hi all
ive been into hondas for years now and allways loved rwd cars but i dont like s2000's or the look of nissans , so thought about building a rwd civic.
so 2 years ago i started to research every thing i needed to do aswell as teach my self the the skills to carry it out.
ive had the civic for 2 years now ,so i cut out all the rust and give it a full respray by me and bought my self a s13.
the civic






the s13












so the plan is
front end
cut part of the firewall and tunnel out the civic and fit the s13 one in
make a frame to bolt the front crossmember to and mount the engine ,all the hubs ,suspension and links will be s13 .
rear end
cut the boot floor out and mount the rear end to the civic.
im going to be using the full s13 car loom aswell just swap some plugs over to fit the civic lights and clocks.
the wheel base of a civic is 98mm longer than a s13 so the prop should be fit but if not i'll get one made.
good thing is this swap has been done in japan befor but they used a s2000 engine and box ,so i can see what works and want does not .
nothing flash on the out side of the car just a nice clean looking car.

any help would be great

 

ive started buying parts.
i tryed the intercooler on a friends h2b eg, the fit is realy good.






swirl pot



more to come

 

in for this

 

Best of luck with this endeavor. I'm liking the fact that the S13 has a CA18DET, as its one of my favorite under-appreciated drivetrains.

 

thanks

the reason i went with the s13 is its been done befor in japan so i could see what wanted doing and were to cut but they used a s2000 engine and box

 

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rusty *** nissans

 

RHD though? Couldnt find a LHD to rip apart?

 

im from the uk so everything is rhd

 

awesome build. i owned a s13 CA18 when i was in japan. I traded my SR 180sx for it. so I really enjoy the motor. can't wait to see this build knocked out.

 

nice

 

i did want a sr20det but buying a s14 would have been more than i wanted to pay for a car to just cut up, i can allways put the sr in later on so i went with the s13

 

Cant wait to see the rest! Arent those ca18 pretty weak??

 

yeah there not the best engine in the world, the shells **** there pants

 

I'll be watching in on this. Have fun.

 

Subscribed.Good luck

 

Sick build cant wait to see the outcome.

 

ok not dont much in the past couple of weeks with me going on my hols and starting a new job but i had a day spare so got the 200 ready for the scrap man

ANY ONE KNOW WHAT ALL THESE PLUGS ARE FOR :wacko:



THEN I GOT CUTTING , ALSO CUT THE SHOCKER TOPS OFF ,i need to graft them into the civic's bay so i can use the 200's front suspension ,if i used the civic suspension id have no way of altering the front camber.





RETANED ALL THE MOUNTING POINTS FOR THE GEARBOX PROPSHAFT AND THE HAND BREAK FULL ASSEMBLY

 

Man-O-Man i can only 2 thing coming this 1) Total succes which we all want to see or 2) Epic failure which i hope and pray will not happen. Good luck with the build bro.

 

update, got alot done today.

front end in place,tunnel out and s13 droped in. now the funny realy starts.

 

Well that was simple enough haha. Hope you finish it

 

WOW!!! This is gonna be good!

 

hmmm. interesting. good luck with your build

 

bit more done befor the wife draged me out

but it was the type of job i could not rush and every thing had to be spot on, also made a jig for the center of the wheels but never took a pic.
as you can see the car is level and so is the subframe


nnnnnaaaaaaa wrong way








this is how the subframe will be bolted to the box section that will be welded to the chassis

 

IN.......This is gonna be epic

 

count me in! yeah epic for sure