Hey guys I posted this over on hondaswap.com but it doesn't look like its as busy as this board is. Anyway, I have a 98 Civic HX and plan on swapping in a B18C5 ITR engine. Went to a shop near me and they said they could swap it in for $5800 (includes engine, parts labor). They also discount the installation of consumable parts (clutch, water pump, timing belt, etc) Does that sound that like a good price? How hard would this be to do myself? I have some friends that have done swaps on other cars and access to a lift. If I can save some money and find a good price on a turbo kit then I would like to go forced induction. If not I guess i will have to go N/A. If you think I would be better off with a different swap please let me know. Thanks!


Modified by dagnasty at 10:15 PM 6/29/2004

 

Itr's are pretty expensive. If you have the money and u trust the people then i say let them put it together and tune it. If not and u have access to alternate means of putting it in then godspeed. good luck

 

well dude the ITR engine is really expensive and i think is not worth it!!
just get a gsr with lsd and drop a turbo kit and u woulg be fine!!
$2500 to $3300 for the gsr engine + $3000 for the turbo = $6000 and trsut me u would be hella faster!!!

 

Thanks for your reply I will take the GSR into consideration. The shop I'm going to (Superior Racing Development in Tempe, AZ) charges $4800 for the GSR swap.

 

you could also do a turbo ls and be faster as well.

 

Should I go with the GSR engine and Type R tranny?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dagnasty &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Should I go with the GSR engine and Type R tranny?</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you can yes. I don't really like GSR trannys...unless boosted.

I would just get the full ITR swap.

 

Thanks HXMan. Im about 90% certain I am going to do the full ITR swap and then drive it stock (except for the usual i/h/e) until I can accumulate money for a turbo.

 

ITR swap

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek4hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well dude the ITR engine is really expensive and i think is not worth it!!
just get a gsr with lsd and drop a turbo kit and u woulg be fine!!
$2500 to $3300 for the gsr engine + $3000 for the turbo = $6000 and trsut me u would be hella faster!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

right here .. its not hard to swap engines at all,, GS-R is just as good as an ITR... plus boosted thats fast, go GS-R and boost it