01 Civic Engine Swap

I have a 2001 Honda Civic EX coupe and I was looking into swapping out the motor and dropping something with more hp. What are your thoughts on some good motors that would fit in my Civic?

first off i am sorry that u bought a 2001, they have so many problems it is crazy, but u can swap a k-series motor in there from either the new si or an rsx, i believe that those are the only motors that u are able to swap, and that dont cost like 10k to swap

no, the K series doesnt swap into that car. that is still based on the platform of all the 92+ civics are. the only motor to swap into there would be the B series motors. The only civic you can do the K series swap into is the new civic si, and thats just going from the base model to the Type S or Type R. i have seen people drop K20's into those civic, but it just didnt work real well.

sorry to say but a k-series swap is the only legal swap, so if u have emmisions testings and u want to pass them u have to get a k-series. i have seen the rsx motor in a 7th gen before so dont say that it can only be swapped into the new si. i have never seen anyone be able to swap the b series into the 7th gens

I'm not to worried about passing emmisions tests. In fact I do wanna get rid of as much emmisions as I can, you know, to try and clean up the engine compartment. So given that emmisions is not an issue, what else might fit? I have read that the K-series will fit in all 2001 civic's except the si.

what do u mean by getting rid of emmisions? do u know what that is, it is government testing on your car and if they see u have a motor swap, they will question u about what year car it came from, and if it is older then your car, then it is illegal and then u pay some big fines

yeah i know, but i'm not worried about it. i don't live in cali where they check out all that stuff... up here isn't as strict, yet.

allright whatever. if you look at the layout of the 7th gens, they are the same as the previous civics. I had a fight on another board a while back about how i thought it would be the K20 also..boy did they ever rip me a new one and tell me that B series are about the only ones that will fit. Im just goin by what i heard and what ive seen. Post up some pics or links of the K20 going into a 7th gen...

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=115837


what more would u like today? :sunglasse

allright whatever. if you look at the layout of the 7th gens, they are the same as the previous civics. I had a fight on another board a while back about how i thought it would be the K20 also..boy did they ever rip me a new one and tell me that B series are about the only ones that will fit. Im just goin by what i heard and what ive seen. Post up some pics or links of the K20 going into a 7th gen...

I saw the magazine-featured 2001 Civic 4-dr with a K20 swap with my own eyes...it was built here in PHX by HASPORT, where I got my custom-ECU from Joe, who works there, for my old b16 set-up.

BTW, here: http://www.wholehyper.com/engine/rsx-mounts.html

Edit: I forgot all about hybridsol, who is a respected member of AF. He posted pics A WHILE BACK, of his friend's 2001 Civic coupe which they swapped a K20 motor into. As a matter-of-fact, there is LESS customization involved in swapping a K motor into ANY E (Civic) or D (Integra) chassis than in swapping-in an H22, since the K-motor's mounting-points are based-off of the old B mounting points...just reversed.

allright, whatever works.... that link is for swapping a K20 into a DC2 BTW.

allright, whatever works.... that link is for swapping a K20 into a DC2 BTW.

Is this better?

Look at the bottom of the page:
http://www.sroperformance.com/cgi-bin/shop/hasport/mounts/

To quote:

HaSport K20 Engine Swap (RSX) into the 2001-2002 Civic

This mount kit allows you to swap the K20 engine into the 2001-2002 Civic Ex, LX, and DX.

$649.00


As for the the link being for the DC2, so what? All B-motors (except the JDM Prelude/Accord B20's) have been able to fit under any US Civic or Integra with stock mounts since 1992. That shows you that the K motors are even swappable into earlier-model Hondas, and maybe even 4th-gens/CRX's, with a bit of customizing...not anymore than when you do a Prelude-swap.

HASport's site is down for some reason (or it's blocked from school), but I found these elsewhere:

http://jspecjdm.net/DSC00768.JPG
http://jspecjdm.net/DSC00767.JPG
http://jspecjdm.net/DSC00769.JPG
http://jspecjdm.net/DSC00765.JPG


That was the car I saw on their lift before the stickers...