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My engine went in my 2002 civc dx coupe. I plan on either putting a new engine in or rebuilding the old one. Im not sure on what to do. Anyones advice would help and id be thankful for it.

 
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If you're into performance and want to build your car then this is the perfect opportunity to swap in a k-series engine. It's expensive.

Otherwise, if you just want a daily driver and don't want to spend much money then you can either rebuild yours (you could probably get a quote on that) or swap in a new D17A1 (the same as your engine you had) or a D17A2 which is basically our engine but with VTEC (it's from the Ex model). I've seen D17's on Kijiji for anywhere from 400-900$ but if you want to get it installed professionally then you're going to spend more.

If I was in your position I'd at very least put in a D17A2 with low miles, but probably instead go for a K20. Good luck

 
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thanks for the advice. Im probly just gonna do the rebuild. but i have looked into do the swaps which would be nice to. before this happened i was gonna do the d17a2 head swap for the vtec. but to save money im just gonna do the rebuild and do it myself.

 
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Yep that's another option. When you get a quote let us know what the cost is, I'm just curious.

 
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You can get d17a2 vtec head for about 400 bucks but in my case i would need to get a vafc 2 controller to bypass the ecu which is another 160-200 bucks. if you dont do it that way you have to get another ecu and get your key reflashed which costs alot. but i can get a new engine block and a rebuild kit for 450 bucks so im just gonna do it that way.

 
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if u want i have a complete d17a2 vtec engine with 55k miles with papers
asking 900 obo located in cleveland

 
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I will for sure keep that in mind. I dont have the cash right now so its gonna be a little before i start to do anything. but thanks for letting me know. Is the engine clean?

 
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its been sitting but its clean