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DX/LX ...do you want VTEC?
Here you go...$600 buys you a D17A2 Civic EX engine. Damn, our engines are cheap.

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save ur 600 bucks for a turbo on a lx/dx they have a lower compression than EX therefore better to have lx than ex
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Y are they so cheap NE wayz?
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Cause they're D17s.
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that would be the most pointless swap evAr.
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Swapping valve covers would be more pointless. fake VTEC
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you know damn well thats not what i meant. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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i have seen that tho lol
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[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] Do you think Honda Tuning Mag would put me in as the first D17A2 Engine swap into an LX?
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[hr]Originally posted by: JoeB16
that would be the most pointless swap evAr.[hr]
Posted to show how cheap our engines can be obtained. Don't blame me if some n00b actually does it. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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Here ya go...be the first to put a 351W in your Civic (RWD Focus-style). Only $400 + a carb. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

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[hr]Originally posted by: JohnnyLee
Y are they so cheap NE wayz?[hr]
cause no one wants them
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Can you just put a Ex ("VTEC") head on a LX. I mean just bolt it on?[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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yes.

edit: you would also need the VTEC solonoid and required mounting equipment.
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Hey I'll trade my Vtec cover for a non Vtec cover[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] (I'll have some what of a sleeper then right!!
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