Hello everyone, I've been a member as long as I can remember but I don't remember ever posting
I come from
www.celica.net and
www.corral.net as I have a domestic vehicle ('01 Ford Mustang GT) as well as an imported vehicle ('94 Toyota Celica ST).
My brother currently owns a 1993 Honda Civic LX (I think) and it's running on its last leg. Engine's burning oil and coolant... compression's off, etc. We're looking at purchasing a new engine and swapping out the old one so he can start anew with his car. We mistakenly bought it with some inherent problems and 2 years later we realized that this vehicle was severely mistreated and maintenance on this vehicle just was nonexistent
Overall, the car's served us all very well... with the only 4-door vehicle in the family, we've come to love this car's utility. Although the engine's a dog, it does the job...
We're looking at
two options:
- Rebuild the existing engine.
- Swap it out for a new engine.
We like our second option more because we can perhaps spend a little more and get a more interesting engine in that car.
Swaps seem to be very popular for these vehicles and there are some potent Honda engines available to us all today. Although it was hyped up beyond belief, I like the US-Spec 1995 Honda Civic Si engine very much. I also enjoy Reno96Teg's Integra as well. I've had the fortune of riding in a 1995 (or so) GS-R that put the cheesiest smile on my face through some bends in the road
Thus our goal: Liven up the family's 4-door sedan with a stronger engine, while retaining stock driveability in city traffic. We also wish to retain an automatic transmission in this vehicle. It's just not worth investing over $2,000 for another 100hp rebuilt-engine.
We'll also eventually repair the body and clean it up since it looks like hell. We'll attack the braking system with some Baer brakes, some new struts and springs as well to improve handling. Hopefully we can acquire a rear swaybar for this car to lessen understeer.
All in all, a decent well-rounded performer that can be driven by all in the family and still have something left for my brother and I when we wish to "wake up" during our commute to work.
The question: Now I'm new to all of this and I haven't had the time to look through all 18+ pages of the forums for Hybrid, so please don't flame me just yet if the information is somewhere beyond page-1. What would be the "easiest" of engines to swap into our '93 Civic and still keep the auto tranny setup? I'm sure we'd need a new ECU, possibly engine mounts, and so forth...
Note: I don't know much about engine codes, or transmission codes for this vehicle since my background is Celicas and Mustangs, heh heh.