor but why? i could get some forgen internals for that much. i had no prior swap or turbo expierience before i did the swap and turbo install. hell i had never even ridden in a turbo car before i did it. all you have to do is research and then just do it. its easy.

Monchi

Hey thanks everyone for all the information.

xd69

iTrader: (1)

do it yourself. get a couple of your friends. it's not that hard to pull and drop the motor in. it takes lots of patience though. me and my buddie's did to my ek.

Monchi

I think an h22 would be too hard for me to do alone or with some friends.
Does a B16 bolt directly in? And what problems if any would I encounter?