mto386

it might be a year or two down the road before my engine goes..it has about 160000 miles on it, but what engine would most people suggest putting into my car. im looking for something relitivly lower. i have my 92 civic stock dx engine in it right now. im really looking to upgrade to something stonger and better. i want to get eh v tec in there, and doesn't matter if its acura. any help? the way i look at it is i can start looking for the engine now and not have to be worryied about it when it does go. http://mto2005386.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp

boostedcivicsir

search my friend.
look at the top of the forum at the sticky:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878010

mto386

and i have, i found nothing really telling me what i should do, i found how to do things, but nothing about what most would actully do

99hatch

why do what everyone else would do? thats what ricers do. be original.

mto386

well im actully new to hondas, i really dont know much about the engines honda and acuras have. im mainly a vw guy. its a simple question, i dont need to be harrased, either answer or say nothing at all and let the topic goto the next pages

boostedcivicsir

look at the link at the top of the eg forum
bauley and ricey did a great write up on cost and pro's and con's. start there.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878010

99hatch

1. i am not harassing you
2. searching > you

mto386

im basically asking people who had the same stock engine as i do what they swithced to and thier expericeces swaping and thier performance today. i wanna here storys..and gather knowelge

99hatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostedcivicsir &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">look at the link at the top of the eg forum
bauley and ricey did a great write up on cost and pro's and con's. start there.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878010</TD></TR></TABLE>

ps. you go to nfa or you in college?

Zakar

dude i was in your same boat... 2 years ago.. feel free to IM me with questions... what i did is decide what i wanted... (to go fast).. to go bang for the buck all the way but not cheap where it counts.. (engine management)

i decided to go LS Turbo. mainly because my head needed a valve job and was about 200mi per qt of oil. (real bad) and needed a clutch.. so i did my homework and swapped in a used USDM LS from a local shop for 1200.oo.. plus some extras.. for the amount of money i would have had to spend, and the dificulty of doing a head/clutch repacement.. it was simply easier to do the whole LS swap.. and the 30% more power the LS has stock will make it seem quicker

if going to Bseries you need to get all this from the donor car:

Engine
Trans
Axles
ECU
All Engine mounts - (although i think you will use 2 Dseries on the lower front two because of metal bumps on the frame..)
shift linkage
throttle cable

(did i forget anything?)

oh yeah.. Cool ranch and Super nacho cheese dorito's.. cocktail smokies w/Ken Davis BBQ lots of pop.. no beer till you take it around the block and everything works good

and your going to want a tach.. i know your DX doesn't have one.. exaust will need to have a 3" extension welded in
if i was going to do it again... i would go with a new exaust setup when i did the swap.. the factory exaust is real restrictive

now i have been driving the ls swap for a year now... the car is parked for the winter and i'm reading up on uberdata.. come spring time i'm going to finally finish it off with the turbo setup.. (hopefully darton or benson bottomed )

I hope this helped a little.. of course if you have a thicker wallet you could start with a Gsr

Econo'Box

Sounds like great advice to me... then again I'm 16 and i do all my work myself. I personally though am building a B18C. Since you have it set as 1 or 2 years down the road you have plenty of time to save. If you don't want to get laughed at by some snob thinking his "Stang" is fast don't go cheap on stuff. Build the engine internally and run boost. If you get everything right you will need stronger axles, better tires, and a stong tranny... but you can bet no average Joe in a "Stang" will have the right to laugh at your "4 banger" anymore. Hell i don't see why they trash our Hondas anyway their "American Muscle" can't put out 150HP per Liter and the day they can... maybe they can talk... wait... Honda will be lightyears ahead by then. Oh and for engine management I like the AEM system or Hondata

MAKAROV

welcome

rule nuber one, ignore the *********

Econo'Box

like that guy 99 hatch..........

boostedcivicsir

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ps. you go to nfa or you in college?</TD></TR></TABLE>

negative. i am 28 never been to college.

TurboTagTeam

I would forget about the engine right now and just get rid of that ridiculous body kit

Eyes Only

search is the best option

mto386

well considering i just got the car like a week ago, i work 30 hours a week and goto school full time, i haven't had time to do anything to the car other than change the tires(snow) and add oil. its not the body that counts, its the engine. even a newb knows that. this was my gf cousin's car. he did everything u see, not me. he was killed in a moto accident about 4 months ago. im basically taking over what he started. i happen to like the body kit and the color, so its going to stay that way for awhile.

And thanks everybody, ill start looking around (junkyard..online) for the swaps. even if i get the engine now, its still better then letting it sit out in the cold and rain and leaveing the possibily of somebody else getting it.

D3U1LT

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why do what everyone else would do? thats what ricers do. be original.</TD></TR></TABLE>

look at his car, hahaha he is a ricer!
lol

Zakar

it would look nice with stock lights

mto386

if read the whole post, ull see that i said i still need to make my own changes, i have not had the car very long, and the pics are how i bought it. why come in here and criticize? get a life