Engine Swap

[justlikethis]

Im looking to buy a 92-95 civic (hatchback preferrably), but not a huge deal if not. What would be the average price on say a 95 with under 100k miles? I was also planning to swap the engine and put in a b16. Would this be a hard project, would I be able to do it on my own or with a friend, how much would it cost and does anybody have a website where I can look at a B16 engine? Well thats about it for now.

[kris]

Originally posted by justlikethis
Im looking to buy a 92-95 civic (hatchback preferrably), but not a huge deal if not. What would be the average price on say a 95 with under 100k miles? I was also planning to swap the engine and put in a b16. Would this be a hard project, would I be able to do it on my own or with a friend, how much would it cost and does anybody have a website where I can look at a B16 engine? Well thats about it for now.

You cannot really put a average price on a car that is in demand like that. The "average" list price on autotrader.com shows $7963 But I would never pay that much for a civic. If you look around, you will be able to find good deals.

I would not recommend trying a swap as your first project on a car. How much do you, or a friend know about working on cars? I did my first swap, after helping out with roughly 5 other swaps. Once you do a few, they are all pretty easy.

To have a sucessful swap, look at about $2000-$2500 if you take it somewhere. If you do decide to do it yourself, it will be much cheaper.

Here is a good site to get started on, for prices and swap info.

[Cavallino]

if you're planning on swapping the engine then go for low price high mileage cause the engines goin bye bye anyway. A few other things might need to get replaced but do it all in the name of performance and you'll be set.

[cashman111]

If you plan on swapping the engine anyway, why not just get a cheap one with higher mileage. Also, if you plan on redoing the interior (or pulling it out for straight race), then you could find one cheaper with a torn up interior (same with body, pulling dents isn't all that hard.) And if you really want a fast car, why not just go ahead and drop a B18 in the car?