Honda Engine Swap Guide
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1. by J ared Holstein Humankind has made a habit of one upping the creator when it can ben efit in some material sense We figured out early on that playing match maker to an ass and a horse produced a creature with the strength and stamina of a horse but the nimble sure footedness of an ass That would be a donkey for those of you not up on your cross breeding tech niques Given that as enthusiasts we all want our cars to run like a thor oughbred and handle like well an ass the notion of installing a larger engine in a lighter chassis is appealing The same rules that apply in nature pertain to the automotive world as well The more closely related the parent forms the more likely they are to produce a viable hybrid Dropping a B16A from a Japanese domestic market Civic Type R into a 1 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 a seer i t Fa A Y a iff US spec Civic will be a whole lot easier cheaper and more success ful than dropping an NSX engine into the same car though this has not stopped people from trying Unlike many manufacturers who often use a small number of dif ferent engines for their entire vehicle line and do so for decades ala Chevy and the 350 Honda has produced just a few four banger engine series but a dizzying number of variants Combine Japanese domestic market engine choices with the same engine designation but higher output as well as European market Hondas2. 95 92 95 Japan 89 91 88 91 90 91 9 92 8 91 9 92 Europe Japan Japan 90 91 86 87 86 87 Japan CR X DEL SOL DelSol VTEC Vti T CR X USA del Sol Si del Sol CR X SiR CRX Si USA CRX DX USA CR X 1 6i VTI CR X SiR Japan CR X Si16 1 6i Japan 94 97 JARN 92 96 Japan 88 91 88 91 89 92 90 91 9 92 Europe USA Europe CHASSIS EG EH EG ED ED ED EE ED 3 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 ENGINE F22B2 F22B1 H22 F22A4 F22A1 F22A6 F20A twincam A20A3 B16A D1677 B16B B16A B16A D16Z6 B16A D16A6 DISA D16A6 B16A1 ZC B16A B16A1 EW4 ZC DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSION CC RATIO 2156 2156 2157 2156 2156 2156 1997 1955 1595 1590 1595 1595 1595 1590 1595 1590 1493 1595 1595 1595 1595 1595 1488 1595 HP TORQUE 130hp 5300 139lb ft 4200 145hp 5500 147lb ft 4500 190hp 6800 152Ib ft 5500 130hp 5200 142Ib ft 4000 f f f 125hp 5200 1371b ft 4000 140hp 5600 142lb ft 4500 150hp 6100 137lb ft 5000 122hp 160hp 7600 111lb ft 7000 127hp 6600 107lb ft 5500 184hp 8200 118lb ft 7500 168hp 7800 116lb ft 7300 168hp 7800 116lb ft 7300 125hp 6600 1061b ft 5200 168hp 7800 116lb ft 7300 108hp 6000 100Ib ft 5000 92hp 6000 113hp 6200 158hp 7600 1111b ft 7000 129hp 6800 106Ib ft 5700 158ho 7600 112Ib ft 7000 160hp 7600 111lb ft 7000 91hp 5500 93lb
3. and owners have a smorgasboard of engine variants to choose from Some engines of course are scarcer and more desired than others lead ing to an unfortunate amount of Honda theft though there are always engines with papers available the only kind you want Cars MOTOR CHASER AC D16489 D16276 SOHC YTEQ BibAT wd BBS OB IGE Bia 36 Civic 84 87 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 4G Cwik 8 91 1 butwhy 4 2 3 DOK 2f3 DOK af DOK 2f3 DOK 305 integra 4 butwhy butwhy butwhy 1 1 1 40 Aco o93 butwhy butwhys butwhy butwhy butwhyz Butwhy but why SG Accom 497 butwhv butwhye butwhy butwhy Gbubwhy butwhy But why 3G Prelude 88 91 butwhyz butwhys butwhy butwhy butwhyz Butwhy but why DoOK Depending on Kit MOTOR CHASSE BISA BIE B1 BU 2G Civic 84 87 2 2 2 2 F22 H22 H2 C SERIES 6 4 fF Fe PrP Pete Fee en ee eee pol eo E pol m co By E E E E E E Pi are not given the option of signing a donor card should a Lincoln Nav igator decide to back half an Integra Type R enthusiasts will arrive on the scene to strip the carcass of the engine faster than 1 800 SUE 4 YOU lawyers can find whiplash victims Encouraged by the number of serious performance minded enthusiasts that comprise the Honda hybrid community we are beginning a quest to comprehensively catalog every one of the rea sonably feasible engine swaps This quest begins in this issue as we show th
