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EK1 Motor Swap into 83 Civic
wellit's been a while since i have posted in this news group. in the
mean time i've finally finished my EK1 swap into my 83 civic wagon. here is a list of what i have done to the motor: 1983 Civic Wagon 1.8l (1751cc) EK1 Block (honed and rebuilt) non-CVCC EL1 head (off canadian 1.6l motor) port & polish with 3 angle valve grind, deck shaved 20 thousandths 272º cam (medium grind, 260º stock) 14lb flywheel Dual sidedraft Weber DCOE40 carbs on custom manifold 4-2-1 F-series header adapted to fit 2.25" exhaust w/free flow muffler, no cat. the swap was not without it's headaches, i ran into many problems and even faced the possibility that i fried the new rings on initial start up. luckily that was not the case as i have put about 1600 miles on it and the compression tested above stock. another one of the annoying problems was losing power on the highway after 10 minutes of driving, turned out to be a clogged fuel filter, runs fine now. i still have an alternator issue to deal with. good bye good gas mileage, i have been averaging 20mpg since the swap. here is a pic of the new red beast. for those who are curious, the gage is a fuel pressure gage to make sure my pressure regulator is performing properly, it's correct more or less but has some funny tendencies. needless to say the car goes like stink Some pictures he Engine: http://www.redpepperracing.com/galle.../aad.sized.jpg Car: http://www.redpepperracing.com/galle.../aag.sized.jpg -- -Andrew Smit- cvcc_wagon |
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