ED Type R

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Originally Posted by Dnation

Didnt want to spend over $2500 on the conversion.. It ended up costing me nearly $4000 for the whole conversion

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Yeah, this is what I thought too....My conversion is nearly finished, but it has still cost me way over $4000.

But I did use the Hasport mounts and everything. Engine fitting was not a problem. But you still have to bash in part of the chassis, near the suspenion tower, to get the engine to fit. Hasport kit allowed me to use the original bonnet, only thing was P/S was very close to the body...But I removed it anyways.

But anyways, nice conversion. The ITR engine into the light ED chassis will be very quick. Should be a nice sleeping in the sedan chassis

Setanta - have been visiting 4thgenerationcivic for years now. Thats where i got the idea :) The mount kit that i am using, i believe, is similar to the HAsport one, i.e. mounts the engine a little lower. Thats what i am hoping anyway.
Your read my mind about the JDM nose and tail. I like your sir, almost bought myself one of these, although at the time i didn't have the money.

big_red - Thanks for the info. That's not half bad eh. Yeah i am upgrading my brakes and suspension. More than likely crx fronts, with cross drilled rotors + decent pads, and replace my drums with disks at the rear. Its one thing to go fast, but i would like to be able to stop :) For suspension probably some koni yellows/red & springs of some description.

Cheers for the support guys.

setana and ekslut are right, with the hasport mounts you shouldnt have any trouble fitting the b18c in.... i didnt ;)

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Originally Posted by Setanta

Bullshit.

Get the Hasport mounts and you negate 90% of these issues. Hasports allow you to retain the ED bonnet rather than going to an EF one. You also get to keep the PS, aircon etc. B18Cs have also been made to fit without backyard butchering the body or chassis. It's only the H22A swap that needs butchering - and it's a waste of time.

Spent too much money? Should have researched it properly first. This is the most common swap into EDs in the US.

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when doing my swap with HASport mounts, we had to slightly dent in the chassis near the power steering pump (10mm max) to give a sufficient & safe clearance for the pump & belt *to our liking*

A/C will not fit with these mounts, however HASport makes a custom bracket that is suppose to be straight bolt on to keep A/C, I didnt bother with it as I took A/C out of my crx years before I did the swap anyway.

as with the cross member, due to the more forward positioning of the b-series engine into the ED shape the crossmember is a bit of an issue when fitting typical b-series headers (eg, ek, dc) however the HASport "EF" style headers are perfect clearance, and the EF made headers from japan dont have too much clearance problems.

fitting 4-1 headers is impossible without cross member modification or replacement with a custom member (which are redily available in the USA)

I have full confidence in ONLINE as a friend of mine had his crx b16a swap done with ONLINE and it was fantastic job.