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Hi, I own a Silver 2000 Honda Civic Auto "Value Package" (i think it's pretty much a DX with air conditioning and a cd player)

This car is my daily driver and I think when the time comes i want to give it a VTEC swap. What are my options with a AUTOMATIC car? From what i understand there were Del Sols that had B16 engines with auto trannys.

My goal is to be able to get around in traffic a little quicker and i'll probably throw some shock/springs on there with stickier tires for the corners. I own a 93 RX7 but so i don't need the Civic to be my speed demon.

Anyways, here's some pics of my cars. Starting with my wifes RX8 and my RX7. Then a pick of my first car; don't laugh it was pretty riced however, i still miss it Thanks for reading!

 
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Wow, that's a pretty wide open question. "What are my options?"

Well you could do an auto to manual swap. That'll get you some nice gains and fun drivin'. But usually I recommend that you sell the whole car and buy a manual. Automatics sell for more than manuals fo you could actually make money this way.

You could put in a turbo or supercharger.

You could do the usual I/E bolt-ons.

You could swap the DX head for an EX head with VTEC along with the IM.

You could do a full motor swap as you mentioned. If you do a B16 swap you'll need a B16 tranny, linkage, and possibly axles (not sure).

So anyways, why don;t you focus on 1 thing and post that up and we could go from there.

 
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Both the LS and GSR came with automatics... but its not a straight forward swap. There's a bit of cutting and hammering involved to get the auto tranny in, and you'll need to work out the electronics as well. The B-series has a separate transmission controller, the D has it integrated into the ECU.
Have a friend who just did this... and is still fighting with the wiring to make it work right. If you do it, get a whole harness, the ECU and the TCM with it.

 
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Thanks Boilermaker1. So i should look for a LS or GSR engine (i'm assuming this is a Integra?) and tranny? I'm happy with the Automatic for my daily driving and i'd like to keep it that way. I'll do some more research in that direction, and if i have more questions, i'll be back to bother you

P.S> Nice ride Boiler, i'm sure you have fun with it!

 
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your first car looks pretty good though.
don't like the colors nd all looks too flashy for me.
not really ricey.
but yea other than that good job on ur first one.
I'm in the process of workin on my first.
and yea i gotta say you look like u worked hard on urs.