Alright guys i have a 05 4dr civic currently it is an automatic (i kno lame) I want more speed out of my vehicle at first i was just going for looks but Im ready to pick up the speed. Currently under the hood is the stock D17 motor with Fujita cold air intake, Megan Headers, and also Skunk 2 Exhaust. I dont want to spend an arm and leg so im stuck between the decision of just doin a turbo or super charger or swappin the engine out with either a k20 or k24 but if i did that i would feel like i need to change my trani to a manual.....soo any advice would help!!!!!


JDM chick!

 

both of your options are not easy at all. both will be costly.

 

Maybe look for a different car..

 

Thats not very nice... this car was fee to me my parents bought it for me so im not planning on buyin a new vehicle plus i love my honda soo dont be a butt

 

Just saying.. to make our cars fast it costs a good hunk of cash. Older Hondas are much cheaper.

 

i kno wut u mean i think i may just keep it a show car but i kno eventually im goin to want the speed so i figured why not now lol and i may be pickin up a EK from a friend for hella cheap

 

cool, stop saying hella.

 

There are some good k series automatics available, ie base RSX, TSX, Accord, would be lots of used ones available as they are not sought after for swaps. Have not seen an automatic k series swaps in civics so why not be the first to perform one.

 

get the dezod turbo for auto from what ive read you can get up to 200hp with just 5psi..and a guy on here also did a vtec head swap and wired up a vafc controller to his ecu so you dont have to swap out the ecu and get your keys reflash because of the chiped key

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-2001-2005-78/diy-dx-lx-head-swap-ex-vtec-1628016/

 

dezods kits are discontinued, and there is no difference between an automatic turbo set up and a manual turbo set up. second of all a vafc isnt worth a bucket of **** for a turbo set up! after a certain amount of time (2 weeks i believe) the vafc gets over written by the stock ecu and you need to re-tune it again, every soo often. and finally you only have to get your keys reflashed and take your stock ecu out if you use a standalone engine management system like hondata K-PRO but other then that you do not need to get your keys reflashed when using a piggy back

 

ohh and there are no superchargers for the d17, so its either swap or turbo.

 

i was in the same boat as you...i didn't want to sell my civic but a nicely done swap would have been around $10k. i ended up spending the money on an s2000. now i have two cars. one of them is as fast and handles better than a typical swapped em2. i also have a comfy automatic em2 for the winter months.

 

False. Auto and manual cars motor/tranny mount locations on the car, therefore you will have LESS room to work with when you have an auto. I know because I built by kit from ground up for my auto. I also was able to compare first hand with 3 other boosted members, all with manual D17's.

As for the dezod kit, they blow. thats why theyre out of business. I got a stage I NA Crower Cam and the gains from that seem to have similar gains to when i had a full header, DP, exhaust and intake bolted onto my car.

 

manual swap ftw or swap an entire k series drivetrain auto if u like

 

don't forget that the auto tranny isn't the biggest fan of boost!