my buddy got a 97 civic ex...

he want to do a swap to get some more power.

its the d16 correct?

what motors will bolt right in into a 97.

i know about older civics but doesnt the swap have to be the same year or newer?
what motor can fit right in and pass emmissions and everying.

any help is appriciated..

thanks
nick

 

Any B-series motors will work. So will an H22A with a little work/money

 

i know the b16 and b18 will fit in, but doesnt it have to be from the same year or newer?
i thought i heard somewhere that it did

 

Depends on the state that you are trying to get it inspected in...

My state does not care, but CA does, depends on where you are.

 

like said above it depends on that state luckily hawaii(wherei'm gonna be in 3months) doesn't have no emmision laws :irock:

 

anyone know about ohio?

is it ok to swap an older motor?

 

^ your in like FLint...and personaly if you guys arent aware of what engine fits into a Civic bay and what is aloud...Then I suggest staying with your Y8, they are awesome Engines..work off of that before you go swapping crap.

 

yep, ^, make him turbo the d, and if u blow it, replace with decent pistons and rods and rape on it even harder, sohc power bitches

 

^^^ :werd:

Where in Ohio? I know it said Perry, not sure where that is.

Also, you might want to think about putting a Z6 or Y8 or a minime in your civic and boost it, instead of the b16a and b18b

 

I suppose if you want to save money you can always boost your SOHC now and tweak it as much as you want but, you will regret it in the future if you want more power by switching the whole engine for something better. All the time you spent into tweaking the SOHC to later do the same to the DOHC just seems a bit wastefull unless you've never done this stuff before and want to play with the SOHC. If thats the case then dont do this on your daily driver car.

Fastest SOHC d16y8 Civic I've seen was doing mid 12's street legal. You will get lower times with a DOHC tweaked in the same fashion as the SOHC. If mid 12's isnt what your looking for and you want to get lower times then yea do a swap to a better engine.