faxshatch

Okay heres my situation, ive got a 99 civic cx with a y7/y8 mini me done by myself. It is gettin to be in rough shape(burns oil , bad tranny,and i think the headgasket is leaking a little). Now i know that i want to upgrade. I will have around 1300.00 come febuary saved for this and i would appreciate some opions on what to do. I almost want to just do a complete rebuild but have longed for a dohc for a while. But what could i honestly get for only 1300.00 bucks? I will do the swap myself so labor fee would be at myown expense. Thanks

davefromPA

LS motor. dohc and 1.8 liters. good torque and power but no vtec. can be had for cheap too.

rpared01

you can do an ls or b20 swap

BlackoutVTi

For that money, you could go with the simple vanilla flavored B18B, and get a GSR or SI transmission. You can keep that for a bit until you may get tired of 130HP and have money by then to get a little turbo kit. You could also get a D15B VTEC, but that's SOHC and you said you wanted to go dual soon.

faxshatch

Thanks guys. i was thinkin about an ls swap, would a b18 c be my best bet for an ls swap?

Vindicator9000

LS or B20. I see B20 longblocks going for under $1000 pretty often, although you'll still have to source a transmission and some other stuff. Honestly, when I was looking for my swap though, I couldn't find anyone selling B18bs for any kind of reasonable price.

Really though, if you're willing to wait, keep looking, and save a little more, you can get someone's B16 or gsr swap reasonable from the marketplace. I was seriously considering doing a HMO B20 swap because I thought I couldn't afford a B18C until I found another h-t member selling a 99% complete, lower mileage B18C/b16 trans swap for $2000. I had to drive to Chicago to get it, but it still beat shipping costs quite a bit.

So, using ballpark figures: a B20a has an estimated 127HP at the crank, and costs about $1000 shipped. You'll still have to buy a B series transmission (say $400), and an intake manifold (about $200). Plus various odds and ends mounts, etc that you'll find needs replacing. Say, $1700, possibly more. That's $13.30 per 1 HP.

Using mine as an example: $2K for the complete swap - a USDM gsr rated at 170 crank HP. I had to buy replacement axles ($100), flywheel resurface ($40), and a clutch ($90), for a total of $2230. That comes out to 13.11 per 1 HP. About the same as a B20. Of course, you might find a B20 cheaper in the marketplace.

The moral of the story is that the best bang for the buck is to either look for a deal on someone else's swap, or go B20 IMO. I don't think that it's possible to do a DOHC swap for $1300, but if you were going to, it would be LS or B20, and I think the B20 has more NA fun factor because of the higher torque.

rpared01

that's true, if you wait and keep saving your money, you'll come up on the perfect deal. i waited for my h22 swap and paid a grand total of 1800 after everything was said and done. It also helps if you have good hook up's at a shop as well.

faxshatch

Wow! You know i mite have to do that, i work for cianbro during the summer i mite be able to really save up some money towards this! But i gota make payments on student loans too hope its worth it in the long run lol Ill do sum research thanks again guys!

LA_HONDAS

pm'ed you

Rob_O

I traded my Z6 swap and $1100 for my H22 swap with new (previously owned but unused) axles and mounts.

Save your $$$, and wait for the right deal to come along. When someone drops it in your lap, be ready with the cash

Good luck with the build