4. ft 4500 129hp 6800 106 b ft 5700 158ps 7600 112Ib ft 7000 125hp 6600 1061b ft 5200 168hp 7800 113hp 6200 92hp 6000 158hp 7600 1111b ft 7000 160hp 7600 1111b ft 7000 129hp 6800 106lb ft 5700 TRANSMISSION Y1 opt LSD L3 Y1 opt LSD Y21 or S21 L3 Y1 opt LSD HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE GENERATION YEAR MODEL COUNTRY CHASSIS ENGINE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSION HP TORQUE TRANSMISSION OF SALE CC RATIO 89 92 CR X SIR Japan EF B16A 1595 158hp 7600 112b ft 7000 Y1 opt LSD 64 87 CR X HF USA EF D15A2 carbed 1488 58hp 85 87 CR X Si USA AD EW4 1488 91hp 5500 931b t 4500 85 87 RX Si J apan AS ZC 1595 6 129hp 6800 106lb ft 5700 INTEGRA 94 00 Integra GS R USA 170hp 7600 128lb ft 6200 94 00 Integra USA 142hp 6300 127lb ft 5200 80 80 LS RS GS 97 98 00 Integra Type R USA DC 195hp 8000 95 97 Integra SIR Japan DC 178hp 7600 95 00 Integra TypeR Japan DC DB 197hp 8000 90 91 Integra GS USA DB 130hp 6000 92 93 Integra GS USA DB 140hp 6300 92 93 Integra GS R USA DB 160hp 7600 90 93 Integra Japan DB 119hp 6300 90 91 Integra XSi RSi Japan DA 158hp 7600 92 93 Integra XSi RSi Japan DA 158hp 7600 88 89 Integra USA DA 118hp 5500 86 87 Integra USA DA 113hp 6250 86 89 Integra Japan 129hp 6800 130Ib ft 7500 580 1291b ft 6200 Y80 S80 opt LSD 134lb ft 7500 80 LSD 121Ib ft 5000 YSI 121Ib ft 5200 YSI 1171b ft 7000 YSI 105lb ft
5. 5500 1 A1 J1 112Ib ft 7000 S1 A1 J1 112Ib ft 7000 YS1 opt LSD 1031b ft 5500 CG 991b ft 5500 GG 106lb ft 5700 CG Fas OE al eee ret meet py ee ee ee eS SS PRELUDE 99 Prelude USA H22A 200hp 7000 156lb ft 5250 97 98 Prelude USA H22A1 195hp 7000 156lb ft 5250 974 Prelude SIR Japan H22A 200 6800rpm 161Ib ft 5500 974 Prelude Type S Japan H22A 220 7200rpm 1631b ft 6500 92 96 Prelude S USA F22A1 135hp 5200 142Ib ft 4000 92 96 Prelude Si SE USA H23A1 160hp 5800 156lb ft 4500 94 96 Prelude VTEC USA H22A1 190hp 6800 158lb ft 5500 92 96 Prelude Si Japan F22 160hp 6000 148lb ft 5000 DOHC non VTEC 92 96 Prelude VTEC Japan H22 200 6800 161lb ft 5500 90 91 Prelude 2 05 USA B20A3 104hp 5800 111Ib ft 4000 90 91 Prelude 2 0Si USA B20A5 135hp 5800 1111b ft 4000 90 91 Prelude Si USA B21A1 140hp 5800 135Ib ft 5000 88 89 Prelude Si USA B20A5 135hp THE ODDBALLS et 1972 146hp 6200 133lb ft 4500 97 98 1972 126hp 5400 133lb ft 4300 4 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE HYBRID HOW 1 by J ared Holstein PHOTOGRAPHY J ARED HOLSTEIN ENGINE SWAP 1 B18B1 ENGINE SG CIVIC CHASSIS We begin our Hybrid How To series with one of the most common and easiest Honda engine swaps The Integra B18 engine in a fifth generation Civic You might expect us to begin with the VTEC equipped B18C1 from the I
6. P This may be slightly more costly but the amount of work involved should be comparable to a level 1 swap LEVEL 3 The engine bolts in with the aid of a kit but requires some modification to the car such as clearancing the engine compartment modifying the cross member etc or rewelding the mount locations You will most likely need help with this one LEVEL 4 The chassis requires extensive custom modifica tion to receive the engine In other words don t come crying to us when you get halfway through tearing apart your car only to find out that the crank pully hits your tire The information gathering task behind this guide was extremely complex and would have been impossible without the help of a few key people We would like to extend a special thanks to Aaron Bonk and John Spackman of Holeshot Racing Brian Gillespie of HASport J ason Katman Kaplan J oe Rodgers and Tommy Liang HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE GENERATION YEAR MODEL COUNTRY OF SALE ACCORD Accord DX LX USA Accord EX USA Accord SiR Japan Accord USA Accord USA Accord USA Accord 2 0Si Japan Accord USA 94 97 94 97 94 97 90 91 90 93 191 93 90 93 88 89 CIVIC Civic Si USA Civic EX Coupe USA Civic Type R Civic SIR II Civic Vti Europe Civic Si USA Civic SiR and SIRI Civic Si USA Civic DX USA Civic EX USA Civic 1 6i VT Civic Si Civic SiR hatch Civic SIR Japan Civic Si USA Civic Si 99 00 96 00 Japan Japan 92
7. Though a straightforward swap there are nonetheless a few tricks which make the swap go that much smoother We sat in to document this swap on a fifth gener ation Civic at Holeshot Racing in Ana heim Calif where Jon Spackman and Aaron Bonk made short work of the process We strongly suggest you have a good service manual on hand for general engine removal and installation instruc tions which are useful for any application Lik amp asi T Having a lift makes the swap process quicker and easier though it is certainly not a requisite Cherry pickers can be bought for about 150 or rented reasonably by the hour or day at most rental yards When disconnecting the various liquid vacuum and electrical connections in the engine compartment do so prudently If you decide to roughhouse the hoses and other delicate items you will find yourself replacing annoyingly small and expensive parts with requisite trips to the dealer delaying the engine installation NOTES 6 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE Ge ee 5 bai ee E A E ja mo 7 r Before dropping the engine you must first disconnect the shift linkage The tric k is to insert a quarter inch round non tapered drift like the one on the right in the photo into the hole seen at the center to knock loose the linkage Unlike D15s which are of little value to anyone D16Zs are worth holding onto they are worth at le
