I have a 1997 4-door civic dx... I was wanting to know what engine I should put in it.. I was thinking maybe b16-jdm or gsr b18... what should I do?

 

we'll need a budget and some goals first

 

1. what do u plan on doing with it? (daily, track, both, all motor, boosted?)

2. whats your budget? how much do u want to spend?

3. how much power do u wanna make?

 

daily driver.... around 4,000 dollars willing to spend..

 

i'd say go with the jdm b18c gsr just because its a 1.8L and you have a 4 door. good luck on your decision

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878010


*** the B, boost my D .. **repeat until you have convinced yourself**

 

don't ask other people what u should do to your car, it's yours! do some research, there is also a archive at the top the says what swaps are available for my car
[FAQ] What swaps are available for my Civic?

 

4000 bucks, i'd put a b18b in it, then turbo the **** and run crome.

it'd be the fastest possible for $4000 that I can see, unless you have some weird hookups on H22 swaps

 

4000 on the entire car or just engine?

Rims/Tires = 1000+ easy
Suspension = 200-1000
Engine = 0-3500 (not including mounts/suspension/etc)
I/H/E = 800+
Turbo/SC = 1500+

My personal opinion, get some wheels, new tires and new suspension first. In the end it's up to you, but I'm not going to put my car in a shop for a while for an engine swap, I'm just going to supercharge my D and leave it at that. (I'd go turbo but SC is just easier...)

I've got wheels/tires/springs (only), SRI and Apexi WS2. I've spent just shy of 1500 and will be spending 2000 on a JRSC soon. Just throwing some figures around to help you decide.

(Of course if you're not touching wheels/tires/suspenion or I/H/E this post was completely useless)

 

Please search before posting. So as to not have a vast amount of redundant threads.

Read the top link as stated, here I'll paste it for you.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=983454

My 2 cents - When I have $, I'll put a GSR engine in my EG6. Goodluck.

 

do what you want.
not what others tell you

 

jdm gsr or you might get lucky and pick up a ITR for around 4k

 

****, whatever you can afford bro.

 

These threads are pointless.

 

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especially when the chassis in question is a 4 door lol

 

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haha messed up

 

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yeah i know, but to each his own, i just never understood the reasoning behind modifying 4 doors. They are just ugly, and the weight is impossible to lose

 

What do you want to accomplish with it as a DD? 4k is a good amount if you plan on doing it yourself and it doesn't have to be down long at all. I just did a B18 swap in less than 10 hours running and out the door.

 

lol SC wat a waste of money

 

if you plan on doing your own swap work, make life easier and get an obIIa engine and computer. save yourself some trouble with ecus and o2 sensor issues.
That's if you're ok with running a stock swap setup

 

its not the car, but save ur money and put it somewhere else man...i dont know...whatever makes u happy but u can pick up a second car for just about that. I got a Del Sol VTEC that i got for 2000 bucks, and it runs great. U just gotta know people. Anyways, do whatcha want, do it for you and not because someone told u to