bengali548

hey y'all

I'm going to be doing a conversion to my 95 civic

Just wanted to know where to go to get it done and the price of labour

Also, would how much cheaper would it be if I had a donor car?

I'm going to have to go cheap on this but is 1000 a bit too low for labour and parts or is 1000 just labour?

bengali548

Btw I'm going to do this while I'm doing an engine swap so ya it shud be less cuz they'll have to take the motor and tranny out

spike

It's not that hard to do, your only adding a clutch pedal, changing the brake pedal, adding the clutch master, hard line, and slave. And if your doing it well your doing a engine swap, they will be having the engine and tranny apart anyway, so maybe $1000 for the 5 speed swap with all the parts for it, including clutch kit, and flywheel.

bengali548

Awesome can u recommend me to any shops that would do it??

Cynikal.Mindset

tranny mount is different too if I'm not mistaken, make sure you have the correct ECU etc...having a donor car always makes things easier

spike

Yes the tranny mount is different. You can check the shops on the forum here. Yes a donor car does help out alot.

bengali548

Kk but does any1 know a shop that'll do it all?

By all I mean :

Do the engine swap and supply the engine
Convert to manual with them supplying all the parts
And replacing and rewinding the cluster with a manual cluster

All in all I'm expecting to spend 4 thousand on this WHOLE THING ( the engine will be a b series)

So am I being realistic or retarded?

spike

I'd just say buy a car that has a B series in it already and that's 5 speed. You could most likely get them between $2500-$3500, and spend the rest of the money on other parts or other thing's, just a though. I picked up 2 92 eg8's for under $3000 both with B18's.

BlitzSix

Horrible, horrible use of money. It depends what engine you want, but even if you can do it 4000 it's just a complete waste of money. When you sell your car you're not going to see pretty much any of it back. Your car will be worth maybe 1000 more$ due to the swap so you'll be down 3k.

Just go sell your car and buy this or something:

1999 Honda Civic DX Hatch with GSR Drivetrain Price: $5,000.00 - Toronto Honda Cars For Sale - Kijiji Toronto

99 EK, already swapped, for 5 grand. If you get a gradn for your car it's within your swap budgets and it's a nicer newer car..

You can buy an EG with a B series for less than two grand..

If you do end up getting it swap though call Igarage for a quote - Igarage - Markham for the #, great shop. I just don't know if he can supply the engine or not but the price on labor is great, and he is really honest and knows his stuff (works on 90% Hondas).

bengali548

LOL those 2 guys r the only guys ill trust changing my oil and basic maintenance

and ya theyre relly legit

me my sister my bro in law and his brother all go to him lol hes slowly becoming the family mechanic it sux that i cant remember his name tho X_X

civicEJ1

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ivan i think?

Ragnar

If you want it done cheap its probably easier to do it yourself if u have the skill, and time. I did it over the summer with the help of a friend, wasnt too bad. Probably cost me about $800 total but i had to buy an air compressor to get the damn axle nuts off, those are a biatch. $400 of it was for a parts car.

If you need all the swap parts let me know, My car was totaled recently and have to part out

rick10

waste of money . The car is old , dont waste your money . If you have 4 gs to spend i would highly recomend to sell the car you have now for 1 - 2 grand then you ll have 5-6 to spend and trust me you can get a much newer and nicer car.

5-6 gs nowdays you can get a civic 99 and up (5 speed and all)

bengali548

kk i hear u guys but i dunno ive always had auto and i REALLY wanna try to drive standard if anything i might just stick to a d engine (maybe a mini me cuz i just found out what that was today) and convert to 5 spd. it shudnt run me 2 much but thx guys for ur help =)

spike

It's a waste of money the mini me swap, They are still slow as hell.

bengali548

i was talking to a guy and according to him a mini me swap with an LSD can take out a gutted teg with a gsr no problem

civicEJ1

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my buddy built a mini me after he blew his motor

he had an a6 bottom and his z6 head and my stock z6 took him

spike

That guy is bull shitting you, i have driven them, i just did one on a civic, and it felt the same.

civicEJ1

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yup exact same if u just throw the head on
my buddy said he felt more mid range powre