need help with possible motor swap
 

I recently got a 77' honda civic, but it has a blown motor. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what kind of motor i could replace the old one with and how difficult it would be.:confused:

77? did they civic's back then? if its 87 im sure about what fits in there. im more of the ef and up kinda person.

http://www.edmunds.com/media/reviews...chback.500.jpg

If that is the civic you speak of, I say you drop a K-series into it :oh:

BTW, your 77 civic has 50 hp stock and is a 1.2L 4-cylinder. Dayum man, what are you running at the track, like 23's?

More info here: http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/gener...2/article.html (I was bored :oh: )

omg there were civics back then, thats nuts!

Yes they did but no Civics didnt get love until the EF's came around 88-91. They're definately a classic but didn't think anyone still owned them. Good luck finding a motor for that year..

The Honda Civic has been produced since 1973. They where very popular gas-crisis era cars.
Not true, 85-87 CRX Si/ 86-87 Civic Si's where very popular to have swapped with 86-87 Integra D16A1's. This predated the B16 swap craze.

If I recall correctly, the late '70s Accord engine can be made to work in the '77 Civic... something like a 1.8l.

hey, thanks for the suggestions...but does anyone know if its possible to drop in say...a d16 or whatnot?

If there is enough space, I'm sure you could find some way to make it all work. It'd be very interesting, let me know how it goes. I've got a friend with a "S600" in his back yard.

This is actually very interesting indeed because I was still waiting for you to day "oops, typo, I meant 87." But wow, you really have a 77' civic. You need to keep us informed on how this progresses because I think this is a historical event :p Post some pics if you can too, I wanna see this bad boy.

"Drop in" like bolt-in? Absolutely not. You're going to need to figure out custom mounts, custom axels, possible front suspension redesign, fuel delivery, etc.

It's about the same amount of work as dropping a D16 into a Toyota Camry.