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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:41 AM
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I have two questions, I have an 89 civic hatchback and my brother has an 88 prelude we were wondering if I could put the motor from a 91 eagle talon tsi in the civic if it is any bit possible. If so what would I meed from the talon. My brother wants to know if it would be possible to put the 6 cylinder motor from an acura vigor in his prelude, if so what would he need. Any bit of help would be much appreciated
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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:43 AM
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Start off by getting a tig welder, reciprocating saw, a shop......
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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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You gonna be doing some fabbing fo sho
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Old May 30, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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Are the swaps possible
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Old May 30, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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Are the swaps possible
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Old May 30, 2005 | 01:36 PM
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Define "possible". With enough manpower, patience, ingenuity, and vast sums of cubic dollars, just about anything's possible.

But that Talon engine ain'y ever going in your Honda.

Mike
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Old May 30, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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it's been done before, i member seen someone's honda here on honda tech wihth a talon motor, atleast i think i remember
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Old May 30, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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Oh, I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm saying I don't think this guy's gonna do it.

Besides, the Vigor didn't come with a 6-cylinder. It's a crap-tacular 5-cylinder, a la the old Audi 5000. It's arranged north-south, too, not a transverse layout. It's truly the bastard child of the Honda engine families.

CAN a Talon-into-Civic swap be done? Sure it can. CAN a Vigor-into-Prelude swap be done? Again, most assuredly. But that doesn't mean that either of them SHOULD be done...

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Old May 30, 2005 | 03:12 PM
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So what is a good swap for the prelude
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Old May 30, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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i thought the vigor was 5 cylinder?
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Old May 30, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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the vigor is a 5 cylinder, the Legend is a 6 cylinder. Engine code c32 or somthing like it...
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Old May 30, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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Canadian crack must be delicious
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Old May 30, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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Just get a talon
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Old May 30, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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wierd. u should jus by a ls motor for ur hatch and get some nice rods and turbo it if thats why u want the motor but u cant do awd on a hatch unless u wana do some serios custom ****
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