dual carb 87 civic

[mega man]

i hjust had the craziest idea ! my brother has an 86 civic 1.5s and my friend has an 85 dual carb prelude. i want 2 do an engine swap and make this civic a half decent sleeper i'll jus take of the 1.5s badges and replace them with type r. then to get rid of sum dead wight i'll probbly juz ditch the rear seat. is there any resason i shouldnt do this swap or any difficulties?

[cvcc_wagon]

the engine will not mount into it, besides it's only got 100 hp, the real sleeper is with the dohc integra motor (look at my sig line)

[mega man]

what carburated choices do i have then ?

[cvcc_wagon]

well you could convert to FI which is a lot of work but worth it. another way that would be slightly less work and a lot more money is to go with Weber DCOE 40 sidedraft carbs. the hard part about that would be getting a manifold to mount them

[Setanta]

Try and track down an Aussie/JDM D15B twin carb from a 4th gen. Rated at 100ps, they are a top motor and respond well to mods.

[Setanta]

You might want to check out this thread for a pic of the motor:

http://www.ozhonda.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7854

[cthreatt]

Originally Posted by mega man

i want 2 do an engine swap and make this civic a half decent sleeper i'll jus take of the 1.5s badges and replace them with type r.

if you want a 'sleeper' then the last thing you'd want to do is slap on the 'Type R' badges. if anything you'd be replacing the current badges with 'HF' badges.

the whole idea with a sleeper is that it's faster than advertised - not the other way around.

good luck with the mods.

-chris

[mega man]

well the ricer look may be what im lookin for

[mega man]

well is there anything that u guys know i could grab from the prelude 2 make it handle better and stop faster or stuff i can get from any other honda that is easy 2 find ?

[cvcc_wagon]

i don't think so, with the newer hondas (83/84 and newer that is) there isn't much that can be interchanged between models except of the civic/integra stuff

[mormilesthanne1]

the 86 honda will handle better than the prelude already