Engine Swap advice needed

[Mugen_R]

Hi, I got a friend who has the 88-91 HOnda Civic HB, and one of his cylinders are messed up so he wants to get a 1992 Honda Civic HB Engine and swap it into his 88-91 Civic HB.
I know it's possible but how much will it most likely cost????
Would this swap be worth doing?????
I will be showing him this thread to prove to him what you guys say.

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by Mugen_R
Hi, I got a friend who has the 88-91 HOnda Civic HB, and one of his cylinders are messed up so he wants to get a 1992 Honda Civic HB Engine and swap it into his 88-91 Civic HB.
I know it's possible but how much will it most likely cost????
Would this swap be worth doing?????
I will be showing him this thread to prove to him what you guys say.

Ok what model is his car? Dx, si,std? Also what model is the ' 92 engine he wants? If anything...he should keep his tranny because u don't have to convert to cable to hydro. Just get the long block. If your gettin the v-tec one then u'll need the ex/si ecu. Other than that it should be a bolt on process. About the price..it depends on the mileage and i can't really give you a quote on that. I'd say pay no more than 300 for it. Or tell him to get a ZC swap? Its gonna cost around..500 - 800.

[Mugen_R]

Originally posted by mellowboy


Ok what model is his car? Dx, si,std? Also what model is the ' 92 engine he wants? If anything...he should keep his tranny because u don't have to convert to cable to hydro. Just get the long block. If your gettin the v-tec one then u'll need the ex/si ecu. Other than that it should be a bolt on process. About the price..it depends on the mileage and i can't really give you a quote on that. I'd say pay no more than 300 for it. Or tell him to get a ZC swap? Its gonna cost around..500 - 800.

His engein that he has now is a Si, I think DX(but not sure).

He wants to swap into a 92 Civic Si engine.

I don't think he'll be getting into vtec.

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by Mugen_R



His engein that he has now is a Si, I think DX(but not sure).

He wants to swap into a 92 Civic Si engine.

I don't think he'll be getting into vtec.

Well first of all the '92 si is a sohc v-tec engine code..d16z6. How does his stock engine manifold looks like? If he has a the si engine from a 88-91 then the block should say d16a6 sohc non v-tec. The 92 si engine he can use his exsisting tranny. I think he has to convert the non obd to obd1. He needs to get the ecu for that 92 si engine. Thats about it i think.

[Mugen_R]

Originally posted by mellowboy


Well first of all the '92 si is a sohc v-tec engine code..d16z6. How does his stock engine manifold looks like? If he has a the si engine from a 88-91 then the block should say d16a6 sohc non v-tec. The 92 si engine he can use his exsisting tranny. I think he has to convert the non obd to obd1. He needs to get the ecu for that 92 si engine. Thats about it i think.

He told me that the previous owner swaped the engine into the civic, so he bought it with the si engine, but I don't know how to distinguish if it's SI or not, to be sure he dosne't mess up when swapping.