Building the fun honda?
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Building the fun honda?
D17A2
2001 Honda civic HX
Manual trans
3" exhaust
Cold air intake
Okay so I am new to the forum but I certainly hope I can contribute to anybody who needs my help.
This is my deal: I have never worked on import cars a day in my ife. I have been a mechanic or some kind of assemblance of one since I was aroung 16. I know very little about hondas but lots about eletrical and mechanical stuff.
Heres the quesiton: I have a D17A2 engine which means nothing to me. I want to know if tis worth making a fast little honda or should I not waste my time with it and go with the B16 type that I hear all honda guys are in love with. I dont understand the difference and most people are rather vague about the difference. So if you anything on why or why not, or even the difference between the engines let me know. If it takes basic mechanic stuff like rip the engine apart and replace parts to make it the same I can do that as well. Just shed some light on how I should go about this awesome project or making a fun toy. Thanks guys
2001 Honda civic HX
Manual trans
3" exhaust
Cold air intake
Okay so I am new to the forum but I certainly hope I can contribute to anybody who needs my help.
This is my deal: I have never worked on import cars a day in my ife. I have been a mechanic or some kind of assemblance of one since I was aroung 16. I know very little about hondas but lots about eletrical and mechanical stuff.
Heres the quesiton: I have a D17A2 engine which means nothing to me. I want to know if tis worth making a fast little honda or should I not waste my time with it and go with the B16 type that I hear all honda guys are in love with. I dont understand the difference and most people are rather vague about the difference. So if you anything on why or why not, or even the difference between the engines let me know. If it takes basic mechanic stuff like rip the engine apart and replace parts to make it the same I can do that as well. Just shed some light on how I should go about this awesome project or making a fun toy. Thanks guys
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Re: Building the fun honda?
Nobody usually bothers to build the d17. Never heard of a b16 swap on an 7th gen...the common swap for our cars is the k20. If you can get your hands on a K20A from japan you will have yourself a very fun honda lol
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So yeah man thanks. Like I said I know jack and doo doo about hondas. So this K20A is the holy grail huh? Anyways thanks for the reply. I will be looking into that for sure
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Re: Building the fun honda? As far as the exhaust goes it is three inch until it gets to the stock header and drop tube.
K20 are dumb exspensive new is there anything else I could do like grag the EX motor from a wrecked car that would be cheaper I know of a guy that has the front half of a hando thats perfect he got boned in the *** end with a F250
K20 are dumb exspensive new is there anything else I could do like grag the EX motor from a wrecked car that would be cheaper I know of a guy that has the front half of a hando thats perfect he got boned in the *** end with a F250
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