8. ast 500 used and often more to people planning on using supercharger kits and the like Having your new engine attached to the tranny with the clutch already installed prior to the swap will speed up the process and simplify the clutch installation NOTES 7 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE m a T EE So i ae Game a E Take special care with the evaporative purge valve located near the intake manifold The plastic neck inside is weak and will break easily when the attached rubber hose is being disconnected silicone spray works wonders If your car is an automatic and you want to swap in an LS engine with a five speed you need to procure a pedal assembly the assorted hydraulic lines shift linkage clutch master cylinder slave cylinder and a weld on tranny mount available from the dealer As is apparent in the picture the Civic throttle cable is a few inches shorter than the Integra cable Installing the correct Integra cable is inexpensive and duplicates what Honda engineers probably worked many hours to engineer NOTES 8Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE oie Holes hot Racing 1525 N Endeavour PI Unit M Anaheim CA 92801 714 772 VTEC Eee _ a When installing the B18B stock engine mounts will work for all except the front stabilizer mount which requires a 94 plus Integra bracket but uses the stock Civic rub
9. ber Many hybrid enthusiasts decide to simplify the swap process by foregoing power steering and air conditioning If however you want to retain power steering you should use the 94 plus Integra pump and mounting bracket If you want to retain air conditioning a bracket from the 94 97 del Sol VTEC will correctly mount the compressor NOTES 9 COURTESY OF SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000
10. e relatively easy swap of a B18B1 into a fifth generation Civic hatchback starting on page 136 Our engine swapping mad ness will not be confined to Hondas either as there are some very successful and well tested hybrids with something other than H on the valve cover The following tables are our first stab at untangling the complex web of engines chassis parts and kits that comprise the brave new hybrid world The chart above will help you decide which swap to attempt while the table on the next page will help you find the donor engine Look forward to more parts guides and other technical info for engine swaps in upcoming issues The charts published in this issue can help render you a more educated buyer when selecting a engine chassis or transmission for your project look for an upcom ing Honda tranny guide to help better negotiate that particular quag mire Engine swaps vary tremendously in complexity but there is one 2 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 common thread They are never as easy as they seem To give you a better idea of just what you are getting yourself into the above table uses a rating scale that ranks the level of pain and anguish involved in each swap LEVEL 1 The engine bolts in using stock Honda or Acura compo nents with no modification to the car This is so easy it might even be fun LEVEL 2 The engine bolts in with the aid of a kit from companies such as HASport Place Racing or HC
11. ntegra GS R but those engines are alarmingly rare highly sought after and consequently very expensive As the base engine in the 94 and up Integras the non VTEC B18B1 does not garner much love in the Acura camp which also means they don t garner a very big price tag eee e ere eee eee ree reer errr reer rere errr re cre rer rer rer re reer rece reer reser e ree rec re ree reer rere seer rece e reer ee rer rece e rer re reer reser rer rer re errr r errr res rer rere e ree rec reer errr rrr re reer rere errr rere errr rere reer errr ee 5 Courtesy of SPORT COMPACT CAR DECEMBER 2000 NOTES HONDA ENGINE SWAP GUIDE The B18Bi s numbers however are respectable 142 hp and 127 lb ft of torque Drop this engine into a much lighter Civic blessed from the factory with at best a 125 hp torqueless D16Z6 and this car scoots Not only are they in less demand but there were far more base model Integras sold than GS Rs so find ing a B18B1 is much easier and less painful on the wallet than finding one of their VTEC cousins Best of all these engines are a straightforward swap into the fifth generation 92 to 95 and sixth generation 96 and up Civics as well as the second generation Integras using parts available from the dealer or wreck ing yard In addition engine mount kits can be purchased to make dropping this engine into third and fourth generation Civics as well as first generation Integras a bolt in affair
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