HondaCivic777
08-21-2005, 03:48 PM
I just turned 16 a few months ago and my parents are ready to buy my car. Lucky for me we have a connection to get cars from the car dealer auction for like 25% to 30% off what they would cost on a used car lot. Naturally my dad doesnt want to get me a fast car so he going to buy me a civic. I said 96 and up ex would be fine. It will probably have right around 100,000 miles on it. My plan was to do a swap. I cant get a b16 because my parents wouldn’t let me. So they wont care if I swap the same engine I have in it with just lower miles. I really want to get at least in the mid or low 15’s for a ¼ mile. Is that possible with the usdm 100,000 mile motor I would have? Or would you advise swapping a jdm d15b from here.
http://www.naganojapanese.com/jdm_d15b.htm
Now the 1996 civic uses a d16y8 right? What’s the difference between the d15b and the d16y8? I think that’s the motors I should use, if not what should I be looking at?
I’m leaning towards the swap. And my main question of all this is, is it legal to swap a jdm motor in a 1996 civic? I live in Washington, im not sure if that matters. Would I have to tell my insurance company? Or do I not have to since its just replacing a part of the car. I just need to know what the basic things are I should know about before doing a swap. I have 1,200 dollars and a friend will be installing it for me. Is that enough money?
Thanks
http://www.naganojapanese.com/jdm_d15b.htm
Now the 1996 civic uses a d16y8 right? What’s the difference between the d15b and the d16y8? I think that’s the motors I should use, if not what should I be looking at?
I’m leaning towards the swap. And my main question of all this is, is it legal to swap a jdm motor in a 1996 civic? I live in Washington, im not sure if that matters. Would I have to tell my insurance company? Or do I not have to since its just replacing a part of the car. I just need to know what the basic things are I should know about before doing a swap. I have 1,200 dollars and a friend will be installing it for me. Is that enough money?
Thanks