R18A1 engine.

[tammap]

would the R18A1 i-vtec, out of a 2006 honda civic work and fit into a honda crx? and would it be an ideal engine swap?, if it's possible.

[NSPYRE]

anything is possible with money (keyword there being money). honestly, why would you want to? the specs arent impressive and the R-series doesnt have much after market support AFAIK

a far cheaper option is obviously a b-series swap. its been done a million times into a CRX and yields far more power; 141kw for AUDM Type R as opposed to 103kw for the R18A

[dougie_504]

Yeah it's not worth it. You'd pay a lot of money for a modern engine like that going into a CRX chassis.

Go B16A even, that'd give you more HP. B18C is same displacement but much better for entertaining driving :)

[kraiye]

people are swapping K's so i don't see why an R swap wouldn't be possible. i also don't see why you'd bother.

[tammap]

yeh thanks guys, it's just i don't know much about the engine specs and stuff and was wondering if it'd be ideal. i've seen an engine on sale and i don't have alot of paper as would be needed ( i presume ) but if it's fuel efficient and stuff then yeh, to me it'd be okay. i just needed peoples opinions and insight. thanks.

[curtis265]

Nup don't bother with it. That'd be a swap for the sake of swapping

[tammap]

would anyone know how much it would cost, or a honest estimate? i won't pursue the idea, but any estimates ?

[Mr_will]

lol you don't do engine swaps for fuel efficiency.

[shadou]

I highly doubt there are aftermarket supports for a R transfer into a CRX body so a lot of the work would be custom, so I'll throw you a rough figure of 10,000+, go with the rest of the suggestions, B series; they are relatively cheap now a days (b16a)

[dougie_504]

I'm assuming you have a D16A8 CRX in the ED9 or EF7 series?

Isn't that fuel efficient? The car only weighs like 890kg and given that it's 96kw of DOHC non-VTEC it should still be able to move quickly if necessary.

You could just mod that a little bit without messing up efficiency too much (although when I got my CAI's I just starting VTEC'ing all the time lol :))


Not to mention, if you wanted power you could just spend that potential $10k for the R18 on boosting the D16A8 with suzuki vitara pistons/built bottom and stuff...then it would effing travel through time.

[cristian]

as far as budget goes, a b20 with its gbox is probably a better option and more easier to maintain.
R18's would require so much custom work as you'll find you'd probably be the only one in the market putting one in a ED/EF body.

[02gzm]

With all the custom work that would be required it would cost as much as a K-series conversion. And be a million times slower

[tammap]

ok, thanks for the help guys. =] much appericated.