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Tippey764 02-14-2013 02:53 PM

New here with 1990 civic " HF "
 
Hey guys I've bee lurking around here for a few weeks and finally decided to join now that I've nearly finished my car

The car in question started off in life as a top of the line 1990 honda civic ex automatic sedan. It offers over the LX, larger front brakes, nicer seats, and an MPFI d16a6 from the crx/civic SI as well as having power windows, locks, mirrors and cruise control which none of the hatch backs or DX sedans had.

Here's how it looked when I got it

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...6BF4B30E16.jpg


I picked it for $500

The engine was burning more oil than my friend smokes cigarettes and the auto transmission has no 3rd gear. I didn't notice the burning oil since I never drove it until after I replaced the transmission. So I swapped it out and started driving the car and then the engine blew up a week later. I decided to pull everything, swap the car to a manual and put a crx HF engine into it

Here's my new engine on its way home

Yes it's inside my 1992 accord lol. It wanted to tip over on every right turn

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...72078571B7.jpg

Looks fairly decent inside

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...72259281EE.jpg

Transmission hooked to it was ****ed though. That's why I got the engine for so cheap

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...DCF9D4CC34.jpg

Input shaft bearing

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...DD04376E74.jpg

Input shaft and part of the bearing race lol

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...DCFF2D4053.jpg



I ended up picking up a civic DX transmission for it. I will swap the HF final drive gear on at a later date though.

The engine going into the car on the second attempt. On the first attempt the pin on the engine lift leg fell off and the whole ****ing lift tipped over and smashed my fender in. Good thing the fender was already damaged.

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...41D82B3B95.jpg


Pretty much buttoned up in this picture with the exclusion of the egr valve

I received the original intake, ecu and exhaust with the swap as well

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...41DEB31D63.jpg

Swapped out the pedals to 5 speed versions

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...42066204AA.jpg

Had the center tunnel of the car cut the junkyard off so I could properly mount the shifter

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...421587EF58.jpg

The center tunnel plate I made up having high temperature silicon cauk ( however you spell that word ) applied to it

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...421B78CF2E.jpg

It's bolted up from under the car. It gave me the ability to mount the rubber boot for the shifter and seal up the holes

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...422368A0AF.jpg

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...42299CBDA6.jpg

Lastly I wired the EGR

There is a junkyard near me that had two crx HF's so getting ahold of the control box was no issue

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w...6EFD73A498.jpg

So the car is nearly done. I'm waiting on a straight pipe so I can complete the exhaust. The new engine has the catalytic converter located on the manifold so I deleted the one under the car. I am also going to mount the civic HX wheels from my Integra into it.

I've driven the car and it drives fine but it's slow as **** ( obviously )

This Saturday I'm taking it on a trip to Philadelphia to see how it does. If everything does well then I will be taking it on a trip to lad vegas next Wednesday. Lets hope everything goes well

Anyways what do you guys think?

imawakenow 04-01-2013 10:39 AM

I can't believe nobody has commented on this thread yet. EXCELLENT work dude! I love the EF sedans and have thought about attempting something like this one day with my spare VX engine. Any updates on this project?

SpeedyCorky 04-01-2013 02:18 PM

i just saw this thread; damn lots a' work man!

gonna be a good little sipper tho! i for sure dont have the guts to open up a transmission! you must be smart or something..... then i saw the silicon gasket weld for the shifter boot and i questioned that assumption! hahaha get yerself a welder!

seriously tho, thats quite a swap - pedals and all! keep up the good work!

indiaaircoolers 04-04-2013 02:13 AM

I am a newbie joined just in this forum, and would like to say Hi, to all the members participating in the discussions.

Xist 04-04-2013 07:58 AM

Wow, how much automotive experience do you have? How long did all of this take?

The most that I ever did was change an alternator and it took me a week, but most of that time was spent trying to unstick one bolt!

Great job!

30mpg 10-13-2014 10:09 PM

Weight reduction
 
I replaced the lead acid battery with a 14lb AGM battery. they go for $40 on EGAY , It starts everytime, search 12v 20ah or 12v30ah for the larger one. This is a cheap and easy way to boost MPGs


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