Ok so here is the deal, I have $15,000 to spend on a car. Thanks to the Navy, I have to buy the car which I would like a CRX or a 1997 Civic Hatch. I would like to Swap a B18C5 into it. I was wondering what kinda setup I could do with about $11,000 in performance mods (subtract the cost of swap). I would like a low 13 sec car that is street worthy, and reliable. Faster if I can. I dont want to S/C it but I wouldn't mind turboing.

Also I was wondering, I know you can put a B16 head on an LS block. However can you put a B18C5 Head on a LS Block and if soo would I beable to make any real power numbers from it..


Ive searched but havent found much.....thanks guys

 

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Yes the B18C5 Head would go on the ls block, but if you want an ls/vtec you should get the b16 head they flow about the same with a good p&p and cheaper i believe. Also if you have 11k to spend why not try to build a really fast reliable B20VTEC that should definately get you like 13's. Good Luck.

 

i know this is a performance forum, but thats a horrible way to blow 15k

 

x2, with that kind of money K Series is the way

 

It's a lot cheaper to buy a car that already has a swap. Not as fun, but waaaay cheaper.

 

Please god, if you can spend that money on ANYTHING else, invest it.

 

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Otherwise, I'd recommend buying yourself a turbo '00 civic SI or something similar.

OOOOORRR.....

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1429987

 

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Send me the $11k pay pal and I'll tell you what to do. . Just kidding. You really should do a search and look at the different cars and setups to get a better idea of what is street worthy, and reliable. There are tons of posts with different people building motors. $15k is alot of money to put into a car all at once. Good luck

 

What the expletive is wrong with you? Don't buy a ******* Civic! ****, you can get most of a Scion tC or an Acura RSX-S for that much scratch.

 

i built a b20/vtec motor. Fully built, toda head....12:5:1..ect and cost me around $9000 not worth it, put it down on a nice car with some ponys!!!!!

 

dude you have to go with a 1996-2000 ek civic hatch with 99-2000 front end. get a k20 swap with k-pro. keep it clean and light. conservative drop, nice paint job, jdmcivic type r interior, and some decent 15" or 16" rims (type r rims or prelude rims on type r brakes would be pimp).

i like crx's a lot, but 15,000 into a crx doesn't even sound right. maybe if it was full drag, but for a street ride, an ek with k20 is so ballin. clean and bling bling without the flashy ****.

your car would be so efffin fast and will have huge future potential. even with a stock k20 swap, you can easily hit mid 13's. that is some fast reliable honda engineering. you would have a high re sale value because swapped ek's are high in demand.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TH22EK9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude you have to go with a 1996-2000 ek civic hatch with 99-2000 front end. get a k20 swap with k-pro. keep it clean and light. conservative drop, nice paint job, jdmcivic type r interior, and some decent 15" or 16" rims (type r rims or prelude rims on type r brakes would be pimp).

i like crx's a lot, but 15,000 into a crx doesn't even sound right. maybe if it was full drag, but for a street ride, an ek with k20 is so ballin. clean and bling bling without the flashy ****.

your car would be so efffin fast and will have huge future potential. even with a stock k20 swap, you can easily hit mid 13's. that is some fast reliable honda engineering. you would have a high re sale value because swapped ek's are high in demand. </TD></TR></TABLE>
word for the K series swaps!! if you got the bread man, do it. but i would save a lil of the money so you dont kick yourself in the *** later. stick it in a IRA or Mutual Funds. make some money off your money man.

 

wit that much $$$ n if your really serious bout spending that much on a swap id get 96-00 hatch with a k swap. k series is the future.

 

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my thoughts exactly...

and if you were to spend that much, I'd say go for a k-series EK.

 

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Just like a racecar. Always cheaper to buy one that's already built. You can always change stuff around on it anyways, and sell what you don't reuse. There was a DC2 with a JR supercharged K20 that recently sold on the HT classifieds. IIRC, his original asking price was 14k and it sold for less than that.

Just look around a little. A civic with a B series swap can even be found for much cheaper than that, if you have your heart set on a hatch with a C5

 

look in the cars for sale forum, a couple months back i saw a red eg with a boosted k20 in it for $10,500. thats a steal if u ask me. there was also a few more k-series swapped cars in there. or if u wanna build ur own i would get a DA and put a k24 in it. j/k but if the mounts were out i probably would. u should go k24 in a ek.

 

crx or ek hatch, swap in a k20A motor. get I/H/E and that should already be real fun to drive. Than i'd go for some cams and itb's

 

did anyone else here have a down payment for a house in mind?

 

i'd say 96 clean title ek w/ 99-00 front end. paint job, blah blah blah whatever, but for the motor....

k20a stock block
k20a tranny

k20a2 BARE head
send that **** out to get it ported n polish'd by the big guys RLZ,Portflow, Alaniz, etc.

toda head package w/ itb's w/ kpro and your SET!

 

K is the Way

 

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Yeah i agree with some of the other people on this post. go with the k-swap in a civic hatch. make it clean! 15,000 is a lot. spend it wisely.

 

lol well I love the EK civic 99-00 front end with a K20 idea i was thinking the same......however Ive heard that a K20 swap cost around 10k alone .....is that true? plus Ive never done a swap before sooo thats another problem

 

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I am doing it in my 2000 hatch

here's my list - went a 'lil overboard
5200 jdm K20a R swap (motor, tranny, ecu)
475 Mounts (Hasport)
350 Wiring Harness (Hasport)
350 Axles ( Hasport )
1400 Hytech Header adj length
70 Velocity Stack
50Custom Intake Piping
250 RBC IM
85 Speedwerx adapter plate for TB
55 intake mani gasket
130 aeromotive Fuel Regulator
105 golden eagle fuel lrail
100 fuel lines & fittings
150 Karcept Shifter Box
40 Karcept rad & FPR mounts
400 toda flywheel
350 exedy stg2 cerametallic clutch
850 K-pro
20 Rad Hoses
50 RSX-S clutch slave cylinder
40 custom clutch line
250 radiator
80 spal fan
85 EP3 idler pulley & belt
10 shift linkage clips
100 RSX-S cluster
350+ RSX interior harness & multiplexor (need to make cluster 100% functional)
11,395 not done yet either

there is a lot up there ^ you don't need too (cluster stuff/aftermkt rad/IM/hytech header/etc...swap can be done well for $9000-$10,000