iv seen pictures, iv heard talk about these being done

a friend of mine has a 2001 civic lx and he wanted a k series but they are crazy expensive, so now he wants to go be series, so he called a local shop, btw the shop he called is very good and has a great reputation, now i dont think he talked to the right person becuase the guy he talked to at the shop said that he cant put a b series motor in his civic only a k series

now i thought it whould be harder to get a k series in there, then it whould be to do a b series since the d thats in there sits the same way as the b thats goin in, now i no his d has cable tranny, but i figured theres something that can be done about that


thanks for any and all help in clearing this up for me

 

i remember someone in here doing that swap...... did you do a search?

 

1. ) do a search

2. ) k series are not more expensive than b series. you just need to look around more.

3. ) it is illegal to put older motors into newer cars. unless your car is a 2001 lx and you have a 2001 b series.

4. ) mounts would be very expensive since no companies mass produce b series for em2 and em3 chasis

5. ) you will have to make your own conversion harness.

6. ) k series would be alot less expensive after it is all said and done.

 

It is not illegal to put an older motor into a new car. As long as it passes your state emissions requirements you'd be fine (not that anyone pays attention to that when doing swaps, anyway).

 

why does your friend have a cable tranny in his 2001? that doesn't make sense

 

from what iv been told they are cable trannys in the newer civics

 

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ie; It will not pass emissions and is illegal in almost all states!!


Yup cable!

 

cable shifted, not cable clutch.

 

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yeah it does, all new civics are cable trannies....

 

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yes, it is. look it up before you talk back.