Interchangeable engines
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Interchangeable engines
I have a totaled 2002 civic with automatic transmission that runs and drives but can't get tags. D17A1 1.7l. Non vtec. I'd like to swap it over to an 02 with a blown engine but it has a manual transmission. Don't know if it fits. Are all 7th generation 1.7s a direct swap? Can't find much information on this. Any help would save me the headaches. Thanks.
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Re: Interchangeable engines
Any 01-05 dx/lx will bolt on directly. The ex engine will bolt up, but you'd have to either use an 01-03 ecu (04-05 utilize a different upstream O2 sensor) or use a VTEC controller (like an A'PEXi VAFC-II) to control the D17A2's VTEC.
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Thanks. So it's safe to pull a civic out of the scrap pile with a 5 speed and put my engine on it?
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Don't see why not. The engine that's in my car (02 ex manual tranny) the moment came from an 04 ex with an auto tranny and it bolted up just fine
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