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I've seen something similar to this but with a 350 s.b. in a '88 civic hatch. All square tubing ( ? flat stock? ) frame and bags all the way around. It was like the whole "skin" ( like earlier stated ) was removed and attached to this fabbed up chassis. It had a 10 bolt solid rear/ front clip from an S-10. It wasn't finished but looked real promising. I'd say finding an old solid frame to shorten from something popular like the S-10, with all of it's suspension components intact, would prove to be more rewarding and easier to find parts for then trying to fab the hell out of the Civic or the S2000s' unibody. The frame idea would also keep you from worrying about the car driving true and straight for the simple fact that near-perfect suspension geometry is allready intact. All you would have to do is make sure your measurements are spot-on when hacking up the frame. The number of suspension mods you could perform to get the ride quality and look your after are near endless. The GM rear would easily handle the power of the F20 and is easily upgraded ( from welding spyders together all the way to a reputiable rear diff.). Drive shafts can be made to fit just about any engine to any diff. Installing the Civic's "body" if you will, could be accomplished by ' body dropping ' and channeling the floor to accomidate the now shortened frame. Though, this could mean having to rock a ridiculous looking cowl hood to accomidate for the decrease in engine to hood clearance. Of course I havn't taken into account the width of the S-10's running gear but, I'd assume playing with wheel offsets could MAYBE make up for this. I've owned an '03 S-10 and '93 Civic Hatch, seeing them parked side-by-side the two share a similar track width even though the body of the S-10 is much wider.
Any direction you choose, there is alot to consider about pulling this off and I hope you have the "resources" to do it. I'd love to see the finished product. Keep us updated.


P.S. > my "frame" idea would probably be pretty heavy. Weight+F20= Hernia