I'm new, ahave a question

WRX engine in a CRX frame?

I'm hoping to buy a '94 or '95 CRX here pretty soon..., and i wanna know if a WRX engine will fit in it. :1zhelp: And if it won't.., anyone have any idea's as far as an easy swap out for a more powerful engine? :feedback:

~Honda_gurl16

Welcome. :wave:

Having owned both Hondas and Subarus, I'd recommend sticking to Honda motors in the Hondas. Not that it can't be done, just that the costs would be astronomical.

Check out the Honda Civic sub-forums to see what types of swaps will give you the results you're looking for.

If you're really looking for a mid-90's CRX a.k.a del Sol, just get a Del Sol VTEC; it already comes with the 160hp B16, which is plenty for a car that small... ;)

The WRX's engine will be too wide to mount into a CRX....amongst other problems you will encounter.

Thanks for the feedback. On top of the del sol's vtec, is there anything else I can do to crank up the horsepower a little. (I'm starting to thing that the CRX's chasis won't be able to take the power that I want out of it.) :swear: Anyways, thanks again.

Honda_Gurl16 :slap:

This thread just reminded me of why i keep coming back here. I am a member to many other forums, and if this question would have been asked in any other forum, there would have been huge flaming!
Anyways, just wanna say good job on being the unofficial "friendliest" forum :smile:

To answer your question, it would be easiest to stick to Honda engines, as they have been swapped many times and there is a wealth of knowledge that you can tap into from others that have done them, so it will make the swap easier for you. With Hasport motor mounts, you can drop in any B-Series motor, so I think you should be more than happy with one :)

well i'd drop a B16A into it so muhc easier and jsut add a view perofromance mods to increase the power, the chasis should hold up

