Got some tech/chassis questions.......

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iOwnACamry

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Hey, new to the forum......got a couple questions. FWIW, everything i'm asking, i'm being totally serious about. Ok, here goes:

I love the 92-95 civic hatch looks, I want something unique. I'm not gonna ask if anything is possible, because the answer is yes (with enough $$). I want to know if anyone has ever done a v6/v8 swap into one of these, and if there are any swap guides out there. I know ALOT/EVERYTHING will have to be fabbed, i'm far from stupid and perfectly capable of doing it. I just want to know if anyone has done it/documented it. Links, and other documentation is welcome & graciously accepted. Please don't flame, i'm being dead serious about this.

Thanks for any info!

Also, if I posted in the wrong area, terribly sorry!!
 
its been done but there really no swap guides i know of, yes it will be different but thats all it will be, you will still get strolled by the honda 4 banger
 
i see

Hmmm, like I said i'm interested in it. I understand what you mean about it driving like crap, I suppose I should have been clear about the intended use. It would be a drag car, yes rear wheel converted obviously. There's a guy here where I live, named Curtis Powers and everyone (the people that work @ his shops & people that run around town) is claiming that he's building a small block chevy CRX. He already has the fastest civic around so he decided to try something different, so I figured what the hell.....
 
I know it's been done with an NSX engine before, but I don't remember where I saw the pics and I don't think there's any type of write-up out there for it...
 
AHHVTEC said:
unless its 100% full drag car you will still be beat by the 4 banger
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:werd:

Even if you do manage to make it work, there's no guarantees that you won't still get your doors blown off by some built and boosted 4-cylinder...
 
Thanks for the replies.....dude, why are you being all hostile? You're acting like I said i4's are inferior and any other motor can devastate them.......I obviously like hondas, or I wouldn't have taken the time to make an account and post here right?
 
iOwnACamry said:
Thanks for the replies.....dude, why are you being all hostile? You're acting like I said i4's are inferior and any other motor can devastate them.......I obviously like hondas, or I wouldn't have taken the time to make an account and post here right?
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im just saying if your doing it to make its fast its a waste of money and still want be as fast. thats all
 
iOwnACamry said:
Thanks for the replies.....dude, why are you being all hostile? You're acting like I said i4's are inferior and any other motor can devastate them.......I obviously like hondas, or I wouldn't have taken the time to make an account and post here right?
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Dude...who's being hostile? No one is being hostile, not even a little bit. We're just saying for all the time and money you're going to put into this thing it's likely that somebody with a built GS-R or K20 is still going to be able to rip you a new one. Just because dude is putting a V8 in his Civic doesn't really mean it's the best of ideas...
 
The motor has plenty of power that I want to use. Runs 9.30s with 100 shot of n20 in a 3960lb car with 160lb guy driving.
 
BrutalB83 said:
Dude...who's being hostile? No one is being hostile, not even a little bit. We're just saying for all the time and money you're going to put into this thing it's likely that somebody with a built GS-R or K20 is still going to be able to rip you a new one. Just because dude is putting a V8 in his Civic doesn't really mean it's the best of ideas...
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Power to weight is the issue here, in the almost 4K car i've beaten built k20 turbos with 400+ hp dyno sheets. Just saying the engine will make plenty of power that's all.
 
well you just do it to make it fast. and you will see as soon as you put it by a real honda what happens
 
Explain "real" honda? I'm pretty sure there are some real hondas running around here with inline pro, and P&C racing....
 
If you do this project, be sure to post a build thread. I've heard of people doing something like this, and it would be cool to see it documented.
 
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