Dont flame me, but this discussion came up between a few friends and I. Is it possible? or has it been done before?
Supra engine in a civic?
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Anything is possible with enough money and time. It would be extremely difficult to accomplish - adapting the Civic to rear wheel drive would entail a whole lot of work, and adapting the engine to work in a front wheel drive chassis might be even more work - I'm not sure a civic engine bay is wide enough to take an inline six crosswise, and if not, you'd be looking at cutting the body in half lengthwise and widening it.
Why bother?
By the time you adapt all that's needed to do the conversion it's going to weigh about the same as a RWD car that the 7M would bolt into so unless you're get a hard ::dickhead:: over Civics in particular it's a WOT
By the time you adapt all that's needed to do the conversion it's going to weigh about the same as a RWD car that the 7M would bolt into so unless you're get a hard ::dickhead:: over Civics in particular it's a WOT
maybe it's something in the air, because this came up while we were at shady side drag way the other day. 2j'd civic hahaha.
In one of those ricey import mag a few months back there was a civic hatch with a S2K drivetrain swaped into it..
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Hell if you can swap the entire running gear from a Vett into one I don't see why a Supra engine isn't doable. Complete wast of money though.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/715243/corvette_drivetrain_in_a_honda_civic_civette/
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/715243/corvette_drivetrain_in_a_honda_civic_civette/
yea some guy where i live has a lsx motor in a civic here, theres also a video with the civette drifting at the tracks, but poorly
there's a subaru floating around with a ls1 in it but it kept the AWD drivetrain...needless to say...that peice of poop 02 5 speed took a crap all over the road after 100 miles or so (if i recall LOL)
who doesnt have a civic with out a swap in it...? shows you how slow they really are if you have to swap another motor into it just to get past 120mph....vvvttteeeecccc powwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ehh just curious, Im sure its doable with the cash but wither the gain is worth it or not it probably isnt. 400whp in the 3700lb supra feels great, want to know what it would feel like in something lighter and still turn some heads.
kamikazemkiii;1611917 said:
it's absolutely pointless.. my buddies S13 hatch weighed in at like 2500lbs after he stripped it down, and under the hood was a rebuilt RB25 with a GT40 putting down 450whp. then, he upgraded to Power FC and made 505whp on 93.
when his car was at 450whp, "it would explode into massive wheelspin" - IJ. this would continue into 4th gear (it was ridiculous/pointless).. because of that, the car stayed at low boost (~300whp) most of the time.
another car, an S14a (kouki) was putting down 395whp through an SR with a GT2871R at full weight (~2800lbs), and even it would spin all through 3rd gear.
but, there's definitely a vast difference between a 3700lb supra (mine weighs a hell of a lot less than that) and the weight of a civic.. if I had a choice, I'd want something around 3k-3.2k lbs with full interior. plus, I dunno about you kaze, but I turn my head in the opposite direction whenever I see a civic.
I dont mean it as in just a civic, By all means im a supra guy, there just big fat ass pigs. Ive considered the 240 swap and i still am now. Any ideas what your friends managed to run with there 240's?
dasalvykidd;1611905 said:
Keep in mind that the Corvette V8 is a shitload shorter than any of the Supra engines. The firewall would have to move by likely a foot to let you mount an inline 6.
Agreed. Swapping a v8 or s2k drivetrain would be much easier than a i6.
All i got to ask is why??? Its still a honda.
All i got to ask is why??? Its still a honda.