do the 2001 civics and the 2002 have the same motors?

[defuse411]

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[PoisonFangs]

as far as i know

[defuse411]

thanx for the input

[Marasmus]

For 2002, Honda changed their entire Small Car Platform (or whatever they call it), which includes the Civic and the RSX. The engines have changed quite a bit. No longer do they rotate counter-clockwise - they are now clockwise motors like most other manufacturers. The intake manifold is in the front by the radiator, which is new to honda as well. Transmission is on the driver's side instead of the passenger's side... basically the entire engine compartment got spun around 180 degrees.

The internals are also very different. If I understand it correctly, the base civics are using a 1.7l engine now, while the SI and Type-R use toned-down versions of the 2.0l block from the base RSX. Previous generations of civics used 1.6l engines.

They really screwed the Civic SI's motor hard... it's basically the base RSX motor, mounted in the civic frame, with a low-ass 6800rpm redline. They give the civic a wussy radiator and mount it completely under the bumper to make it unserviceable by mere mortals. It's frustrating to me that they don't push the envelope a little more on their product lines' performance... we all know the RSX can easily be tuned past 200hp and the civic SI should have been upgraded from 160hp (for the last, what, 10 years) to 200, considering it got a displacement upgrade as well. It's pretty annoying.

[threethirteen]

the new civic si engine still has the same 160hp as it always did. the new marvel of it is the 132lbs. torque.

but they still should have used the rsx engine. 200hp just has that lovely sound.