Engine swap options -- HELP please -- Which engines drop in?
STICKMAN
Band Wagon
Greetings-
My wife drives a '91 Civic Wagon, 2WD, 5-spd stick, 75k miles. Best little work horse we've ever owned. Engine is tired... burning oil. May be rings, may be valve guides. Whatever it is, I'm sure it would be cheaper to buy a low-miles, later vintage Civic engine of some sort than to rebuild her's.
So, my question is, which Civic engines will drop into her wagon with no (or little) modifications required? Would prefer to keep her transaxle, but not sure other engines will mate to it. :?
Not looking for extra power (VTEC etc), but I would consider a higher perf engine if one comes along, as long as it doesn't require fabrication/mods to slip it in.
Any advice / direction greatly appreciated!
Thanks-
My wife drives a '91 Civic Wagon, 2WD, 5-spd stick, 75k miles. Best little work horse we've ever owned. Engine is tired... burning oil. May be rings, may be valve guides. Whatever it is, I'm sure it would be cheaper to buy a low-miles, later vintage Civic engine of some sort than to rebuild her's.
So, my question is, which Civic engines will drop into her wagon with no (or little) modifications required? Would prefer to keep her transaxle, but not sure other engines will mate to it. :?
Not looking for extra power (VTEC etc), but I would consider a higher perf engine if one comes along, as long as it doesn't require fabrication/mods to slip it in.
Any advice / direction greatly appreciated!
Thanks-
Comments
but then again im in the process of taking an auto wagon and putting in a stick with a B18 these swaps are not to hard but as you sit the options of drop in motors is poor .....
What's the budget?
Budget... that's a grey area. I'm only looking at the swap options as an alternative to a rebuild. If a rebuild is cheaper, that's likely what we'd do. Thought I'd throw the question out there because if a later model Civic engine will drop in easily and there are piles of them "out there" that may be the simplest solution.
Open to all comments... thanks-
The above 2 swaps can keep the OEM wgn .tranny.
Make sure you budget everything.One gets nickel & dimed quickly especially with upgrades & replacing worn parts.Even a $400 ZC swap can swell up to a $1,000-$2K project.