jmurphy

i have a 94 civic ex automatic, can someone tell me which would be the least headaches and have better performance? and what would i be looking at cost wise?

grumblemarc

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Boosting an automatic is a waste of time. Swap.

jmurphy

would i get much power increase if i was to boost automatic? what if i man swapped first?

4cylfiend

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You could swap it to a manual but just getting a B-series swap of some kind will be more reliable and have less headaches than going boost. I would recommend going with a b18c1 or c5 if you can afford it.

foo fighters

5spd swap will be cheaper than a motor swap or turbocharging your car and you'll feel a difference. Small steps are still steps forward.

jmurphy

okay thank you, would i have to tranny swap too?

harmonator84

Sounds like you really dont know much about what you have and should prob do months of research and reading before you attempt anything like this.

To answer your question though....no your tranny will not work. You have a d series tranny...and the b18c is a B series.

4cylfiend

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Yes the manual swap would be cheaper. However, the OP asked which would have the least headaches. If they turbo their engine and take the cheap route (which is as it seems) they WILL have issues. Turbo'ing the car and swapping it to a b-series will end up costing relativly the same. Again, assuming the cheapest route is taken.

jmurphy

youre right, thats why im on here, learning as much i can, im not rushing into anything just yet, im making plans for the summer time on what i want to do, if anything, and which is least expensive, a complete turbo or tranny and motor swap?

jmurphy

assume i turbo it correctly and take care of upgrading everything that needs to be upgraded in the engine to sufficiently support the turbo and keep the car healthy, what kind of problems could i have?

harmonator84

Well youre going about it all wrong. There is already 23098308 threads posted asking this same questions. Click search in the top right corner. You will find em.

Nobody is going to be able to answer this question for you and everyone will have a different idea on which would be best for you. Just read, read, and then read some more.

kyosoeg6

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no offense op but you dont seem like your the most mechanically inclined person. imo i say and highly recommend just saving and start piecing together a gsr swap with a skunk2 intake manifold. no matter how much you baby a turbo motor nothing will out last an oem stock motor as long as you keep up the maintainence

grumblemarc

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You want an idea on what it takes to turbo a car? Click the link in my sig. For an engine swap check the FAQs. For prices on swaps check HMotorsonline.com-http://hmotorsonline.com/shop/

Firstly. Stop asking generic questions and research, research, research.
Secondly. Set real goals.
Thirdly. Set a budget.

jmurphy

thanks, i plan on it

jmurphy

none taken, im still learning, and i have my people that are mechanically inclined lol im just trying to learn and decide what i want to do and then they can help me with anything i need as far as the hands on ykno, im just researching is all, but i understand where you are coming from

jmurphy

alrite, ill check it out, but id hardly consider my questions generic bc im genuinely asking a question to see peoples input, im new to all this, im asking questions in addition to my reading and researching, and before i set my goals, i want to find out all the information to decide, thank you for your post though

johnjohn316

first of all the ex motor isn't a terrible motor. i mean to save money you can get an ex tranny and make sure it is a ex tranny because you want the gear ratio to be short. then you can go from there. otherwise my other advise is sell it, down what you get from that and get a rsx type s. dont blow money on an integra motor. (b18c1 or b18c5) you're gonna blow straight up 3k+ to swap that. the rsx s come withs 200 hp 130 ft/tq leather interior, 6 speed manual transmission it's not even a 5 speed it's a 6 speed! lol. and you got top notch factory suspension. bose stereo, and lastly a bomb *** motor. all you need then is kpro tuning and yeah.

98civdx

Both are going be a headache.

Turboing it will be easy, BUT, how will you tune it?
Are you aware that you can't tune a auto?

Swapping a auto B is doable, but will be a pain in the ***.

The easiest way is to do a 5spd swap.

dumped94'4door

i started with the same platform except mine was a lx. i did a 5 speed swap and a ls swap. with a gutted interior and stock motor besides an intake, i could beat up on a bolt on tsx's and stock 06+ si's.

overall swap wasnt hard at all just time consuming because i wanted to do it right the first time.

Jimster480

swap to a manual and turbo the motor. you can make 200WHP on ur stock block with no issues. And you will walk all over B series kids.

Jimster480

what? A type S is expensive. Its a different car completely. and you need alot to make it fast. Because they are pretty damn slow.

jmurphy

i like this lol sounds sick!

guile91

sell ur automatic and get a standard that would be ur cheapest performance upgrade lol

Ruckus2009

You know that the new GTR is turbo and it's a automatic right?

grumblemarc

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Is it a Honda?