Wondering if these are even possible to do on a '89 CRX Si:

Motor: Type-R B18c5? or an S2K motor? (w/ Turbo???)

Rear Disc Conversion Kit: I know these are available for the 89's to replace the rear drum brakes, but can I upgrade the rotor size too? Slotted with bigger calipers to fill in the wheel some more would be nice..

Driveline: RWD? AWD?

(My battery has been relocated to the trunk, so I have a bit more room to play with in the engine bay.)

 

You can do whatever you want. Most of us have seen the rwd nsx piece of **** that's out there.

 

would much rather put my money back into my rex:


and yes, NSX's are bad...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by revlimiter &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wondering if these are even possible to do on a '89 CRX Si:

Motor: Type-R B18c5? or an S2K motor? (w/ Turbo???)

Rear Disc Conversion Kit: I know these are available for the 89's to replace the rear drum brakes, but can I upgrade the rotor size too? Slotted with bigger calipers to fill in the wheel some more would be nice..

Driveline: RWD? AWD?

(My battery has been relocated to the trunk, so I have a bit more room to play with in the engine bay.)</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you want awd or rwd, imo, dont buy a crx.

 

yeah, thats why im thinkin of getting a skyline gt-r.. i might wait for the R33's to reach Canada. but i like my CRX it's so light and i've grown attached to it lol

 

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then do a b18c5 swap.

 

might just do that... is it even possible to get a S2K engine in there? i have heard mixed opinions, sounds like some mount adjustments need to be made.

also, is there room for a turbo? and how big? thnx

 

This is gonna be irrelevant but that car looks hot

 

The f20c has been discussed a few times but it'd take way too much money to be practical, and it'd prolly suck as much as that c series crx.

 

b series! ... it was meant for the car

 

sorry we get asked about the s2000 motor a couple times a week. it is "posible" but its all custom fab. completely. and NOT worhtthe money. for way way less you could put a K20 in there... with about the same power. runs about 4-9k for the complete swap... for the average person 7+k. USD. little easier to find the parts as well as there are no mounts for s2k to crx... no driveshafts. no rear differential. and not to mention you will need to cutt your firewall out. yes there is room for a turbo... im oding a LSVTEC and in the spring im goin for boost. you can fit whatever you want. just depends what you odnt mind cutting if its rather large. just have to squish things.

 

The B18C5 is hiiightly overrated. As are most type-R motors.

This reflects itself in the absurd prices they go for.
For the same amount of cash you can gave a mildly built B18C1 that will run circles around a C5 all day long.

 

agree'd enless you want just an oem stock motor, that you dont plan on modifying

 

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This reflects itself in the absurd prices they go for.
For the same amount of cash you can gave a mildly built B18C1 that will run circles around a C5 all day long.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hence they are called the HYPE R.

 

agreed with the prices, it funny to see a usdm h22 put out as much horses and more torque than the b18c5 and u could get fir for like 3 G's less. despite the differences, there are overated. ur better of doing an lsvtec and itbs for the price of the type r.

 

yeah i'm not so much concerned with the price as i am the performance. but i would also like something that is built a bit for longevity haha

i would still like to run a b18c5 in there because it is the best motor honda produces that will fit inside those crx mounting brackets..

but here is my next question: running boost in there, will i be safer with a b16a? essentially, the b18c5's are more expensive because honda does the craftsmanship on the motors themselves - and i think honda is a place i can trust for quality work, not some joe blow with his uncles torque wrench

i dunno, what you do think? am i better off with a b16a in terms of what can actually be done to the motor? thanks,

 

F20c's it fine

 

....But seriously if you want Boost I'd say go with a B18b(LS) or B18c1(GSR) if you want to go all motor go for the B18c5(Type R) as for awd I have seen an AWD GSR swapped crx, it used the CRV drive-train...its a cool idea but really not worth the investment, also non of the AWD Hondas had very good drive-trains, non-were really intended for much power so you should proabably make it al custom...What are you goals for the car just a fun daily driver?

 

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WOW! Look how he relocated the shoch towers altogether!

 

that f20 looks a lot smaller than it used to..

 

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yep bad photoshop

 

well my goals for this car: keeping it street legal and not intended for drag or anything - as for horsepower, 350+ would be nice

yea that makes sense about honda's drivetrain, they have been making their econo car FWD since day one.. (S2K being the exception)

i will look into custom AWD drivetrains - do you have link for custom GSR motor/AWD drivetrain crx?

can somebody explain to me the drawback of going Type R motor +boost? over a GSR motor+ boost? if there is no other route to go i will have to settle with the B18c1

F20 looks like that's all will fit in there lol nice work though have you dynod it?

 

Why don't you go K if cost isn't an issue?
and honestly after reading all of your posts... why don't you save us all some time and search. You're just throwing ideas out there... go do some research.

 

well that's partly why im posting here.. this stuff is pretty hard to find, AWD crx's are not exactly a large commodity

 

http://public.fotki.com/morgie...urbo/

Typr are was built by honda for N/A power you can turbo it i mean people do it but i wouldn't want to risk the hight compression N/A motor when you could get a GSR for a lot cheaper and it would be better suited for boost

K swaps are cool, to expensive for me and I just am partial to B's since they did come stock in other markets...seems like the best option, it was ment for the car

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yep bad photoshop </TD></TR></TABLE>

STFU I didn't do it for quality or an award