kirdenlynx
New Member
Ok, my fiance just blew the engine in her auto ek. I have been looking for a new body for my ls/vtec in my 92 gsr. Now to me this sounds like a perfect compromise. However, my fiance's family is trying to crush the civic...
To help me illustrate my point to her how difficult will it be to do this swap? The engine is ODB 1 and has a cable tranny (hope to grab a hydro from the local pick and pull) so what all would I be looking at swap wise? I have never done the OBD part of this swap but from what I understand I can get a set of oem replacement mounts for the SiR and that covers me as far as the engine mounting, then the axles I believe come from the intrgra but I'm not sure with the knuckles, so what I may do is get all SiR replacement parts for this swap, which is still cheaper than getting a new DA body.
The reason this appeals to me is my DA has about 4k worth of body damage and the civic only needs a new passenger side door. Also the DA is a gsr so it is heavy, but the hatch is a dx so I can shell it out without worrying. Thanks for the help in advance, maybe I can save my project after all.
To help me illustrate my point to her how difficult will it be to do this swap? The engine is ODB 1 and has a cable tranny (hope to grab a hydro from the local pick and pull) so what all would I be looking at swap wise? I have never done the OBD part of this swap but from what I understand I can get a set of oem replacement mounts for the SiR and that covers me as far as the engine mounting, then the axles I believe come from the intrgra but I'm not sure with the knuckles, so what I may do is get all SiR replacement parts for this swap, which is still cheaper than getting a new DA body.
The reason this appeals to me is my DA has about 4k worth of body damage and the civic only needs a new passenger side door. Also the DA is a gsr so it is heavy, but the hatch is a dx so I can shell it out without worrying. Thanks for the help in advance, maybe I can save my project after all.