hey guys ive been thinking about getting a F20B motor for my civic. yea it is an auto and before you even think about bashing me for buying an auto. I never learned how to drive a manual..so. http://www.hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc...age&item=30013 do you guys think that would be a good deal and could i use my current trans for that motor. im not lookin to spend a whole lot on a swap just enough to get me some more hp.

 

first off, learn to drive manual.. easy to learn and alot more fun imho... and second, most series of motors and trannys stay together, ie d series motors and trannys, b series.. h/f series and so on... they do make a kit (h2b kit) that alows you to mate a b seires tranny on a h series motor and i do believe the also make a h2d kit...(correct me if im wrong) but not sure if itll work on an auto tranny... hope this helps

 

ok thanks for the advice..

 

if i was you i would just drop the car, put gsr blades, or volks on it, get front and rear lips (type r or mugen or wing west) spoon or type r spoiler, good paint job and your good to go.
Don't even spend ur money on the motor, waist of time. Just go for the look my friend.

 

I thought that motor is for rear wheel drive cars.

 

I would say,forget a motor swap.Just get a greddy turbo kit and call it a day.Don't have to worry about doing a swap,its smog legal if you have to get smog and it will give you some extra hp and extra money to do other things.I'm going sohc turbo on my daily just to have some fun with and not to worry about the headache of doing a swap.

 

Honestly it all depends on your budget...a realistic budget. It also depends on your future goals. There are so many different things you can do it's almost impossible for someone to give you real advice on what you should do.

But regardless, I completely agree with crvtsniper; manual transmission is the way to go. I bought my Civic in late '05, and it's the first manual transmission car I ever drove. For the 1st couple weeks I was ready to sell the damn thing, because I was so frustrated with trying to drive it; without stalling every time. But I am so glad I stuck with it, because it's so much more fun to drive than an automatic car. IMO, having fun driving a car is more important than having more power.

With that being said, whether you decide to stick with auto or go with a manual transmission, just do a TON more research. You could stick with the D-series engine and turbocharge it, get a D-series VTEC engine (if you don't already have one) and turbocharge it, you could go B-series (VTEC or non-VTEC), H-series (with or without a H/F2D or H/F2B conversion kit), an F-series (with or without the same F/H2D or F/H2B kit), a K-series swap, or a J-series (V6) swap. And any of those engine configurations can be built multiple ways. I realize my answer doesn't help you any (probably makes it a little more difficult), but it's the most realistic answer to give. I highly recommend thinking of a realistic budget, a realistic power goal, a realistic future power goal (no 700whp or 9 second street car BS), and then take the time to do the research. There are plenty of people who have posted their setups online, that should help you figure out what a realistic setup is.

 

Nope, that's the F20C, not B. The F20B is from a JDM (maybe EDM?) Accord.

Edit: crap, I wrote F20C is from an Accord, so I fixed it.

 

Thanks, I didn't know that.