CRX Swap
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CRX Swap My buddy has a 1990 Honda CRX for sale for like $300 and I was wondering how much work would need to be done to swap a LSx motor in to it. I know a narrow rearend beefed up suspension and other things but what else.
Insane amounts, I know crxs like the back of my hand, sticking a B series motor in them isn't even just a bolt in.
A long motor like a LSX will require firewall hacking possibly lenghtening the chassis.
I'm sure if you are willing to do insane amounts of work and welding yes it can be done anything can be but when it is done you couldn't drive it on the street anymore.
If you really want a Honda with an LSX, on www.honda-tech.com someone has an LS1 prelude.
The lude is a larger car by a good deal esp in the motor bay. Crxs have one of the smallest bays of all the Hondas. Stock motor with A/C it's tight.
Any crx questions feel free to ask me
A long motor like a LSX will require firewall hacking possibly lenghtening the chassis.
I'm sure if you are willing to do insane amounts of work and welding yes it can be done anything can be but when it is done you couldn't drive it on the street anymore.
If you really want a Honda with an LSX, on www.honda-tech.com someone has an LS1 prelude.
The lude is a larger car by a good deal esp in the motor bay. Crxs have one of the smallest bays of all the Hondas. Stock motor with A/C it's tight.
Any crx questions feel free to ask me
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Cool, yes...but a good swap candidate, no. If you plan on drag racing the car...the short chassis will NOT be conducive to launching the car. Let's put it this way...it'll just be ugly. I don't think a 93 celica would too much better.
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i had the thought of doing a ls1 in a crx. but my idea was engine in the back with a something like a fiero tranny or some front wheel drive gm tranny. dunno if you could but just something i thought about maybe looking into.
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Originally Posted by fouz65
i had the thought of doing a ls1 in a crx. but my idea was engine in the back with a something like a fiero tranny or some front wheel drive gm tranny. dunno if you could but just something i thought about maybe looking into.
it can be done, there's a local shop here with an NSX motor/trans stuffed into the back of the CRX chassis. it's pretty pointless but it could be done.
theyre arleady right wheel drive
Originally Posted by boondiggys
bet if motor mounts were produced so you could bolt an ls based motor into a honda everyone and there brother would be doing it.
Originally Posted by noob101
would the best thing to do is buy a wreaked camaro or t/a that all the motor tranny and suspension is good and swap all that in.