Here is just about every single engine code Honda has built. I had some help on this one **C27??- USDM 2.7L SOHC non-VTEC V6 86-89 Legend (150-160hp) **C27??- USDM 2.7L SOHC non-VTEC V6 95-97 Accord V6 (170HP) **C32A5- USDM 3.2L SOHC non-VTEC V6 94-95 Legend GS Sdn, 93-95 Legend Cpe (230hp) **C32A6 - USDM 3.2L SOHC non-VTEC V6 91-95 Legend Sdn, 91-92 Legend Cpe, 96-98 3.2TL (200hp) **C35A2- 3.5L USDM SOHC non-VTEC V6 3.5RL (215-225hp) **J30A1 - 3.0L USDM SOHC VTEC V6 98-02 Accord V6, 97-99 3.2CL (200hp) **J35A1 - 3.5L USDM SOHC VTEC V6 98+ Odyessy (210hp) **J35A3 - 3.5L USDM SOHC VTEC V6 Acura MDX (240hp) *F23A1- USDM 2.3LSOHC VTEC 98+ Accord EX & LX, 98-99 2.3CL (150hp) *F23A4- USDM 2.3LSOHC ULEV VTEC 98+ Accord EX & LX (148hp) *F23A5- USDM 2.3LSOHC 98+ Accord DX (135hp) *G25A1- USDM 2.5L SOHC non-VTEC I-5 96-98 2.5TL (176hp) *J25A- JDM 2.5L SOHC VTEC V6 JDM Honda Aspire/Sabre (200ps) *K20A- JDM 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC '02+ Integra Type R (220ps) *K20A2- 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC '02+ RSX Type S/'02+ Civic Type R (200hp) B16A- JDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC- 89-91 Civic Si-R I/CRX Si-R, Integra RSi/XSi (160ps) B16A- JDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC 92-95 Civic Si-R II/ 92-97 CRX DelSol SiR (170ps) B16A ver 1 1595cc DOHC VTEC, 150ps(auto)/160ps(man) B16A ver 2 1595cc DOHC VTEC, 155ps(auto)/170ps(man) B16A2/3- USDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC 93-97 DelSol VTEC/99-00 Civic Si (160hp) B16B 1595cc DOHC VTEC, 185ps B16B- JDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC 98+ Civic Type R (185ps) B17A1- USDM 1.7L DOHC VTEC 92-93 Integra GS-R (160hp) B18A1- USDM 1.8L DOHC non-VTEC 90-93 Integra RS/LS/GS (90-91: 130hp / 92-93: 140hp) B18B1- USDM 1.8L DOHC non-VTEC 94-01 Integra RS/LS/GS (140hp) B18C .1797cc DOHC VTEC, 170ps(A/T) 180ps(M/T) B18C- JDM 1.8L DOHC VTEC 94+ Integra SiR-G (180ps) B18C specR 1797cc DOHC VTEC, 200ps B18C1- USDM 1.8L DOHC VTEC 94+ Integra GS-R (170hp) B18C5- USDM 1.8L DOHC VTEC 97+ Integra Type R- (195hp) B18C6 EURO/UK 1.8L DOHC VTEC 96+ Integra Type R- (190ps) B18C6/7- JDM 1.8L DOHC VTEC 96+ Integra Type R- (200ps) B18C7 AUSTRALIAN 1.8L DOHC VTEC 96+ Integra Type R- (190ps) B20A5- 2.0L DOHC non-VTEC 87-91 Prelude 2.0Si- (135hp) B20B- 2.0L DOHC non-VTEC 96-98 CR-V (126hp) B20Z- 2.0L DOHC non-VTEC 99-01 CR-V (143hp) B21A1- 2.1L DOHC non-VTEC 90-91 Prelude Si (145hp) C30A ver 1 2977cc V6 DOHC VTEC, 255ps(auto)/280ps(man) C30A ver 2 2977cc V6 DOHC VTEC, 265ps(auto)/280ps(man) C30A(?)- 3.0L DOHC VTEC V6 91-96 NSX/NSX-T (270hp) C32A?- 3.2L DOHC VTEC V6 97+ NSX/NSX-T (290hp) C32B 3179cc V6 DOHC VTEC, 280ps D15B 1493cc SOHC VTEC, 130ps D15B 3stage 1493cc SOHC 3-stage VTEC, 130ps D15B Eco 1493cc SOHC VTEC-E, 94ps D15B(?)- 1.5L SOHC non-VTEC '88-'95 Civic's (62-102hp) D15Z8 1493 SOHC VTEC 114BHP (1995-2000 D16A Eco .1997cc SOHC VTEC-E, 120ps D16A1- 1.6L DOHC 86-89 Integra (86/87 113hp, 88/89 118hp) D16A6- 1.6L SOHC 88-91 Civic Si/ CRX Si (108hp) D16Y5- 1.6L SOHC VTEC-E 96-00 Civic HX (115hp) D16Y7- 1.6L SOHC non-VTEC 96+ Civic CX/DX/LX (106hp) D16Y8- 1.6L SOHC VTEC 96+ Civic EX (127hp) D16Z6- 1.6L SOHC VTEC 92-95 Civic EX/Si (125hp) D17A1- 1.7L SOHC non-VTEC '01+ Civic DX/LX (115hp) D17A2- 1.7L SOHC VTEC-E 01 Civic EX (127hp) EV1 = 1342cc SOHC CVCC carb '84 CRX, '84-'87 Civic EW1 = 1488cc SOHC CVCC carb '84-'87 Civic/CRX (USDM) EW2 = 