tjwrestling

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.

Brian1037

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

tjwrestling

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.

Brian1037

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

tjwrestling

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.

brobo

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

tjwrestling

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?

brobo

its been sitting but its clean