Discuss! (Hope this is not a repost!)

 

damn J swaps!

 

Brilliant!!!

 

There's a few of these around. There's a guy in my area I've seen with a J32 sticking out of his hood like this but he's got a supercharger on top of it too lol.

 

I think it's OK. Maybe not something I would have done, but I give anyone credit for building something.





Terry

 

seen a few with the hood closed on top..

its a cool swap.. but not worth the manifold sticking out of the top.

 

looks stupid

 

Not bad, reminds me of people putting a V8 in a Chevy Vega.

 

Agree, anyone who has the ambition to design/plan/create something is worth more than all the critics who sit back and just critique

 

+1 definitely with the hood closed.


but it probably goes like stink.

 

 

^+1 lol

 

lol

 

PLEASE make a hood of some sort that covers the engine. Cutting a hole in it is :ghey:

 

That's nuckin futs

 

Nice thought, but get a real hood for it. I'd rather see some ridiculous "shaker" type hood than that thing.

 

 

Wowzers .......

Gas Mileage...

 

That's not a nose-heavy car.

I actually admire the fact that people are putting J-series in Civics, and they must be blazingly fast in a straight line, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to daily drive one and have to take turns in it. The back end must swing with zero effort.

 

J-series in a Civic: Win.

Any Civic with a giant hole in the hood: Fail.

Any Civic that can't turn: Fail.

My . I like it, but would never want anything to do with it.

 

that hatch pre-charger.



also, these guys did it right..

both managed to do clean swaps.. and close their stock hoods...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fobbyph...601698/detail/

http://www.vadriven.com/forums/showt...=303924&page=1

 

There's a Civic Del Sol in my area that has had the same thing done, same color, same big friggin hole in the hood.

 

 

Love the J-swap... hate the engine sticking out...

 

 

Even with that image, someone took the time to make it fit properly.

 

I'm pretty sure it's because they have pretty bad ground clearance issues if it doesn't pop out of the hood. I don't think I've ever seen one that didn't cut or modify the hood somehow.

 

Looks like my wife's suitcase on vacation.
And how about that plow on the corners.
Should have just put another D16A9in the back like Durocco did. It would look cleaner and might even handle better.


http://www.durocco.com/

 

well it's done on a civic...for a reason. lol

 

If sticking an engine that weighs more and is worth more than the car suits your fancy, then so be it. Had to take some serious skill to achieve.

 

there are many, I posted links above of examples.. I've seen several lowered ones as well.

it's a matter of patience and skill.. making things fit and work "properly" isn't the case with most swappers.

 

meh, these just don't interest me anymore.

If your going to cut a hole in the hood then at least make the rest of the car look nice.

 

Holly mother of god. I've never read about that car before. That's insane!

 

Reason the second two can close the hood is cause they are not near as slammed and thus could mount the engine mounts lower. The one pictured which is also the same one that has the charger mounted on it earlier in the thread is slammed so thus the engine mounts are mounted higher up. I think his hood cut out looks good though. It is clean and only cut where it is needed with no big extra gaps.

 

 

Grassroots Motorsports Magazine is a great source for information on all those homegrown weekend racers (genius) like ansonivan.

 

well clearly, but there are j swapped civics/integras that are dropped..

one of the links i posted is of this car... he's not tucking by any means.. but he has a drop that is well below stock and doesnt seem to have any major issues...

 

Pic doesn't work, but I'd like to see a picture of the underbody to seejust how low the engine is.

 

J swapped Civics should have a functional budge in the hood ala V8 E9x M3's

 

pic seems to work here... hmmm