Balto and Jed were discussing upgrading Wolfie's Mustang with parts from the Ford family and I asked about the HX, and Balto just said that you could put in a VX transmission and drop your RPMs, or an EX one, and raise them. I deleted that post and, instead of distracted his thread, I claimed another spot in the Off Topic forum.
A while ago, I read about something like this: "It started with a LS turbo. Then it was a K24 turbo, and then it became a turbocharged V6--at least until 2012. Somewhere along the way HickhamHatch decided that a turbocharged V6 was not the answer, but a RWD conversion with a 2000-horsepower turbocharged V8 is." That is from an e-mail from Honda-Tech.com
I cannot find it now, apparently HickhamHatch had all relevant threads deleted, but he pulled an amazing number of parts from other Hondas, and his car looked stock. He had a half-inch drop, so it was not really noticeable, and possibly CRV wheels or something. I doubt the V8 was a Honda,
Honda Planning V8 -- but Not Until 2015 - AutoObserver although I did find this
Twin Turbo RWD V8 Civic - Honda-Tech, which uses a Lexus V8, but if he completed the project, and he has done similar things before, then he simply stopped posting, at least there.
I am just waiting to get enough hours at the bakery to finally replace my timing belt and then resume ecomodding Chorizo, but I can usually appreciate hard work. Do any of you know of any Civic builds like these?