fixing my 01 ex.. need info

[hondadriver4life]

hey all ou there in honda land!!! i am a new member but not a new owner lol i bought my baby last febuary and took it racing at the strip to get some baseline number and unfortunately the owner before me must not have taken good care of it. long story short i got it towed it home and found that i blew the motor and tranny YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol anyways i am looking for places in florida in and around the jax and daytona area to get some parts from... i need a whole engine and tranny.. oh and while im here i was wondering if anybody had heard/knew about changing my civc into a 4wd using crv parts??? thanx for the help!

[frankjt96]

i can't help you, sorry but that would be awesome if you could get your civic to do 4wd, that would be awesome

[boxcarracer0260]

in one of the back issues of HONDA TUNING they did an article on converting an integra DC to all wheel. Well it really only worked out to be rear wheel assist. Basically when the front tires lose traction the rears spin. The custom fabed the rear system from the 80's civic wagon 4wd and had a custom tranny built. It is possible but exspensive and time consuming. As for using the crv parts i have not heard about that one but you could be a pioneer on that one. My friend and I are working on getting a civic hatch EG coverted to RWD. We are going to use the S2000 platform and it looks like it should work with lots of welding and fabing.

[k20a2Stitch]

That would be rather expensive. How ever, i wouldn't use the crv 4wd systeM .Instead id use the acura mdx vtm4 becuase the mdx uses the civic platform for a chassis. Also, in order to get the car to be rear wheel drive or front wheel drive, i beleive hte motor would need to be implated sideways to make a rear differential spin. ITs costly and not worth it in my opinion

[boxcarracer0260]

yes it is costly if you pay someone else but if you know how to weld and fab then it just takes time. And i know about turing the engine but thank you for stating it. I also agree with the MDX statements.

[k20a2Stitch]

welding and fabing are not going to create a MUCH cheaper project, the vtm4 and all wheel drive components them self are expensive to begin with.

[boxcarracer0260]

true if you have to get them from someone but if you own a wrecking yard and have a wholesale account with lots of companies then most likely not! My friend has all this.

[Neil]

I have seen the Crv swap before. I will see if I can dig up the info/pics. I'm not sure which way I would go here, or even if I would spend the time/money to go this direction. Want AWD, just import a Skyline!!

[Neil]

Here is one from HT on doing a DSM powered CRX..........you could always use the talon AWD if you go that far!!!

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1509995

Or here is another one.........the internet is your friend.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1579586

[DICIVIC]

man if u get all wheel drive on a stock civic it will suck anyway. ull need to dump like 6 grand in the car so its decently powered. a stock civic motor is way underpowered for allwheel drive..