Hey guys, anyone still remember how much their motor swapped costed? If they did it themselves or by a shop and how long did it take them. Also, please include your engine and chassis. I'm just trying to get some figures so if I should try and tackle the job myself or leave it to the professionals to do all the dirty work. I'm deciding on get a B-series engine in my 96 civic hatchback.

 

4800$ cad

 

I did it myself in 2 days. 96 EK hatchback with JDM b18C swap. I think i have about $4000-4200 after all said and done with new belts motor mounts water pump and few odds and ends.

 

mine will cost me total of about $2400. thats a B18C1 in a 97 civic hatch. the engine tranny ecu and axles cost me 1500 then the swap parts like linkage harness mounts clutch set and other odds and ends i estimate slihgtly under a thousand... i also purchased everything used... im doing mine currently... i figure ill be just under 2500 said and done.

 

I did mine over a weekend with my brother and dad helping.

And I lucked out and got my B18C1 for $800, but ended up rebuilding it with forged pistons/rods and "overhauling" the motor for around $3K.

 

jdm b16a2 into 98 civic ex had a shop do it, Came to 3800 or so, motor from hmotorsonline, swap by synapsemotor sports, left them my car for a week, everything done perfect.

 

Going into a 1993 Civic Si:

97 LS Engine - $200
00 LS Tranny - $300
Timing belt, water pump, belts, plugs, wires, filters, fluids - $250
ES Shifter bushings for LS - $30
Exhaust bits to make it work - $40
2 new axles - $120
2 ball joints - $60

 

dont swap a ***got B series.........just boost your D, on stock internals you can easily boost 8psi and spank all the b16 you want lol

 

Ya don't swap ur d. It isn't worth it. Just boost it and it will spank gsr's and b16s all day for half the price.

 

Of course this topic was going smoothly until the last two posts. ^^^

But to actually answer your question, I'm swapping a B16a into my 94 hatch and I figure by the time I'm done it'll have costed roughly $1500. I'll be swapping it myself over (hopefully) a weekend.

Motor/tranny - $550 (already bought dirt cheap off a friend)
Misc. Linkage, Mounts - $250 (all scrap yard finds)
ECU - $250-$350 (stock ECU or possibly a chipped P28)
New gaskets, rings, seals - $350 (New valve seals, HG, P. Rings, various gaskets)

 

OBD1 JDM D15B Vtec swap, complete engine, reused existing tranny, engine was $683CDN after tax and shipping. Timing belt and water pump was another $120 or so (I used aftermarket, although OEM is the way to go, I was pretty much flat broke at the time and needed my car to start a new job). Installed the engine myself. Final price was around $850

 

about $4000

2000 civic auto d series
to manual b series

 

boost it............

 

Shouldnt be too much . network ! network ! network! youd be surprised how many grease monkeys are out there who can swap your b-series motor into your eg with ECU ,linkage if necessary , tranny "depending on what ratios preference and axles etc. for cheap. a good friend of mine swapped a b18c motor on my EM1 for $800. and ive had flawless results. again depends on who you know.

 

2000 Civic. Swapped in a USDM B18C1 with a B16 tranny. Did it myself.

70K mile B18C1 with Si tranny, plus mounts/P72 ECU/bad axles: $2080 picked up from an H-T member.
Exedy OEM clutch kit: $90 shipped from Ebay
Resurfaced flywheel: $55 from a local machine shop.
Remanufactured axles: $100 from orly's with core return
Fluids/oil filter: $40
CRV AC Bracket: $75-ish from Majestic Honda
Tranny seals: $15 from Majestic Honda
Assorted vacuum lines/heatshrink/wireloom/solder/butt connectors/: $20

Total: $2485

Swapthread in my sig.

 

93 eh3 with jdm b18c. I already had a b16 so all I needed was a b18c longblock from hmo. I payed $2000 including shipping. Me and my buddy did the work. All in I paid about $2300 including basic maintence parts such as water pump, timing belt and a few others. Then I sold the bare b16 for $350 so a grand total of $1950. You can't beat that.

 

First swap was a JDM '94 GSR into an EJ1 (complete motor, installed by my local shop with new clutch flywheel, water pump, timing belt, fluids, etc..) was $4000CAD about 4 years ago.

Second swap was a JDM '98 Spec ITR into an EG hatch (re-used clutch/flywheel, but paid for new timing belt, water pump, etc) $6000 approx CAD about 3 years ago. (the shop bought back my GSR motor after a year of use for $3500 cuz another customer wanted one badly, so that's when i went ITR).

Shop did the swap in 1 day (out with the D, in ith the B).

ps - "costed" is not a word