1488cc SOHC non-CVCC SOHC EFI '84-'87 Civic/CRX (CDM) EW3 = 1488cc SOHC non-CVCC SOHC EFI '85 CRX Si (USDM) EW4 = 1488cc SOHC non-CVCC SOHC EFI '86 Civic/CRX Si (USDM) F18A3 1.8L SOHC non-VTEC PGM-Fi 93-98 Accord i (115hp) F18B 1849cc SOHC VTEC, 140ps F20A 2.0L DOHC non-vtec PGM-Fi 4G 90-93 JDM 2.0Si 150hp 137lb/ft F20A1- JDM 2.0L DOHC non-VTEC 90-93 Accord Si (155hp) F20A2 F20A3 F20A5 F20A6 F20A7 F20A8 F20B DOHC vtec ?.?:1CR 200hp ???lb/ft 6G 98-02 JDM SiR-T 85b/??s F20B DOHC-1 1997cc DOHC VTEC, 180ps F20B DOHC-2 1997cc DOHC VTEC, 200ps F20B- J JDM 2.0L DOHC VTEC 90-93 Accord Si-R (190ps) F20B SOHC 1997cc SOHC VTEC, 145ps(LEV)/148ps(4WD)/150ps F20C1- 2.0L DOHC VTEC '00+ S2000 (250ps/240hp) F20Z1 2.0L SOHC non-VTEC SOHC PGM-Fi 93-98 Accord Si, es, ies (129hp) F20Z2 SOHC non-VTEC F20Z3 F22A1- USDM 2.2L non-VTEC 92-96 Prelude S/90-93 Accord LX/EX (130hp-135hp) F22A2 F22A3 F22A4 SOHC non-vtec 130hp 142lb/ft 4G 90-91 USDM EX/SE 85b/95s F22A6 SOHC non-vtec 140hp 142lb/ft 4G 92-93 USDM EX/SE 85b/95s F22A7 F22A8 F22A9 F22B 2156cc SOHC VTEC, 145ps F22B- USDM 2.2L SOHC VTEC 94-97 Accord EX, 97 2.2CL (145hp F22B DOHC non-vtec 160hp 148lb/ft 4G NA-NA JDM Prelude Si 87b/??s F22B1 SOHC vtec 145hp 147lb/ft 5G 94-97 USDM EX 85b/95s F22B2 SOHC non-vtec 130hp 139lb/ft 5G 94-97 USDM DX/LX 85b/95s F23A 2253cc SOHC VTEC, 158ps(4WD)/160ps F23A1 SOHC vtec 150hp 152lb/ft 6G 98-02 USDM EX/LX 86b/87s F23A5 SOHC non-vtec 145hp 135lb/ft 6G 98-02 USDM DX 86b/87s H22A- JDM 2.2L DOHC VTEC 92+ Prelude Type-S, 97+ Prelude SiR S Spec. (220ps) H22A SpecS .2156cc DOHC VTEC, 220ps H22A ver 1 2156cc DOHC VTEC, 190ps H22A ver 2 2156cc DOHC VTEC, 200ps H22A1- USDM 2.2L DOHC VTEC 92-96 Prelude VTEC (190hp) H22A4- 2.2L DOHC VTEC 97-01 Prelude VTEC/SH (97-98: 195hp / 99-01: 200hp) H22A7 EDM 2.2L DOHC VTEC 98-02 Accord Type-R (212hp) H23A1- USDM 2.2L DOHC non-VTEC Prelude Si (160hp) J32A1- 3.2L USDM SOHC VTEC V6 98+ 3.2TL/3.2CL (225hp) J32A2- 3.2L USDM SOHC VTEC V6 00+ 3.2CL Type-S, 01 3.2TL Type-S (260hp) K20A3- 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC '02+ RSX/'02+ Civic Si (160hp) ZC VTEC 1590cc SOHC VTEC, 130psF20A1 1989 1997 16V 85x88 8.9:1 sohc PGM-CARB 90 /5500 149 /2700F20A2 1989 1997 16V 85x88 8.9:1 sohc PGM-CARB 110 /5700 159 /3700 F20A3 1989 1997 16V 85x88 8.9:1 sohc PGM-CARB 110 /5700 159 /3700 F20A4 1991 1997 16V 85x88 9.6:1 sohc PGM-Fi ___133 /5300 179 /5000 F20A5 1992 1997 16V 85x88 9.6:1 sohc PGM-Fi ___135 "F20A7 1992 1997 16V 85x88 9.0:1 sohc PGM-Fi ___135 "B16A- JDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC- 89-91 Civic Si-R I/CRX Si-R, Integra RSi/XSi (160ps) B16A- JDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC 92-95 Civic Si-R II/ 92-97 CRX DelSol SiR (170ps) THESE ARE OK.. B16A2/3- USDM 1.6L DOHC VTEC 93-97 DelSol VTEC/99-00 Civic Si (160hp)this applies to edm b16a2/3 tooB16A ver 1 1595cc DOHC VTEC, 160ps(man) B16A ver 2 1595cc DOHC VTEC, /170ps(man) BUT in europe b16a1 was 150 ps crx ee8/civicee9and b16a2 was 160 hp civic eg6/del sol vtecsame as a3 civic ek4 vti 96/00i assume the ver1 and ver 2 applies to edm ,since u have the specs for jdm 1st and 2nd gen , and the usdm b16a2/3if not i m really sorry__________________posted by people on automotive forums oh and find one that fits

well i'd drop a B16A into it so muhc easier and jsut add a view perofromance mods to increase the power, the chasis should hold up


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