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This has been on my wish list for a while, and I'm finally getting around to doing it. Hasport will be coming out with their engine mounts at the end of July and I hope to have all of the parts collected ready to go by then. Plan on doing a low mile TSX 4 cylinder engine or equivalent (2.4L, 205hp, 172ft-lbs torque), Civic Si 6 speed with LSD, 3.4 final drive (compared with 4.7) so I don't need stupidly large wheels. Keeping ABS, air conditioning and factory electric power steering. Slightly larger brakes in the front (probably from ~04 era Civic). Removal of IMA components from the rear, recarpeting and approximately doubling cargo capacity. Estimated dry weight of the car with the new engine is around 1950lbs. It'll throw off weight distribution a bit.
Mike Lewin over at ProfessionalAwesome has already done something similar. With a 3.4 FD and a tune that leans the engine out to 19:1 at low load and low RPM, he's reporting 53mpg @ 80mph, will still having 200+ on tap. 0-60 time will likely be in the high 4's and quarter mile, the low 13's. For now I plan to just use the factory ECU and tune, but a tune may be in my future.
Can you say "ultimate sleeper" ?
Electronics in the rear to be removed:
The little 3 cylinder that could:
It's surprisingly not-tired after 240k miles and doesn't burn a drop of oil between 7500 mile changes. I'm willing to bet it has another 100k+ in it before it even has noticeably below factory compression. Hopefully someone wants it.
Mike Lewin over at ProfessionalAwesome has already done something similar. With a 3.4 FD and a tune that leans the engine out to 19:1 at low load and low RPM, he's reporting 53mpg @ 80mph, will still having 200+ on tap. 0-60 time will likely be in the high 4's and quarter mile, the low 13's. For now I plan to just use the factory ECU and tune, but a tune may be in my future.
Can you say "ultimate sleeper" ?
Electronics in the rear to be removed:
The little 3 cylinder that could:
It's surprisingly not-tired after 240k miles and doesn't burn a drop of oil between 7500 mile changes. I'm willing to bet it has another 100k+ in it before it even has noticeably below factory compression. Hopefully someone wants it.
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