HX, blacksheep of the Civic....

[OttoTeg]

Whats the deal with the HX motor. Does anyone know why it's different from the EX, other than the CVT trans. ? I noticed that Jackson Racing offers a kit for every other car but the HX. I'm not sure what their beef is either. Can anyone explain this for me?

 

[HondaCivicSiR93]

HX is the hybrid motor'd civic. Its got an electric engine in it and a gas one.
GX is the natural gas civic.

For that reason, i would assume, they make kits for neither.

 

[brian11to1]

what country are you talkin about. here in the states our 96-00 HX didnt have gas electric nor did we have a GX...

 

[phunky.buddha]

Originally posted by HondaCivicSiR93@May 24 2004, 08:04 PM
HX is the hybrid motor'd civic. Its got an electric engine in it and a gas one.
GX is the natural gas civic.

For that reason, i would assume, they make kits for neither.

NOoooooooooooooooo

USDM HX was the VTEC-E Civic with 115hp
USDM GX was a fleet only car that ran on natural gas

 

[HondaCivicSiR93]

My mistake on the HX, i misread an article on it. The GX is a new car though, i saw it on Hondacars.com

 

[phunky.buddha]

The GX was available as both a 6th generation Civic and a 7th.

 

[driverunknown]

is it nice?

 

[asmallsol]

the parts are nice. Since Natural gas is not as viatial as fossil fules, to make it ignite, they must compress it much more then normal gas to get close to flashpoint.. Because of this, in a d16z6, if you put the GX pistons in there, then you end up with 12:1 compression.

 

[phunky.buddha]

The GX pistons are nice.

 

[MaaseyRacer]

Originally posted by Calesta@May 24 2004, 07:32 PM


The GX pistons are nice.

I have been looking for a set for a long time, and I do not want to get them new from honda.

 

[phunky.buddha]

Just buy used PM7 or P29 pistons- they'll get you the same compression.