1990 civic motor swap

[90civichb]

okay i have a 1990 Honda Civic DX Hatchback and i wanna run a turbo in her what motor would be a good motor to drop in there in the near future. i will be building it from scratch and i will want to run a Turbo in it i would like to know what is a good motor to start on and that will drop right on after i'm done

 

[lilsicsol]

d15b....
unless $$ aint a problem..
go dohc vtec..

 

[90civichb]

yeah theres a D15B something in there right now and no money ain't a problem for me so any suggestions for a dohc V-TEC

 

[lilsicsol]

HMT - Homemade Turbo - Home of the real home made turbo setups!

 

[D16SiHatch]

drop a gsr in there and run 8-10 psi on a gt28r. should be in the 300-350whp range.

 

[BrutalB83]

yeah theres a D15B something in there right now and no money ain't a problem for me so any suggestions for a dohc V-TEC

A B16 or a GS-R are your main choices. Either one will work fine...

 

[90civichb]

i think i found what i wanna out into the car. a JDM ZC 1.6L DOHC

 

[Fernpatch]

How much power are you looking to make?

 

[90civichb]

i'm looking for anything in the 225-300 wiith turbo

 

[D16SiHatch]

i'm looking for anything in the 225-300 wiith turbo

well a boosted ls or dohc zc would certainly do that for ya

 

[Fernpatch]

agreed, but a 300 hp zc is going to need alot of internal upgrades to hold up. I don't know how much you can run through a stock LS bottom end.

 

[90civichb]

oh dude i wasn't going to leave it stock and boost it not at all... i'm actually going to rebuild it or get someone else to do it for me i know a few people but i have one question instead of a ZC which doesn't have many parts carriers would it be better to drop in a B-series, and if i do the B-series swap what should i go with and what will i have to do in order to succeed at that?

 

[chwkef]

Langley eh? I'm out in Chilliwack

Personally I'd recommend a B18A1 or B18B1 with a small turbo pushing a small amount of boost.

Good luck

 

[90civichb]

nice. yeah but does it just bolt in with out doing axle swaps and tranny swap?

 

[jlicrx]

nice. yeah but does it just bolt in with out doing axle swaps and tranny swap?

no, B-series engine swap would require B-series transmission, new mounts, modified shift linkage and new axles

 

[90civichb]

shitty i think i will do with the JDM ZC 1.6L DOHC

 

[Fernpatch]

www.jgenginedynamics.com Check these guys out. They have built 650 HP d series engine on there stage 3 turbo blocks. I have been talking with them for a while about options for building zc motors. They know a good amount about what it really takes to really juice these engines.

 

[hondalover88]

damn! they had some nice stuff there

 

[HATCHET_HONDA]

its VTEC no hyphen....do you know much about hondas or just gonna pay someone to do it all...and a dx is a d15b2

 

[BrutalB83]

shitty i think i will do with the JDM ZC 1.6L DOHC

I thought you said you wanted a dual-cam VTEC engine?