my day with a b16a....

[cherrybombcivic]

well long story short, my buddy had some coolant leak into his block (d15b7) and its toast, so after some convincing he took the plunge and bought a b16a for his 93 civic hatch. We went to the hmotorsonline.com warehouse today and picked up, Yes, it is an automatic, hes gonna do the conversion a little later when his wallet feels a little fuller... but this is a big first step, wouldnt you agree?

heres the motor...
http://members.aol.com/captainme/redmotor3.jpg

about to go into the nissan pickup...
http://members.aol.com/captainme/redmotor2.jpg

just about ready to go...
http://members.aol.com/captainme/redmotor1.jpg

yeah, its still there, just checking....
http://members.aol.com/captainme/stillthere.jpg


anyway the swap should get underway tuesday of next week, so wish us luck. Oh and while i was at HMO i spied this, among many other things..
http://members.aol.com/captainme/rhdcivic.jpg

[Maverick]

I think it would be kinda cool to have an automatic B16. I remember reading in a SCC about 5 years ago about a guy boosting 22psi on a stock EX motor with auto tranny, I would say its safe to assume that it didn't last very long though.

[STIBungy]

Ooooh, RHD. I saw a 2G CRX many years ago in Lakewood that was RHD. I had to give it a second look.

[95GSRB18C]

how much did your friend pick up that B16 with the auto tranny for?

[cherrybombcivic]

$2100 for everything. axles, ECU included.

[djet820]

RHD, very interesting. $2100? Not bad.

[Mario]

I wouldn't even bother with trying with an auto tranny... just do the 5sp conversion like you planned. Will be a fun car. :)

[garria]

that would be sick to have a rhd imagne skyline...............drooling.

[garria]

not me my nephew on my arm( tring to type and hold him at the same time)