Tha ABomb

I, like many of you, want my RL to go faster. I fully understand that it is not a fast or sporty car and was never meant to be so. However, presently, I am not in a position where buying a faster, sportier car is an option, so my RL is all I've got, and making it go faster is the only way to quench my thirst for speed. I've seen mention of conventional methods like intakes and exhaust, which provide much better sound, but only a mild increase in speed. I've seen mention of less conventional methods like nitrous, but nitrous is dangerous and, let's face it, lame. I have also looked elsewhere in the Honda family for inspiration, and I came up with an interesting thought. The RL's younger, distantly removed cousin, the Civic, has been host to nearly every 4-cylinder engine that Honda makes. Well, not quite, but engine swaps into Civics, Integras and Preludes are common practice nowadays. If Honda's 4-cylinder family is swappable, it is indeed plausible that their 6-cylinder family is swappable as well. While I don't think that swapping a C35A with a C32A will solve my speed problem, I do see potential in the C32A's evil twin, the C32B of NSX fame.


I said all of that to ask this one simple question:

Is it possible to swap the engine from an NSX into an RL or a Legend?

Ken1997TL

No its not possible. This has been brought up many many times by Legend owners too. Its not meant to be mounted longitudinally. Besides, do you really want a high revving 3.2 motor in a nose heavy 4000 pound FWD sedan? Just doesnt make sense.

You're better off making your RL rear wheel drive and dropping in an LS1 motor or something crazy.

jftjr

Spend the $5K that your idea for an engine swap would cost on a used Ducati Monster or Kawasaki Ninja, and feed your speed lust.

Then drive your RL the rest of the time.

Tha ABomb

Well if that won't work, can I at least swap in the manual transmission from a Legend?

DFoster0

anything is possible as long as you have alot of money

Ken1997TL

Yes you can. You'll need to make a custom center console and change the parking brake

3.5RLv-tec?

iTrader: (2)

You're crazy!! LOL jk yea, it kinds of hard to gain any horsepower out of the RL.

Tha ABomb

Awesome!!! Manual 3.5 RL FTMFW!!!

Ken1997TL

And it has been done. Some of the guys on AcuraLegend.com have installed a 3.5 block with Type II heads and a 6 speed manual.