1995 EG Civic - Type R engine

1995 EG Civic - Type R engine

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hc1995

Original Poster:

3 posts

194 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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Does anyone know anywhere that would put a type r engine in the 1995 EG civic, or how hard it is to do etc?

Thanks

Marf

22,907 posts

248 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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At a guess CPL Racing?

hc1995

Original Poster:

3 posts

194 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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yeh ive got a few quotes, the best so far is £4000 not including the engine, any ideas how easy it is to do yourself?

Marf

22,907 posts

248 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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No idea mate, but £4000 seems an awful lot of money...

Technonotice

4,250 posts

198 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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hond r specialise in this. try them.

  • edit, i wanted to do this to a civic i had a few years ago. It turned out that it would cost so much that it wasn't worth the money. i would love to own a k20 engined civic from the 90's though.
maybe try a h22 from a prelude or b81c from the teg. that should come in at about 4 grand including the engine/gearbox.

hth


Edited by Technonotice on Tuesday 9th September 18:43

EvoBarry

1,903 posts

272 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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If you used a VTi EG Civic it should theoretically be easier, being that the Vti B16 and the B18C engines are fundamentally the same motor afterall? Seen plenty of them done, all over the world, so it can't be that hard?!

Good luck with the project, I love sleeper cars like that. biggrin

SimonF8

37 posts

196 months

Wednesday 10th September 2008
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Depends what type-r engine you are talking about. B16B is a knightmare into an EG, and a lot of money for not really a lot of gain.

If you're going the B18C route, then it's a lot easier, and a lot more accessible. Integra's and Civic's share the same floorpan and general chassis layout, only difference is the sub frames (as far as i am aware). B18C can be picked up for about 1k, and someone will do a swap, including engine for around 1800. Hond-R are the best, but you get charged for the luxery. You'll easily be looking at 2500+ for a B18 swap from Hond-R, but you will get the best in the industry.

Make sure the car is setup for it though, ie, take more type-r stuff than the engine. ARB, control arms, suspension, struts, brakes if possibles, and make sure you get an LSD, most people say an LSD is their most noticeable gain.

Can of course do the swap yourself, and i can stand here and say that pretty much 1 in 6 maybe, modified Civic's have a B18C in them, and probably over those swaps were done by the owners themselves.

Check Honda-Tech, and google for civic swap forum, as there is a whole forum dedicated to doing swaps like this.

As for K series, £££££ is all i'm saying for that...

Seany88

1,245 posts

227 months

Wednesday 10th September 2008
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SimonF8 said:
Depends what type-r engine you are talking about. B16B is a knightmare into an EG, and a lot of money for not really a lot of gain.

If you're going the B18C route, then it's a lot easier, and a lot more accessible. Integra's and Civic's share the same floorpan and general chassis layout, only difference is the sub frames (as far as i am aware). B18C can be picked up for about 1k, and someone will do a swap, including engine for around 1800. Hond-R are the best, but you get charged for the luxery. You'll easily be looking at 2500+ for a B18 swap from Hond-R, but you will get the best in the industry.

Make sure the car is setup for it though, ie, take more type-r stuff than the engine. ARB, control arms, suspension, struts, brakes if possibles, and make sure you get an LSD, most people say an LSD is their most noticeable gain.

Can of course do the swap yourself, and i can stand here and say that pretty much 1 in 6 maybe, modified Civic's have a B18C in them, and probably over those swaps were done by the owners themselves.

Check Honda-Tech, and google for civic swap forum, as there is a whole forum dedicated to doing swaps like this.

As for K series, £££££ is all i'm saying for that...
B18c is easy into EG, i did it myself into the EJ2 (EG shape but the coupe version) with wiring in 2 days by myself. It helps to have an engine crane but not essential. Make sure you get all the hoses and wiring etc as that's the most time-consuming bit otherwise. Good luck.

gtr_drifter

15 posts

194 months

Thursday 25th September 2008
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yeah i was kinda considering going down the same route.

I have installed a B18c into an EG Sir Jap spec car. straight bolt in needing only top engine mount from the B18c. no wiring involved. I think its worth spending more on the right doner car to avoid issues later on as could prove costly and time consuming.

I then bought a EG esi for a K20 conversion, had the ABS and rear discs, but couldn't be bothered in the end as an EK k20a (jap spec) came up which I bought. When you start to price up the individual parts required its not cheap for a K20 conversion plus the jap spec engine is hard to get hold of.

Haven't had time to get the Ek running as needed some wiring work. Gonna spend some time soon to try and sort out. Planning on firing it up and then selling as dont have the time for it, space and generally lost interest. Tho once it runs that could all easily change!!




vtec_daddy

62 posts

194 months

Thursday 25th September 2008
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Mate talk to me, I am the daddy off all VTEcs and conversions.

I've got a Type R CRX with a 2.0 Litre engine from an EP3 CTR.

And boy you dont even wanna get me started on the spec list.

Cost over 7 Grand and thats on a very tight budget.