[Civic driven01]

Hey guys, I'm new to this forum. I have a 7th gen civic ex coupe and I've been thinking about going with a swap. One of the reasons that the idea has me really interested is because I think I may have blew my head gasket on my d series and I dont wanna invest anything more into it. Whats the cheapest k20 (not including labor) going for nowadays? I'm not rich so it may take me a year to get the money for it. Right now I'm just trying to do my research so I know how to plan.

 

[K20DC2R]

should be pretty easy for your car...the motor type s goes for about 3500 and mounts( hasport) and get the type s subframe when you get the swap...theres others on this board with 7th gen civic with K swaps..... do a search....

 

[drhonda]

cheaper to replace the headgasket than to do a motor swap.

 

[Civic driven01]

cheaper to replace the headgasket than to do a motor swap.

Thats true and I was just thinking that. I do plan to do a swap but its going to take me a little longer than a year and I probably just need to get it fixed. BTW, if I use a heavy duty headgasket, it should be ok to raise the compression a little by using a thinner gasket right? My boy runs a 100 shot in his integra and he has 11:1 compression. I'm currently spraying a 75 shot.

 

[drhonda]

cheaper to replace the headgasket than to do a motor swap.

Thats true and I was just thinking that. I do plan to do a swap but its going to take me a little longer than a year and I probably just need to get it fixed. BTW, if I use a heavy duty headgasket, it should be ok to raise the compression a little by using a thinner gasket right? My boy runs a 100 shot in his integra and he has 11:1 compression. I'm currently spraying a 75 shot.

a thinner gasket will raise compression and is more likely to blow.

 

[Civic driven01]

cheaper to replace the headgasket than to do a motor swap.

Thats true and I was just thinking that. I do plan to do a swap but its going to take me a little longer than a year and I probably just need to get it fixed. BTW, if I use a heavy duty headgasket, it should be ok to raise the compression a little by using a thinner gasket right? My boy runs a 100 shot in his integra and he has 11:1 compression. I'm currently spraying a 75 shot.

a thinner gasket will raise compression and is more likely to blow.

true, but is it really going to raise the compression by a large enough margin to make that huge of a difference?

 

[drhonda]

cheaper to replace the headgasket than to do a motor swap.

Thats true and I was just thinking that. I do plan to do a swap but its going to take me a little longer than a year and I probably just need to get it fixed. BTW, if I use a heavy duty headgasket, it should be ok to raise the compression a little by using a thinner gasket right? My boy runs a 100 shot in his integra and he has 11:1 compression. I'm currently spraying a 75 shot.

a thinner gasket will raise compression and is more likely to blow.

true, but is it really going to raise the compression by a large enough margin to make that huge of a difference?

probably not, I'm not even sure of a company that makes a thinner head gasket that would do that.

 

[Civic driven01]

I'm just looking now for a headgasket that is going to be stronger than genuine oem. I'm hearing nippon leakless from some of the people I talk to.

 

[adirondackR]

I'm just looking now for a headgasket that is going to be stronger than genuine oem. I'm hearing nippon leakless from some of the people I talk to.

who have you heard this from? I was going to go with mugen but SEVERAL people (including Steve from tech43 & Jeramy Kindle & Jeff Evans) have all convinced me to stay oem